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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

F.—RELATING TO ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH.

F. I.—Hutton Memorial Medal and Research Fund.

RULES UNDER WHICH THE HUTTON MEMORIAL MEDAL SHALL BE AWARDED AND THE RESEARCH FUND ADMINISTERED.

(Adopted 30/1/08, and amended 30/10/35.)

1. The fund originally vested in the New Zealand Institute and now by the Royal Society Act, 1933, vested in the Society shall be called “The Hutton Memorial Fund” in memory of the late Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Capt. R.W. Fus., F.R.S. Such fund shall consist of the moneys subscribed and granted for the purpose of the Hutton Memorial and all other moneys which may be given or granted for the same purpose.

2. The fund shall be vested in the Society. The Council of the Society shall have the control of the said moneys and may invest the same upon any securities proper for trust-moneys.

3. It shall be the first charge upon the fund to procure from time to time as herein directed a bronze medal to be known as the Hutton Memorial Medal.

4. The fund or such part thereof as shall not be used as aforesaid shall be invested in such securities as aforesaid as may be approved of by the Council and the interest arising from such investment shall be used for the furtherance of the objects of the fund.

5. Unless in exceptional circumstances the Hutton Memorial Medal shall be awarded not oftener than once in every three years, and in no case shall the medal be awarded unless in the opinion of the Council there is evidence of scientific work of great merit.

6. The medal shall not be awarded for any research published previous to the 31st December, 1906.

7. The Research for which the medal is awarded must have a distinct bearing on New Zealand zoology, botany, or geology.

8. The medal shall be awarded only to those who have received the greater part of their education in New Zealand or who have resided in New Zealand for not less than ten years.

9. Whenever possible the medal shall be presented in some public manner.

10. The Council may at any annual meeting make grants from the accrued interest of the fund to any person society or committee for the encouragement of research in New Zealand zoology, botany, or geology.

11. Every application for such a grant shall be made to the Council not later than the 31st December immediately preceding the meeting at which such application shall be considered.

12. In making such grants the Council shall give preference to such persons as are defined in Rule 8.

13. Every recipient of such a grant shall report to the Council before the 31st March in the year after the grant was made showing in a general way how the grant has been expended and what progress has been made with the research.

14. The results of the researches aided by grants from the fund shall where possible be published in New Zealand.

15. There shall be published in each volume of the “Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand” a complete list of awards of the Hutton Memorial Medal, and also a list of all grants made from the fund during the previous year.

16. The Council may from time to time amend or alter the above rules, such amendments or alterations being in all cases in conformity with Rules 5 to 8.

NOTE.—As to consequential alterations made in these rules, see head-note on page .

F. II.—Hector Memorial Research Fund.

RULES UNDER WHICH THE HECTOR MEMORIAL MEDAL AND PRIZE SHALL BE AWARDED.

(Adopted 26/1/11, and amended 30/10/35.)

1. The fund originally vested in the New Zealand Institute and now by the Royal Society Act, 1933, vested in the Society shall be called “The Hector Memorial Research Fund” in memory of the late Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. The object of such fund shall be the encouragement of scientific research in New Zealand, and such fund shall consist of the moneys subscribed and granted for the purpose of the memorial and all other moneys which may be given or granted for the same purpose.

2. The fund shall be vested in the Society. The Council of the said Society shall have the control of the said moneys, and may invest the same upon any securities proper for trust-moneys.

3. It shall be a first charge upon the fund to procure each year a bronze medal to be known as the Hector Memorial Medal.

4. The fund, or such part thereof as shall not be used as aforesaid, shall be invested in such securities as may be approved by the Council, and the interest arising from such investment shall be used for the furtherance of the objects of the fund by providing thereout a prize for the encouragement of such scientific research in New Zealand of such amount as the Council shall from time to time determine.

5. The Hector Memorial Medal and Prize shall be awarded annually, provided that in the opinion of the Council there is evidence of scientific work of great merit.

6. The medal and prize shall be awarded in rotation for the following subjects, namely: (a) Botany, (b) chemistry (c) ethnology, (d) geology, (e) physics (including mathematics and astronomy), (f) zoology (including animal physiology).

7. In each year the medal and prize shall be awarded to that investigator who, working within the Dominion of New Zealand, shall in the opinion of the Council have done most towards the advancement of that branch of science to which the medal and prize are in such year allotted.

8. Whenever possible the medal shall be presented in some public manner.

9. There shall be published in each volume of the “Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand” a complete list of awards of the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

NOTE.—As to consequential alterations made in these rules, see head-note on page .

F. III.—The Hamilton Memorial Fund.

RULES UNDER WHICH THE HAMILTON MEMORIAL FUND SHALL BE ADMINISTERED.

(Adopted 30/1/23, and amended 30/10/35.)

1. The fund placed in the hands of the Council of the Society by the Wellington Philosophical Society shall be called the “Hamilton Memorial Fund” in memory of the late Augustus Hamilton. Such fund shall consist of moneys subscribed and granted for the purpose of the memorial and all other funds which may be given or granted for the same purpose.

2. The fund shall be vested in the Society. The Council of the Society shall have the control thereof, and shall invest the same in any securities proper for trust-moneys.

3. The memorial shall be a prize to be called the “Hamilton Memorial Prize,” the object of which shall be the encouragement of beginners in pure scientific research in New Zealand.

4. The Hamilton Memorial Prize shall be awarded at intervals of not less than three years by the Council assembled in annual meeting, but in no case shall an award be made unless in the opinion of the Council there is evidence of scientific work of great merit.

5. The prize shall be awarded for original pure scientific research carried out in New Zealand or in the Islands of the South Pacific Ocean which has been published within five years preceding the last day of January prior to the annual meeting at which the award is made. Such publication may consist of one or more papers, and shall include the first investigation published by the author. No candidate shall be eligible for the prize who prior to such period of five years has published the results of any scientific investigation in a recognized scientific journal.

6. The prize shall consist of money. Until the principal of the fund amounts to £100 one-half of the interest shall be added annually to the principal and the other half shall be applied in payment of the prize. So soon as the said principal amounts to £100 the whole of the interest thereon shall be applied in payment of the prize, in each case after the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred by the Council in the investment and administration of the said fund and award of the said prize.

7. A candidate for the prize shall send to the Secretary of the Society on or before the 31st December preceding the date of the annual meeting at which the award is to be made an intimation of his candidature, together with at least two copies of each publication on which his application is based.

8. Whenever possible the prize shall be presented in some public manner.

9. There shall be published in each volume of the “Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand” a complete list of awards of the Hamilton Memorial Prize. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

NOTE.—As to consequential alterations made in these rules see head-note on page .

F. IV.—The T. K. Sidey Summer Time Fund.

RULES UNDER WHICH THE T. K. SIDEY MEDAL AND PRIZE SHALL BE AWARDED.

(Adopted 19/5/32.)

1. The Council shall give not less than six months’ previous public notice in not less than four of the principal newspapers circulating in New Zealand of its intention to consider the making of any award from the Fund and the date by which applications for the award are to be received.