Vm CONSTITUTION. 



RULES FOR THE AWARD OF MEDALS. 

 A. The South Africa Medal. 

 L — 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 Committee to be 

 called " the South Africa Medal Committee '' on which, as far 

 as possible, every Section of the Association and each Province 

 of South Africa shall have fair representation. 



(b) This Committee shall consist of eight Members elected 

 from amongst Council Members, together with four other Mem- 

 bers, selected from amongst Members of the Association who 

 are not on the Council. 



(c) Each new Committee shall retain not less than four 

 members who have served on the previous Committee. 



(d) The Chairman of the Committee shall be appointed 

 annually by the Council from amongst its Members. 



(e) Any casual vacancy in the Committee shall be filled by 

 the Council. 



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 Advancenent of Science. 



(2) That the Dies for the Medal 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 to the Medal Com- 

 mittee. 



(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, 2^4 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 Advance- 

 ment 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 

 »« likely to be usefully continued by them in the future. 



