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

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Geological 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  handed 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Murchison 
  Geological 
  Fund 
  to 
  S. 
  S. 
  Buckman, 
  Esq., 
  addressing 
  

   him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Buckman, 
  — 
  

  

  Following 
  in 
  the 
  steps 
  of 
  your 
  father, 
  Prof. 
  James 
  Buckman, 
  

   you 
  have 
  devoted 
  many 
  years 
  to 
  the 
  elucidation 
  of 
  the 
  Palaeontology 
  

   and 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Oolitic 
  rocks 
  of 
  Dorset 
  and 
  neigh- 
  

   bouring 
  counties. 
  In 
  palaeontology, 
  you 
  have 
  dealt 
  with 
  the 
  

   Pelecypods, 
  the 
  Brachiopods, 
  and 
  the 
  Ammonites 
  of 
  the 
  Inferior 
  

   Oolite 
  and 
  Bajocian, 
  the 
  last 
  group 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  monograph 
  

   now 
  being 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Palaeontographical 
  Society. 
  Seeing 
  that 
  

   accurate 
  work 
  in 
  palaeontology 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  accomplished 
  without 
  

   equally 
  detailed 
  stratigraphy, 
  you 
  have 
  investigated, 
  with 
  a 
  minute- 
  

   ness 
  before 
  unattempted 
  for 
  Jurassic 
  rocks, 
  the 
  unravelling 
  of 
  their 
  

   geological 
  history, 
  and 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  thus 
  received 
  from 
  your 
  

   hands 
  an 
  important 
  series 
  of 
  papers, 
  amongst 
  which 
  I 
  may 
  mention 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  Cotteswold, 
  Midford, 
  and 
  Yeovil 
  Sands 
  (1889) 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  so-called 
  Upper-Lias 
  Clay 
  of 
  Down 
  Cliffs 
  (1890) 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   Bajocian 
  of 
  the 
  Sherborne 
  District 
  : 
  its 
  Eelation 
  to 
  Subjacent 
  and 
  

   Superjacent 
  Strata 
  (1893) 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Bajocian 
  of 
  the 
  Mid- 
  

   Cotteswolds 
  (1895). 
  To 
  show 
  their 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  

   work 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  already 
  accomplished, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  

   you 
  may 
  continue 
  to 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  lines 
  which 
  have 
  yielded 
  results 
  

   so 
  excellent, 
  the 
  Council 
  have 
  felt 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  awarding 
  

   you 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Buckman 
  replied 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  scarcely 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  the 
  honour 
  which 
  you 
  

   have 
  done 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  this 
  Award, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  far 
  

   too 
  favourable 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  spoken 
  of 
  such 
  scientific 
  

   work 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  accomplish. 
  You 
  have 
  very 
  kindly 
  

   alluded 
  to 
  my 
  stratigraphical 
  work, 
  and 
  have 
  noticed 
  its 
  minuteness. 
  

   As 
  regards 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  labours 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  clear 
  conscience 
  : 
  it 
  

   was 
  undertaken 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  understanding 
  the 
  genealogy 
  of 
  

   Ammonites, 
  and 
  its 
  minuteness 
  is 
  an 
  absolute 
  necessity 
  thereto. 
  

   But 
  when 
  I 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  palaeontological 
  work 
  to 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  

  

  