﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  WOLLASTON 
  DONATION 
  FUND. 
  XXxix 
  

  

  an 
  agreeable 
  memento 
  of 
  my 
  connexion 
  with 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society. 
  

   So 
  long 
  as 
  I 
  live, 
  it 
  will 
  give 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  take 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  

   geological 
  questions, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  cannot 
  promise 
  to 
  participate 
  very 
  

   actively 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  future, 
  I 
  may 
  at 
  least 
  say, 
  as 
  regards 
  

   my 
  past 
  work, 
  that 
  this 
  recognition 
  of 
  its 
  merits 
  is 
  most 
  ample, 
  and 
  

   leaves 
  nothing 
  on 
  my 
  part 
  to 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  Award 
  oe 
  the 
  "Wollaston 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  handed 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  

   "Wollaston 
  Donation 
  Fund 
  to 
  F. 
  A. 
  Bather, 
  Esq., 
  M.A., 
  addressing 
  

   him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bather, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  have 
  voted 
  you 
  the 
  Balance 
  

   of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund 
  as 
  an 
  expression 
  of 
  their 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  

   excellent 
  work 
  in 
  Palaeontology 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  carrying 
  on, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  assist 
  you 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  investigations 
  on 
  the 
  

   Crinoidea 
  upon 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  expended 
  both 
  much 
  labour 
  and 
  

   capital. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  time 
  you 
  left 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Oxford 
  and 
  entered 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  in 
  1887, 
  you 
  have 
  

   specially 
  studied 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  fossil 
  organisms 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   some 
  27 
  papers 
  you 
  have 
  not 
  only 
  described 
  many 
  interesting 
  

   Palaeozoic 
  and 
  Mesozoic 
  genera, 
  but 
  have 
  proposed 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  

   classification, 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  plates, 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  assistance 
  to 
  all 
  future 
  workers. 
  

  

  The 
  paper 
  which 
  you 
  published 
  in 
  1893 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  

   Royal 
  Swedish 
  Academy, 
  Part 
  I. 
  of 
  the 
  Crinoidea 
  of 
  Gothland 
  (4to. 
  

   10 
  plates, 
  pp. 
  200), 
  is 
  a 
  work 
  which 
  needs 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  and 
  

   studied 
  to 
  be 
  appreciated, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  highly 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  

   eminent 
  palaeontologists 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  abroad. 
  I 
  trust 
  this 
  recog- 
  

   nition 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  what 
  you 
  have 
  already 
  done 
  may 
  encourage 
  

   you 
  to 
  still 
  greater 
  efforts, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  cannot 
  for 
  long 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  our 
  

   English 
  Crinoidea 
  still 
  need 
  a 
  monographer. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bather 
  replied 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  terms 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  After 
  serving 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  for 
  two 
  years, 
  I 
  decided 
  to 
  use 
  

   the 
  knowledge 
  thus 
  gained, 
  and 
  the 
  opportunities 
  there 
  offered 
  

   vol. 
  liii. 
  d 
  

  

  