Xii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I9OO, 



made in the present form of the Society's Record of Geological 

 Literature. 



In consequence of the lamented decease of Dr. Henry Hicks, one 

 of your Vice-Presidents, a Special General Meeting was held on 

 December 20th, 1899, at which Lieut.-Gen. C. A. McMahon was 

 elected a Member of Council, and Mr. H. W. Monckton a Yice- 

 President, in the room of the late Dr. Hicks. 



The following Awards of Medals and Funds have been made by 

 the Council : — 



The Wollaston Medal is awarded to Prof. Grove Karl Gilbert, 

 F.M.G.S., in recognition of the value of his researches concerning 

 the mineral structure of the earth, and, more particularly, of his 

 important contributions to Physical Geology, and especially to the 

 Geological History of the American Continent. 



The Murchison Medal and a sum of Ten Guineas from the 

 Murchison Geological Fund are awarded to Baron Adolf Erik Nor- 

 denskiold, F.M.G.S., in recognition of his valuable researches in 

 Mineralogy, and more especially of his numerous arduous expeditions 

 in the Arctic Regions, which have resulted in great and important 

 additions to Geological and Geographical knowledge. 



The Lyell Medal and a sum of Fifty Pounds from the Lyell 

 Geological Fund are awarded to Mr. John Edward Marr, F.R.S., in 

 recognition of the value of his services to Geological Science in 

 general, and more particularly of his contributions towards the 

 elucidation of the Stratigraphy and Physical Geology of the English 

 Lake-District. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund is 

 awarded to Mr. George Thurland Prior, in recognition of his services 

 to Mineralogy, and to encourage him in further research. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Murchison Geological Fund 

 is awarded to Mr. Alfred Vaughan Jennings, in recognition of his 

 researches in Petrology and Physical Geology, especially in the 

 region around Davos (Engadin), and to encourage him in further 

 work. 



The Balance of the Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund, sup- 

 plemented by a portion of the Proceeds of the Barlow-Jameson Fund, 

 is awarded to Miss Gertrude L. Elles, as an acknowledgment of the 

 value of her contributions to the study of the Graptolites and the 

 rocks in which they occur, and to encourage her in further research. 



A sum of Twenty Guineas, from the Proceeds of the Barlow- 

 Jameson Fund, is awarded to Mr. George C. Crick, in recognition 

 of the value of his contributions to the study of the Fossil 

 Cephalopoda, and to assist him in further work. 



A sum of Twenty Guineas, from the Proceeds of the Barlow- 

 Jameson Fund, is awarded to Prof. Theodore Thomas Groom, in 

 recognition of the value of his work in unravelling the complicated 

 structure of the Malvern District, and to assist him in further 

 research. 



