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Prof. J odd, in reply, said : — 



Mr. President, — 



Although I rise at short notice, it is with extreme satisfaction 

 that I receive at your hands this Award to Prof. Milne. It was 

 my good fortune to he acquainted with the recipient of this Medal 

 and Fund hefore he left this country for Japan ; and during his 

 long residence in that distant land I have had the privilege of fre- 

 quent correspondence with him. The cheerful courage with which 

 he has faced unpromising surroundings, the resourceful tact with 

 which he has met every difficulty, and the unconquerable energy 

 with which he has surmounted the greatest obstacles, are known to 

 all of us. You, Sir, have referred to the admirable work done 

 by the Seismological Society of Japan, and it is not too much to 

 say that during a long period Prof. Milne might have justly 

 asserted " I am the Seismological Society." The foundation of 

 that Society and the Seismological Magazine was due to the wise 

 foresight and the unflagging energy of Prof. Milne himself, and 

 to the efforts of the pupils whom he has instructed, and whose 

 enthusiasm he has fired. I feel assured that the Fund which you 

 have asked me to place in his hands will be administered in the 

 best interests of Geological Science. It was my good fortune to 

 know, very intimately, the founder of this Medal and Puud, and I 

 am persuaded that the Council of this Society never more truly 

 fulfilled his wishes and never more fully conformed to the terms of 

 his bequest — both in their letter and spirit — than when they 

 decided to make this Award to Prof. John Milne. 



AWAED OF THE LtELL GEOLOGICAL FUND. 



The President then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of the 

 Lyell Geological Fund to Mr. William Hill, F.G.S., and addressed 

 him in the following words : — 



Mr. "William Hill, — 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund has 

 been awarded to you in testimony of the value of your work 

 amongst the Cretaceous rocks of this country during the last eight 

 years. In collaboration with Mr. Jukes-Browne, you have made 



