X PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1907, 



Frederick Whiteaves, ' as a mark of honorary distinction, and as an 

 expression on the part of the Council that he has deserved well of 

 the Science,' by his prolonged researches on the Geology and Palae- 

 ontology of Canada. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Mr. Arthur William Rogers, 

 M.A., as an acknowledgment of his eminent services to Geology, 

 especially in relation to the Geological Survey of Cape Colony. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation-Fund is 

 awarded to Dr. Arthur Vaughan, B.A., as an acknowledgment of 

 the value of his investigations into the Zonal Sequence of the Lower 

 Carboniferous Rocks, and to encourage him in further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Dr. Felix Oswald, as an acknowledgment of his 

 investigations into the Geology of Armenia, and of his exertions in 

 overcoming the difficulties which he encountered in the publication 

 of his results. 



A moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological 

 Fund is awarded to Mr. Thomas Crosbee Cantrill, B.Sc, in 

 recognition of the value of his contributions to our knowledge of 

 the Palaeozoic Pocks of Wales and the Forest of Wyre, and to 

 encourage him in further research. 



The other moiety of the Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell 

 Geological Fund is awarded to Mr. Thomas Sheppard, F.G.S., as 

 an acknowledgment of the excellent work accomplished by him on 

 the Geology of Eastern Yorkshire, and as an encouragement to 

 further research. 



RePOKT OE THE LlBEAEY-AlSrD-MuSEUM COMMITTEE EOR 1906. 



The Committee have pleasure in reporting that the Additions 

 made to the Library during the year under review have maintained, 

 both in number and in importance, the standard of previous years. 



During the past twelve months the Library has received by 

 donation 239 Volumes of separately-published Works, 309 Pamphlets 

 and detached Parts of Works, 289 Volumes and 70 detached Parts 

 of Serial Publications, and 24 Volumes of Newspapers. 



The total Number of Accessions to the Library by Donation is 

 thus found to amount to 552 Volumes, 309 Pamphlets, and SO 

 detached Parts. Moreover, 52 Sheets of Geological Maps were 

 presented to the Library, including 28 Folios of the ' Geologic 

 Atlas of* the United States ' ; 9 Sheets received from the Geological 

 Survey of Sweden ; 6 Sheets from the Geological Survey of England 

 & Wales (one being a general geological map of the British Isles) ; 

 3 Sheets from the Geological Survey of Rumania ; and 2 from that 

 of Japan. Messrs. J. B. Harrison & C. W. Anderson presented 

 their geological map of parts of the Essequibo and Cuyuni Rivers 

 (British Guiana) ; and single-sheet Maps were received from the 



