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eleven years since, records the titles of 122 separate memoirs written 

 by him, when I mention his other important works, such as that on 

 the Chalk Pormation of Texas, on the Silurian Pauna o£ Tennessee, 

 on the Geology of Upper Silesia, and the ' Lethsea Gleognostica,' I have 

 said enough to prove that this memorial of an illustrious geologist 

 could not well have been bestowed on a more illustrious recipient. 

 In transmitting it to Dr. Eomer, be so kind as to express our regret 

 that distance and the season of the year have deprived us of the 

 pleasure of his presence on this occasion. 



Dr. WoonwAED expressed his pleasure at being deputed to receive 

 this Medal for Dr. FEEDn^Aira Komee, from whom he had received 

 the following letter :^ 



" Mr. Peesldent, — 



" I am deeply sensible of the honour which you and the Council 

 of the Geological Society have conferred upon me in presenting me 

 with the Murchison Medal. 



"■ I very much regret my inability to be present in order to receive 

 this valuable mark of appreciation from your hands, and to express 

 personally to you my sincere thanks for this high mark of recog- 

 nition which the Society has bestowed on me. 



" It is particularly gratifying to me that it is the Murchison Medal 

 which you have been pleased to confer upon me, because the greater 

 part of my scientific work has been directed to the study of those 

 ancient rocks, the natural order of which was first recognized by the 

 comprehensive genius of its founder. Sir Roderick Murchison. 



" Peed. Eomee." 



AWAED OF the MtJKCHISOK GEOLOGICAL 'FjHSTi. 



In presenting the balance of the proceeds of the Murchison 

 Geological Pund to Mr. Hoeace B.Woodwaed, P.G.S., the Peesidekt 

 addressed him as follows : — 



Mr. Hoeace B. Woodwaed, — 



The balance of the proceeds of the Murchison Donation Pund has 

 been awarded to you in recognition of the good service which you 

 have already rendered to geology, especially by your work among 

 the later deposits of the eastern counties, and to aid you in further 

 researches. But the excellent papers which you have written, in 

 addition to the work done by you as a member of the Geological 

 Survey, do not constitute your only claim to our recognition. Tou 

 have made use of the opportunity of your official position to promote 

 a love of science among those who live in our eastern counties, and 

 we are indebted to you for that admirable volume the ' Geology of 

 England and Wales,' which, though in one sense a compilation, is 

 such a one as only a skilled geologist could produce. 



