Mary Janet Lindsay of Yanchep Memorial Fund [F7010]

Mr R. W. L. Lindsay and Lady J. E. Lindsay having made a gift of $10,000 to the University to create a fund as a memorial to the late Honourable Mrs M. J. Lindsay to mark her deep interest in the land at Yanchep and in the State of Western Australia by encouraging research related to the land and facilitating travel within or outside Western Australia related to such research, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The fund is known as the Mary Janet Lindsay of Yanchep Memorial Fund.

2. The income from the fund is used to finance an annual award the value of which must not exceed two-thirds of the income in that year.

3. The award is made by the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Committee to the student who, in its opinion, shows the greatest promise in an honours or postgraduate year of study in agriculture or in another discipline connected with the land.

4. The award is made for the purposes of supporting research related to Western Australian land, or for research and travel within or outside Western Australia related to such research.

5. The award is made for one year only and no person may receive a second award from the fund.

6. Any thesis or publication resulting from research financed wholly or partly from an award from the fund must acknowledge the assistance of the Mary Janet Lindsay of Yanchep Memorial Fund.

7.(1) The award is made in May or June of each year, following the first award in 1972.

(2) If in any year in the opinion of the committee no student shows sufficient promise for the award to be made, no award is made in that year.

8.(1) One-third of the income from the capital endowment is added to the endowment each year.

(2) In any year in which no award is made the whole of the income in that year is added to the capital endowment.

(3) Any income in excess of an award in any year is added to the capital endowment.

9.(1) These regulations may be amended from time to time at the direction of the donors or of the survivor of them.

(2) After the death of both donors these regulations may be amended from time to time as determined by the Senate provided that any amendments conform with the general intention of the donors as expressed in these regulations.

10.(1) Each award is advertised and applications must be submitted to reach the Senior Faculty Administrative Officer in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on or before 15 May following the advertisement.

(2) Each applicant must include in the application a statement of the work and the expenditure proposed under the award.

11. Where practicable, the capital endowment will, without losing its identity, be combined with other capital in trust funds held by the University for purposes of investment or revenue production.