Hayden Memorial Geological Fund. 



Mrs. Emma W. Ha5^den has given to the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences in trust the sum of $2500.00, to be known as the Hayden 

 Memorial Geological Fund, in commemoration of her husband the 

 late Prof Ferdinand V. Hayden M. D., LL. D. According to the 

 terms of the trust, a bronze medal and the balance of the interest 

 arising from the fund are to be awarded annually for the best pub- 

 lication, exploration, discovery or research in the sciences of geology 

 and paleontology, or in such particular branches thereof as may be 

 designated. The award and all matters connected therewith are 

 to be determined by a committee to be selected in an appropriate 

 manner by the Academy. The recognition is not confined to 

 American iiaturalists. 



