X PEOCEEDIIS'GS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIEXr. [May I9OI, 



the great scientific value of the many important papers which 

 Vol. LVI contains fully justifies the expenditure incurred in con- 

 nexion with them. 



It will he remembered that the Council undertook, on behalf of 

 the Geological Society, to supply to the Eegional Bureau of the 

 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, which begins with 

 the new century, the material referring to geology published in the 

 British Islands. Mr. C. Davies Sherborn, F.G.S., has been appointed 

 by the Council to prepare and edit the Catalogue-slips necessary for 

 that purpose. 



As it appeared to be felt by many Fellows that some change in 

 the details of procedure of the Annual General Meeting was 

 desirable, the Council appointed a Committee to enquire into the 

 subject. After careful investigation the Committee made a report 

 to the Council, the conclusions of which were adopted as follows : — 



1. That the Report of the Council be printed in advance, and distributed to 



the Fellows with the Balance-Sheet. 



2. That Recipients of Awards be not expected to veply. 



3. That Visitors be allowed to be present at the Annual General Meeting, if 



introduced by Fellows or Foreign Members, but that no Visitors be 

 permitted to be present before 3.30 p.m., or so soon thereafter as the 

 Discussion on the Report of the Council has been concluded. 



4. That the Names of the Visitors and of the Fellows or Foreign Members 



introducing them be entered in a Book kept for the purpose. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have been made by 

 the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Charles Barrois, in 

 recognition of the value of his researches concerning the Mineral 

 Structure of the Earth, and, more particularly, of his masterly 

 investigations among the Older Rocks of Britanny, by which h© 

 has so greatly added to the reputation already gained by his con- 

 tributions to our knowledge of the Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous 

 System of Britain. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Mr. Alfred John 

 Jukes-Browne, in recognition of the value of his excellent work io 

 Stratigraphical Geology, especially in the Cretaceous Rocks. 



The Lyell Medal, with a sum of Twenty-five Pounds from the 

 Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Dr. Ramsay Heatley Traquair^ 

 in recognition of the importance of his services to Palaeontology, and 

 particularly of his brilliant work among the Fossil Fishes. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Mr. George William Lamplugh, 

 as an acknowledgment of his eminent services in Stratigraphical 

 Geology, and particularly of his work on the Speeton Clay and in the 

 Isle of Man. 



Tha Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Arthur Walton Rowe, in recognition of his original 

 and brilliant work on the Zones and Fossils of the British Chalk, and 

 to encourage him in further research. 



