30 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



AWAKD OE THE WoLLASTON MeDAL. 



In handing the "WoUaston Gold Medal to Dr. W. T. Blaneoed, 

 F.E.S., for transmission to Mr. Gteoege Busk, F.E.S., F.G.S., the 

 President addressed him as follows : — 



Dr. Blaio'oed, — 



The Council of the Geological Society has awarded to Mr. George 

 Busk the WoUaston Medal in recognition of the value of his re- 

 searches in more than one branch of Palseontology. Polyzoa, not 

 only fossil but also recent, he has made peculiarly his own; and his 

 numerous separate papers, his British Museum Catalogue, and his 

 memoir on the Polyzoa of the Crag, have entitled him to the lasting 

 gratitude of workers at this class of the MoUuscoida. But, perhaps 

 as a relief to the study of these minute invertebrates, he has occu- 

 pied himself, not less successfully, with the larger vertebrata, so 

 that to him we are indebted for much information on the fauna of 

 Post-tertiary deposits, especially from the caves of Malta and of 

 Brixham. Permit me, in handing you this Medal for transmission 

 to Mr. Busk, to express my pleasure at having such a duty to dis- 

 charge, and my earnest hope, in which I am sure all present will 

 share, that restored health may enable him to continue his work in 

 the cause of our science. 



Dr. Blaneoeb, in reply, expressed his gratification at being selected 

 as the medium for transmitting the WoUaston Medal to Mr. Busk, 

 whose compulsory absence he nevertheless greatly regretted, and 

 from whom he read the foUowing letter : — 



." 32 Harlev Street, W. 

 "Feb. 19, 1885. 

 "Dear Mr. Peesldent, — 



"As, much to my regret and disappointment, I find myself 

 unable to attend the Annual Meeting, I must trespass upon 

 your kindness to express my warmest thanks and best acknow- 

 ledgments for the honour you and the Council have conferred upon 

 me in the award of the oldest of the Society's Medals, and whose 

 recipients form such a long and distinguished roU, to which any one 

 may indeed be proud to see his name added. 



" The honour, also, in my eyes, is doubly gratifying as being the 

 second testimonial of the same kind, and showing the favourable 

 estimation in which my few labours have been held by the Geo- 

 logical Society of London, whose continued prosperity and useful- 

 ness wiU always be an object of my warmest wishes. 



" BeUeve me. 



Tours very sincerely, 



Geo. Busk." 



Prof. T. G. Bonney, FM.S, 



