X PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [MayiCJII,. 



the Balance of £178 18s. 2d. brought forward from the previous 

 year and £100, the amount of the Hannah Bequest) amounted to 

 .£3159 17s. 2c?., being £1 5s. 2d. more than the estimated Income. 

 On the other hand, the total Expenditure during the same year 

 amounted to £2985 16s. 2d., being £101 Is. lOd. less than the 

 estimated Expenditure for the year and £174 Is. Od. less than 

 the actual Receipts, the year closing with a Balance in hand of 

 £352 19s. 2d, 



In the course of April, 1910, a sum of £100 was received from 

 the executors of the late Mr. Robert Hannah, F.G.S., a bequest to 

 which no restrictive conditions whatever were attached. 



The Committee appointed by the Council towards the end of 

 January 1910, to consider the question of the transference of the 

 Museum, with which is bound up the greatly needed extension of 

 the Library, held several sittings ; and, their conclusions having 

 been endorsed by the Council, certain resolutions of Council were 

 submitted to a Special General Meeting of the Eellows, held on 

 January 25th, 1911. The result of that Meeting, as also the full 

 text of the resolutions, appears on p. vii of the current Proceedings. 



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

 the commencement of Yol. LXYII of the Society's Journal. 



The eighth Award from the Daniel Pidgeon Trust Fund was- 

 made on March 9th, 1910, to Mr. Robert Boyle, B.Sc, who proposed 

 to make a series of researches on the Carboniferous Building-Stones 

 of Scotland. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have also been 

 made by the Council: — 



The "Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Waldemar Christofer 

 Brogger, in recognition of his ' researches concerning the Mineral 

 Structure of the Earth,' and as a mark of esteem for one who, in an 

 age of specialization, has, almost alone among geologists, contributedi 

 brilliant and original memoirs dealing with subjects appertaining 

 to every branch of Geological Science. 



The Murchison Medal, with a sum of Ten Guineas from the 

 Murchison Geological Fund, is awarded to Mr. Richard Hill 

 Tiddeman, in recognition of his valuable contributions to Geological: 

 Science, more especially in connexion with the Carboniferous and 

 Pleistocene formations in Britain. 



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

 this year exceptionally awarded in duplicate, to 



Dr. Francis Arthur Bather, in recognition of his contributions 

 to our knowledge of the Palaeontology of the Invertebrata, and 

 especially of the Echinodermata ; and to 



Dr. Arthur Walton Rowe, as an acknowledgment of his contri- 

 butions to our knowledge of the zonal sequence In the Upper 

 Cretaceous rocks. 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to Prof. Othenio Abel, in recogni- 

 tion of his contributions to our knowledge of the Palaeontology of 

 the Yertebrata, more especially of the Cetacea and Sirenia, and to 

 encourage him in further research. 



