A2raUAL REPORT. 9 



vacancy in each, of the Foreign lists, both of which have since 

 been rilled. 



The total Eeceipts on account of Income for the year 1882 were 

 £2663 16s. 2d., being £9 2s. 4d. less than the estimated Income 

 for the year. The total Expenditure, on the other hand, amounted 

 to £264:4: 19s. 5d., or £118 3s. 7d. more than the estimated Expen- 

 diture of the year, the excess being chiefly incurred in connexion 

 with the production of the Quarterly Journal. 



At the desire of the President, who kindly bore half the expense 

 of the evening, a Conversazione was held in the Society's Eooms on 

 the 24th November last. The attendance was hardly so numerous 

 as might have been expected ; but in all other respects the entertain- 

 ment was highly successful. 



The Council have to announce that Mr. G. "W. Ormerod has kindly 

 prepared a Second Supplement to his valuable Classified Index to the 

 publications of the Society, including the volumes of the Quarterly 

 Journal published from 1876 to 1882 inclusive (Yols. XXXII. to 

 XXXVIII.). The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Ormerod 

 for the labour and care he has devoted to the task of keeping this 

 useful guide to the contents of the Society's Publications up to date. 

 The manuscript of this Second Supplement has been furnished by 

 Mr. Ormerod, and is now in the printer's hands. It will be of 

 about the same size as the First Supplement (published in 1876), and 

 will be issued to Fellows at the same price, namely one shilling. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Yol. XXXVIII. 

 and the commencement of Vol. XXXIX. of the Society's Quarterly 

 Journal. 



The Council have awarded the "Wollaston Medal to W. T. Blanford, 

 Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., in recognition of services rendered by him to 

 Geology in Abyssinia and Eastern Persia, and during his long-con- 

 tinued labours in connexion with the Geological Survey of India. 



The Murchison Medal, with the sum of Ten Guineas from the 

 proceeds of the Fund, has been awarded to Professor H. P. Goppert, 

 F.M.G.S., in testimony of appreciation of his valuable researches in 

 connexion with Palasozoic Botany, which have extended over a 

 period of 50 .years. 



The Lyell Medal, with a sum of Twenty-five Pounds from the 

 proceeds of the Fund, has been awarded to Dr. "W. B. Carpenter, 

 C.B., F.P.S., F.G.S., in recognition of the value of his investigations 

 into the Microscopic Structure of Fossils, especially the Foraminifera, 

 and of his labours in connexion with the exploration of the deeper 

 parts of the Ocean. 



The Bigsby Medal has been awarded to Henry Hicks, M.D., F.G.S., 

 as a token of appreciation of the importance of his labours among 

 the Oldest Fossiliferous and Archaean Pocks of the British Islands. 



The balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund has 

 been awarded to Professor John Milne, F.G.S., in recognition of the 

 interest attaching to his valuable investigations into the Earthquake- 

 phenomena of Japan, and to assist him in further seismic observa- 

 tions. 



