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XII.— GOLD MEDAL FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY. 



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

 of that mode of treatment. The first Gold Medallist was Mr. F. A. Kirkpatrick. 

 The competition for the year 1914 — 15 is at present being judged, the adjudicators 

 being Lord -Sydenham, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., Colonel Duncan litcher and Mr. J. W. D. 

 Johnstone, CLE. 



Owing to the War the Council have decided to suspend this competition, [or the 

 year 1915—16. 



XIII.- PRIZES FOR ESSAYS. 



The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute, desiring to encourage the rising genera- 

 tion to acquire a better and more extended knowledge and appreciation of His Majesty's 

 Empire, offer prizes to young men and women undergoing education, for essays on 

 subjects of Imperial concern. It is felt that the preparation of such essays would tend 

 to stimulate interest in the history, institutions, and resources of the various countries 

 wliich constitute the Empire. 



The subject selected for the present year's competition is " The Probable 

 Influence of the War upon the relations between the Mother Country and the 

 Dominions." 



The University Prizes will not be awarded this year owing to a large number of 

 undergraduates having voluuteere 1 for military serv'ice. 



CONDITIONS FOR 1915. 



1. The Council offer one prize of £10 and one of £5 to pupils of any school in the 

 British Empire, who do not exceed the age of nineteen year-s at the time fixed for 

 sending in the essays. 



2. The competition is open to both sexes. 



3. Certificates will be awaixled to the prize winners, and to such other competitors 

 as may appear deserving. 



4. The length of the papers not to exceed 5,000 words, to be written on one side 

 onlv of foolscap paper, with an inch and a half margin on the left-hand side. 



5. The papers to be delivered at the Institute not later than 5 p.m. on October 11, 

 1915. 



6. Not more than three papers to be sent in from any one school. 



7. Each envelope to be marked on the left-hand upper corner " Essay Competition," 

 " School," and addressed to " The Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute, Northumber- 

 land Avenue, London." 



8. Each essay 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 



