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THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

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“ That all such Members, as shall subscribe the sumof twenty guineas, shall be entitled to one gold medal,and those who shall subscribe one guinea, shall receiveeither one silver or two bronze medals, and that thesame return shall be made for every additional sub-scription toties quoties. That besides the medals thussubscribed for, every Member of the Society shall beentitled to one bronze medal.”

These resolutions met with the approbation of theSociety, and a book was forthwith opened, to receivethe names of Fellows desirous of subscribing for themedal. In looking over some old Papers in theArchives, I was so fortunate as to find a numberof interesting documents relating to Captain Cook ’smedal, which are now bound, and safely deposited inthe Library . From these papers it appears, that theprincipal artists of the day sent in designs for themedal; these form part of the papers in question.Some of the designs are elegant and appropriate ;they amount to twenty; besides various mottoes anddevices. The design by Lewis Pingo was eventuallyadopted. It bears on one side the head of CaptainCook, in profile, and round it, Iao. Cook , OceaniInvestigator Acerrimvs ; and on the exergue, Reg.Soc. Lond. Socio svo. On the reverse is a repre-sentation of Britannia, pointing to the south pole of aglobe. Round her is inscribed, Nil IntentatvmNostri Liqvere, and on the exergue, AuspiciisGeorgii III. Mr. Pingo was paid 84/. for two dies;and the medals were struck at 61. 18,?. for thosein gold; 11s. for silver; and 5s. for copper: 274silver and 9 gold medals were subscribed for, and thefollowing numbers were struck : 13 gold, 289 silver,and 500 bronze. Five gold medals were struck for