﻿X PnOCEEDlXGS or IHE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. l^^SiJ 1 908, 



With, regard to the Income and Expenditure of the Society during 

 the year 1907, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 may be summarized as follows : — 



The actual Eeceipts, excluding the Balance of <£216 Is. 7d. 

 brought forward from the previousyear, amounted to =£3100 175. lOd., 

 being .£'34 195. lOcZ. more than the estimated Income. 



On the other hand, the total Expenditure during the same 

 year amounted to £'3148 2s. Od., being £164 I65. OcZ. less than 

 the estimated Expenditure for the year, and £'47 45. 2d. more 

 than the actual Eeceipts, the year closing with a Balance in hand 

 of £168 17s. od. 



' The History of the Geological Society,' prepared by ]\Ir. H. B. 

 Woodward, was issued during the latter part cf the summer. 

 The volume has met with general acceptance, both on the part of 

 the Fellows and on that of the public, its intrinsic interest being 

 increased by the excellent portraits which accompany it and by the 

 careful way in which it has been edited and printed. The Council 

 believe that the Fellows will heartily agree with them in placing 

 on record the indebtedness of the Society to Mr. H. B. Woodward, 

 the author and editor : to Prof. E. J. Garwood, who supervised 

 the preparation of the illustrations ; and to lEr. E. S. Herries, 

 who was responsible for the section connected with the Charter 

 and Bye-Laws, for their ungrudging expenditure of time and labour 

 in connexion with the ' History. 



The Centenary of the Society was celebrated on September 26th, 

 27th, and 28th. Its remarkable success was largely due to the 

 attendance of an unprecedented number of geologists from all parts 

 of the world. The Society is much indebted to the kindness of 

 several other Learned Societies and to many individuals, for acts 

 of hospitality which gave very much help in the entertainment of 

 its guests. It is proposed to publish, in a style uniform with that 

 of the Quarterly Journal, a Centenary Eecord which will include, 

 besides a general account of the Proceedings, the Centennial 

 Address delivered by the President and the addre.-ses of congratu- 

 lation received from kindred Societies and public bodies in this 

 country and abroad. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Yol. LXIII and 

 the commencement of Yol. LXIY of the Society's Quarterly Journal. 



Certain particulars in regard to Mr. C. Davies Sherborn's 

 admirably-compiled Card-Catalogue of the Library are set forth in 

 the appended Eeport from the Library-and-Museum Committee. 



The fifth Award from the Daniel-Pidgeon Trust-Fund was made, 

 on May loth, 1907, to Miss I. L. Slater, B.A., Xewnham College, 

 Cambridge, who proposed to investigate the Lower Palaeozoic rocks 

 in the neighbourhood of Llandeilo. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made 

 by the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Paul von Groth, 

 Fcr.Memb.G.S., of Munich, in recognition of the value of his 

 ' researches concernins: the mineral structure of the Earth,' and more 



