40 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



begun, have awarded you a portion of the Fund bequeathed to us 

 by one who was among the first to recognize the value and to 

 pursue with success that method of research in which you are now 

 engaged. 



Mr. EoBEETS, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President and Geis^tlemen, — 



I beg to express my grateful acknowledgment of the honour the 

 Council of the Geological Society have conferred upon me by the 

 award of the moiety of the Lyell Fund. It is especially gratifying 

 to me to find that the small contributions which I have hitherto 

 been able to make to the Society have been thought worthy of 

 recognition. In making the award the Council seem also to have 

 taken into account the work involved in teaching others, and thus 

 preparing myself for that accurate observation which is the fijrst 

 essential in Palseontological research. 



It wiU stimulate me to further exertions ; for there is still much 

 to be done in the correlation of our Jurassic rocks as well as in 

 other branches suggested to me by the rich collection in the Wood- 

 wardian Museum. 



I hope, from time to time, to offer to the Society further contri- 

 butions^ and I shall be proud and pleased to co-operate with other 

 workers in the same field, and to assist them in availing themselves 

 of the magnificent collection in the Museum with which I am 

 officially connected. 



