1 PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [vol. Ixxiii, 



Dr. Steahax replied in the following words : — 

 Mr. Phesidext, — 



It is a great pleasure to me to receive, on behalf of mv col- 

 league on the Geological Survey, this testimony of the value that 

 the Council attaches to his Avork. You have refeiTed in generous 

 terms to Mr. CaiTuthers's contributions to our knowledge of 

 Scottish G-eology, and to his researches in pure Palaeontology. 

 His application of scientific methods of investigation to the 

 Corals has done much to elucidate stages of evolution in those 

 lowly organisms, and I believe that your recognition of this branch 

 of his work will be especially gratifying to him. In Economic 

 Geology the demands made upon the staff by the exigencies of war 

 were sudden and imperative, and no one knows better than myself 

 how well Mr. Carruthers and his colleagues responded to the call, 

 and for the time resisted the fascinations of abstract science. 



Mr. CaiTuthers, writing amid the distractions of the Western 



Front, tells me that it is 



' almost impossible to give any adequate expression of my gratitude to the 



Society for their award of the Medal As the bulk of my work has 



been concerned with Economic Geology, the honour of this award is shared 

 equally with my comrades on the Survey .... In the field of abstract science 

 my ventures have been little more than tentative. I hope that the generous 

 encouragement that thej' have always received from the Society may ulti- 

 mately be repaid in some degree. The obligation is, of course, greatly 

 increased by this additional proof of trust.' 



Ma}'- I express the hope, for myself and for the Fellows of the 

 Society, that it will not be long before Mr. CaiTuthers can resume 

 his scientific work and justify the confidence that you have so 

 gracefully expressed in his promise for the future ? 



AWAED FROM THE WOLLASTON DOXATIOX FUXD. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Donation Fund to Peecy Geoege Hamx'all Boswell, D.Sc, 

 the Pee8IDE>'t addressed him as follows : — • 



Dr. Boswell, — 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wolkston Donation Fund 

 has been awarded to you by the Council in recognition of your 

 work in East Anglia. b}" whicli you have added to our knowledge 



