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or some such term as that. And it was also proposed that a gold 
medal should be given from time to time as a reward of merito- 
rious contributions to geological science. It was intended that 
they should follow the example of the Murchison medal given by 
the Geological Society of Great Britain. There might ‘be some 
difficulty in determining precisely how it should be given, but it was 
not thought va sate at this stage to go into details. The fact was 
that the exact character of the memorial must be determined to a 
large extent by the cteniias of the contributions; but it was thought 
that they could not ask for contributions from the public without 
a definite statement in the first instance of what was proposed. 
There was the proposition of the joint committee—an annual 
course of lectures and a gold medal. The joint committee, he 
thought, were inv noe with full powers to deal with this matter, 
but he thought it was the feeling of the committee that it would 
4 be well to have the ine of the meeting of members so as 
to strengthen them in their intentions and enable them to go to 
the public with mies to call for subscriptions to carry ri 
these ends ey v that there were differences of opin 
about the form of a soaal and it was not professed that ities 
things were the very best possible, but they seemed to be things 
7 that were most easily within their power. Various itn tee 
were made, attended by rc ditticulties in their carrying 
| out ; and the committee sa way more clearly to poms out the 
menial in thes 6 re ang than in any other. It was eg 
have some kind B te n from the meeting, whatever they a 
choose to give. It ad} een suggested that unless some actual dis- 
atthe was stated they would take silence as consent. (Hear, 
ont) 
Mr. J. Henry should like to express his disapprovalof the pro- 
posals. With all due deference for the views of the commi 
H 
Dilentted that. a ncholacehiy -n Sri bate nal dae taalicts the . 
