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on the scenery of Switzerland and of England have done much 

 to create a deep appreciation and sympathy for the science among 

 the thinking and educated public. 



Whether, therefore, from old associations, or from the special 

 nature of his geological researches, or from the fascination of his 

 geological works, the Council of the Geological Society feel that 

 he is a most fitting recipient of the first gold medal struck in 

 accordance with the testamentary dispositions of our venerated 

 Fellow, Sir Joseph Prestwich. 



Prof. Bonne y, in reply, read the following letter which had been 

 forwarded to him by the recipient : — 



'Mr. Pbesident, — 



' I should have felt it a great compliment in any case that the Geological Society 

 should have bestowed upon me one of their medals, but I am specially gratified to 

 have received the first of the Medals instituted in honour of my old friend, 

 Sir Joseph Prestwich. It is now more than forty years since I first visited the 

 valley of the Somme under his guidance and that of M. Boucher de Perthes. Since 

 then I have had the advantage of making many most instructive excursions with 

 him. On those occasions we were out early and late. Meals constantly gave way to 

 gravel-pits. On one occasion I spent a week with him in Paris, — at least if we can 

 be said to have been in Paris, when I think that we were never there between 

 7 o'clock in the morning and 8 in the evening, and I look back on those expeditions 

 with the greatest interest. I shall value the Medal extremely, both as a mark of 

 the approval of the Council, and also in memory of one whom I esteemed so highly, 

 and to whom I owed so much. It is a matter of great regret to me that absence 

 from England has precluded me from attending to receive it personally.' 



Award op the Wollaston Donation Fund. 



The President then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of 

 the Wollaston Donation Fund to Mr. L. L. Belinfante, M.Sc, 

 Assistant Secretary of the Geological Society, addressing him as 

 follows : — 



Mr. Belinfante, — 



At a meeting of Fellows of the Geological Society it is quite 

 unnecessary for me to say anything as to your merits. You stand 

 here among friends and well-wishers, to all of whom you are 

 well known as the capable Assistant Secretary of the Society. 

 But perhaps it is to the Council alone, and more particularly to 



