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the Geological Survey, to which he has devoted himself, as you 

 yourself have said, with admirable loyalty and enthusiasm. One 

 of his most useful labours has been the preparation, in conjunction 

 with his former colleague, Prof. Watts, of a Guide to the Collection 

 of Rocks and Possils belonging to the Geological Survey of Ireland. 

 His extensive and accurate knowledge largely contributed to make 

 this work a most valuable compendium of Irish Geology. We hope 

 that this Award will act as an encouragement to him, and be of 

 some assistance in further work. 



Sir Aechibald Geikie, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President, — 



On the part of my old colleague, I have to express to the 

 Geological Society his best thanks for the recognition of his work 

 which is expressed in this Award. Next to myself he is the 

 member of the Geological Survey who has been longest on the staff. 

 His whole life has been devoted to his oflBcial duties, and he has 

 only now and then ventured to make his appearance in non-official 

 print. His labours are thus chronicled in the Maps, Sections, and 

 Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Ireland, and are probably 

 familiar to comparatively few geologists. He has been content 

 honestly and strenuously to do his duty, with a loyalty that has 

 never flinched, and with an enthusiasm that seems to wax higher as 

 the years go past. To such a man you may well believe that 

 recognition from the Geological Society is as precious as it is un- 

 looked for. It will nerve him with fresh energy for the task of 

 revision of the Superficial Deposits of Ireland on which the Survey 

 is about to enter ; for it will show him that his work is not only 

 known to his colleagues, but is appreciated by the leaders of 

 geological science here. 



AWAED OF the BiGSBY MeDAL. 



In presenting the Bigsby Medal to Mr. Geoege William 

 Lamplugh, of H.M. Geological Survey, the President addressed 

 him as follows : — 



Mr. Lamplugh, — 



In 1891 the Council of the Geological Society recognized the value 

 of your work on the Glacial Deposits of Yorkshire and on the 



