46 koyal Colonial InstihUe. 



Xn.— GOLD MEDAL FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, 



The Gold Medal of the Royal Colonial Institute is offered annually for the laest research 

 monograph on some subject, which the Council will determine, bearing directly upon 

 the practical problem of the closer and permanent union of the Empire. In addition 

 to the medal a grant of one hundred guineas is made to the successful competitor, 

 together with Honorary Fellowship of the Institute for life. Apart from the successful 

 monograph, the Council may award pecuniary acknowledgment for monographs of 

 special merit. The aim of the Council is to encourage scientific inquiry into such 

 particular questions directly affecting the Imperial problem as may seem susceptible 

 to that mode of treatment. The theme for the current year has been selected with 

 reference to the immediate phase of the Imperial movement, and is stated as follows : — 



" The applicability of the dictum that ' a democracy cannot manage an 

 Empire ' (Thucydides, Bk. iii., ch. 37, Jowett's translation) to the present con- 

 ditions and future problems of the British Empire, particularly the question of the 

 future of India." 



Regulations, 



The Competition shall be governed by the following Regulations : — 



1. The Competition is open to British subjects of either sex. 



2. The monographs must be received at the Institute, addressed to the Secretary 

 and marked on the envelope " Research Medal," not later than the following dates : — 



Country of Origin. Latest Date. 



United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, and adjacent places » April 1, 1915 



North America ......... April 8, „ 



South, East, and West Africa, India, and adjacent places . . April 19, „ 



South America, West Indies and adjacent places . . . April 22, ,, 



Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, and Far East . . . April 29, „ 



3. The monographs must be in the English language, typed on one side only of 

 foolscap paper, with a margin on the left-hand side. 



4. Each monograph to be marked with a motto or other distinguishing sign — not 

 being the name of the writer — and accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing a similar 

 motto or sign, and containing the full name and address of the writer of the monograph. 



5. Monographs may be accompanied by appendices such as bibliographies, analyses, 

 charts, tables, statistics or other tabular information of a kind likely to be useful 

 to later students of the same subjects. In arriving at their decision the Examiners 

 will take account of the value not only of the monograph itself but also of any 

 accompanying appendices. 



6. Monographs should be of a length not exceeding 25,000 words or thereabouts 

 exclusive of any appendices. 



7. The copyright of the successful monograph shall be the exclusive property of 

 the Institute. 



