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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 30

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

Pursuant to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

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Resolutions Amending Rules of the Royal Society of
New Zealand

Pursuant to the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1933, notice is hereby given that the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand has, at its meetings specified hereunder, passed the following resolutions amending its rules which were published in the Gazette on 14 November 1935, Volume III, page 3315:

(a) A resolution passed at the semi-annual meeting of the Council held on 20 November 1957, with reference to rule B.12 relating to the proceedings of the Council and Committees, that rule B.12 (gazetted 10 April 1947, No. 19, page 447) be rescinded and the following new rule B.12 substituted therefor:

B.12 (a) The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by the Council at the annual meeting from nominations made by the Councils of Member Bodies or by the Nominations Committee appointed under subclause (d) hereunder.

(b) The Council of each Member Body may make nomination of one member of the Society for the office of President and two such nominations for the office of Vice-President.

(c) Nominations shall be valid if received by the Secretary not later than the last day of March in the year in which an election is to be held for the respective offices.

(d) A Nominations Committee of six members of the Council shall be appointed annually by the Council, one member being named convenor and Chairman thereof and shall report to the annual meeting following its appointment. Any member of the Nominations Committee nominated for office shall withdraw from the committee. Notwithstanding that a member of the committee should cease to be a member of the Council he shall continue to be a member of the committee until the next annual appointment of the same.

(e) A list of valid nominations shall be sent to each member of the Council, to the Nominations Committee and to each Member Body not later than the tenth day after the close of nominations.

(f) The Nominations Committee having considered the nominations shall make a recommendation thereon to the Council. The committee may make a recommendation in respect to any member of the Society and such recommendation shall be held to be a nomination made under subclause (a) of this rule.

(b) A resolution passed at the semi-annual meeting of the Council held on 20 November 1957, with reference to section F. VIII governing the Leonard Cockayne Memorial Fund, that the following section be adopted:

"F. VIII The Leonard Cockayne Memorial Fund:

The purpose of this fund is to commemorate Dr Leonard Cockayne, C.M.G., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z., who between 1881 and 1935 did much original research in the field of New Zealand botany and whose writings between 1898 and his death covered comprehensively such a wide scope as to place him in the forefront both of New Zealand and of world botanists.

1. The fund now vested in the Royal Society of New Zealand shall be called "The Cockayne Memorial Fund" in memory of Dr Leonard Cockayne. The object of such fund will be the encouragement of botanical research in New Zealand and such fund shall consist of the moneys subscribed as at 22 May 1957. The Council of the Society shall, prior to that date, meet any expenditure incurred in connection with the memorial and decide upon the amount of the capital fund.

2. The Council of the Royal Society shall have control of the moneys in the fund and may invest the same upon any securities proper for trust moneys. It may accept for inclusion in the fund any moneys hereinafter subscribed by way of gift, bequest, or through any other channel.

3. The fund shall be used for the purposes of grants in aid of addresses to be delivered or for publications relating to botanical research carried out by New Zealand workers.

4. The Council of the Royal Society at its annual meeting each year shall determine the time, place, and allocation of moneys for such addresses or publications as may be decided.

5. There shall be published in each volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand a complete list of the speakers and of the authors of publications who have received grants from the Cockayne Memorial Fund."

(c) A resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Council held on 22 May 1957, with reference to Section F. IX governing the E. R. Cooper Memorial Fund, that the following section be adopted:

"F. IX. 1. The fund placed in the hands of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand by the Technical Advisory Committee of the Dominion Physical Laboratory shall be called the E. R. Cooper Memorial Fund in memory of the late Edmund Roy Cooper.

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 shall have the control thereof and shall invest the same in any securities proper for trust moneys.

3. The memorial shall be an award to be known as the "E. R. Cooper Memorial Award" the object of which shall be the encouragement of scientific research in New Zealand in the fields of physics or engineering. The award shall be in two parts:

(a) A bronze medal of approved design suitably inscribed;

(b) A book or books selected by the winner of the award and of value decided from time to time by the Council and suitably inscribed.

4. The annual costs shall be met only from interest accruing from moneys invested in the "E. R. Cooper Memorial Fund."

5. The Council shall appoint a Selection Committee to adjudicate on the applications and nominations received and recommend to the Council the person to whom an award shall be made. The Selection Committee shall consist of five members as follows:

(a) One representative of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

(b) Two representatives of the University of New Zealand.

(c) Two representatives of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

6. The award shall be made every two years but the Council shall have the right to withhold an award in any year should it consider the contributions of insufficient merit.

7. The award shall be made to the person who in the opinion of the Selection Committee has published the best account of research work carried out by him in New Zealand in physics or engineering. Preference shall be given to contributions to the development of the natural resources of New Zealand.

Contributions published within the three years preceding 1 January of the year of an award shall be considered.

8. Applications or nominations for the award shall be in writing and must reach the Secretary of the Society not later than 1 April of the year of an award, but the Council may waive this condition if it deems fit. Such applications or nominations shall be supported by copies of the publications to be submitted for consideration of the Selection Committee.

9. The Council shall not amend the conditions of the award without having first obtained the approval of the Permanent Head of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Director of the Dominion Physical Laboratory.