﻿CONDITIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  KEITH 
  PRIZE. 
  

  

  This 
  Prize, 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  a 
  sum 
  which 
  now 
  amounts 
  to 
  about 
  £800, 
  left 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  

   Alexander 
  Keith, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  Ravelston 
  and 
  Dunnottar, 
  will 
  be 
  awarded 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  

   Council 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  Edinburgh, 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  conditions 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  I. 
  The 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  paper 
  on 
  a 
  scientific 
  subject 
  (preference 
  being, 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  

   given 
  to 
  a 
  paper 
  containing 
  an 
  important 
  discovery 
  in 
  science 
  made 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world), 
  

   communicated 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  to 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  during 
  the 
  sessions 
  1851-2, 
  1852-3, 
  

   or 
  any 
  two 
  succeeding 
  sessions, 
  shall 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  biennial 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  Keith 
  Fund, 
  

   accruing 
  in 
  the 
  respective 
  periods.* 
  

  

  II. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Prize 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  Gold 
  Medal, 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  Fifteen 
  Guineas 
  

   value. 
  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  shall 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  money, 
  to 
  be 
  spent 
  in 
  Plate 
  or 
  other- 
  

   wise, 
  at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  receiver. 
  

  

  III. 
  The 
  award 
  being 
  duly 
  intimated 
  to 
  the 
  receiver 
  of 
  the 
  Prize, 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  apply 
  forth- 
  

   with 
  to 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  for 
  payment 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  and, 
  failing 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  within 
  six 
  

   months 
  of 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  intimation, 
  he 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  the 
  money, 
  but 
  shall 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  the 
  Medal. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  proceeds 
  of 
  all 
  preceding 
  biennial 
  periods 
  have, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  decision 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Council, 
  

   been 
  either 
  awarded 
  to 
  scientific 
  individuals, 
  or 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  capital 
  sum, 
  

  

  