42  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  GEOLOGICAL  SOCIETY.  [May  1 893, 
Y.P.G.S.,  for  transmission  to  the  recipient,  addressing  him  as 
follows  : — 
Professor  Bonney, — 
In  asking  you  to  forward  to  Miss  Raisin  one  moiety  of  the 
Balance  of  the  Proceeds  of  the  Lyell  Geological  Pund,  I  am  per¬ 
forming  a  very  pleasing  duty.  Miss  Raisin’s  excellent  work,  both 
in  the  field  and  with  the  microscope,  so  far  commends  itself  to  the 
Council  that  they  have  readily  made  this  Award  to  a  pupil  of  whom 
you  may  be  justly  proud.  The  considerable  number  of  papers  which 
that  lady  has  contributed,  both  to  the  Quarterly  Journal  of  the 
Society  and  also  to  the  4  Geological  Magazine  ’ — all  within  the  last 
six  years — is  a  proof  of  her  industry,  while  the  papers  themselves 
indicate  an  excellent  knowledge  of  Petrology  and  a  good  eye  for 
country.  The  Council,  in  making  this  Award,  wish  it  to  be  regarded 
as  an  acknowledgment  of  past  work,  and  at  the  same  time  as  an 
encouragement  for  the  future. 
Professor  Bonney,  in  reply,  said  : — 
Mr.  President, — 
I  have  been  requested  by  Miss  Raisin  to  offer  her  thanks  to  the 
Council  and  Society  in  the  following  terms  : — 
44  It  is  difficult  for  me  to  express  the  gratification  which  I  feel  at 
the  honour  that  has  been  conferred  upon  me  by  the  Council  of  the 
Geological  Society.  It  gives  me  also  peculiar  pleasure  to  receive 
an  award  associated  with  the  name  of  Sir  Charles  Lyell,  whose 
'  Principles  of  Geology  ’  was  one  of  the  earliest  books  to  arouse  my 
enthusiasm  in  that  subject,  and  who  by  the  terms  of  his  Bequest 
gave  evidence  of  his  interest  in  the  intellectual  work  of  women,  and 
even  anticipated  that  they  might  in  the  future  take  part  in  scientific 
investigations.  In  addition  to  the  personal  honour,  I  welcome  this 
recognition  as  an  encouragement,  not  to  myself  only,  but  also  to 
other  women  who  are  working  at  Geology  and  at  different  branches 
of  Natural  Science.  I  can  assure  the  Society  that  their  generous 
appreciation  of  the  little  which  I  have  done  will  not  be  thrown 
away,  but  that  I  shall  use  my  best  endeavours  in  the  future  to  carry 
on  work  worthy  of  their  kind  encouragement,  worthy  also  of  the  in¬ 
struction  and  guidance  received  at  University  College,  the  benefit 
of  which  I  rejoice  to  have  this  opportunity  of  acknowledging.” 
