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for many years, and am still, intimately associated with several 

 other scientific bodies of kindred pursuits to our own. 



You have alluded, Sir, in very favourable terms to my work, and 

 I specially desire to thank you for your most kind reference to 

 Mrs. Woodward's assistance in it, during all the years which are 

 past, when we have worked side by side ; but it would be incredible 

 if, having had the grand opportunities afforded to me during 

 43 years in the British Museum, I had not winnowed out some 

 store of good grain as a contribution to the stock of palaeontological 

 knowledge in so long a life. 



Whether as Editor of the 'Geological Magazine,' or in the 

 Geological Department of the British Museum, my greatest aim 

 and object in life has always been to be of assistance to others, and 

 for this, I am glad to say, I have won the friendship and goodwill 

 of a very large circle of my fellow-workers, who have by their 

 kindness rewarded me a hundred-fold, as you, Sir, in the name of 

 the Council have done to-day b} r the bestowal of this Medal, for 

 which my grateful thanks are due. 



Award of the Murchison Medal. 



The President then presented the Murchison Medal to Mr. 

 Charles Thomas Clough, M.A., of H.M. Geological Survey, 

 addressing him in the following words : — 



Mr. Clough, — 



The Council have awarded the Murchison Medal to you, in 

 recognition of your invaluable contributions to Geological Science, 

 by means of the maps and memoirs executed by you for H.M. 

 Geological Survey. 



Your detailed observations on the igneous and metamorphic rocks 

 of Northern Britain have furnished geologists with most important 

 material for the elucidation of many intricate problems. Your 

 work is largely recorded in the various Memoirs of the Geological 

 Survey. I may especially refer to those Memoirs which treat 

 of the geology of the Cheviot Hills and of the Cowal District of 

 Argyllshire, although your contributions to our science are also 

 included in several other volumes of which you are one of the 

 Authors. 



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