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THE DARWIN MEDAL. 



to time towards the promotion of biological studies and research, 

 The amount has been invested in the purchase of 2500 South Eastern 

 Railway 4 per cent: Debenture Stock, which now forms the capital 

 of the fund. The annual income is nearly 100. In accordance with 

 a resolution of the Council, a medal, either in silver or in bronze, is 

 awarded biennially in reward of work of acknowledged distinction 

 (especially in Biology) in the field in which Mr. Darwin himself 

 laboured. The medal is accompanied by a grant of 100, and the 

 balance of the proceeds is from time to time to be added to the 

 capital fund. The first medal was awarded to Alfred Russel Wallace. 



No. 14. THE JOULE MEMORIAL 



In 1890 the Joule Memorial Committee transferred to the Society 

 the balance in their hands, the proceeds to be applied for the en- 



