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F 11.—Hector Memorial Research Fund.
Declaration of Trust.

This deed, made the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, between the New Zealand Institute, a body corporate duly incorporated by the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908, of the one part, and the Public Trustee of the other part; Whereas by a declaration of trust dated the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, after reciting that the New Zealand Institute was possessed of a fund consisting of the sum of

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£1,045 10s 2d, held for the purposes of the Hector Memorial Research Fund on the terms of the rules and regulations therein mentioned, which said moneys had been handed to the Public Trustee for investment, it was declared (inter alia) that the Public Trustee should hold the said moneys and all other moneys which should be handed to him by the said Governors of the Institute for the same purpose upon trust from time to time to invest the same in the common fund of the Public Trust Office, and to hold the principal and income thereof for the purposes set out in the said rules and regulations in the said deed set forth: And whereas the said rules and regulations have been amended by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute, and as amended are hereinafter set forth: And whereas it is expedient to declare that the said moneys are held by the Public Trustee upon the trusts declared by the said deed of trust and for the purposes set forth in the said rules and regulations as amended as aforesaid.

Now this deed witnesseth and it is hereby declared that the Public Trustee shall hold the said moneys and all other moneys which shall be handed to him by the said Governors for the same purpose upon trust from time to time to invest the same in the common fund of the Public Trust Office, and to hold the principal and income thereof for the purposes set out in the said rules and regulations hereinafter set forth:

And it is hereby declared that it shall be lawful for the Public Trustee to pay, and he shall pay, all or any of the said moneys, both principal and interest, to the Treasurer of the said New Zealand Institute upon being directed to do so by a resolution of the Governors of the said Institute, and a letter signed by the Secretary of the said Institute enclosing a copy of such resolution certified by him and by the President as correct shall be sufficient evidence to the Public Trustee of the due passing of such resolution: And upon receipt of such letter and copy the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being of the said Institute shall be a sufficient discharge to the Public Trustee: And in no case shall the Public Trustee be concerned to inquire into the administration of the said moneys by the Governors of the said Institute.

As witness the seals of the said parties hereto the day and year first hereinbefore written.

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.

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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 headnote on page 474.

Award of the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize.

1912. L. Cockayne, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand botany.

1913. T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in chemistry.

1914. E. Best, F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand ethnology.

1915. P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand geology.

1916. Lord Rutherford of Nelson, O.M., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in physics.

1917. C. Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., M.B., C.M., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in zoology.

1918. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand systematic botany.

1919. P. W. Robertson, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.—For researches in chemistry.

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1920. S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand ethnology.

1921. R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For work in New Zealand geology.

1922. C. Coleridge Farr, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For research in physical science and more particularly work in connection with the magnetic survey of New Zealand.

1923. G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand entomology.

1924. D. Petrie, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand botany.

1925. B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.R.S.N.Z.—For the investigation of New Zealand chemical problems.

1926. H. D. Skinner, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z.—For research in ethnology.

1927. C. A. Cotton, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in the geomorphology of New Zealand.

1928. D. M. Y. Sommerville, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.—For his general mathematical work and particularly for his investigations in non-Euclidean geometry.

1929. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches on the acclimatisation of animals in New Zealand and on the natural history of New Zealand fishes.

1930. J. E. Holloway, L.Th., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in the life-histories of New Zealand Pteridophytes.

1931. W. P. Evans, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z.—For research in pure and applied chemistry.

1932. Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H. Buck), M.D., Ch.B (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in Maori ethnology.

1933. W. N. Benson, B.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z., and J. Marwick, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.—For researches in New Zealand geology.

1934. G. E. Weatherburn, M.A., D.Sc.—For outstanding original work in mathematics, especially in the use of vector analysis.

1935. W. B. Benham, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z.—For original researches in New Zealand zoology.

F. III.—The Hamilton Memorial Fund.

At a meeting of the Council of the Wellington Philosophical Society held on the 3rd May, 1922, the first draft of the rules and regulations of the Hamilton Memorial Fund was submitted and approved of and signed by the President, Dr Adams, and Professor Kirk.

On the motion of Mr Morgan, seconded by Mr Berry, it was resolved: “That the money be handed over to the Institute.”

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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 headnote on page 474.

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Award of the Hamilton Memorial Prize.

1923. J. G. Myers, D.Sc.

1926. H. J. Finlay, D.Sc., and J. Marwick, D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.

1934. L. C. King, M.Sc., Ph.D.

F. IV.—The T. K. Sidey Summer-time Fund.

Declaration of Trust.

To all to whom these presents shall come the New Zealand Institute (hereinafter called “the Institute”) a body politic and corporate under and by virtue of the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908, sends greeting: Whereas the sum of £500 has been collected in shilling subscriptions for the purpose of commemorating the passing by Parliament of the Summer-time Act, 1927, through the instrumentality of Sir Thomas Kay Sidey, Knight, Barrister, some time His Majesty's Attorney-General for New Zealand: And whereas the said sum has been paid to the Institute for the purpose aforesaid and further sums may hereafter be received by the Institute for the same purpose: And whereas it was intended that such commemoration should take the form of a public charitable purpose to be more particularly defined by the Institute and it is expedient that the precise terms on which the said moneys are held should be declared in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now know ye that the Institute doth hereby declare as follows:

1. The Institute does and will stand possessed of the said moneys and all other moneys hereafter received by it to be held under the trusts of these presents and the augmentation of such respective moneys upon the trusts following, that is to say:—

(i) Upon trust to blend and convert the same into one fund to be known as “The T. K. Sidey Summer-time Fund” (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”).

(ii) Upon trust to invest the Fund or cause the Fund to be invested on behalf of the Institute by any corporation empowered to act as a trustee in such investments as may from time to time be permitted to trustees by the law for the time being in force, with power in its discretion to vary such investments.

(iii) Upon trust out of the income of the Fund in the first place to pay all costs and expenses of or incidental to the management of the Fund and the income thereof or the execution of any of the trusts of powers of these presents.

(iv) Upon trust out of the income of the Fund from time to time to pay and transfer to the general funds of the Institute in recompense for general administration expenses incurred in connection with the Fund such sums as the Institute may think reasonable:

Provided that the sums so paid and transferred in respect of any annual period apart from the costs and expenses paid in respect of that period pursuant to the

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foregoing paragraph (iii) of this clause shall in no case exceed five per centum of the sum certified by the Auditor to be the income of the Fund for that annual period.

(v) Upon trust during the lifetime of the last survivor of the issue now living of His Majesty King George the Fifth and for twenty-one years afterwards to invest one-tenth part of the sum certified by the Auditor to be the income of the Fund for every annual period by investing the same in augmentation and so as to become a part of the Fund.

(vi) Subject as aforesaid upon trust to pay and apply the current income and any accumulations thereof not formally by resolution of the Board of Governors of the Institute converted into capital from time to time as may be directed by the Board of Governors in perpetuity for the advancement of learning in manner hereinafter appearing, that is to say, the promotion and encouragement as hereinafter set out of scientific research in the study of light visible and invisible and other solar radiations in relation to human welfare:

Provided always that such scientific research shall not be deemed to be limited to research in medical science:

Provided also that the Institute may at any time in its discretion extend such scientific research so as to include the general study of radiations of every kind.

2. Pending the disbursement thereof, any current income shall be invested, whether by blending with investments of capital or otherwise, but unless appropriated as part of the capital of the Fund by resolution of the Board of Governors such current income so invested and the earnings thereof shall remain income available for disbursement in manner provided by these presents.

3. The Institute records a wish expressed by the said Sir Thomas Kay Sidey that after the expiration of the period during which accumulation is directed under the trusts hereinbefore declared the Institute should continue to set aside and invest one-tenth part of the annual income of the Fund and so far as lawfully may be or until otherwise lawfully directed should defer the application thereof for the purposes herein set out until by virtue of such setting aside and of the accumulation hereinbefore directed and other accretions to the Fund the annual income of the Fund represents interest derived from a capital sum of not less than Ten thousand pounds (£10,000), and the Institute declares its accord with and adherence to the said wish: Provided always that nothing contained in this clause shall take effect otherwise than as a precatory declaration.

4. Such part of the income as the Institute may think proper, but so that no prize be of a less value than One hundred pounds, shall from time to time be paid and awarded as a prize to some person who has in the opinion of the Board of Governors made a valuable contribution or contributions to human knowledge by original scientific research in the study aforesaid: Provided always that primarily and until the income of the Fund increases to an amount

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suitable for frequent awards of an international character an award shall be made to some person who was born in New Zealand or who has received the greater part of his or her education in New Zealand or to some person for research work which has been carried out in New Zealand, but it shall be in the discretion of the Board of Governors at any time to offer or make an award under circumstances not complying with any of the stipulations of this proviso.

5. The Institute shall out of the income of the Fund provide and present to every person to whom a prize is awarded a bronze medal bearing the name of the Fund and otherwise suitably inscribed: Provided always that no such provision shall be made upon any occasion on which a similar medal shall be provided by the said Sir Thomas Kay Sidey or any member of his family: Provided also that whenever possible the presentation of the medal accompanying the award shall take place upon some public occasion.

6. Not more than one award from the Fund shall be made to the same person.

7. The Institute may in respect of any particular proposed award specify a particular branch of the subject-matter of the said research as that in respect of which such award is to be made.

8. In making any award from the Fund the Board of Governors shall obtain the assistance as assessor of one or more persons skilled in the subject-matter of the research or may for that purpose nominate as assessor one or more of its own members so qualified, and may from time to time make from the income of the Fund a reasonable payment to any person not being a member of the Board for his services as assessor, and no award shall be made except on the recommendation of at least one person so appointed by the Board of Governors as assessor.

9. The Board of Governors may refrain from making an award on any occasion on which it considers that no contribution to knowledge has been brought to its notice of sufficient merit to justify the honour.

10. (a) The Board of Governors may from time to time make regulations not repugnant to these presents providing for the administration of the Fund, the way in which a proposed award is to be notified, the procedure to be followed in making an award, or any other matter connected with these presents.

(b) Any such regulations may be amended, revoked, or replaced in the way in which for the time being the rules and general regulations of the Institute may be amended, revoked, or replaced.

(c) Until amended, revoked, or replaced as aforesaid, the regulations hereinafter set out shall take effect as regulations made under the powers hereby conferred.

11. (a) The Institute shall cause to be published once or oftener as may be deemed convenient either with the Proceedings of the Institute or otherwise:—

(i) The terms of these presents, excluding any part of the regulations hereinafter set out theretofore revoked;

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(ii) The terms of any other regulations made under the powers hereby conferred and for the time being in force;

(b) The Institute shall cause to be published annually either with the Proceedings of the Institute or otherwise:—

(iii) A list of persons to whom awards from the Fund have been made;

(iv) A statement of accounts duly audited showing the income and expenditure of the Fund for the annual period then last completed, a summary of cash receipts and disbursements during that period, and a balance sheet of the assets and liabilities of the Fund at the close of that period.

It witness whereof these presents have been executed this fourteenth day of November, 1932.

The common seal of the New Zealand Institute was hereto affixed in the presence of

H. W. Segar,

President.
M. Wood, Secretary.

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.

2. Such notice shall specify the qualifications of applicants as determined pursuant to clause 4 of the foregoing Declaration of Trust, and also the subject matter of the research either as set out in paragraph (vi) of clause 1 of the said Declaration of Trust, or as extended under the proviso to the said paragraph (vi), or as limited under clause 7 of the said Declaration of Trust according to any determination thereon of the Council.

3. Applicants for the award may submit either theses specially prepared for the award or copies of published works not specially so prepared, or both as the applicant may think fit.

4. The Council and its assessors will not be limited to consideration of theses so submitted, but may take into account any knowledge that they may have of the research of any applicant or person nominated.

5. A nomination of a person to receive the award will be received from any member of the Council or Fellow of the Institute, but no award shall be finally declared in favour of any person until after his concurrence in the proposed award has been received by the Institute.

6. There shall be published in each volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand a complete list of awards of the T. K. Sidey Summer-time Memorial Medal and Prize. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

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Award of the T. K. Sidey Summer-time Medal and Prize.

1933. Lord Rutherford of Nelson, O.M., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z. Special award to Mr G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

F. V.—Government Research Grants.
Rules for administering the Government Research Grants.

All grants shall be subject to the following rules, and each grantee shall be duly informed of that condition:—

1. Every application for a grant shall be made in the first case to a member body and forwarded with the recommendation and comment of that body to the Society, provided that the Council may from time to time on its own initiative suggest subjects for research, the investigation of which it deems desirable, and ask such investigators as it thinks fit to undertake such researches, the Society voting from its fund for research grants provision to defray the cost of apparatus, material, and working-expenses, including assistance. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

2. All instruments, specimens, objects, or materials of permanent value, whether purchased or obtained out of or by means of the grant or supplied from among those already at the disposal of the Society, are to be regarded, unless the Research Grants Committee decide otherwise, as the property of the Society, and are to be returned by the grantee for disposal according to the orders of the committee at the conclusion of his research or at such times as the committee may determine.

3. Every grantee shall furnish to the Research Grants Committee on or before the 31st March following upon the allotment of the grant a report (or, if the object of the grant be not attained, an interim report to be renewed at the same date in each subsequent year until a final report can be furnished or the committee dispense with further reports) containing—(a) A brief statement showing the results arrived at or the stage which the inquiry has reached; (b) a general statement of the expenditure incurred, accompanied as far as possible with vouchers; (c) a list of the instruments, specimens, objects, or materials purchased or obtained out of the grant or supplied by the committee which are at present in his possession; and (d) reference to any Transactions, journals, or other publications in which results of the research have been printed. In the event of a grantee failing to send in within three months of the said 31st March a report satisfactory to the committee he may be required on resolution of the Council to return the whole of the sum allotted to him.

4. Where a grant is made to two or more persons acting as a committee for the purpose of carrying out some research, one member of the said committee shall assume the responsibility of furnishing the report and receiving and disbursing the money.

5. Papers in which results are published that have been obtained through aid furnished by the Government grant shall contain an acknowledgment of that fact.

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6. Every grantee shall before any of the grant is paid to him be required to sign an engagement that he is prepared to carry out the general conditions applicable to all grants, as well as any conditions which may be attached to his particular grant.

7. In cases where specimens or preparations of permanent value are obtained through a grant, the committee shall as far as possible direct that such specimens shall be deposited in a museum or University college within the province where the specimens or material were obtained or in which the grantee has worked. The acknowledgment of the receipt of the specimens by such institution shall fully satisfy the claims of the Society.

8. In cases where after completion of a research the committee directs that any instrument or apparatus obtained by means of the grant shall be deposited in an institution of higher learning, such deposit shall be subject to an annual report from the institution in question as to the condition of the instrument or apparatus and as to the use that has been made of it.

9. Grants shall be given preferentially to investigations which appear to have an economic bearing; purely scientific investigations to be by no means excluded. When the research is one that leads to a direct economic advance, the Government shall reserve to itself the right of patenting the discovery and of rewarding the discoverer, but it is to be understood that grants from the research-grant vote are not in the nature of a reward or a prize, but for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the research worker, including salary or endowment of assistant, but not salary for the grantee himself. Plants, books, apparatus, chemicals, etc., purchased for applicants are to remain the property of the Society and eventually to form a loan collection in the manner now practised by the Royal Society of London. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

10. In the case of a refusal to recommend a grant, the Standing Committee shall not give any reason for its refusal unless such reason is stated in the minutes of the Standing Committee's meeting. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

Note.—As to consequential alterations made in these Rules, see headnote on page 474.

F. VI.—Carter Bequest.
Extracts from the Will of Charles Rooking Carter.

This is the last will and testament of me, Charles Rooking Carter, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, gentleman.

I revoke all wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me, and declare this to be my last will and testament.

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I give to the Colonial Museum in Wellington the large framed photographs of the members of the General Assembly in the House of Representatives in the year 1860, and the framed pencil sketch of the old House of Commons, and the framed invitation-card to the Lord Mayor's dinner.

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As regards the following books, of which I am the author, and which are now stored in three boxes—namely, (1) “The life and Recollections of a New Zealand Colonist,” (2) “A Historical Sketch of New Zealand Loans,” and (3) “Round the World Leisurely”—I direct that my executor shall retain possession of the same for a period of seven years, commencing from the date of my death, and that at the end of such period my executor shall place the same in the hands of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited) or some other capable and responsible booksellers in the City of Wellington, for sale, and so that the same shall be sold at such a price as will yield to my estate not less than six shillings per volume in respect of the first-named and second-named, and two shillings and sixpence in respect of the last-named works and I further authorize my executor to sell and dispose of the copyright or right to reprint such works; and I direct that the moneys to be derived from the sale of such works and the privileges connected therewith shall be added to the sum provided for the purchase of a telescope as hereinafter mentioned.

I direct my executor to subscribe the sum of fifty pounds towards the erection of a suitable brick room in which to house the priceless collection of books on New Zealand some time since given by me to the Colonial Museum and the New Zealand Institute.

I give and devise unto the Public Trustee appointed under and in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Public Trust Office Act, 1894 (hereinafter called “my trustee”), all the rest, residue, and remainder of my property whatsoever and wheresoever situate, both real and personal, and whether in possession, reversion, expectancy, or remainder, upon trust, as to my freehold property at East Taratahi, containing by admeasurement two thousand one hundred and seventy-two acres, and being and comprising the whole of the land included in certificate of title, volume 51, folio 79, of the books of the District Land Registrar for the Registration District of Wellington (save and except such part of the said land, being portion of the section numbered 117 in the Taratahi Plain Block, as is hereinafter devised to my trustee for the purposes hereinafter appearing), and direct that my trustee shall stand possessed of the same lands upon trust, to let and manage the same, and to pay and apply the rents and annual income in manner following, namely:—

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And as to all the residue and remainder (if any) of the said net proceeds of the sale, conversion, and getting-in of my estate as aforesaid, my trustee shall transfer the same to the Governors for the time being of the New Zealand Institute at Wellington, to form the nucleus of a fund for the erection in or near Wellington aforesaid, and the endowment of a professor and staff, of an Astronomic Observatory fitted with telescope and other suitable instruments for the public use and benefit of the colony, and in the hope that such fund may be augmented by gifts from private donors, and that the Observatory may be subsidized by the Colonial Government and without imposing any duty or obligation in regard thereto, I would indicate my wish that the telescope may be obtained from the factory of Sir H. Grubb, in Dublin, Ireland.

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G.—Relating to Fellows and Honorary Members.
G. I.—Fellows.

[The original Fellows numbered twenty, and included in the first place those past Presidents and Hutton and Hector Medallists who held their distinctions and positions prior to 3rd February, 1919, and who at that date were members of the New Zealand Institute. The remaining Original Fellows were nominated as provided for in the rules then in force and elected by the said past Presidents and Hector and Hutton Medallists.]

1. The Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand shall be an honour conferred for distinction in research and the advancement of knowledge. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

2. The total number of Fellows at any time shall not be more than forty. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)

3. The official abbreviation of the title “Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand” shall be F.R.S.N.Z. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 16/5/24.)

4. Not more than four Fellows shall be elected in any one year. The number of those who may be elected in any year shall be decided by the Council at the previous annual meeting, but the Council shall not thereby be compelled to elect that number.

5. No person shall be nominated or elected as Fellow unless he has been a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand for three years immediately preceding his nomination or for five years at any period preceding his nomination. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)

6. The election of Fellows shall be determined as follows:—

(a) Each of the member bodies at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin may nominate not more than twice as many persons as there are vacancies, and each of the other member bodies may nominate as many persons as there are vacancies. Each nomination must be accompanied by a statement limited to one foolscap sheet of typewritten matter of the qualifications of the candidate for Fellowship. When a candidate is nominated by more than one member body it shall be sufficient to utilize the information supplied by one member body. The consent of the candidate must be obtained in writing. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 24/5/25.)

(b) Six months before the annual meeting the names of the nominees shall be submitted to the Fellows resident in New Zealand, who shall indicate by voting their choice of new Fellows. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 14/5/32.)

(c) The final recommendation for the Fellowships shall be made to the Council by a selection committee of five Fellows chosen by the Council as being of recognized scientific attainments and representative of the various branches of science. (Adopted 19/5/32.)

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(d) The Fellowship Selection Committee shall not be limited in its recommendations and the Council shall not be wholly limited in its selection of Fellows to such persons as have been nominated by member bodies. This committee shall meet and discuss the qualifications of the candidates, with due regard to their scientific attainments to the preferences of the Fellows and to the due representation of the various branches of science. One member of this Committee shall retire every year, the Standing Committee formulating the necessary arrangements. (Adopted 19/5/32 and 30/5/35.)

(e) The election of Fellows shall take place at the annual meeting of the Council of the Society. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)

G. II.—Honorary Members.

1. The Council shall have power to elect honorary members (being persons not residing in the Dominion of New Zealand) provided that the total number of honorary members shall not exceed thirty. (Gazetted 14/7/04.)

2. Vacancies in the list of honorary members shall be announced at each annual meeting of the Council and such announcement shall be communicated as early as possible to each member body, and each member body shall nominate one person for each vacancy as honorary member and shall forward to the Secretary of the Society on or before 1st March the names, descriptions, and addresses of persons so nominated, together with the grounds on which their election is recommended. (Gazetted 14/7/04.)

3. The names and qualifications of those so nominated shall be sent to all members of the Council, and the election shall take place at the next annual meeting of the Council. (Gazetted 14/7/04.)

4. The title of honorary members shall be “Honorary Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.” (Adopted 30/5/35.)

Note.—As to consequential alterations made in these Rules see headnote on page 474.

H.—Relating to Publications, etc.

(Gazetted 14/7/04, and amended 28/5/25.)

All papers read, whether fully or by title only, before any member body of the Society shall be deemed to be communications to the Society and may subsequently be published as Proceedings or Transactions of the Society subject to the following rules of the Society regarding publications:—

(a) The publications of the Society shall consist of—

(i) Such current abstract of the proceedings of the member bodies of the Society as the Council deems desirable:

(ii) And of transactions comprising papers read before member bodies or any general meeting of the Royal Society of New Zealand (subject however to

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selection as hereinafter mentioned) and of such other matter as the Council shall from time to time for special reasons in each case determine to publish, to be intituled “Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.”

(b) The Council shall determine what papers are to be published.

(c) Papers not recommended for publication may be returned to their authors if so desired.

(d) All papers sent in for publication must be legibly written, typewritten, or printed.

(e) A proportional contribution may be required from each member body towards the cost of publishing Proceedings and Transactions of the Society.

(f) Each member body shall be entitled to receive a proportional number of copies of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, to be from time to time fixed by the Council.

With the gazetting of the Rules of the Royal Society of New Zealand as set out above all previously existing rules of the Society are deemed to be and are hereby rescinded.

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