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capital, or held in hand for one term for a, second grant at 

 the next period, should there be two awards desirable on 

 their merits ; bnt I think that, if not then awarded, the 

 revenne should be added to the capital when not required 

 within the interval after the period to which it rightly 

 belonged. 



5. Provision should be made for the alteration of the regu- 

 lations in case the object sought were provided for more 

 adequately in some other way, or in case it appeared 

 undesirable to continue such awards, or that the fund 

 could be applied more beneKcially toward the promotion of 

 the study of biological science in some other way. 



(signed) James W. H. Trail. 



The Council, on the 6tli May, 1909, after adopting the above, 

 further added these regulations : — 



That the fund be used to provide a Bronze Medal, and that 

 the balance of the income from the fund he presented to the 

 recipient of the medal. 



That the Linnean Medal obverse be used for the [Trail] 

 Medal ; that a simple reverse be prepared at a cost of £3 

 (three pounds) to be advanced by the Society and repaid 

 from the income of the fund. 



That the cost of striking the Medal be charged to the 

 fund. 



That, if desirable, the first award may be made out of 

 capital and the amount repaid to the fund from income. 



On the 20th January, 1910, tlie Council further added: — 

 *' . . .a letter from Prof. Trail to the President (offering to 

 provide the cost of the first award) was road, whereupon three 

 copies of the Medal were ordered to be struck ; one each for 

 Prof. Trail and the Society, and the other for award upon 

 nomination of the recipient by the Council." 



The Cbisp Aavard came before the Council held on the 

 7th April, 1910, when Sir Frank Crisp's " offer to provide 

 the capital sum of =£200 for an award for microscopical re- 

 search . . . was gratefully accepted. 



"It was agreed that the first award be made two years hence, 

 that it may be withheld for good cause, and that it be restricted 

 to Fello\\s. 



"Tlie details were referred to a Committee of the Officers, the 

 donor agreeing to draw up the constitution of the gift." 



