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him our sympathy with his labours in Paleontology which have been 
carried on for fifty years, and our satisfaction at the completion of 
his great work on the Permian Fauna of Bohemia. 
Prof. Sertzy replied as follows :— 
Mr. PresipentT,— 
It is a great pleasure to receive the Lyell Medal on behalf 
of Prof. Fritsch. He has successfully overcome difficulties in 
the mineral condition of material which might have stopped a less 
resolute man. His work, enriched with all the learning which a 
comparative anatomist could bring to paleontological problems, 
will, I believe, always rank as one of the more important contri- 
butions to knowledge made in the latter half of the nineteenth 
century. The Medal came as a happy- surprise to Prof. Fritsch, 
and he writes to me :— 
‘In awarding to me the proceeds of the Lyell Fund twenty-one years ago the 
Society encouraged me in the heavy work of describing the rich fauna of the Permian 
strata in Bohemia, which I have happily finished after thirty years of labour. 
‘This second award will strengthen me in devoting the rest of my life to further 
elaboration of the beautiful paleontological materials in our Museum. The new 
revision of the Carboniferous Arachnida and descriptions of two large Saurians from 
our Chalk-formation, on which I am at work, will be the best thanks that I can pay 
to the Geological Society for this generous gift.’ : 
AWARD OF THE LYELL GroLtocicaL Funp. 
The President then presented the Balance of the Proceeds of the 
Lyell Geological Fund to Dr. Wurriron Hinp, F.R.C.S., of Stoke- 
on-Trent, addressing him as follows :— 
Dr. WuHerEtton Hinp,— 
The Council of the Society have awarded to you the Balance of the 
Proceeds of the Lyell Fund as a mark of their appreciation of your 
enthusiastic labours among the Carboniferous rocks of this country. 
During the past twelve years, while residing in the interesting 
region of the Potteries, and largely occupied in arduous professional 
work, you have found time for a detailed study of the rocks and 
fossils of your district, and more especially of the neglected 
Jamellibranchs of the Coal-Measures. Extending your labours into 
bordering and even distant Carboniferous areas, you have not only 
