﻿Vol. 
  53«] 
  ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  BIGSBY 
  MEDAL. 
  xlvii 
  

  

  a 
  student 
  is 
  to 
  collect 
  accurate 
  data, 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  my 
  best 
  to 
  observe 
  

   and 
  record 
  the 
  phenomena 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  district. 
  If 
  these 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  contributed, 
  even 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  degree, 
  towards 
  the 
  eluci- 
  

   dation 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  difficult 
  problem, 
  I 
  am 
  amply 
  rewarded. 
  

  

  We, 
  of 
  the 
  Liverpool 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  are 
  proud 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  

   four 
  of 
  our 
  Presidents 
  have 
  been 
  honoured 
  by 
  marks 
  of 
  distinction 
  

   bestowed 
  on 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  mother 
  Society. 
  The 
  encouragement 
  

   which 
  these 
  Awards 
  have 
  afforded 
  cannot 
  be 
  over-estimated. 
  

   When 
  I 
  look 
  down 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  received 
  this 
  Award 
  

   in 
  former 
  years, 
  I 
  cannot 
  but 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  stimulus 
  given 
  has 
  

   greatly 
  influenced 
  their 
  subsequent 
  careers. 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  

   so 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  case, 
  and 
  I 
  shall 
  always 
  endeavour 
  to 
  prove 
  that 
  

   your 
  kindness 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  misplaced. 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Bigsby 
  Medal. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  the 
  Bigsby 
  Medal 
  to 
  Clement 
  Eeid, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  

   the 
  President 
  addressed 
  him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Eeid, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  have 
  awarded 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  

   Bigsby 
  Medal 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  excellent 
  work 
  which 
  j^ou 
  have 
  

   already 
  accomplished, 
  and 
  in 
  full 
  confidence 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  encourage 
  

   you 
  to 
  continue 
  those 
  researches 
  with 
  unabated 
  vigour. 
  Since 
  1874, 
  

   when 
  you 
  joined 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  you 
  have 
  been 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  mapping 
  many 
  areas 
  and 
  various 
  formations, 
  but 
  you 
  have 
  

   more 
  especially 
  directed 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  Tertiary 
  and 
  Pleisto- 
  

   cene 
  Geology, 
  and 
  your 
  memoir, 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Country 
  

   around 
  Cromer,' 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  classical 
  work 
  of 
  reference. 
  The 
  

   painstaking 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  searched 
  for 
  evidences 
  of 
  

   plant-remains 
  from 
  the 
  Pleistocene 
  deposits 
  merits 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  

   all, 
  for 
  the 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  truly 
  remarkable 
  and 
  have 
  enabled 
  us 
  

   to 
  realize 
  far 
  more 
  clearly 
  than 
  was 
  previously 
  possible 
  the 
  climatic 
  

   conditions 
  prevailing 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  accumulated. 
  Besides 
  the 
  

   Survey 
  memoirs 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  written, 
  you 
  have 
  found 
  time 
  to 
  

   contribute 
  several 
  important 
  communications 
  to 
  this 
  Society 
  and 
  

   valuable 
  special 
  notes 
  to 
  the 
  papers 
  of 
  other 
  authors. 
  I 
  feel 
  much 
  

   pleasure 
  in 
  being 
  privileged 
  to 
  hand 
  to 
  you, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  

   this 
  Medal 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  may 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  express 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  

  

  