part 1] ANNIVERSARY MEETING — MURCHISON EUND. xlv 



the Earth' on the "Western Front have been of an unusual nature,, 

 and always of vital consequence. Offering yourself unreservedly 

 for military duty at the outbreak of hostilities, you were fortunate 

 in being soon allotted to a post in which your special qualifications, 

 and your field-training on the Geological Survey were called into 

 action. How capably you responded to the call was revealed to us 

 by Col. Edgeworth David in his lecture in this room a few months 

 ago ; and we can glean something as to the exacting and difficult 

 conditions of your duties from your excellent paper ' Geological 

 "Work on the Western Front ' published in the Geographical 

 Journal of October last. By practical demonstration, you have 

 shown that our science is of essential value to the community in 

 War as well as in Peace, and you have secured recognition of the 

 fact in quarters where it had not hitherto been acknowledged. 



Knowing the quality of your Survey work, as yet unpublished, 

 I can confidently express our expectation that jovly further re- 

 searches during Peace will worthily sustain jour record in the 

 War. 



A\VARI) FROM THE MURCHISON GEOLOGICAL FUND. 



In handing the Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison 

 Geological Fund, awarded to David Woolacott, D.Sc, to 

 Dr. Herbert Lapworth, for transmission to the recipient, the 

 President addressed him in the following words : — 



Dr. Lapworth, — ■ 

 For over 20 years Dr. Woolacott has worked assiduously for 

 the advancement of our Science in the North-East of England, and 

 has made notable additions to our knowledge in many directions, 

 particularly in respect of the composition and structure of the 

 Permian rocks of Durham, and of the North-Eastern Glacial drifts. 

 In his contribution to our Journal in 1905 on the Superficial 

 deposits & Preglacial valleys of the Northumberland & Durham 

 Coalfield, he brought together a mass of information respecting 

 the drift-filled ' washes ' of the district, which is of practical as 

 well as of scientific consequence. His numerous papers on the 

 Permian formation which have appeared from time to time in the 

 Geological Magazine, the Proceedings of the Geologists' Associa- 

 tion (1913), and the publications of local Societies have explained 



