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Award op the Mitrchison Gteological Fund. 



The President then handed the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Murchison Geological Fund, awarded to Mr. Thomas Sargeant 

 Hall, M.A., of Melbourne, to Prof. J. W. Jtjdd, for transmission to 

 the recipient, addressing him as follows : — 



Professor Jtjdd, — 



In awarding the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Fund 

 to Mr. Hall, the Council is desirous of recognizing the value of hia 

 many contributions to Australian geology, and especially of hi» 

 detailed researches on the Zonal Distribution of the Graptolites of 

 Victoria. His work has thrown much light on the Lower Palseozoic 

 history of Australia ; while his discovery of the coincidence of the 

 Ordovician auriferous belts with certain graptolitic zones is an 

 illustration of the bearing of palaeontological research on economic 

 questions. 



His application of the zonal method of research to the Kainozoie 

 deposits of Victoria has done much to elucidate the later geological 

 history of the Colony, and his bibliographic labours have, I am told, 

 greatly facilitated the work of his scientific colleagues in Victoria. 

 We hope that this Award will be of some assistance to him in 

 further researches. 



Award op the Lyell Medal. 



In presenting the Lyell Medal to Ramsay Heatley Traqxjair, 

 M.D., F.E.S., of Edinburgh, the President addressed him in the 

 following words : — 



Dr. Traquair, — 



The Council of the Geological Society, in presenting you with the 

 Lyell Medal, desires to express its sense of the great value of your 

 many contributions to palaeontology. More than thirty years have 

 elapsed since the publication of your first papers on Fossil Fishes, 

 and during the whole of that period you have been giving evidence 

 of your keen insight into the structure of these interesting forms of 

 life. I can only refer to one or two of your more important works. 



Tour memoirs on the structure of the Palaeoniscidae and Platy- 

 somidse are, I believe, masterpieces of descriptive palaeontology, and 

 must for ever remain most valuable w'orks of reference. Of great 

 importance, from a geological point of view, have been your researches 



