Xviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [April I9I4, 



The Council have to announce the completion of Vol. LXIX (for 

 1913) of the Society's Journal. It is hoped that No. 19 of the 

 Record of Geological Literature (for 1912) will be ready for publi- 

 cation early in the current } r ear, and that No. 20 may also be 

 issued within this year. 



A successful and largely-attended Conversazione was held in 

 the Society's Apartments on June 18th, 1913. During the past 

 year these Apartments have been used for General or for Council 

 Meetings by the Mineralogical Societ} r , the Palaeontographical 

 Society, the Ray Society, the Geologists' Association, the British 

 Association, the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy, the Insti- 

 tution of Mining Engineers, the Institution of Water Engineers, 

 and the British Science Guild ; also for sectional meetings by the 

 International Congress of Historical Studies. 



Improvements have been effected in the electric lighting arrange- 

 ments in the Library ; and the Council have considered a scheme 

 for the ventilation of the Meeting Room, and have iioav called for 

 specifications for the installation of an electric fan. 



The retirement on pension of the former Assistant Librarian, 

 Mr. William Rupert Jones, after 40 years' service, was sanctioned 

 at a Special General Meeting on April 9th ; and at the same 

 meeting the appointment of Mr. Maurice St. John Hope as 

 Assistant Clerk was confirmed b}^ the Fellows. On April 23rd, 

 the Council temporarily appointed Mr. Charles Panzetta Chatwin 

 as Assistant Librarian, subject to confirmation by the Fellows at 

 a Special General Meeting. 



The President was nominated by the Council to represent the 

 Society at the Meeting of the Twelfth International Geological 

 Congress, held at Toronto in August last. The Council, on the 

 understanding that an International Geological Map of the World 

 was to be undertaken, agreed to be resjDonsible for twenty-five 

 copies, in the event of its publication, at a probable expenditure of 

 not more than £31 5s. Od. per annum for eight years. 



The eleventh Award from the Daniel-Pidgeon Trust Fund was 

 made on March 19th, 1913, to Roderick Urwick Sayce, B.A., 

 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, who proposed to in- 

 vestigate the rock-succession and structure of the Ystwyth Valley 

 and its neighbourhood. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made 

 b} r the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Dr. John Edward Marr, 

 F.R.S., in recognition of his ' researches concerning the Mineral 

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

 graphy of the Lower Paheozoic Rocks. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a Sum of Ten Guineas 

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

 Augustus Edmond Ussher, in recognition of his valuable contri- 

 butions to Geological Science, more especially in connexion with 

 the Devonian Rocks. 



The Lyell Medal, together with a Sum of Twenty-Five Pounds 



