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The two Royal Medals for the present year have been awarded, 

 the one, on Physics, to John William Lubbock, Esq. ; and the other, 

 on Mineralogy and Geology, to Charles Lyell, Esq. The first is for 

 Mr. Lubbock's highly valuable Investigations on the Tides, contained 

 in his papers published in the Philosophical Transactions. 



The second is awarded for Mr. Ly ell's work, entitled " Principles 

 of Geology," on the following grounds, the Council at the same 

 time declining to express any opinion on the controverted positions 

 contained in that work. 



First, The comprehensive view which the author has taken of the 

 subject, and the philosophical spirit and dignity with which he has 

 treated it. 



Secondly, The important service he has rendered to science by 

 specially directing the attention of Geologists to effects produced by 

 existing causes. 



Thirdly, His admirable descriptions of many tertiary deposits : 

 several of these descriptions being drawn from original observations. 



And lastly, The new mode of investigating tertiary deposits, 

 which his labours have greatly contributed to introduce ; namely, 

 that of determining the relative proportions of extinct and still ex- 

 isting species, with a view to discover the relative ages of distant 

 and unconnected tertiary deposits. 



The Council, being unable to propose any specific Prize- Question 

 for the Royal Medal in Physics for the year 1837, propose to give 

 one of the Royal Medals for that year to the most important unpub- 

 lished paper in Physics, communicated to the Royal Society for in- 

 sertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the 

 month of June 1837. 



The Council propose to give the other Royal Medals for the year 

 1837 to the author of the best paper, to be entitled " Contributions 

 towards a system of Geological Chronology, founded on an examina- 

 tion of fossil remains, and their attendant phenomena." 



The Treasurer made the following statements with respect to the 

 Number of Fellows, the State of the Finances, and the Receipts and 

 Payments of the Society during the preceding year. 



At the last Anniversary, the Society consisted of 747 Members ; 

 of whom there were, 



11 Royal Personages, 



46 Foreign Members, and 



690 Home Members. 



Since that date, there have died, 



17 on the Home List, and 

 2 on the Foreign List; 



and there have been admitted, 



40 on the Home List, (with 

 J 1 re-admission, and 



