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THE Council of the Royal Geographical Society met on Monday, and finally decided upon the awards of the honours for the year. One of the Royal Medals has been awarded to Emin Pasha, in recognition of the services rendered by him to geography and the allied sciences by his explorations and researches in the countries east, west, and south of the Upper Nile during his administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt. The other Royal Medal has been awarded to Lieut. F. E. Younghusband, for his journey across Central Asia in 1886–87, from Manchuria and Pekin viâ Hami and Kashgar, and over the Mushtagh to Cashmere and India, a distance of 7000 miles. The Cuthbert Peek grant has been awarded to Mr. E. C. Hare for his observations on the physical geography of Tanganyika made during his many years' residence on that lake. The Murchison grant has been awarded to Signor Vittoria Sella, in consideration of his recent journey in the Caucasus, and the advance made in our knowledge of the physical characteristics and the topography of the chain by means of his series of panoramic photographs taken above the snow level. The Gill memoria1 has been given to Mr. C. M. Woodford, for his three expeditions to the Solomon Islands, and the additions made by him to our topographical knowledge and the natural history of the islands. The new honorary corresponding members are Prof. Davidson, of San Francisco; Dr. Junker, the friend of Emin Pasha, and Central African explorer; and Senhor Santa Anna Nery, of Rio Janeiro.
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Geographical Notes. Nature 41, 571–573 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041571b0
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