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Award prom the Wollaston Donation Fund. 



In presenting the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Donation Fund to Mr. William Wickham King, F.G.S., the 

 President addressed him as follows : — 



Mr. Wickham King, — 



The Council have awarded to you the Wollaston Fund, to mark 

 more especially their appreciation of your researches on the Permian 

 Conglomerates of the Lower Severn Basin. Prohably no group of 

 British deposits called more urgently for investigation than the 

 red rocks of the Midlands. Their remarkable conglomerates, 

 breccias, and calcareous bands offered problems of the greatest 

 interest ; while the stratigraphical sequence and correlation through- 

 out the country called for reconsideration. Though the story is 

 not yet fully told, your paper marked a notable advance in its 

 elucidation ; the Permian breccias of the Severn valley are in- 

 separably connected in men's minds with your name. 



The Council are aware that you are engaged upon other problems 

 connected with the district in which you have laboured to such 

 advantage, and make this Award, not only in recognition of what 

 you have done, but in anticipation of equally good work to follow. 



Award from the Murchison Geological Fund. 



The President then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Murchison Geological Fund to Mr. Ernest Edward Leslie Dixon, 

 B.Sc, addressing him in the following words : — 



Mr. Dixon, — 

 The Murchison Fund has been awarded to you by the Council 

 of our Society to mark their sense of the value of your detailed 

 observations on the Carboniferous Limestone. Working in associ- 

 ation with Dr. Vaughan, and armed with the knowledge which you 

 had gained during your official survey of the region, you were able to 

 combine detailed palseontological and stratigraphical observations in 

 such a manner as to produce an exhaustive account of the varying 

 geographical conditions under which the limestone of Gower came 

 into existence. You have also provided us with an admirable 



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