HIS MAJESTY THE KING has approved the following awards this year by the president and council of the Royal Society in respect of the two Royal Medals: Royal Medal to Sir Richard Glazebrook for his distinguished work in experimental physics; Royal Medal to Prof. W. H. Lang for his work on the anatomy and morphology of the fern-like fossils of the Old Red Sandstone. The following awards of medals have also been made by the president and council: Copley Medal to Sir Arthur Schuster for his distinguished researches in optics and terrestrial magnetism; Davy Medal to Prof. A. Lapworth for his researches in organic chemistry, particularly those connected with tautomerism and the mechanism of organic reactions; Sylvester Medal to Prof. E. T. Whittaker for his original contributions to both pure and applied mathematics; Hughes Medal to Prof. W. L. Bragg for his pioneer work on the elucidation of crystal structure by X-ray analysis.