part 1] AIN^NIVERSARY MEETING MrECHISON FUND. liii 



Award from the Murchison Gteological Fund. 



The Peesident then presented the Balance of the Proceeds 

 of the Murchison Geological Fund to Aleert Gilligan,' D.Sc, 

 addressing him in the following words : — - 



Dr. GiLLiOAN, — 



The Council has awarded to you the Balance of the Proceeds of 

 the Murchison Geological Fund as a mark of its appreciation of 

 the value of your work in the Millstone Grit of Yorkshire, and 

 especially of 3^our important contributions to our knowledge of the 

 petrography of that formation. While the Lower Cai'boniferous 

 rocks and their mode of origin haye received a full share of atten- 

 tion in recent years, our knowledge of the conditions under which 

 the widespread deposits of the overlying clastic sediments were 

 accumulated is still very imperfect. Your work has already thrown 

 interesting light on the probable source of the material composing 

 these rocks in Yorkshire, nor has it been confined to the study of 

 this formation alone. Your studies of the alluvial deposits and of 

 the Lower Permian rocks in Yorkshire have fdled important gaps 

 in our knowledge, and are marked by the same methodical care- 

 fulness as that which characterized your principal work. In makings 

 this Award, the Council looks forward with confidence to the con- 

 tinuation of your researches. 



Awards feom the Lyell Geological Fund. 



, In jDresenting a moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of 

 the Lyell Geological Fund to Heebeet Leadee Hawkins, 

 D.Sc, the President addressed him in the following words : — 



Dr. Hawkins, — 



During the past twelve years you have been publishing a series 

 of papers on fossil sea-urchins, culminating in the fine memoir on 

 the Morphology and Evolution of the Ambulacrum in the 

 Echinoidea Holectypoida, recently published by the Royal Society. 

 These papers, illustrated by exact and beautifully clear drawings 

 from your own pen, have been characterized hy keenness of 

 observation, based on manipulative skill, by originality of method 

 combined with attention to the work of previous authors, and by 



