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XIII. The society would wish that the biography of the Baron van Imhoff, 

 find the history of his administration as governor-general of the Dutch Indies, 

 should be written from documents not heretofore made use of. 



XIV. The society invites an analysis of the life and a narrative of the voy- 

 ages of Dutchmen who, in the 17th and 18th centuries, distinguished themselves 

 as navigators or as authors of geographical discoveries. 



XV. What has been done up to the present time, for the study of the 

 languages of the populations subject to the domination of the Netherlands in 

 countries beyond the sea, and what are the vacuities which it would be chiefly 

 important to supply in this respect ? 



The Society recommend to competitors to omit in their replies all that has not 

 an immediate relation to the question ])roposed. It hopes to find in everything 

 submitted to it perspicuity united with brevity, and demonstrated propositions 

 clearly distinguished from vague considerations and facts imperfectly established. 

 It is further to be remembered that no memoir written by the hand of the author 

 will be admitted to competition, and that, even were a medal awarded, its delivery 

 would not take place if, in the meantime, the hand of the author should be recog- 

 nized in the work accepted. 



The notes attached to memoirs which fail to receive the prize shall be destroyed 

 without being opened, unless it shall have been discovered that the memoir pre- 

 sented is but a copy extracted from printed works ; in that case the name com- 

 municated will be divulged. Every member of the society shall have a right to 

 take part in the competition, on condition that his memoir, as well as note, shall 

 be signed with the letter L. The memoirs, written legibly, in Dutch, French, 

 Latin, English, Italian, or German, (but not in German characters,) must be 

 accompanied by a sealed note containing the name of the author, and be sent 

 free to the secretary of the society, Professor E. H. von Baundiauer, at Harlem. 



The prize offered for a satisfactory reply to each of the questions proposed, 

 consists, at the choice of the author, either of a gold medal, bearing the usual 

 stamp of the society, the name of the author and the date, or a sum of 150 

 florins; a supplementary premium of 150 florins may be added if the memoir be 

 deemed worthy of it. The competitor who shall receive the prize will not bo 

 allowed to print his memoir, either separately or in another work, without the 

 express authorization of the society. 



