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January 8, 1847. 



The Lord Bishop of Norwich, President, in the Chair. 



At a Special General Meeting convened by the Council in the 

 terms of the following circular : — 



" Linnean Society, 32 Soho Square, 

 December 28th, 1846. 

 " SiK, 



" You are requested to attend a Special General Meeting 

 of the Society, on Friday the 8th of January next, at two o'clock in 

 the afternoon precisely, to consider the subject of the following 

 Statement and Resolution of Council. 



" The late Edward Rudge, Esq., F.L.S., who died on the 3rd of 

 September last, has in his will made the following bequest : — 



' I give and bequeath to the President and Council for the time 

 being of the Linnean Society of London, the sum of Two Hundred 

 Pounds, in trust, to invest the same in the names of Trustees, 

 in the purchase of 3 per cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, and 

 from time to time, as occasion may require, out of the Dividends 

 thereof, to purchase a Gold Medal, to be called ' The Linnean 

 Medal,' to be awarded by the President and Council of the said 

 Society, at their discretion, to the Fellow of the said Society 

 who shall write the best communication in each volume which 

 after my decease shall be published by the said Society, in either 

 of the four departments of Natural History, every such Gold 

 Medal to contain the Profile Bust of Linnaeus in his full dress, 

 encircled by his name and the dates of his birth and death on 

 the one side, and the engraved name of the Fellow of the said 

 Society to whom such Medal shall be awarded, encircled by a 

 wreath of the LinncEa borealis, on the obverse.' 



" The Council has repeatedly had the subject and terms of this 

 bequest under its serious consideration, and has, after mucJi patient 

 and anxious deliberation, unanimously come to the following reso- 

 lution : — 



• Resolved, — I'hat in the opinion of this Council, on a fall 

 consideration of the terms of the bequest of the late Edward 

 Rudge, Esq., of the interest of a sum of £200, for the purpose 

 of establishing a Medal ' to be awarded by tlie President and 

 Council of the (Linnean) Society, at tlieir discretion, to the 



