xlii PEOCEEDixas of the geological society, [vol. Ixxviii^ 



present at the Anniversary Meeting, and I am writing to ask i£ 

 you would be so kind as to represent me when the Lyell Medal is 

 presented, and on ni}^ behalf to thank the President and Council 

 for their award. It is one that, for several reasons, I value very 

 highly, especiall}^ because the Medal was founded by the writer of 

 the remarkable chapters on earthquakes in the " Principles of 

 Geology," and not less because it is presented by the author of the 

 report on the great earthquake of 1897. I should like to take this 

 opportunity of saying that, whatever success my study of British 

 earthquakes ma}" have attained, is owing in great part to the help 

 and encouragement which I constantly received from Prof. Charles 

 Lapworth and from m}^ old teacher, Prof. Lebour.' 



Chaeles Datiso?^.' 



Award from the Wollaston Doin'atiois^ Fuis^d. 



The PEESiDEa^TT then presented the Balance of the Proceeds, 

 of the Wollaston Donation Fund to Dr. LeojS^aed Johis^stox 

 Wills, M.A., addressing him as follows : — 



Dr. Wills, — 



Commencing jouv geological record with a study of the Lower 

 Keuper rocks of Worcestershire, a study of the structure of the 

 lower jaw of the Triassic Labjainthodonts, and the discovery and 

 description of the fossil plants at Bromsgrove, you have rendered 

 more conspicuous service b}^ 3"0ur geological work on the Palaeozoic 

 rocks of North Wales and the Denbighshire coalfield, in the course 

 of which you have developed imj)ortant suggestions of tectonics,. 

 and added to our knowledge of the detailed stratigraphy of the 

 region. Nor have luore recent deposits been neglected, as is 

 e\idenced b}^ your paper on late Glacial and post-Glacial changes in 

 the Dee Yalley, and on windworn pebbles in the high-level gravels 

 of Bromsgrove. These studies you are still continuing, and we 

 look forward to the early publication of some of your results. In 

 recognition of the work done, and as an encouragement to future 

 effort, the Council has awarded to j^ou the balance of the Wollaston 

 Fund, which I now hand to you in the name of the Societ}^. 



