shall entitle the author to more than one premium for any one discov- 

 ery, invention or improvement. 



12. The premium shall cwisist of an oval plate of solid standard gold 

 of the value of ten guineas. On one side thereof shall be neatly en- 

 graved a short Latin motto suited to the occasion, together with the 

 words: " The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan, of London, 

 established in the year 1786 ;" and on the other side of the plate shall be 

 engraved these words: "Awarded by the A. P."S. for the discovery 



of A.D. ." And the seal of the Society shall be annexed 



to the medal by a ribbon passing through a small hole at the lower 

 edge thereof. 



Section 2. The Magellanic fund of two hundred guineas shall be 

 considered as ten hundred and fifty dollars, and shall be invested sepa- 

 rately from the other funds belonging to or under the care of the So- 

 ciety, and a separate and distinct account of it shall be kept by the 

 treasurer. 



The said fund shall be credited with the sum of one hundred dollars, 

 10 represent the two premiums for which the Society is now liable. 



The treasurer shall credit the said fund with the interest received on 

 the investment thereof, and, if any surplus of said interest shall remain 

 after providing for the premiums which may then be demandable, said 

 surplus shall be used by the Society for making publication of the 

 terms of the said premium, and for such purposes as may be authorized 

 by its charter and laws. 



The treasurer shall, at the first stated meeting of the Society in the 

 month of December annually, make a report of the state of said fund 

 and of the investment thereof. 



IW Members who bave not as yet sent their photographs 

 to the Society will confer a favor by so doing- ; cabinet size 

 preferred. 



Ilt^~ Members will please communicate any change of address or inac- 

 curacy in name. 



J^" A few sets of the Society's Transactions, New Series, 1818 to 1893, 

 XVIII vols., 4to, can be obtained from the Librarian. Price $90.00. 



