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CONDITIONS OF THE KEITH PRIZE. 

This Prize, the interest of a sum which now amounts to about £800, left by the late 
ALEXANDER KuitH, Esq. of Ravelston and Dunnottar, will be awarded by the President and 
Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on the following conditions :— 
I. The author of the best paper on a scientific subject (preference being, in all cases 
given to a paper containing an important discovery in science made in any part of the world), 
communicated in the first instance to the Royal Society during the sessions 1851-2, 1852-3, 
or any two succeeding sessions, shall be entitled to the biennial interest of the KertH Funp, 
accruing in the respective periods.” 
II. The form of the Prize shall be a Gold Medal, of not more than Fifteen Guineas 
value. The remainder of the sum shall be given in money, to be spent in Plate or other- 
wise, at the discretion of the receiver. 
III. The award being duly intimated to the receiver of the Prize, he is to apply forth- 
with to the Treasurer of the Society for payment of it; and, failing to do so within six 
months of the date of the intimation, he shall forfeit the money, but shall be entitled to re- 
ceive the Medal. 
* The proceeds of all preceding biennial periods have, in accordance with the decision of the President and Council, 
been either awarded to scientific individuals, or added to the capital sum, 
