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make it necessary for me to refer to them in detail. He has, 

 from the first, recognized the enormous importance of associating 

 palaeontological with stratigraphical work, and by original research, 

 as well as by a critical study of the writings of others, has made 

 himself master of the geology of that period to which he has 

 especially devoted himself. 



But he possesses also a good all-round knowledge of geology. 

 His Handbooks on Physical and Historical Geology have been 

 of great service to students, and his suggestive work on the 

 Building of the British Isles has been the means of directing 

 attention to many problems of considerable theoretical interest. 



There is yet another way in which he has rendered great service- 

 to geology, and that is as a stimulator of work in others. I am 

 sure that no one will be more ready to acknowledge this than 

 Mr. William Hill, with whom Mr. Jukes-Browne has been so long, 

 associated. 



In recognition of these many services to our science, the Council 

 have awarded to him the Murchison Medal, which I, an old College 

 friend and fellow-student, now ask you to transmit to him with our 

 heartiest good wishes. 



Mr. Whitaker, having expressed his gratification at the privilege 

 of receiving the Medal on behalf of an old colleague and valued 

 friend, read the following extracts from a letter which he had 

 received from Mr, JirKES-BRow>^E : — 



* I beg you to convey to the Council of tlie Geological Society nay deep appreciatioa 

 of the honour conferred upon me by the award of the Murchison Medal, and my 

 great regret that the state of my health makes it impossible for me to be present in 

 person to express my acknowledgments. 



' That such work as I have been able to accomplish should be thought worthy of 

 this high reward is not only a present gratification, but will be an incentive to show 

 myself more worthy of such recognition. I feel also that I have been specially 

 fortunate in my friends, and that without the assistance of two of them in 

 particular — Mr. W. Hill and Prof. J. B. Harrison — many of the investigations in 

 which I have been concerned would have been incomplete. 



' I should like further to say that the pleasure of receiving the Murchison Medal on 

 the present occasion is much enhanced by the knowledge that the WoUaston Medal 

 is at the same time awarded to my old friend. Prof. Barrois, whose zonal work among 

 the Cretaceous Rocks of England and France has added so much to our knowledge of" 

 those rocks.* 



