XU PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [vol. lxXV, 



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 51 Fellows serving with 

 His Majesty's Forces (2 more than in 1917). 



During the past year the Apartments of the Society have been 

 used for General and for Council Meetings by the Institution of 

 Mining Engineers, the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy, the 

 Institution of Water Engineers, the Institution of Municipal 

 ■& County Engineers, the Society of Engineers, the Mineralogical 

 Society, the Palseontographical Society, the Kay Society, the 

 South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, the Geological Physics 

 Society, and the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies 

 of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Sir Aubrey Strahan and Prof. W. G. Fearn sides have continued 

 to act during the year as our representatives on the Conjoint Board 

 of Scientific Societies. 



The Council desires to place on record its high appreciation of 

 the services rendered during the War by the Librarian, Mr. C. P. 

 Chatwin who, despite the increased work devolving upon him in 

 the Library, gave constant help in the general conduct of the 

 Society's business, in the absence of other members of the per- 

 manent staff. 



The sixteenth Award from the Daniel-Pidgeon Trust Fund was 

 made on March 20th, 1918, to James Arthur Butterrteld, M.Sc, 

 who proposed to conduct researches in connexion with the Con- 

 glomerates and Sandstones underlying the Carboniferous Limestone 

 Series in the Xorth-West of England. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been 

 made : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Sir Aubrey Strahan. in recognition 

 of his • researches concerning the Mineral Structure of the Earth.' more 

 especially in connexion with the Stratigraphy, the Geological Cartography, 

 and the Development of the Mineral Resources of Britain. 



The Murchison Medal, together with the sum of Ten Guineas from the 

 Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Dr. Gertrude L. Elles. in recognition 

 of the value of her contributions to the Stratigraphy of the Older Palaeozoic 

 Rocks of Wales, and of her palaeontological researches on the Graptolitoidea. 



The Lyell Medal, together with the sum of Twenty- five Pounds, is awarded 

 to Dr. William Fraser Hume, as an acknowledgment of the value of his 

 researches on the Upper Cretaceous Rocks of England and Ireland, and of 

 his contributions to the Geology, Physiography, and knowledge of the Natural 

 Resources of Egypt. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Sir Douglas Mawson. in recognition of his 

 contributions to our knowledge of Australasia and Antarctica, and as an 

 incentive to further work. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is awarded 

 to Dr. Alexander Logie Du Toit, as an acknowledgment of his contributions 

 to the Geology and Petrography of South Africa, and in order to stimulate 

 him to further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund is awarded 

 to Mrs. Eleanor M. Reid, in recognition of the value of her palreobotanical 

 researches on the Tertiary and Pleistocene Deposits. 



