﻿anniversary 
  meeting 
  ltell 
  fund. 
  43 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Lvell 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Charles 
  Lapworth, 
  F.G.S., 
  of 
  the 
  Mason 
  

   College 
  of 
  Science, 
  Birmingham, 
  one 
  moiety 
  of 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  

   proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Donation 
  Fund, 
  the 
  President 
  addressed 
  him 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Lapworth, 
  — 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  know 
  not 
  your 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  to 
  palaeozoic 
  

   geology 
  and 
  palaeontology 
  have 
  much 
  to 
  learn 
  : 
  probably 
  no 
  other 
  

   author 
  has 
  so 
  ably 
  written 
  upon 
  the 
  Graptolitidae, 
  or 
  has 
  taken 
  a 
  

   more 
  comprehensive 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  development 
  

   in 
  the 
  lowest 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Islands 
  and 
  Scandinavia 
  than 
  

   yourself. 
  

  

  You 
  have 
  enriched 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  palaeozoic 
  palaeontology 
  by 
  

   fourteen 
  or 
  fifteen 
  communications 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  value. 
  Chief 
  

   amongst 
  them 
  is 
  your 
  paper 
  in 
  our 
  Journal 
  on 
  the 
  Moffat 
  series 
  in 
  

   1878 
  ; 
  no 
  recent 
  contribution 
  to 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  palaeontology 
  sur- 
  

   passes 
  this 
  in 
  research. 
  Most 
  of 
  your 
  papers 
  have 
  been 
  contributed 
  

   to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Magazine, 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1870-81, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   publications 
  of 
  the 
  Glasgow 
  and 
  Edinburgh 
  Geological 
  Societies, 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  an 
  important 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  Rhabdophora, 
  both 
  zoologically 
  and 
  stratigraphically. 
  I 
  may 
  

   mention 
  your 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  British 
  Graptolites 
  and 
  their 
  allies, 
  

   and 
  on 
  an 
  improved 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  Rhabdophora, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1873 
  ; 
  also, 
  in 
  1876, 
  your 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Scottish 
  Monograp- 
  

   tidae, 
  and 
  your 
  two 
  philosophical 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  Tripartite 
  division 
  

   of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Palaeozoic 
  rocks, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  correlation 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  

   Palaeozoic 
  rocks 
  of 
  Britain 
  and 
  Scandinavia. 
  I 
  believe 
  you 
  are 
  now 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  another 
  paper 
  requiring 
  considerable 
  

   research 
  ; 
  to 
  aid 
  you 
  therefore 
  in 
  this, 
  the 
  Council 
  have 
  awarded 
  

   to 
  you 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Lapworth, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

   Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  deeply 
  sensible 
  of 
  the 
  unexpected 
  honour 
  conferred 
  upon 
  

   me 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  in 
  making 
  this 
  award, 
  and 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  offer 
  them 
  my 
  

   sincere 
  thanks. 
  I 
  am 
  especially 
  grateful 
  for 
  the 
  generous 
  and 
  flat- 
  

   tering 
  terms 
  in 
  which 
  you, 
  Sir, 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  my 
  labours 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  kindly 
  and 
  hearty 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  

   have 
  received 
  the 
  mention 
  of 
  my 
  name. 
  

  

  My 
  original 
  work 
  in 
  geology 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  delightful 
  

   employment 
  of 
  such 
  few 
  hours 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  snatch 
  from 
  

   the 
  absorbing 
  duties 
  and 
  avocations 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  busy 
  life 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  me 
  

   the 
  charms 
  of 
  original 
  research 
  are 
  so 
  attractive 
  that 
  I 
  feel 
  pretty 
  

   confident 
  that 
  such 
  leisure 
  time 
  as 
  I 
  find 
  at 
  my 
  disposal 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  

   will 
  most 
  certainly 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  pursuits. 
  

  

  