﻿ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  — 
  MURCHISON 
  MEDAL 
  AND 
  FUND. 
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  Award 
  oe 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Medal. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  presented 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Medal 
  to 
  Professor 
  

   Jules 
  Gosselet, 
  F.C.G.S., 
  of 
  the 
  Faculty 
  of 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Lille, 
  and 
  

   addressed 
  him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Professor 
  Gosselet. 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  has 
  selected 
  you 
  to 
  receive 
  

   the 
  Murchison 
  Medal 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Murchison 
  

   Fund, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  your 
  distinguished 
  services 
  to 
  Geological 
  

   science. 
  Your 
  labours 
  have 
  extended 
  over 
  25 
  years 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  the 
  elucidation 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  physical 
  structure 
  of 
  

   the 
  north 
  of 
  France 
  and 
  Belgium, 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  country, 
  particularly, 
  

   with 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  Palaeozoic 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Ardennes, 
  culminating 
  

   in 
  your 
  researches 
  into 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  Franco-Belgian 
  Coal- 
  

   field, 
  so 
  amply 
  described 
  and 
  worked 
  out 
  in 
  your 
  ' 
  Esquisse 
  Geolo- 
  

   gique 
  du 
  nord 
  de 
  la 
  France.' 
  For 
  this 
  valuable 
  work 
  the 
  French 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  in 
  1881 
  awarded 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  Bordin 
  prize, 
  the 
  

   highest 
  in 
  their 
  power 
  to 
  confer 
  upon 
  you. 
  

  

  I 
  must 
  here 
  mention, 
  although 
  but 
  briefly, 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  your 
  

   researches. 
  Your 
  published 
  papers 
  or 
  contributions 
  to 
  geological 
  

   science 
  number 
  22 
  ; 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  enumerate 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  which 
  pro- 
  

   minently 
  stand 
  out 
  and 
  show 
  your 
  extensive 
  labours. 
  In 
  1860-61 
  

   the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  France 
  published 
  your 
  " 
  Memoire 
  sur 
  les 
  

   terrains 
  Prim 
  aires 
  de 
  la 
  Belgique 
  et 
  du 
  nord 
  de 
  la 
  France." 
  In 
  the 
  

   publications 
  of 
  the 
  Brussels 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1863 
  

   appeared 
  your 
  paper 
  " 
  Sur 
  les 
  terrains 
  Primaires 
  de 
  la 
  Belgique." 
  

   In 
  1873, 
  in 
  the 
  'Annales 
  des 
  Sciences 
  Geologiques,' 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  appeared 
  

   your 
  memoir 
  on 
  "Le 
  systeme 
  du 
  Poudingue 
  de 
  Burnot, 
  entre 
  Dinant 
  

   et 
  Namur," 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Bulletin 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  at 
  

   Brussels, 
  yourself 
  and 
  M. 
  C. 
  Malaise 
  published 
  your 
  observations 
  

   " 
  Sur 
  le 
  terrain 
  Silurien 
  de 
  l'Ardenne." 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  your 
  many 
  

   papers, 
  your 
  work 
  above 
  named, 
  ' 
  Esquisse 
  Geologique 
  du 
  nord 
  de 
  la 
  

   France,' 
  would 
  place 
  you 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  rank 
  of 
  observers 
  and 
  entitle 
  

   you 
  to 
  high 
  consideration. 
  The 
  nature 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  your 
  investi- 
  

   gations 
  and 
  the 
  tendency 
  of 
  your 
  researches 
  led 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  believe 
  

   that 
  the 
  Medal 
  founded 
  by 
  Sir 
  Roderick 
  Murchison 
  would 
  be 
  worthily 
  

   conferred 
  upon 
  you. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Gosselet, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Monsieur 
  le 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  J'ai 
  souvent 
  regrette 
  de 
  ne 
  pas 
  connaitre 
  la 
  langue 
  anglaise 
  ; 
  mais 
  

   jamais 
  autant 
  qu'aujourd'hui, 
  oil 
  je 
  me 
  vois 
  force 
  de 
  vous 
  exprimer 
  

   en 
  un 
  langage 
  etranger 
  ma 
  reconnaissance 
  pour 
  le 
  grand 
  honneur 
  

   que 
  me 
  fait 
  le 
  Conseil 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  Geologique 
  de 
  Londres 
  en 
  me 
  

   decernant 
  la 
  medaille 
  Murchison. 
  Vos 
  recompenses 
  sont 
  les 
  plus 
  

  

  