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persons or committees who require assistance in prosecuting researches 

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



8. Ther p shall be published annually in the " Transactions of the New 

 Zealand Institute " the regulations adopted by the Board as aforesaid, 

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

 to whom grants have been made dining the previous year, and also, where 

 possible, an abstract of researches made by them. 



Regulations under which, the Hutton Memorial Medal shall 

 be awarded and the Research 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. 



6. The Board of Governors may, at any annual meeting, make grants 

 from the accrued interest of the fund to any person, society, or committee 

 for the encouragement of research in New Zealand zoology, botany, or 

 geology. 



7. Applications for such grants shall be made to the Board before the 

 30th September. 



8. In making such grants the Board of Governors shall give preference 

 to such persons as are denned in regulation 4. 



9. The recipients of such grants shall report to the Board before the 

 31st December in the year following, showing in a general way how the 

 grant has been expended and what progress has been made with the 

 research. 



10. The results of reseat ches aided by grants from the fund shall, 

 where possible, be published in New Zealand. 



11. The Board of Governors may from time to time amend or alter 

 the regulations, such amendments or alterations being in all cases in 

 conformity with resolutions 1 to 4. 



Professor Chilton moved, and Professor Benham seconded, 

 " That until the Hutton Memorial Fund reaches the sum of 

 £1,000 not less than 1 per cent, on the capital invested be added 

 each year to the principal." Carried. 



Professor Chilton moved, and Mr. Hill seconded, " That the 

 Board of Governors from time to time request a committee, 

 consisting of a zoologist, a botanist, and a geologist, resident 

 outside New Zealand, to suggest the name of some person as 

 a suitable recipient of the Hutton Memorial Medal." Carried. 



Professor Chilton moved, and Professor Benham seconded, 

 "That Professor T. W. E. David, Professor W. A. Haswell, 

 and Mr. J. H. Maiden, of Sydney, be asked to act as the com- 

 mittee defined in the preceding resolution." Carried. 



