VIII COXS'nTU'i'IoN. 



{b) This Coiiunittee 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 vatancy in the Committee shall be filled by the Council. 



II. — Duties. 



(a) Tiie 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 South Africa in 1905, in accordance with the 

 resolution of its ( 'ouncil. 



(b) This resolution read as follows : 



(1) That, in accordance with the wishes of subscribers, the ?outh 

 Africa Medal Fund be invested in the names of the Trustees 

 appointed by tiie South African Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. 



(2) That tlie Dies for the jNIedal 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. 



ic' 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 bo 

 usefully continued by them in the future. 



III. — Awards. 



{n) Any individual engaged in scientific research in South Africa shall 

 be eligible to receive the award. 



ib) 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 o!ice only: and to no member 

 of the Medal Committee. 



(c) Nominations foi- the lecipient of tlie award mav 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 Ainuial Session. 



(d) The Medal Committee shall recommend tlie recipient of the award 

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

 least a majority of three-fourths 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 Conncil of the South African 

 Asso'iation for the Advancement of Science after considering the recom- 

 mendations of the Medal Committee, provided it is carried by the vote of 

 a maiority of its Members, given in writing or verbally- 



(/) The Conncil shall have the right to withhold the award in any 

 year, and to devote the funds rendered available thereby in subsequent 

 award or awards, provided the stipulation contained in the second teim 

 of convevance of the British Association is adhered to. 



