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enquiry. Of these, probably the most important was his careful 

 investigation of the effects of the great Indian Earthquake of June 

 12th, 1897. Since he retired from his Indian appointment he has 

 continued to take part in the discussion of seismic phenomena, and 

 he has written some noteworthy papers dealing more particularly 

 with the relations of the subject to the internal constitution of the 

 globe. I greatly regret his absence to-day from illness. 



It would have been to me no small satisfaction that it should have 

 fallen to me to present this Medal, for one of the pleasant memories 

 of my life is that I counted his father among my friends. As the 

 worthy son of a distinguished sire, he has carried on the family- 

 tradition. Will you tell him that the Society trusts that, as he is 

 now once more resident in this country, we may often see him at 

 our Meetings, and that for many years to come we may be favoured 

 with communications from him on the geological questions in which 

 we are all interested ? 



Mr. Lamplugh, in reply, said : — 



Mr. President, — 



In the unavoidable absence of Mr. Oldham, I will ask your 

 permission to read the following letter, explaining the circumstances, 

 vhich I received from him this morning : — 



' If you are not, like me, laid up with a mild attack of the universal influenza, I 

 sh>uldbe very much obliged if you would represent me to-morrow, accept the Medal, 

 and express on my behalf my gi-atitude for the favour which the Council has accorded 

 me. The grant is the more gratifying, as, since I have been free to follow my own 

 inclnations, these have led me to a branch of our science which had almost ceased 

 to hi regarded as Geology, but finds its proper place in the "Principles" of the 

 founler of the Medal which I ask you to accept on my behalf.' 



Award op the Wollaston Donation-Fund. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Donaion-Pund to Mr. Herbert Henry Thomas, M.A., the Presi- 

 dent addressed him in the following words : — 



M'. Thomas, — 



The balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund has 

 been by the Council awarded to you, in recognition of the value of 



