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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVI. No. 416. 



Academy of Sciences on June 6, 1883, en- 

 titled 'Recherches sur la Conduetibilite 

 Galvanique des Electrolytes. ' The Darwin 

 medal was conferred upon Mr. Francis 

 Galton, F.R.S., for his numerous contribu- 

 tions to the exact study of heredity and 

 variation contained in ' Hereditary Genius, ' 

 'Natural Inheritance,' and other writings. 

 The work of Mr. Galton had long occupied 

 a imique position in evolutionary studies. 

 His treatise on 'Hereditary Genius' (1869) 

 was not only what it claimed to be, the 

 first attempt to investigate the special sub- 

 ject of the inheritance of human faculty in 

 a statistical manner and to arrive at numer- 

 ical results, but in it exact methods were, 

 for the first time, applied to the general 

 problem of heredity on a comprehensive 

 scale. It might safely be declared that no 

 one living had contributed more definitely 

 to the progress of evolutionary study, 

 whether by actual discovery or by the fruit- 

 ful direction of thought, than Mr. Galton. 

 The Buchanan medal, awarded every five 

 years for distinguished services to hygienic 

 science or practice, was given to Dr. Sydney 

 A. Monckton Copeman for his experimental 

 investigations into the bacteriology and 

 comparative pathology of vaccination. The 

 Hughes medal was awarded to Professor 

 Joseph John Thomson in recognition of his 

 contributions to the advancement of elec- 

 trical science, especially in connection with 

 the phenomena of electric discharge 

 through rarefied gases. By virtue of Pro- 

 fessor Thomson's own investigations, and 

 of many others inspired and stimulated by 

 him, this new field of knowledge had been 

 widely extended, and it could hardly be 

 doubted that the progress of this new de- 

 partment of knowledge would gradually 

 enable us to see one whole stage deeper into 

 the sources of physical phenomena. 



THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION. 



RULES OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



RELATIVE TO GRANTS FOR RESEARCH. 



Adopted Nov. 26, 1902.* 



(1) Applications for grants may be made 

 at any time and should be addressed to the 

 Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. 



(2) The Executive Committee will care- 

 fully consider each application and decide 

 upon it, but will not assign reasons for de- 

 clining in cases where grants are deemed in- 

 expedient. 



(3) When a grant is made the applicant 

 will be promptly notified to that effect. 



(4) When a grant is declined the applicant 

 will be promptly notified to that effect. 



(5) An account of all expenditures, accom- 

 panied by detailed vouchers, must be rendered 

 by the recipient from time to time as pay- 

 ments are made, and a complete statement at 

 the conclusion of the investigation. 



(6) All apparatus, books, and materials 

 purchased with and all collections made by 

 means of grants from the Carnegie Institution 

 are the property of the Institution, are sub- 

 ject to its disposition, and are to be accounted 

 for. 



(7) A grant made for a specified purpose 

 can be used for that purpose only. If the 

 recipient desires to change in any manner the 

 subject of his investigation, he should make 

 an application, in the usual form, for a new 

 grant. 



(S) Any part of an appropriation not needed 

 for completing the investigation for which 

 the grant was made shall be returned to the 

 Institution. 



(9) Payments of grants will, in general, 

 be made quarterly, but in special cases may be 

 made more frequently. 



* These rules appear on back of Application printed 

 on opposite page. 



