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If the work that I have accomplished in this field falls far short of 

 the realization of early dreams, it is still gratifying for me to find 

 that I have been able to do enough to merit this expression of the 

 Society's approbation. 



Awards from the Lyell Geological Ffnd. 



In presenting one half of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund to John William Evans, D.Sc, LL.B., the President 

 addressed him as follows : — 



Dr. Evans, — 



Half the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Fund has been 

 awarded to you, in recognition of the importance of your geological 

 work during the last ten years. Your visit to an almost unknown 

 part of Brazil, and several years' residence in India, have enabled 

 you to make observations and to collect specimens of great value to 

 our science. The papers which you have already published in our 

 Journal on the Matto Grosso District, and on the Calcareous Sand- 

 stones and Monchiquites of North-western India, are evidence of 

 your capacity for original work. 



We trust that this Award may aid you in publishing the results of 

 investigations that you are known to have carried out while engaged 

 in the Survey of the State of Junagarh (Kathiawar), and will 

 encourage you in further work. 



In handing the other half of the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Lyell Geological Fund, awarded to Mr. Alexander McHenry, of 

 the Geological Survey of Ireland, to Sir Archibald Geikie for 

 transmission to the recipient, the President addressed him in 

 the following words : — 



Sir Archibald Geikie, — 



Mr. McHenry's claims to recognition are well known to you, and 

 the fact that you receive the Award of a moiety of the Balance of the 

 Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund on his behalf, is a proof that 

 you cordially endorse the action of the Council. For forty years he 

 has laboured to advance our knowledge of Irish Geology as a member 

 of the Geological Survey ; first as a collector of fossils and rock- 

 specimens, and afterwards as a member of the Surveying Staff. 

 Most of his work has been published in the Maps and Memoirs of 



