Vol. 57.] AIJNTVERSARY MEETING BIGSBY MEDAL. xlvU 



Speeton Clay by an Award from the Lyell Fund. Since that time 

 you have still further extended our knowledge of the Lower 

 Cretaceous Rocks of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and have furnished 

 Prof. Pavlov with material which has enabled him to throw con- 

 siderable light on the physical conditions and migrations of the 

 Cephalopod Fauna during the period represented by these rocks. 



Your early work was done in the midst of an active and successful 

 business career, which you gave up, somewhat against the advice of 

 your friends, to join the Geological Survey and devote all your 

 energy to the progress of science. Of late years you have been 

 working in the Isle of Man, and the map of that island which yon 

 have produced is a striking proof of your skill as a geological 

 surveyor. Its publication leads us to look forward with great 

 expectations to the forthcoming memoir. 



In awarding to you the J3igsby Medal, the Council feel that 

 they are placing it in safe hands. You have done much, and they 

 confidently expect that you will do more. 



Mr. Lampltjgh replied in the following words : — 

 Mr. President, — 



It is not without a proper sense of responsibility that I receive 

 this Medal. The terms of the Award leave no doubt that, while it 

 is intended to some extent as a recognition of work already done,, 

 it is essentially intended as an incentive to further work, and implies 

 a certain obligation in this respect — which you. Sir, in your en- 

 couraging words have not attempted to lighten. The recipients of 

 this Medal in the past have always fulfilled the obligation, and it 

 will indeed be a satisfaction to me if it be in my power to prove my 

 fitness for the trust reposed in me by this Award. 



You have made reference to my altered circumstances since the 

 time, ten years ago, when my earlier work received kindly recognition 

 from the Council of this Society ; and it may, therefore, be permitted 

 to me to confess that, in deciding to devote my whole energies to 

 geological research, I felt some misgiving lest the studies which had 

 proved so congenial as a recreation should take on another aspect 

 when made the main occupation of my life. But the misgiving ha& 

 proved groundless ; the wider opportunity, so far from blunting my 

 interest in these studies, has brought fresh zest, and on every side' 

 has opened up vistas of promising work for the future. 



