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Fourth, the Henry Draper Fund. This is the fund which 

 makes possible the award of the Henry Draper Medal, to be 

 awarded tomorrow afternoon, with, no doubt, some explanatory 

 remarks. The Draper medallists named in chronological order, 

 are S. P. Langley, E. C. Pickering, H. A. Rowland, H. K. Vogel, 

 J. E. Keeler, Sir William Huggins, G. E. Hale, W. W. Camp- 

 bell, and C. G. Abbot. 



Fifth, the J. Lawrence Smith Fund. In 1884 Mrs. J. 

 Lawrence Smith, widow of one of our honored members, pre- 

 sented to the Academy the sum of $8000, the object of the gift 

 being to promote the study of meteoric bodies, a branch of 

 science which Dr. Smith had pursued with marked success. In 

 accordance with the wishes of the donor, it was decided that a 

 gold medal to be given as a reward for original investigations, 

 would be most appropriate. Any excess of income above what 

 is necessary for the striking of the medal, " . . . . shall be used 

 in such manner as shall be selected by the National Academy of 

 Sciences in aid of investigations of meteoric bodies to be made 

 and carried on by a citizen or citizens of the United States of 

 America." Only one J. Lawrence Smith Medal has been 

 awarded. The recipient was H. A. Newton, and the medal was 

 awarded for the investigation of the orbits of meteors. The 

 income has otherwise been used to aid investigations, especially 

 those of Professor Newton. 



Sixth, the F. A. P. Barnard Medal. This medal is not pro- 

 vided for by a fund which was given to the Academy, but the 

 Academy has the duty of naming the medallists. It is given every 

 five years. It is not to be awarded this year. It was awarded in 

 1895 t0 Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay. By the way, the 

 money was left to Columbia University, of which Professor 

 Barnard was the President at the time of his death. The medal 

 is awarded for meritorious services to science, to such person, 

 whether a citizen of the United States or of any other country, as 

 shall, within the five years next preceding, have made such dis- 

 covery in physical or astronomical science, or such novel appli- 



