A Nls'UAL REPORT, 



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printing of the Catalogue of the Library, which is now ready for 

 distribution to subscribers. It forms a volume of over 620 pages, or 

 about 100 pages more than was originally estimated ; but the Council 

 have not thought it desirable to increase the price of the volume. 

 It will accordingly be furnished to the Fellows at the price of five 

 shillings. 



The Council have much pleasure in announcing that William 

 Smith, Esq., of Cheltenham, the grandnephew of Dr. William Smith, 

 and cousin of the late Professor Phillips, has most liberally presented 

 to the Society the portrait of Dr. Smith which was formerly in Prof. 

 Phillips's possession, and from which was engraved the small portrait 

 illustrating his ' Memoir of William Smith.' This picture, which is 

 admirable in itself, is of special interest to the Fellows of the 

 Geological Society, not only as an excellent portrait of one of the 

 great founders of their Science, but also from its historical associa- 

 tions, as its origin and mode of production have been described in 

 Dr. Smith's own words in the ' Memoir ' just mentioned, as it bears 

 his handwriting on its back, and as it is the original of the engraved 

 portrait. For the due preservation of this valuable picture the 

 Council have ordered it to be suitably framed and covered with plate 

 glass, and to be suspended in a place of honour in the Meeting-room 

 of the Society. They hope that it may not long remain there in 

 solitude. In the mean-time four of the marble busts in the possession 

 of the Society (those, namely, of Greenough, Sedgwick, Murchison, 

 and Macculloch) have been arranged upon pedestals at the end of the 

 Meeting-room, where they may serve to cherish the memory of some 

 of those who have contributed the most to advance the Science of 

 Geology. 



The Council have awarded the Wollaston Medal to Professor P. 

 Martin Duncan, F.R.S., F.G.S., in testimony of their high apprecia- 

 tion of his numerous and valuable palseontological memoirs, especially 

 on the Fossil Corals, as well as of his contributions to physical and 

 stratigraphical Geology. 



The Murchison Medal, with the sum of Ten Guineas from the 

 proceeds of the Fund, has been awarded to Professor Archibald 

 Geikie, F.E.S., F.G.S., in recognition of his valuable contributions to 

 physical and stratigraphical Geology, particularly in relation to the 

 Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, and the Volcanic Geology of the 

 vicinity of Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth. 



The Lyell Medal, with a sum of Twenty-five Pounds from the 

 proceeds of the Fund, has been awarded to Principal Dawson, 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., in recognition of his important contributions to the 

 Geology of Canada, and more especially of his investigations into the 

 Fossil Flora of the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods in America. 



The Bigsby Medal has been awarded to Dr. Charles Barrois, of 

 Lille, as a testimony to the importance of his contributions to strati- 

 graphical Geology, particularly with relation to the Cretaceous 

 system. 



The balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund 

 has been awarded to Dr. Ramsay H. Traquair, F.G.S., in recogni- 



