12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 894, 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. Aubrey Strahan, M.A., F.G.S., in token of appre- 

 ciation of his work among the stratified rocks of England and 

 Wales, and for the purpose of assisting him in further researches. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Mr. George Barrow, F.G.S., in recognition of the 

 value of his work among the older rocks of Scotland, and in order 

 to aid him in the further prosecution of his investigations. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. William Hill, F.G.S., as a testimony of the value 

 of his work among the Cretaceous rocks, and to aid him in further 

 researches. 



From the Proceeds of the Barlow-Jameson Fund a sum of Twenty- 

 five Pounds is awarded to Mr. Charles Davison, M.A., in token of 

 appreciation of his work in Seismology, and in order to aid him iu 

 further investigations. 



Heport of the Library and Museum Committee for 1893. 

 Library. 



Your Committee have great pleasure in announcing that many 

 valuable additions have been made to the Library during the past 

 year, both by donation and by purchase. 



By Donation the Library has received about 183 Volumes of 

 separately published works and Survey Beports, 221 Pamphlets, and 

 248 Volumes and 31 detached Parts of the publications of various 

 Societies. Besides these, 16 Volumes of Newspapers have been 

 received. The total addition to the Society's Library by donation 

 amounts, therefore, to 447 Volumes, 31 Parts, and 221 Pamphlets. 

 Moreover, 199 Sheets of Maps and Sections have been presented to 

 the Library, and the Society may be congratulated on the fact that 

 its collection of the one-inch maps of H.M. Geological Survey is now 

 as nearly complete as possible. 



The Books and Maps which have just been enumerated were the 

 gift of 114 Personal Donors, 23 Editors or Publishers of Periodicals, 

 216 Societies, and 36 Survey Departments and other Public Bodies 

 — the total number of Donors being 389. 



By Purchase, on the recommendation of the Standing Library 

 Committee, the Society's Library has been enriched by the addition 

 of 84 Volumes of separately published works, 36 Volumes and 

 44 Parts of works published serially, and 31 Sheets of Maps. 



It is a matter of satisfaction to your Committee that further 

 progress has been made during the twelvemonth under review 

 towards completing long-standing deficiencies in the sets of serials 

 in the Library. 



