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the year 1906, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 may be summarized as follows : — 



The actual Eeceipts, excluding the Balance of .£305 2s. 9d. 

 brought forward from the previous year, amounted to .£2943 18s. 6d., 

 being £82 9s. 6d. less than the estimated Income. 



On the other hand, the total Expenditure during the same 

 period amounted to £3032 19s. Sd., being ,£141 18s. 4cZ. less than 

 the estimated Expenditure for the year, and £89 Is. 2d. in excess 

 of the actual Receipts, the year closing with a Balance in hand of 

 .£216 Is. 7d. The principal item in regard to w T hich the Expen- 

 diture exceeded the sum provided in the Estimates was that of 

 Miscellaneous Printing (excess <£20 19s. lid.). On the other hand, 

 no Expenditure was incurred in respect of Ventilation (for which 

 £90 0s. Od. had been allowed) or in respect of the History of the 

 Geological Society (for which £50 0s. Od. had been allowed). 

 Mr. H. B. Woodward has completed the 'History,' and is now 

 engaged in passing it through the press. The illustrations are 

 being prepared under the supervision of Prof. E. J. Garwood, and 

 Mr. E. S. Hemes has undertaken the section connected with the 

 Charter and the Bye-Laws. 



A Committee has been appointed to make the necessary arrange- 

 ments in connexion with the forthcoming celebration of the 

 Centenary of the foundation of this Society. The celebration is to 

 take place in the latter days of September, and it is hoped that 

 there will be a numerous attendance of Delegates from kindred 

 institutions in this county and abroad. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Yol. LXII and 

 the commencement of Yol. LXIII of the Society's Quarterly Journal. 



Full particulars in regard to Mr. C. Davies Sherborn's admirably- 

 compiled Card- Catalogue of the Library are set forth in the 

 appended Report from the Library-and-Museum Committee. 



The fourth Award from the Daniel -Pidgeon Trust-Fund was 

 made, on May 9th, 1906, to Miss Helen Drew, Newnham College, 

 Cambridge, who proposed to examine the relationship of the Caradoc 

 and Llandovery rocks in South Wales, between the Llandeilo and 

 Fishguard districts. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made 

 by the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. William Johnson 

 Sollas, F.B..S., in recognition of the value of his 'researches 

 concerning the mineral structure of the Earth,' and particularly 

 of his valuable contributions to the sciences of Petrology and 

 Palaeontology. 



The Murchison Medal, together with a Sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Mr. Alfred 

 Harker, F.R.S., in recognition of his valuable contributions to 

 Geological Science by means of his Penological Memoirs, especially 

 those relating to the Isle of Skye. 



The Lyell Medal, together with a Sum of Twenty-Five Pounds 

 from the Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Dr. Joseph 



