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one mail to do so much and so well almost passes belief, but our 

 libraries are enriched by his books and memoirs, and the work of our 

 young men is inspired, improved, and encouraged by his example. 



We ask your Excellency to transmit this Medal to Prof. Brogger, 

 and with it to convey to him the deepest respect of his British 

 colleagues, and the best wishes of his many friends in this country.. 



The Norwegian Minister expressed his pride and pleasure in- 

 receiving on behalf of his distinguished countryman and friend 

 the highest award which it was in the power of so venerable and 

 learned a Society to confer, and read the following communication 

 which had been sent to him by Prof. Brogger : — 



'Twenty years ago the Geological Society of London did me the great honour 

 to award to me the Murehison Medal. The Society now having awarded to 

 me its highest honour, .the Wollaston Medal, I am led to hope that also 

 during the two decenniums that have elapsed I have been able to yield some 

 contribution of general interest to geological science. 



' Allow me on this occasion to assure you. that no other appreciation could 

 have been more unexpected or more A 7 alued by me than the unanimous award 

 of the Wollaston Medal by the Council of the Geological Society, an honour so 

 surprising to me, that even in my dreams I could never have expected to attain 

 it. I am therefore so much the more grateful for this kind valuation of my 

 scientific results. 



' The roll of the Wollaston Medal, from the time of its first recipient, the 

 great master, William Smith, until this day, comprises an unsurpassed series- 

 of founders and constructors of various branches of geological science. Looking 

 on this roll, comprising also a number of those who w^ei-e my valued instructors 

 in my youth — the few still living amongst them being now seniors and Nestors 

 of their science — I obtain an excellent scale of the high importance of such 

 an appreciation from the oldest and most renowned Geological Society of the- 

 world. 



' At the same time, these dear old illustrious names on the roll speak to me- 

 as a sad and serious memento of the short lifetime that is left, a reminder to 

 devote the few years that may still remain for me to complete my main lifework: 

 " The History of the Eruptive Province of the Kristiania Region," the finishing 

 of which, by the force of circumstances, has been interrupted and postponed by- 

 official duties for several years. 



' Respectfully thanking you for this precious memento, I bow my head, and 

 will do my best to follow its voice. w c Brogger.' 



' Kristiania, February 9th, 1911.' 



Award of the Murchison Medal. 



The President then handed the Murehison Medal, awarded to 

 Mr. Pvichard Hill Tiddeman, M.A., to Prof. E. J. Garwood. Sec.G.S.. 



