_ gentlemen, but trust this will be accomplished very soon. 
16 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS, 
THE CLARKE MEMORIAL. 
The steps that were taken in 1878-9 to commemorate our late 
Vice-President, the Rev. W. B. Clarke, must be fresh in your 
recollection. It was determined that a bronze medal should be — 1 
struck, and presented from time to time to men of science, who 
_ have made valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Geology, - 
Mineralogy, or Natural History of Australasia. The execution of 
the medal was entrusted to Messrs Wyon, of London, and we 
have lately got from them the first specimen, which is now 
exhibited. It isa creditable work of art, and will, we trust, be- 
esteemed by its recipients. Through the kindness of Mr. Hunt, 
copies will hereafter be struck at the Sydney Mint as required. : 
The Council has now made four awards of this medal as follows: | 
—-For 1878, to Professor Owen, for his long-continued researches” 
on the Paleontology of Australia, especially for his series of 
papers to the Royal Society of London, on the Fossil Mammals of 
Australia. For 1879, to Mr. George Bentham, for his splendid 
work in conjunction with Baron Von Mueller, on the Botany of 
Australia. For 1880, to Professor Huxley, for his contributions 
the Natural History of this country ever since he visited our 
shores in the “Rattlesnake”; and, for the present year, to 
Professor M‘Coy, of Melbourne, for his numerous contributions to 
the Paleontology and Natural History of Australia. We hav 
not yet been able to actually present the medal to any of th 
Brotocica, Laporatory ror Sy¥pNEY. 
I have now to request your kind attention a few minutes 
longer, while I bring before you a matter for which I wish t0 
enlist your sympathy, in ibe hope that there may be a practical 
butions in aid of the Building Fund, and I feel some reluctance i 
pressing the claims of any other scheme, even although it is on 
very closely connected with, and directly intended to further 
objects of this Society. It is probably within your knowl 
