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particularly of the services which he has rendered to the scieDce of 

 Crystallography. 



The Miirchison Medal, together with a Sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murehison Geological Fund, is awarded to Prof. Albert 

 Charles Seward, E.R.S., in recognition of the services rendered 

 by him in the advancement of Geological Science by means of his 

 studies in Palseobotany. 



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

 from the Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Mr. Bichard 

 Dixon Oldham, ' as a mark of honorary distinction, and as an ex- 

 pression on the part of the Council that he has deserved well of 

 the Science,' especially by his researches on the Geology of India, 

 and on the phenomena and origin of Earthquakes. 



The Balance of the Broceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Herbert Henry Thomas, M.A., in recognition of 

 his work on the Composition of Sedimentary Bocks and on the 

 Palaeozoic Series of South Wales, and to encourage him in further 

 work. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murehison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Miss Ethel Gertrude Skeat, D.Sc, in acknowledgment 

 of her researches among the Glacial and Lower Palaeozoic deposits, 

 and to encourage her in further work. 



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

 Fund is awarded to Mr. Harold J. Osborne White, in recognition 

 of his researches among the Cretaceous and Pleistocene deposits of 

 Berkshire and Oxfordshire, and as an encouragement to further work. 



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

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. Thomas Franklin Sibly, B.Sc, in 

 recognition of his work on the zonal divisions of the Carboniferous 

 Limestone, and to stimulate him to further research. 



In response to an appeal issued jointly by the National Trust 

 for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, the Wiltshire 

 Archaeological & Natural History Society, and the Marlborough- 

 College Natural History Society, the Council have contributed from 

 the Barlow-Jameson Fund a Sum of Twenty Pounds, towards the 

 amount which is being raised to secure the preservation of the 

 Sarsen-Stones on the Marlborough Downs, known as ' The Grey 

 Wethers.' 



BePOET of the LiBRAEY-AND-MuSEUM CoMAtlTTEE EOR 1907. 



The Committee have pleasure in reporting that the Additions 

 made to the Library during the year under review have more than 

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

 previous years. 



During the past twelve months the Library has received by 

 Donation 267 Volumes of separately-published Works, 402 Pamphlets, 

 49 Detached Parts of Works, 304 Volumes and 30 Detached Parts 

 of Serial Publications, and 25 Volumes of Newspapers. 



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