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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  GEOLOGICAL  SOCIETY. 
[May  1893, 
Mr.  Williams,  in  reply,  said  : — 
Mr.  President, — 
I  beg  to  thank  the  Council  of  the  Geological  Society  for  the  wholly 
unexpected  honour  they  have  conferred  on  me  in  awarding  me  the 
Balance  of  the  Proceeds  of  the  Murchison  Geological  Fund.  I  have 
been  able  to  do  but  little  work  in  the  past,  and  I  look  upon  this 
Award  as  an  aid  to  further  research  rather  than  a  recognition  of 
work  already  accomplished.  If  anything  is  needed  as  an  incentive 
to  further  work,  in  addition  to  the  pleasure  derived  from  the  work 
itself,  I  shall  be  able  to  look  back  on  this  Award  as  a  44 spur  to  prick 
the  sides  of  my  intent.” 
Award  oe  the  Lyell  Medal. 
In  presenting  the  Lyell  Medal  to  Mr.  E.  Tulley  Newton,  F.G.S., 
the  President  addressed  him  as  follows  : — 
Mr.  Newton, — 
The  Council  have  awarded  to  you  the  Lyell  Medal,  with  a  sum  of 
Twenty-five  Pounds,  in  recognition  of  the  valuable  services  you  have 
rendered  to  British  Paleontology.  In  addition  to  your  well-known 
memoirs,  4  On  the  Chimaeroid  Fishes  of  the  Cretaceous  Bocks  ’  and 
4  On  the  Yertebrata  of  the  Forest-bed  Series,’  published  by  the  Geo¬ 
logical  Survey,  you  continue  to  contribute  important  papers  to  the 
Boyal,  Geological,  and  Zoological  Societies,  to  the  4  Geological  Maga¬ 
zine,  and  to  the  Geologists’  Association.  Nor  must  we  forget  the 
very  valuable  synopsis  of  the  Animal  Kingdom  brought  out  by  you 
in  1887. 
Your  knowledge  of  the  fossil  Mollusca  has  been  made  available 
by  way  of  joint  contribution  to  more  than  one  paper,  while  you 
have  further  increased  our  knowledge  of  the  Yertebrata  of  the 
British  Isles  in  almost  every  class.  The  Fishes  have  always  con¬ 
stituted  one  of  your  favourite  subjects,  and  lately  you  have  brought 
to  notice  a  ne  w  species  of  Clupea  from  the  Oligocene  of  the  Isle  of 
Wight,  and  a  form  of  Semionotus  from  the  Keuper  of  Warwick, 
besides  contributing  to  the  history  of  Eocene  Siluroids.  Your 
recent  papers  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Boyal  Society  prove  that 
you  have  not  neglected  the  Beptilia,  while  your  ‘Further  Contribu¬ 
tion  to  the  History  of  the  Norfolk  Forest-bed’  and  your  Notice  of 
