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If the Society decide upon the transference, the space, when 

 vacated by the collections, would become available for the Library ; 

 and the Council musfc point out that the provision of further accom- 

 modation for books will soon become a matter of urgent necessity. 

 As it is, the proper and commodious arrangement of many of the 

 serial publications is hampered for want of room. 



The Council are of opinion that the Redecoration of the Society's 

 Apartments and the introduction of the Electric Light constitute 

 improvements which it is desirable to carry out at an early date. 

 The total cost would probably amount to between .£700 and £800, 

 and the Balance Sheet placed in the hands of the Fellows shows 

 that the necessary expenditure could be almost entirely provided 

 for from the surplus that has accrued during the last few years. 

 At the same time, the expense of only a portion of the necessary 

 Redecoration is included with that of the Electric Installation in 

 the Estimates for the current year, so that the whole expenditure 

 may be spread over a period of not less than two years. 



The following awards of Medals and Funds have been made by 

 the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Eduard Suess, For. 

 Memb. G.S., of Vienna, in recognition of his long and brilliant 

 services to the cause of Geological Science. 



The Murchison Medal, with a sum of Ten Guineas, is awarded to 

 Mr. T. Mellard Reade, F.G.S., in recognition of the value of his 

 work on mountain-making, Glacial drifts, and other branches of 

 post-Pliocene geology. 



The Lyell Medal, with a sum of Twenty-five Pounds, is awarded 

 to Mr. Arthur Smith Woodward, F.G.S., in recognition of the value 

 of his work on Fossil Yertebrata, and especially in Palaeichthyology. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Fund (together 

 with a sum of Six Pounds Fifteen Shillings transferred from the 

 Barlow-Jameson Fund, in order to supplement an accidental 

 deficiency in the Wollaston Fund incidental to the aforementioned 

 change of investments) is awarded to Mr. Alfred Harker, in testi- 

 mony of appreciation of his petrological work, and with the view of 

 assisting him in further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Mr. Philip Lake, F.G.S., as a recognition of the value 

 of his palseontological and other researches amongst the older rocks, 

 and to aid him in the prosecution of these studies. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Dr. W. F. Hume, F.G.S., for his researches on 

 Cretaceous rocks and on the Loess formation, and also to assist him 

 in further work. 



The other moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. Charles W. Andrews, F.G.S., in 

 recognition of the value of his work on Fossil Birds and Reptilia, 

 and to assist him in the prosecution of further investigations. 



An award of Twenty Pounds is made from the Barlow-Jameson 

 Fund to Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., in token of appreciation of his 



