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from the Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Charles Stewart 

 Middlemiss, B.A., as an acknowledgment of the value of his con- 

 tributions to our knowledge of the Geology of India. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fmid 

 is awarded to Mr. Richard Bullen Newton, in recognition of the 

 value of his researches in the Palaeontology of the Invertebrata, 

 especially the Mollusca. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Mr. Frederick Nairn Haward, in acknowledgment 

 of his researches on the Fracturing of Flint. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to the Rev. Walter Howchin, in recognition 

 of the value of his contributions to our knowledge of a glacial 

 episode of Cambrian age in Australia. 



A second moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. John Postlethwaite, in acknow- 

 ledgment of his researches in the Geology of the Lake District. 



Repoet of the Library Committee for 1913. 



The Committee have pleasure in reporting that the Additions 

 made to the Society's Library during the past year have fully 

 maintained, both in number and in importance, the standard of 

 previous years. 



During 1913 the Library received by Donation 50 Volumes of 

 separately published Works, 293 Pamphlets, and 65 detached Parts 

 of Works ; also 375 Volumes and 21 detached Parts of Serial 

 Publications, 146 Volumes and 98 detached Parts of the publica- 

 tions of Geological Surveys and other public bodies, and 25 Volumes 

 of Weekly Periodicals. 



The total number of accessions to the Library by Donation is 

 thus seen to amount to 596 Volumes, 293 Pamphlets, and 184 

 detached Parts. In addition, 37 Sheets of Geological Maps were 

 presented to the Library, including 6 Sheets received from the 

 Geological Survey of England & Wales, and 18 from that of 

 Scotland ; 5 Sheets from the Geological Survey of Japan ; 3 Sheets 

 from the Geological Survey of the Union of South Africa ; 2 Sheets 

 from that of Hesse-Darmstadt ; and 1 Sheet each from the 

 Geological Surveys of Russia, French Indo-China, and Victoria. 



Among the Books and Pamphlets mentioned in the foregoing 

 paragraph, especial attention may be directed to the following 

 works : — the 2nd volume of the 5th edition of Prof. E. Kayser's 

 4 Lehrbuch der Geologie ' ; the 2nd volume of Prof. J. P. Idding's 

 * Igneous Rocks ' ; the 5th volume of Prof. A. Lacroix's ' Miner- 

 alogie de la France & de ses Colonies ' ; Prof. T. G. Bonney's 

 ' Building of the Alps ' ; Prof. J. W. Gregory's ■ Nature & Origin 



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