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WE take the following from the Times:—

The award of the medals in the gift of the Royal Society for the present year, by the Council, is as follows:—The Copley Medal to Prof. A. W. Hofmann, F.R.S., for his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and especially for his researches on the derivatives of ammonia; a Royal medal to Mr. William Crookes, F.R.S., for his various chemical and physical researches, more especially for his discovery of thallium, his investigation of its compounds, and determination of its atomic weight, and for his discovery of the repulsion referable to radiation; a Royal medal to Dr. Thomas Oldham, F.R.S., for his long and important services in the science of geology, first as Professor of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin, and Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland, and chiefly for the great work which he has long conducted as Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, in which so much progress has been made that in a few years it will be possible to produce a geological map of India comparable to the geological map of England executed by the late Mr. Greenough—also for the series of volumes of Geological Reports and Memoirs, including the “Palæontologia Indica,” published under his direction. It is hoped that Dr. Hofmann may be spared from Berlin for a few days so as to receive the medal in person. The medals will be presented at the anniversary meeting of the Society on the 30th inst.