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Sir, you so flatteringly refer was done so long ago that this recog- 

 nition is doubly grateful, as a convincing proof that my researches 

 have not been forgotten. 



My work among the New Red rocks of the South- Western 

 Counties, begun in 1870 and completed in 1880, was inspected by 

 mj old chief, Sir Andrew Ramsay, who characterized it as ' first- 

 class work,' a commendation most encouraging at the time and 

 still a highly-prized remembrance. This work has not all been 

 officially published, even now. 



The discovery of the structure and succession of the Devonian 

 rocks would have been effected by a dear friend of mine, the late 

 A. Champernowne, but for his untimely death in 1886. In 

 1888-89 I was employed in endeavouring to reconcile the 

 different versions of Champernowne' s work, with a view to publi- 

 cation ; and I made an earnest attempt to solve the doubts which 

 Champernowne entertained as to the relative positions of certain 

 members of his sequence. The solution of these problems led to 

 the establishment of the true Devonian succession in South Devon, 

 and to the correlation of the subdivisions with those of the 

 Continent. In this work I have been greatly assisted by Conti- 

 nental geologists, among whom my old friend Prof. Gosselet (a 

 former recipient of the Murchison Medal) figures prominently. 

 The tentative application of this succession to Cornwall in 1891 

 was proved to be substantially correct by the subsequent work of 

 the Geological Survey. 



In conclusion, Sir, allow me to renew the expression of my 

 thanks for the honour conferred upon me. 



Award oe the Lyell Medal. 



In handing the Lyell Medal, awarded to Charles Stewart 

 Middlemiss, B.A., to Sir Thomas H. Holland, K.C.I.E., for 

 transmission to the recipient, the President addressed him as 

 follows : — 



Sir Thomas Holland, — 



During a service of more than thirty years on the Geological 

 Survey of India, Mr. Middlemiss has done much to advance our 

 knowledge of the geology of that country. 



