﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  OF 
  LONDON 
  

  

  SESSION 
  1896-97. 
  

  

  November 
  4th, 
  1896. 
  

   Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  F.B.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  loss 
  which 
  the 
  Society 
  had 
  sustained 
  

   by 
  the 
  decease 
  of 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Green, 
  M.A., 
  F.R.S., 
  who 
  had 
  served 
  

   for 
  some 
  years 
  on 
  the 
  Council, 
  aud 
  was 
  Vice-President 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  his 
  death. 
  His 
  wide 
  knowledge 
  of 
  science, 
  his 
  perfect 
  upright- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  character, 
  and 
  his 
  genial 
  good-nature 
  were 
  greatly 
  valued 
  by 
  

   all 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  coming 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  further 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  had 
  that 
  

   afternoon 
  passed 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  are 
  deeply 
  sensible 
  of 
  

   the 
  loss 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  sustained 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Green, 
  

   M.A., 
  F.R.S., 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  Members, 
  and 
  a 
  Vice-President 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society. 
  In 
  placing 
  on 
  record 
  their 
  acknowledgment 
  of 
  

   the 
  services 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  often 
  rendered 
  to 
  the 
  Society, 
  they 
  

   desire 
  to 
  express 
  their 
  heartfelt 
  sympathy 
  with 
  Mrs. 
  Green 
  and 
  

   the 
  family 
  in 
  their 
  sudden 
  bereavement.' 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  that 
  Lady 
  Prestwich, 
  in 
  fulfilment 
  of 
  

   the 
  terms 
  of 
  a 
  bequest 
  of 
  her 
  late 
  husband, 
  had 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  

   260 
  bound 
  volumes 
  of 
  geological 
  tracts 
  from 
  his 
  Library. 
  Also 
  

   that 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  .£800 
  had 
  been 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  by 
  

   Sir 
  Joseph 
  Prestwich, 
  the 
  interest 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  triennial 
  

   award 
  of 
  a 
  medal 
  and 
  fund 
  : 
  this 
  bequest 
  to 
  take 
  effect 
  subsequent 
  

   to 
  the 
  decease 
  of 
  Lady 
  Prestwich. 
  

  

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