XXVm PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



the friendly aid witli whicli he furthered the explorations of the 

 students in the field, I can appreciate the immense influence which 

 he has exercised on the practical education of the rising youth of 

 Germany, an influence which has been exercised on a larger scale 

 since he was called to assume the Professorship at Leipzig. 



Saxony is a country boasting but a small population ; and yet our 

 Society is well aware of the numerous high names in various de- 

 partments of science of which a Saxon may be proud. In awarding 

 our highest honour to Professor Naumann, I trust that it will be seen 

 that we are truly desirous of seeking out merit wherever it exists, 

 and that we thus testify our sense of the high value of labours 

 carried on without show or blazon, but with a conscientious regard 

 to the interest of scientific truth. 



Professor Ansted, on receiving the Medal, replied as follows : — 



Mr. PEESii)E]!irT, — In the absence of Professor Naumann, who is 

 unable at the present season to interrupt his University course, I 

 beg to acknowledge on his behalf the reception of this Medal ; and it 

 win be my duty to transmit it to him, accompanied with an intima- 

 tion of the manner in which the announcement of the Council has 

 been received. 



1 hold in my hand a letter from Professor Naumann, expressing 

 his own sense of the high honour the Council has awarded him ; and 

 a translation of this letter, with your permission, I wiH now proceed 

 to read. 



Leipzig. 



Mr. Peesident, — The honourable award of the Gold WoUaston 

 Medal is for me one of the most gladdening events of my life. It is 

 cheering with reference to the past, inasmuch as it ofi'ers me the 

 satisfactory consciousness that my former labours in the departments 

 of Mineralogy and Geology have not been conducted without useful 

 results, since they have been deemed worthy of so brilliant a dis- 

 tinction by the highest tribunal of Geological Science. And it is 

 equally cheering with regard to the future, because the recognition 

 shown by so competent a tribunal wiU lend me in my old age courage 

 and strength to follow up to their completion the tasks which stiU 

 lie before me. 



I feel myself, therefore, bound to express to you, Mr. President, 

 and to aU the honoured Members of the Council of the Geological 

 Society, my respectful and deeply felt gratitude, as well as to assure 

 you that I shall do aU that lies in my power to prove myself to the 

 end of my days worthy of the distinction which you have conferred 

 upon me. 



AWAED OE THE WOLLASTON DoNATION^-FUND. 



The President then addressed E. A. C. Godwin--Axjstex, Esq., 

 P.KS., asfoUows:— 



Mr. GoD^viN-AusTEis', — I have much pleasure in requesting you to 

 send to M. Bosquet, of Maestricht, the balance of the proceeds of the 



