VI CONSTITUTION. 



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 Members, 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. 



II. — Duties. 



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

 of the Fund and to award the Medal, raised in commemoration of the 

 visit of the British Association to Soiith Africa in 1905, in accordance 

 with the resolution of "its Council. 



(6) This resolution read as follows : 



(1) 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 Advance- 

 ment 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 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 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. 



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 one year's income from 

 the Funds 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 anv 

 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) The Medal Committee shall recommend the recipient of the 

 award to the Council, provided the recommendation lis carried by the 

 vote of at least a majority of three-fourths of tits 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 re- 

 commendations of the Medal Committee, provided it is carried by the 

 vote of a majority of its Members, given in writing or verbally. 



(f) The Council shall have the right to withhold the award in any 



