Yol. 6^.~] ANNIVERSARY MEETING BIGSBY MEDAL. xlv 



the path so admirably opened up by bis predecessor, Dr. Whiteaves 

 has amply sustained the scientific reputation of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey, and has made solid contributions of great value 

 to Palaeontology. 



In requesting you, Lord Strathcona, as High Commissioner for 

 Canada, to be so good as to transmit this Medal and its accompany- 

 ing cheque to our esteemed colleague in Ottawa, I would beg you 

 at the same time to assure him that the Geological Societ}- values 

 his services to our science, takes an interest in his welfare, and 

 sends its cordial wishes for the continued prosperity of the great 

 scientific institution in which he has laboured so long, and to the 

 renown of which he has so greatly contributed. 



Lord Strathcona, in reply, expressed the pride and pleasure which 

 he felt in receiving the medal on behalf of a palaeontologist, the 

 great value of whose work had been known to him for many years. 

 He recalled the inception of the Canadian Geological Survey under 

 Sir William Logan, and remarked that, in showing its appreciation 

 of the merits of Dr. Whiteaves, one of the most indefatigable 

 workers on that Survey, the Council of the Society had done honour 

 to the Survey and to Canada. 



Award of the Bigsby Medal. 



The President then handed the Bigsby Medal, awarded to 

 Mr. Arthur William Rogers, M.A., to Mr. G. W. Lampllgh: for 

 transmission to the recipient, addressing him as follows : — 



Mr. Lamfltjgh, — 



The Bigsby Medal has been adjudicated by the Council to 

 Mr. A. W. Rogers, in appreciation of his important labours in 

 South African Geology. For more than ten years he has been at 

 work in Cape Colony ; not infrequently under difficulties which, 

 in older countries like our own, can hardly be realized. His nume- 

 rous reports, whether prepared by himself alone or conjointly with 

 his colleagues on the Geological Commission, and published in the 

 -Commission's annual volumes, have materially increased our know- 

 ledge of the geological structure of the southern part of the African 

 continent. Besides these official memoirs, he has published alone, 

 and also in conjunction with his able colleague, Prof. E. H. L. Schwarz, 





