HEN WOOD MEDAL 



prise for Scientific Xiterature in Cornwall. 



GOLD MEDAL, intrinsically worth more than Ten 

 Guineas, is offered for competition every third year 

 by the Royal Institution of Coknwall, which 

 has its head-quarters and Museum at Truro. 



Five such Medals have been conferred, viz : 



The next medal will be ready for bestowal in 1905. 



Members and Non-Members may alike compete for it. 



The written composition which is to win the Prize must 

 relate to one or other of Eight given subjects, viz : — Geology, 

 Mineralogy, Mining Operations, Botany, Ornithology, Ichthy- 

 ology, Conchology, or Antiquities, of Cornwall. It may be 

 illustrated if necessary, and must be forwarded to the Council 

 of the Institution in time for publication in some number of the 

 Society's Journal to be issued within the 3 years next following 

 the last award. 



The terms of the Award are fully set forth in the Will of 

 the donor, William Joky Henwood, F.R.S., the eminent 

 geologist and writer on Metalliferous deposits, who for two 

 years was President of the Institution, and died in 1875 leaving 

 certain bequests to its funds. The following is an abstract from 



his will : — "To the President, Vice-presidents, Treasurer, 



Secretaries, and Council of the Poyal Institution of Cornwall 



