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Award from the Wollaston Donation Fund. 



The President then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Wollaston Donation Fund, awarded to Albert Ernest Kitson, 

 to Dr. H. Lapworth, Sec.G.S., for transmission to the recipient, 

 addressing him as follows : — 



Dr. Lapworth, — 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fnnd 

 has been awarded to Mr. Albert Ernest Kitson, in recognition 

 of his valuable contributions to Geology in Australia and West 

 Africa. 



Beginning in a clerical capacity on the staff of the Department 

 of Mines of Victoria, he qualified himself for scientific investigation, 

 and became ultimately Senior Field Geologist on the Survey of 

 that State. Besides taking an active part in the geological mapping, 

 he wrote numerous papers on the geology of Victoria, and seized 

 opportunities to extend his researches to New South Wales, 

 Tasmania, and New Zealand. In 1906, on the recommendation of 

 his former chief, Prof. J. W. Gregory, Mr. Kitson was placed in 

 charge of the Mineral Survey of Southern Nigeria. With 

 characteristic energy, in a tropical climate, he traversed the 

 Protectorate in every direction, and, in addition to other services, 

 was chiefly responsible for the discovery and investigation of the 

 Udi-Okana Coalfield, containing vast supplies of coal, the more 

 valuable for its geographical situation. This Survey was suspended 

 in 1911, and in 1913 Mr. Kitson received the appointment, which 

 he now holds, of Director of the Geological Survey of the Gold 

 Coast. His reports on that country have not yet been published; 

 but it is perhaps permissible to mention the discovery of fossilif erous 

 Palaeozoic rock* of considerable geological interest, and of deposits 

 of manganese-ore and of bauxite which have great economic 

 importance. 



That so notable a record of good work should receive recognition 

 from this Society must gratify all who are interested, either in the 

 advancement of geological knowledge, or in the mineral resources 

 of the British Empire. 



