1 PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 896, 



I trust that this Award will serve to express to Mr. Wright our 

 appreciation of his services, and will act as an incentive to him to 

 continue his useful geological work. 



Dr. Hinde replied as follows : — 

 Mr. President, — 



It gives me great satisfaction to receive this Award on behalf of 

 my friend Mr. Joseph Wright. He is unfortunately unable to be 

 present, and has sent the following letter for communication to 

 you :— 



' I desire to express my sincere thanks for the honour conferred 

 upon me by the Council of our Society in recognition of my past work, 

 and for their assistance in the further prosecution of my researches. 

 Working so remote from the headquarters of the Society causes this 

 Award to be the more appreciated. 



' I regret that I am prevented from being present to receive it 

 in person, but I hope that the Council will accept this expression 

 of my feelings regarding their approval of my work in a somewhat 

 neglected field. 



' For some years past nearly all my spare time has been spent in 

 microscopically examining the Glacial Clays for Eoraminifera. My 

 anticipation as to the occurrence of these organisms in Clays laid 

 down under glacial conditions has been fully confirmed both as 

 regards our local deposits and other British Clays, and I cannot 

 avoid thinking that this fact must more or less influence our views 

 as to the origin of these drifts.' 



In handing to A. Strahan, Esq., M.A., E.G.S. (for transmission to 

 Mr. John Storrie, of Cardiff), the second moiety of the Award made 

 from the Barlow-Jameson Eund, the President addressed him as 

 follows : — 



Mr. Strahan, — 



The Council have accorded to Mr. Storrie the sum of Twenty 

 Pounds from the Barlow- James on Eund, in recognition of his 

 services for the advancement of Geological Science while in charge 

 of the Cardiff Museum, and, subsequently, as a volunteer worker on 

 the Geology of South Wales. Mr. Storrie, I am informed, was the 

 first to detect and describe an actual exposure of the base of the 

 Old Eed Sandstone near Eumney, and his researches have done 



