﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCLETr. 
  

  

  constituents 
  of 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  floras, 
  and 
  the 
  success 
  which 
  has 
  

   attended 
  your 
  experiments 
  in 
  exposing 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  plants 
  by 
  

   freezing 
  water 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  forced, 
  under 
  great 
  pressure, 
  into 
  the 
  

   matrix. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  your 
  labours 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  your 
  numerous 
  

   memoirs 
  on 
  Fossil 
  Plants, 
  Palaeozoic 
  and 
  Mesozoic, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Tertiary, 
  

   published 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  thirty 
  years, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  you 
  have 
  

   enriched 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  this 
  science 
  with 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  sixty 
  

   papers, 
  published 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Vienna 
  Aca- 
  

   demy. 
  We 
  have 
  also 
  to 
  take 
  into 
  consideration 
  the 
  important 
  

   work 
  which, 
  in 
  association 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Gardner, 
  you 
  have 
  accom- 
  

   plished 
  relative 
  to 
  our 
  English 
  Tertiary 
  fossil 
  flora 
  contained 
  in 
  

   the 
  clay 
  beds 
  of 
  Bournemouth 
  and 
  the 
  Isles 
  of 
  Wight 
  and 
  of 
  Sheppey. 
  

   This 
  recognition 
  of 
  your 
  services 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  your 
  labours 
  are 
  

   appreciated 
  and 
  valued 
  by 
  British 
  palaeontologists, 
  and 
  may 
  encourage 
  

   you 
  to 
  the 
  continued 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  you 
  have 
  undertaken, 
  

   a 
  work 
  which 
  your 
  extensive 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Tertiary 
  floras 
  in 
  

   other 
  lands 
  specially 
  fits 
  you 
  to 
  perform. 
  

  

  Prof, 
  von 
  Ettingshatjsen, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  best 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  for 
  

   the 
  honour 
  conferred 
  on 
  me 
  this 
  day 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  especially 
  grateful 
  to 
  you, 
  Sir, 
  for 
  the 
  kind 
  manner 
  in 
  

   which 
  you 
  have 
  spoken 
  of 
  my 
  works. 
  If 
  any 
  encouragement 
  was 
  

   needed 
  to 
  induce 
  me 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  work 
  upon 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  engaged, 
  

   it 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  kind 
  words 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  

   you 
  today. 
  

  

  THE 
  ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDRESS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT, 
  

  

  Robert 
  Etheridge, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  Following 
  the 
  course 
  pursued 
  by 
  my 
  predecessors 
  in 
  this 
  Chair, 
  I 
  

   preface 
  my 
  Address 
  with 
  brief 
  obituary 
  notices 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  

   Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  whose 
  death 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year. 
  

  

  "With 
  deep 
  regret 
  I 
  announce 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  de 
  Malpas 
  

   Grey 
  Egerton, 
  Bart., 
  M.P., 
  of 
  Oulton 
  Park, 
  Cheshire 
  (one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest- 
  

   Fellows 
  of 
  our 
  Society), 
  which 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  his 
  town 
  residence, 
  

   28 
  b, 
  Albemarle 
  Street, 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  April 
  the 
  6th, 
  1881, 
  after 
  

   only 
  two 
  days' 
  illness. 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  was 
  the 
  eldest 
  son 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Sir 
  

   Philip 
  Grey 
  Egerton, 
  the 
  ninth 
  Baronet 
  and 
  Rector 
  of 
  Tarporley 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  higher 
  Mediety 
  of 
  Malpas. 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  was 
  born 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  of 
  

   November, 
  1806, 
  and 
  was 
  consequently 
  in 
  his 
  75th 
  year 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

  

  