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value of your work amongst the Igneous Rocks, both in the field 

 and with the microscope. 



Your papers ' On the Igneous and Associated Rocks of the 

 Breidden Hills ' (1885), ' The Igneous Succession in Shropshire ' 

 (1888), and ' On the Geology of the Long Mountain ' (1891), give 

 evidence of your careful study of the stratigraphy and palaeontology 

 of the older Palaeozoic rocks, and of the petrology of the igneous 

 rocks associated with them. 



Your observations on the Corndon dolerite showed, for the first 

 time, that a mass of igneous rock presenting a definite laccolite- 

 structure was to be found in this country. 



The general results of your work are embodied in the important 

 memoir on ' The Geology of South Shropshire,' by Prof. Lapworth 

 and yourself (published in the Proceedings of the Geologists' Asso- 

 ciation, 1894). 



For several years you have rendered much valuable service as 

 Secretary and Recorder of Section C, at the British Association. 



Latterly you have devoted yourself more especially to the study 

 of Igneous Rocks — and the Geological Survey is to be congratulated 

 on having secured your services. 



Mr. Watts, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President, — 



I am deeply sensible of the honour conferred upon me by the 

 Council in awarding me the Wollaston Grant, but I am overwhelmed 

 by the feeling of my own unworthiness when I read the roll of 

 distinguished men, including the President, who have previously 

 received this award. It is a great pleasure to take it from the 

 hands of one who has, throughout my career, shown me unvarying 

 kindness and consideration ; and my pleasure is further enhanced by 

 the fact that at the same time my chief, Sir Archibald Geikie, 

 receives the oldest medal granted by the Society. What work I 

 have done has been largely due to the help and encouragement that 

 I have received from Prof. Lapworth, with whom the paper on the 

 Geology of South Shropshire was written during last year. I think 

 it is a subject for congratulation, not only within the ranks of the 

 Geological Survey but outside them, that such candid statement of 

 fact and such free discussion of opinion are, under its present direc- 

 tion, not only permitted but encouraged amongst the officers of 

 that Survey. 



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