X PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [vol. lxXlV,. 



Architect o£ H.M. Office of Works, the work was postponed until ' 

 after the War. 



With regard to the publications of the Society, the Council has 

 to announce the completion of Vol. LXXII of the Quarterly 

 Journal (1916). No. 20 of the Society's 'Record of G-eological 

 Literature ' (1913) is now in the printers' hands. 



In accordance with the provisions of the modification of Bye- 

 Law Section VI, Art. 4, sanctioned at the Special General Meeting 

 of March 10th, 1915, the Council has, on the motion of the 

 Treasurer, remitted the contributions of 49 Fellows serving with 

 His Majesty's Forces (18 more than in 1916). 



During the past year the Apartments of the Society have been 

 used for General and for Council Meetino;s bv the Institution of 

 Mining Engineers, the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy, the 

 Institution of Water Engineers, the Institution of Municipal & 

 County Engineers, the Societ} 1- of Engineers, the Mineralogical 

 Society, the Paheontographical Society, the Ray Society, the 

 South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, and the Geological 

 Physics Society. 



Dr. A. Strahan and Prof. W. G. Fearnsides have continued to 

 act during the year as our representatives on the Conjoint Board 

 of Scientific Societies. 



The fifteenth Award from the Daniel Pidgeon Trust Fund 

 was made on March 28th, 1917, to Arthur Holmes, B.Sc, who 

 proposed to conduct researches in connexion with the Geology of 

 the Dartmoor Border around Okehampton and Belstone. 



The followino- Awards of Medals and Funds have also been 

 made : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Dr. Charles Doolittle 

 Walcott, in recognition of his ' Researches concerning the Mineral 

 Structure of the Earth,' especially in connexion with the Strati- 

 graphy and Palaeontology of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Mr. Joseph 

 Burr Tyrrell, in recognition of the value of his explorations in the 

 less accessible regions of Canada, and of his researches on the 

 Geology of Gold Deposits in that country. 



The Lyell Medal, together with a sum of Twent} r -Five Pounds, is 

 awarded to Mr. Henry Woods, as an acknowledgment of the value 

 of his researches in Palaeontology, more particularly on the Fauna 

 of the Cretaceous Period. 



The Prestwich Medal is awarded to Prof. William Boyd Dawkins, 

 in recognition of his important studies in Pliocene and Pleistocene 

 Geology, connected more especially with the Mammalia of those 

 Periods. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Albert Ernest Kitson, in recognition of his con- 

 tributions to our knowledge of the Geology and Mineralogy of 

 Australia and Africa. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 



