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 pass- 

 ing through a small hole at the lower edge thereof. 



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

 sidered as ten hundred and fifty dollars, and shall be invested separately 

 from other funds belonging to or under the care of the Society, and a sepa- 

 rate and distinct account of it shall be kept by the treasurer. 



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

 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 niay then be demandable, said surplus 

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

 said premium, and for the addition,' to the said premium, of such amount 

 as the Society may from time to time think suitable, or for the institution 

 of other premiums. 



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. 



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