Vni CONSTITUTIONT. 



(f) The Chairman of the Committee shall be appointed 

 annually by the Council from amongst its Alembers. 



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

 the Council. 



II.— DUTIKS. 



I a) The duties of th? 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 Aledal Fund be invested in the 

 nantes of the Trustees appointed by the South 

 African Association for the Advancement of Science. 



(2) That the Dies for the Medal be transferred to the 

 Association, to which, in its corporate capacity, tire 

 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 ]\Iedal 

 Committee. 



(c) The terms of conve}ance are as follows: — 



( I ) That the Fund be devoted to the preparation of a 

 Die for a Medal, to be struck in Bronze, 2 J inches in 

 diameter ; and that the balance be invested and the 

 annual income held in trust. 



(2) That the Medal and income of the b^ind 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 P)ritish 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. Aw.\Rl)S. 



(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 one 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 Aledal Committee. 



(f ) 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. 



