part 1] ANNIVERSARY MEETING — PRESTWICH MEDAL. xlv 



remains can be used in the classification of the Tertiary strata, and 

 in many ways has east light upon some interesting chapters in the 

 later geological history of Europe. In another direction he lias 

 made important additions to our knowledge of the geology of the 

 Isle of Man. His long connexion with the Victoria University 

 and the support which he has given to the Manchester Geological 

 Society have done much to promote the study of geology in 

 Lancashire, and his well-known publications 'Cave Hunting" and 

 • Early Man in Britain" met the needs of a wide circle of readers. 



Even more, perhaps, will the name of Prof. Hawkins he always 

 associated with the discovery of the Kentish Coalfield, in which he 

 guided to a successful issue an enterprise that had already exer- 

 cised the mind of Prestwich himself. The site of the boring at 

 Dover was selected after a careful survey of the district, and much 

 patient labour was expended on the examination of the cores and 

 the identification by their fossils of the several geological horizons 

 pierced. Apart from the material success realized, there was in 

 this way accumulated a body of information, which has important 

 applications to the stratigraphy and tectonics of South- Eastern 

 England. 



On behalf of the Council, I ask you to transmit tins Medal to 

 Prof. Boyd Dawkins in token that he has indeed, in the words 

 of the Founder, ' done well for the advancement of the science of 

 Geology.' 



Dr. Smith Woodward replied in the following words : — 



Mr. President,- — 



I have much pleasure in receiving this Medal on behalf of 

 Prof. Boyd Dawkins, on whom it has been so worthily bestowed. 

 He desires me to express his regret that an unavoidable engage- 

 ment in Manchester prevents him from being present to-day to 

 return his thanks in person. 



He writes : — 



'I feel deeply the honour that the Council have conferred upon me. It is 

 specially valuable to me from my long friendship with Prestwich, and because 

 my scientific life has been mainly spent in following up the lines of enquiry 

 which he made his own -the range of the Coal-Measures under the Secondary 

 and Tertiary strata of South- Eastern England, the classification of the Euro- 

 pean Tertiaries, and the problem of the antiquity of Man in Britain. With 

 regard to the first, it may be noted that the South-Eastern Coalfield is now 

 clearly defined, and ranks among the assets of the Nation. With regard 

 to the second, the classification by the evolution of the higher mammalia. 

 originally intended for Europe, is found to apply to the whole of the world. 



