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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Aw ABE OE THE BiGSBY MEDAL. 



The President then handed the Bigsby Medal to Prof. Morris, 

 E.G.S., for transmission to Dr. Chaeles Barrois, and addressed him 

 as follows : — 



Prof. Morris,- — 



The Council of this Society have selected Dr. Charles Barrois to be 

 the recipient of the Bigsby Medal, and have awarded it to him 

 for his numerous papers and contributions to geological science. 

 Dr. Barrois's chief or most important work (written in the year 

 1876, and published at Lille) is entitled ' Becherches sur le terrain 

 cretace superieur de l'Angleterre et de lTrlande,' a production almost 

 exhaustive in its description of the Cretaceous rocks of England 

 and Ireland, and of the utmost value to English students of 

 geology. Dr. Barrois in this work has been the first to attempt to 

 arrange the English Cretaceous rocks in Palseontological zones, and 

 eminently has he succeeded in denning and correlating the horizons 

 of France and Britain. He is also the author of a ' Memoire sur 

 le terrain cretace du Bassin d ? Oviedo, Espagne,' with a palaeonto- 

 logical description of the Echinodermata by Gustave Cotteau. His 

 great industry and untiring zeal for geological science entitle him 

 to the consideration of the Council ; and I therefore beg you to for- 

 ward to him the Bigsby Medal as our recognition of his services, 

 and, according to the wishes of the founder, we look forward to 

 other and equally valuable contributions. 



Prof. Morris, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President, 



I have much pleasure in receiving the Bigsby Medal for transmis- 

 sion to Dr. C. Barrois in recognition of his labours for the promotion 

 of geological science. I feel assured that while he will fully appre- 

 ciate the award, it will be also satisfactory to his geological col- 

 leagues in the north of Erance, and especially to that energetic and 

 accomplished geologist, Prof. Gosselet, under whose tuition and en- 

 couragement he has been partly stimulated to prosecute those 

 researches which have this day been recognized by the Council of 

 the Geological Society. 



Not only, Sir, as you have justly stated, has Dr. Barrois contri- 

 buted to our knowledge of the physical and pakeontological con- 

 ditions of the Cretaceous rocks of the north of Erance and of this 

 country, but among other researches he has been occupied with the 

 Palaeozoic strata of Brittany and also of Northern Spain, on which 

 latter, he informs me, a memoir will shortly be published. In con- 

 lusion I may read the following extract from a letter received from 

 Dr. C. Barrois, who regrets exceedingly that a previous engagement 

 rendered it impossible for him to express personally his grateful 

 sense of the honour done to him by this award. He says : — 



