part 1] ANNUAL REPORT. XV 



The Lyell Medal, together with a sum of Twenty Pounds, is 

 awarded to Dr. Wheelton Hind, as an acknowledgment of the value 

 of his contributions to the Geology of the Carboniferous Eocks'of 

 Britain, and of his researches on the Palaeozoic Lamellibranchia. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Mr. Robert Greorge Carruthers, 

 as a mark of appreciation of his work on the Carboniferous 

 Anthozoa and of his contributions to Scottish Greolog^-, and to 

 stimulate him to further research. 



The Balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Dr. Percy G-eorge Hamnall Boswell, in recognition of 

 his investigations on the Tertiary and Quat<irnary Deposits of East 

 Anglia, and on the Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks. 



The Balance of the proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Dr. William Mackie, as an acknowledgment of his 

 valuable work on the Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks of Scotland, 

 especially in connexion with his researches on the Petrology and 

 Palaeontology of the Old Red Sandstone of Elgin. 



A Moiety of the Balance of the proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Dr. Arthur Hubert Cox, in recognition of the 

 value of his contributions to the Stratigraphy of the Lower Palaeo- 

 zoic Rocks of South and Central Wales. 



The second Moiety of the Balance of the proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is aw^arded to Mr. Tressilian Charles Nicholas, as 

 an acknowledgment of his work on the Stratigraphy and Palae- 

 ontology of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks of North Wales. 



The Balance of the proceeds of the Barlow-Jameson Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Henry Dewey, in recognition of his contributions 

 to the Geology of the South- West of England and of his researches 

 in connexion with Quaternar}'- Deposits. 



Report of the Library Committee for 1916. 



Much progress in the work of the Library has been made during 

 the year, and the number and importance of the accessions from 

 the usual sources are approximately the same as those of last year. 

 The binding of serials has been keptw^ell in hand, and 115 separate 

 sheets of maps have been mounted. 



A notable addition was made during the recess in the form of 

 numerous volumes and pamphlets presented by Mr. R. D. Oldham, 

 F.R.S. The series obtained from Mr. Oldham's Library is jDarti- 

 cularly rich in seismological literature, and three serials in this 

 branch are new to the Society's Library ; they are the Publications 

 of the Japanese Earthquake Committee in Foreign Languages, the 

 Bulletins of the Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee, and 

 the BoUettino della Societa Sismologica Italiana. Two other serials 

 were ])resented — the Annual Reports of the Cape of Good Hope 

 Geological Commission from its commencement until 1911, and a 

 complete set of the publications of the Societe de Speleologie, 

 Paris ; the former is a valuable addition on account of its raritv, 



