Xlviii PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I906. 



water-supply and to the study of underground geology, for which 

 you, the recipient of the Medal, like its Founder, have done so 

 much. 



In these circumstances, it must be a source of satisfaction to you 

 as well as to your friends, to find that the Council have added 

 a new link connecting your name with that of Sir Joseph Prestwich. 



Six years ago the honour fell to me of receiving a medal from 

 your hands. It now falls to my lot to convey one to you, and it 

 gives me much pleasure to hand it to a geologist with whom I have 

 been on terms of friendship for thirty years. 



Mr. Whitaker, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President, — 



During the course of my official life on the Geological Survey it 

 was my lot to work over ground that had been examined in detail 

 by Prestwich, and the geology of which was described in the 

 remarkable set of papers which he read to the Society. 



In my work I was struck by the accuracy of observation and 

 the judgment in inference shown by our past master in stratigraphy. 



In another matter, too, I have had to follow along a line in which 

 Prestwich was perhaps the pioneer, that is the application of geology 

 to questions of water-supply and kindred practical subjects. 



It has been to me a constant pleasure to follow in the footsteps 

 of one from whom I have learnt so much ; and that, in the opinion 

 of the Council, I have been a not unworthy follower, is evidenced 

 by the award to me of the Medal that bears his honoured name. 



I am proud, therefore, to-day in having my name again associated 

 with that of one for whom I have always had a great regard, as a 

 geologist and as a friend. 



AWAED OF THE WOLLASTON DoNATION-FlJND. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Donation-Fund to Dr. Finlay Loeimee Kitchen, M.A., the 

 President addressed him in the following words : — 



Dr. Kjtchin, — 

 The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund 

 is awarded to you, as an acknowledgment of the value of your 

 investigations on the Fossil Brachiopoda and other Invertebrata. 



