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interest ;  and  in  cordially  thanking  you,  Mr.  President,  and  the 
Council  for  this,  the  greatest  honour  you  can  confer.  I  may  assure  you 
that  it  will  he  a  great  incentive  to  me  still  to  strive  to  he  worthy 
of  it. 
Awaed  of  the  Wollasiox  Doxatiox  Prxn. 
The  Peesedext  then  handed  the  Balance  of  the  Proceeds  of  the 
Wollaston  Pund,  awarded  to  Mr.  .J.  G.  Goodchild,  F.G.S.,  to  Prof. 
T.  McKexxy  Hughes,  M.A.,  F.Pt.S.,  P.G.S.,  for  transmission  to  the 
recipient,  addressing  him  as  follows  : — 
Professor  Hughes, — 
The  Council,  in  awarding  the  Balance  of  the  Proceeds  of  the 
Wollaston  Donation  Fund  to  Mr.  Goodchild,  have  been  desirous  of 
expressing  their  sense  of  the  value  of  his  geological  work  in  the 
Aorth-west  of  England,  and  more  especially  of  his  description  of 
the  Glacial  phenomena  of  the  Eden  Valley,  as  recorded  in  the 
Quarterly  Journal  of  the  Society.  They  also  recognize  his  services 
in  aid  of  Science  generally  for  many  years  past,  as  Editor  of  the 
Transactions  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland  Association, 
and  as  the  Author  of  many  interesting  papers  on  local  Geology 
which  have  appeared  in  those  Transactions.  The  Council  hope 
that  his  appointment  in  Edinburgh  will  not  prevent  him  from  still 
carrying  on  investigations  in  the  field. 
Professor  Hughes,  in  reply,  said  : — 
Mr.  Peesedext, — 
I  have,  as  the  oldest  friend  of  Mr.  Goodchild  in  this  Society,  been 
asked  to  receive  and  transmit  to  him  the  Proceeds  of  the  W ollaston 
Fund.  I  feel  more  inclined  to  dilate  upon  my  friend's  deserts  than 
upon  the  kindness  of  the  Council  in  making  the  Award  to  him. 
I  will  try  to  compromise  the  matter  by  saying  only  that  there  is 
no  man  who  will  so  keenly  appreciate  this  recognition  of  his  work, 
and  no  case  in  which  the  Society  may  reckon  on  a  better  return  for 
this  wholesome  stimulus  of  encouragement. 
