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RULES FOR THE AWARD OF MEDALS. 

 A. The South Africa Medal. 



I. — Constitution of Committee. 



(a) The Council of the South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science shall, annually and within three 

 months after the close of the Annual Session, elect a Com- 

 mittee to be called " the South Africa Medal Committee " on 

 which, as far as possible, every Section of the Association and 

 each Colony of South Africa shall have fair representation. 



(b) This Committee shall consist of a Chairman and not less 

 than seven members, elected from amongst Council Members; 

 and shall have power to add to its number additional members, 

 not exceeding one-third of the original selected from members 

 of the Association wdio are not on its Council. 



(c) One-third of the members of this Committee shall retire 

 annually by rotation, but shall be eligible for re-election. 



IL — Duties. 



(a) The duties of the Committee shall be to administer the 

 Income of the Fund and to award the Medal, raised in com- 

 memoration of the visit of the British Association to South 

 Africa in 1905, in accordance with the resolution of its Council. 



(b) This resolution reads as follows: — 



(i) That, in accordance with the wishes of subscribers, 

 the South Africa Medal Fund be invested in the names 

 of the Trustees appointed by the South African 

 Association for the Advancement of Science; 



(2) That the Dies for the ]\Iedal be transferred to the 

 Association, to which, in its corporate capacity, the 

 administration of the Fund and the award of the Medal 

 shall be, and is hereby, entrusted, under the conditions 

 specified in the Report of the Medal Committee. 



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



(i) That the Fund be devoted to the preparation of a Die 

 for a Medal, to be struck in Bronze, 2h 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 achievement and promise in scientific 

 research in South Africa. 



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

 made annually. 



(d) 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. 



in. — Awards. 



(a) Any individual engaged in Scientific research in South 

 Africa shall be eligible to receive the award. 



(b) The ]\Iedal and the available balance of one year's income 

 from the Fund shall be awarded to one candidate only in each 



