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THE HUTTON MBMOEIAL MEDAL AND EESEAKCH FUND. 



Eesolved by the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 

 that — 



1. The funds placed in the hands of the Board by the committee of 

 subscribers to the Hutton Memorial Fund be called " The Hutton 

 Memorial Eesearch Fund," in memory of the late Captain Frederick 

 Wollaston Hutton, F.E.S. Such fund shall consist of the moneys sub- 

 scribed and granted for the purpose of the Hutton Memorial, and all 

 other funds which may be given or granted for the same purpose. 



2. The funds shall be vested in the Institute. The Board of 

 Governors of the Institute shall have the control of the said moneys, 

 and may invest the same upon any securities proper for trust- 

 moneys. 



3. A sum not exceeding £100 shall be expended in procuring a bronze 

 medal to be known as " The Hutton Memorial Medal." 



4. The fund, or such part thereof as shall not be used as aforesaid, 

 shall be invested in such securities as aforesaid as may be approved of by 

 the Board of Governors, and the interest arising from such investment 

 shall be used for the furtherance of the objects of the fund. 



5. The Hutton Memorial Medal shall be awarded from time to time 

 by the Board of Governors, in accordance with these regulations, to 

 persons who have made some noticeable contribution in connection with 

 the zoology, botany, or geology of New Zealand. 



6. The Board shall make regulations setting out the manner in which 

 the funds shall be administered. Such regulations shall conform to the 

 terms of the trust. 



7. The Board of Governors may, in the manner prescribed in the 

 regulations, make grants from time to time from the accrued interest to 

 persons or committees who require assistance in prosecuting researches 

 in the zoology, botany, or geology of New Zealand. 



8. There shall be published annually in the " Transactions of the 

 New Zealand Institute" the regulations adopted by the Board as afore- 

 said, a list of the recipients of the Hutton Memorial Medal, a list of the 

 persons to whom grants have been made during the previous year, and 

 also, where possible, an abstract of researches made by them. 



Begulations under which the Hutton Memorial Medal shall be 

 awarded and the besearch fund administered. 



1. Unless in exceptional circumstances, the Hutton Memorial Medal 

 shall be awarded not oftener than once in every three years ; and in no 

 case shall any medal be awarded unless, in the opinion of the Board, 

 some contribution really deserving of the honour has been made. 



2. The medal shall not be awarded for any research published previous 

 to the 31st December, 1906. 



3. The research for which the medal is awarded must have a distinct 

 bearing on New Zealand zoology, botany, or geology. 



4. The medal shall be awarded only to those who have received the 

 greater part of their education in New Zealand or who have resided in 

 New Zealand for not less than ten years. 



5. Whenever possible, the medal shall be presented in some public 

 manner. 



