﻿X 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [May 
  1 
  897, 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Society's 
  Library 
  during 
  1896, 
  and 
  Part 
  I. 
  (A— 
  La) 
  of 
  the 
  

   General 
  Index 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  Fifty 
  Volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Quarterly 
  Journal. 
  

   Every 
  effort 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  hasten 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   Part 
  of 
  the 
  Index 
  : 
  the 
  Fellows 
  are 
  doubtless 
  fully 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that, 
  in 
  no 
  less 
  degree 
  than 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  compilation, 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  seeing 
  the 
  Index 
  through 
  the 
  press 
  is 
  both 
  arduous 
  and 
  intricate, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Council 
  are 
  hopeful 
  that 
  the 
  general 
  utility 
  of 
  the 
  Index 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  proportionate 
  to 
  the 
  labour 
  and 
  time 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  

   its 
  preparation. 
  

  

  The 
  want 
  of 
  some 
  means 
  by 
  which 
  deserving 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society, 
  whose 
  circumstances 
  have 
  from 
  some 
  cause 
  

   become 
  reduced, 
  could 
  be 
  aided 
  in 
  paying 
  their 
  Annual 
  Contri- 
  

   butions 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  felt. 
  The 
  Council 
  have 
  therefore 
  decided 
  

   to 
  institute, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  voluntary 
  subscriptions 
  from 
  tbe 
  Fellows, 
  

   a 
  Capital 
  Fund, 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  Geological 
  Relief 
  Fund, 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  Council 
  will 
  be 
  Trustees. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  that 
  the 
  interest 
  

   accruing 
  from 
  this 
  Fund 
  should 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  be 
  applied 
  by 
  

   the 
  Council 
  in 
  aid 
  of 
  deserving 
  Fellows. 
  The 
  response 
  to 
  the 
  appeal 
  

   for 
  subscriptions 
  has 
  not, 
  so 
  far, 
  been 
  quite 
  as 
  general 
  as 
  the 
  Council 
  

   had 
  ventured 
  to 
  hope 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  trust 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  mention 
  

   this 
  fact, 
  to 
  induce 
  those 
  Fellows 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  subscribed, 
  to 
  

   furnish 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  placing 
  the 
  Relief 
  Fund 
  on 
  a 
  sound 
  and 
  

   secure 
  basis. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  transferring 
  the 
  Society's 
  

   collections 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  .British 
  Museum, 
  was 
  brought 
  up 
  

   for 
  consideration 
  at 
  a 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting 
  on 
  May 
  20th 
  last, 
  

   and 
  after 
  a 
  prolonged 
  discussion 
  the 
  previous 
  question 
  was 
  carried 
  

   by 
  35 
  Ayes 
  to 
  12 
  Noes. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Awards 
  of 
  Medals 
  and 
  Funds 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  

   the 
  Council 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Wollaston 
  Medal 
  is 
  awarded 
  to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Hudleston, 
  in 
  

   recognition 
  of 
  his 
  valuable 
  services 
  in 
  promoting 
  Geological 
  

   Science. 
  

  

  The 
  Murchison 
  Medal, 
  with 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  Ten 
  Guineas, 
  is 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  Horace 
  B. 
  Woodward, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  

   work 
  among 
  many 
  departments 
  of 
  the 
  science, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  

   connexion 
  with 
  the 
  Neozoic 
  rocks. 
  

  

  The 
  Lyell 
  Medal, 
  with 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  Twenty-five 
  Pounds, 
  is 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  Dr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Hinde, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  

   work 
  in 
  Invertebrate 
  Palaeontology. 
  

  

  The 
  Bigsby 
  Medal 
  is 
  awarded 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Clement 
  Reid, 
  in 
  testimony 
  

   of 
  high 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  researches 
  among 
  the 
  

   newer 
  rocks 
  of 
  Britain. 
  

  

  The 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund 
  is 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Bather, 
  for 
  his 
  researches 
  in 
  Invertebrate 
  Palaeontology, 
  

   and 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  further 
  investigations. 
  

  

  The 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Fund 
  is 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Buckman, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  

   among 
  the 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils 
  of 
  Mesozoic 
  age, 
  and 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  

   further 
  researches. 
  

  

  