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ROYAL MEDALS. 



HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, in restoring the Foundation of 

 the Royal Medals, has been graciously pleased to approve the following 

 regulations for the award of them : 



That the Royal Medals be given for such papers only as have been presented to 

 the Royal Society, and inserted in their Transactions. 



That the triennial Cycle of subjects be the same as that hitherto in operation : viz. 



1. Astronomy; Physiology, including the Natural History of Organized Beings. 



2. Physics ; Geology or Mineralogy. 



3. Mathematics ; Chemistry. 



That, in case no paper, coming within these stipulations, should be considered 

 deserving of the Royal Medal, in any given year, the Council have the power of 

 awarding such Medal to the author of any other paper on either of the several sub- 

 jects forming the Cycle, that may have been presented to the Society and inserted 

 in their Transactions ; preference being given to the subjects of the year immediately 

 preceding : the award being, in such case, subject to the approbation of Her Majesty. 



The Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1845 for the most 

 important unpublished paper in Astronomy, communicated to the Royal Society 

 for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1842, 

 and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1845. 



The Council propose also to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1845 for the 

 most important unpublished paper in Physiology, including the Natural Histoiy of 



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