Vl CONSTITUTION. 



and the award of the Medal shall be, and is hereby, entrusted, 

 under the conditions specified in the lleport to the Medal 

 Committee. 



(c) The terms of conveyance are as follows: — 



(1) That the Fund be devoted to the preparation of a Die for a Medal, 

 to be struck in Bronze, 2^ inches in diameter; and that the balance 

 be invested and the annual income held in trust. 



(2) That the Medal and income of the Fund be awarded by the South 

 African Association for the Advancement of Science for achieve- 

 ment and promise in scientific research in South Africa. ^ 



(3) That, so far as circumstances admit, the award be made annually. 



(cl) The British Association has expressed a desire that the award shall 

 be made only to those persons whose Scientific work is likely to be usefully 

 continued by them in the future. 



III. — Awards. 



{a) Any individual engaged in Scientific research in South Africa shall 

 be eligible to receive the award. 



(b) The Medal and the available balance of on© year's income from the 

 Fund shall be awarded to one candidate only in each year (save in the case 

 of joint research) ; to any candidate once only; and to no member of the 

 Medal Committee. 



(c) Nominations for the recipient of the award may be made by any 

 Member of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and shall be submitted to the Medal Committee not later than six months 

 after the close of the Annual Session. 



(d) Tlie Medal Committee shall recommend the recipient of the award 

 to the Council, provided the recommendation is carried by the vote of at 

 least a majority of three-fourtlis of its Members, voting verbally or by letter, 

 and submitted to the Council at least one month prior to the Annual Session 

 for confirmation. 



(e) The award shall be made by the full Council of the South African 

 Association for the Advancement of Science after considering the recommenda- 

 tions of the Medal Commit^tee, provided it is carried by the vote of a majority 

 of its INlembers. given in writing or verbally. 



{f} The Council shall have the light to withhjld the award in any 

 year, and to devoffe the funds rendered available thereby in a subsequent 

 award or awards, provided the stipulation contained in the second term of 

 conveyance of the British Association is adhered to. 



{g) No alteration shall be made in these Rules except under the condition 

 specified in Chapter XIV. of the Association's Constitution, reading: — 



Any proposed alteration of the Rules — 



a. Shall be intimated to the Council three months before the next 



Session of the Association. 



b. Shall be duly considered by the Council, and be communicated by 



circular to the Members of the Association for their consideration, 



and dealt with at the said Session of the Association. 



{h) Should a Member of the iNIedal Committee accept nomination for the 



Award or be absent from Soutli Africa at any time within four months before 



the commencement of the ensuing Annual Session, he will, ipso facto, forfeit 



his seat on the Committee. 



B. The Goold- Adams Medals.* 



(a) The Medals shall be awarded on the joint results of the Matriculation 

 and University Senior Certificate Examinations of the University of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



(6) One Medal shall be awarded to the student who has taken the highest 

 place in each of the seven Science subjects: (1) Physics, (2) Chemistry, 

 (3) Elementary Physical Science, (4) Botany, (5) Zoology. (6) Elementary 

 Natural Science, and (7) Mathematics, as set forth in the L'niversity 



• The award of these medals is at present suspended. 



