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noblest of its members. This is not the time to refer specially 

 to his labours ; but we may feel assured that such sterling work as 

 he accomplished will ever hold an honoured place in the annals of 

 British Geology. The Council at their sitting this afternoon passed 

 the following resolutions, which I feel no doubt all the Fellows 

 present will cordially endorse : — 



(1) That the President, Council, and Fellows of the Geo- 

 logical Society of London desire to convey to Lady Prestwich 

 the assurance of their heartfelt sympathy with her in the sad 

 and irreparable loss that she has sustained, and at the same 

 time to place on record their high appreciation of the lifelong 

 geological work achieved by Sir Joseph Prestwich, who for 

 sixty-three years was a member of their body alike respected 

 and beloved. 



(2) That this Resolution be placed upon the Minutes, and 

 that a copy of it be communicated to Lady Prestwich. 



The above Resolutions were then passed unanimously. 



Humphrey Lewis, Esq., Cambrian House, Llangollen ; Geoffrey 

 F. Monokton, Esq., Vancouver, British Columbia ; and William 

 Sherwood, Esq., Eastbourne House, Sutton Coldfield, were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The following names of Fellows of the Society were read out for 

 the second time in conformity with the Bye-laws, Section VI. 

 Article 5, in consequence of the non-payment of their Arrears of 

 Contributions : — the Rev. J. T. C. Gullan ; F. M c Knight, Esq. ; 

 E. P. Ramsay, Esq. ; and R. H. Williams, Esq. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



Sir William Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S., exhibited specimens and 

 lantern- slides illustrating the general form, arrangement of laminae, 

 and distribution of the canals and tubuli in characteristic specimens 

 of Eozoon canadense. He pointed out that an examination of these 

 specimens and photographs might prevent mistakes likely to arise 

 from the study of imperfect specimens or from supposing that 

 laminated rocks resembled Eozoon, and also that they exhibited 

 additional peculiarities observed since the original publication of the 

 description of Eozoon in the Quarterly Journal of the Society in 1865. 

 He did not wish to enter upon any argument as to the nature of 

 Eozoon, but merely to show the appearance of the principal struc- 

 tures on which the conclusion that it was of animal origin had been 

 based. He also pointed out that these structures might be mis- 

 understood when studied in imperfectly-preserved specimens, and 



