Xliv PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY [May 1 896, 



rejoice that they have been considered worthy of so handsome a 

 recognition. Like the founder of this Medal, I began the study of 

 Geology in middle life, and doubtless the direction and the character 

 of my researches have been profoundly influenced by previous pro- 

 fessional training as well as by natural bias. The study of Geology 

 has been to me a labour of love as well as an interesting and 

 healthful recreation. It has also been an education. Doubtless 

 some of the work to which I have directed my attention has been of 

 an arduous nature ; but, as Shakespeare says, 



' The labour we delight in physics pain.' 

 It now only remains for me to thank the Council and yourself for 

 this much appreciated recognition of my small services to Geological 

 Science, and to assure you that the addition of my name to the dis- 

 tinguished list of Murchison Medallists is calculated to inspire and 

 support me in any further work which in God's providence I may 

 be permitted to carry out. 



AWAED OE THE MlJECHISON GEOLOGICAL FjJTSJ). 



The Peesident then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Murchison Geological Fund to Philip Lake, Esq., M.A.. F.G.S., 

 addressing him in the following words : — 



Mr. Lake, — 



The Council of the Geological Society have awarded to you the 

 Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund, in 

 recognition of your work in India, too soon interrupted by ill- 

 health. Before you left, however, you had made a solid contri- 

 bution to the history of the origin of the remarkable Laterites 

 of that region (Mem. Geol. Surv. India, vol. xxiv. Art. 3, 1890), 

 as well as to some other Indian geological problems. You have 

 now commenced in "Wales : first, in conjunction with Mr. T. T. 

 Groom, at Corwen (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1893, vol. xlix. p. 426), 

 and at a later date alone, near Llangollen (ibid. 1895, vol. li. p. 9), 

 you have given the Society careful and accurate contributions on 

 the Geology of these difficult regions. 



Nor have you neglected Palseontological studies, as your recent 

 paper on Acidaspis bears testimony. 



It is hoped that this Award may prove not only useful, but that 

 it may serve as an incentive to continued and important geological 

 work in the near future. 



