384 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
RESOLUTIONS OF COUNCIL IN REGARD TO THE MODE 
OF AWARDING PRIZES. 
( See Minutes of Meeting of January 18, 1915.) 
I. With regard to the Keith and Makdougall- Brisbane Prizes, which are open 
to all Sciences, the mode of award will be as follows : — 
1. Papers or essays to be considered shall be arranged in two groups, A and B, 
— Group A to include Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Metallurgy, 
Meteorology and Physics; Group B to include Anatomy, Anthropology, 
Botany, Geology, Pathology, Physiology, and Zoology. 
2. These two Prizes shall be awarded to each group in alternate biennial periods, 
provided papers worthy of recommendation have been communicated to 
the Society. 
3. Prior to the adjudication the Council shall appoint, in the first instance, a 
Committee composed of representatives of the group of Sciences which did 
not receive the award in the immediately preceding period. The Com- 
mittee shall consider the Papers which come within their group of Sciences, 
and report in due course to the Council. 
4. In the event of the aforesaid Committee reporting that within their group of 
subjects there is, in their opinion, no paper worthy of being recommended 
for the award, the Council, on accepting this report, shall appoint a 
Committee representative of the alternate group to consider papers coming 
within their group and to report accordingly. 
5. Papers to be considered by the Committees shall fall within the period dating 
from the last award in groups A and B respectively. 
II. With regard to the Neill Prize, the term “Naturalist” shall be understood 
to include any student in the Sciences composing group B, namely, Anatomy, 
Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Pathology, Physiology, Zoology. 
