X PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I9O9, 



less than the estimated Expenditure for the year, and <£29 2s. 9d. less 

 than the actual Beceipts, the year closing with a Balance in hand 

 of .£198 Os. 2d. 



The Centenary Record, prepared hy the Secretary, Prof. W. "W. 

 Watts,, will he issued to the Fellows within the next few days, and 

 will have as a frontispiece a photogravure portrait of Sir Archibald 

 Geikie, K.C.B., Pres.B.S. 



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

 the commencement of Vol. LXV of the Society's Quarterly Journal. 



The entries regarding British Geology for the year 1906 have 

 been supplied to the Central Bureau of the International Scientific 

 Catalogue, after revision by the Secretary, Prof. Garwood. The 

 question of the manner in which provision is to be made in 

 the future for these entries is one which will no doubt engage the 

 attention of the new Council. 



The question of the Admission of Women into the Society having 

 been raised at a Special General Meeting, informal polls were taken, 

 first, of the Fellows resident in the United Kingdom, and then of 

 those resident abroad, the detailed results of which have been 

 published in the Proceedings. 



The sixth Award from the Daniel Pidgeon Trust Fund was made 

 on May 20th, 1908, to Mr. James Archibald Douglas, B.A., 

 Demonstrator in Geology in the University of Oxford, who proposed 

 to investigate the zonal succession of the Lower Carboniferous 

 rocks of Western Ireland. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been made 

 by the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Mr. Horace Bolingbroke 

 Woodward, F.B.S., in recognition of researches conducive to the 

 interests of the Society in particular and to the science of Geology 

 in general, especially in relation to the Jurassic rocks of Britain 

 and the ' History of the Geological Society.' 



The Murchison Medal, together with a sum of Ten Guineas 

 from the Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Prof. Grenville 

 A. J. Cole, F.G.S., in recognition of the value of his contributions 

 to Petrology. 



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

 from the Lyell Geological Fund, is awarded to Prof. Percy Fry 

 Kendall, M.Sc, as a mark of honorary distinction, and as an ex- 

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

 the Science, especially by his researches on the Glacial Geology 

 of England. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Dr. John Smith Flett, M.A., as 

 an acknowledgment of the eminent services which he has rendered 

 to Geology, especially by his penological work, and by his researches 

 concerning the eruption of the Soufriere of St. Yincent. 



The Prestwich Medal is awarded to Lady Evans, in memoriam of 

 Sir John Evans. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the AYollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Arthur John Charles Molvneux.F.G.S.,in recognition 



