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  anniversary 
  meeting 
  wollaston 
  medal. 
  xxxvii 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Medal. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  the 
  "Wollaston 
  Medal 
  to 
  "W". 
  H. 
  Httdleston, 
  Esq., 
  

   M.A., 
  E.R.S., 
  F.L.S., 
  the 
  President 
  addressed 
  him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hudleston, 
  — 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  extremely 
  gratifying 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  my 
  lot 
  

   to 
  present 
  to 
  you, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Society, 
  the 
  highest 
  award 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  their 
  power 
  to 
  bestow 
  on 
  

   distinguished 
  geologists. 
  You 
  have 
  laboured 
  long 
  and 
  assiduously 
  

   in 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science, 
  and 
  have 
  enriched 
  geological 
  knowledge 
  

   in 
  its 
  chemical, 
  mineralogical, 
  palgeontological, 
  and 
  stratigraphical 
  

   departments. 
  The 
  first 
  paper 
  which 
  you 
  communicated 
  to 
  this 
  

   Society 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Chemical 
  Analysis 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cambrian 
  Bocks,' 
  which 
  you 
  were 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  undertake 
  at 
  

   my 
  request 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1875. 
  You 
  had 
  previously 
  communicated 
  

   papers 
  to 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  Association 
  — 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  Yorkshire 
  Oolites, 
  

   and 
  another, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Hilton 
  Price, 
  on 
  the 
  Thames 
  

   Yalley 
  Deposits. 
  Another 
  valuable 
  chemical 
  paper 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  

   to, 
  namely, 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Chemical 
  Composition 
  of 
  the 
  Rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Lizard,' 
  

   which 
  appeared 
  as 
  an 
  Appendix 
  to 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Bonney 
  in 
  

   1877 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  also 
  you, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Blake, 
  

   contributed 
  a 
  highly 
  important 
  paper 
  to 
  this 
  Society 
  on 
  the 
  Corallian 
  

   Bocks 
  of 
  England. 
  The 
  Addresses 
  delivered 
  by 
  you 
  as 
  President 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  Association, 
  of 
  the 
  Devonshire 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  

   Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  Literature, 
  and 
  Art, 
  and 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  

   show 
  much 
  critical 
  power 
  and 
  demonstrate 
  your 
  ability 
  to 
  convey 
  

   a 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  valuable 
  information 
  in 
  a 
  limited 
  space. 
  You 
  

   are 
  further 
  to 
  be 
  congratulated 
  upon 
  having 
  recently 
  completed 
  the 
  

   important 
  memoir 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Palaeontographical 
  Society 
  — 
  

   * 
  A 
  Monograph 
  on 
  the 
  Inferior 
  Oolite 
  Gasteropoda,' 
  — 
  which 
  contains 
  

   no 
  less 
  than 
  514 
  pages 
  and 
  44 
  quarto 
  plates. 
  The 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  

   your 
  work 
  amongst 
  the 
  Jurassic 
  rocks 
  is 
  so 
  generally 
  admitted 
  that 
  

   I 
  need 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  papers 
  contributed 
  by 
  you 
  to 
  various 
  

   Societies. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  gives 
  me 
  very 
  much 
  pleasure 
  

   to 
  hand 
  to 
  you 
  this 
  Medal, 
  which 
  is 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  as 
  a 
  

   token 
  of 
  their 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  eminent 
  services 
  rendered 
  by 
  you 
  

   to 
  Geological 
  Science. 
  

  

  