28 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



edifice in the United States, having been the seat of govern- 

 mental power and the home of the executive ofticials of New 

 Mexico through all the changes in government for three cen- 

 turies; and 



Whereas New Mexico itself is more prolific in archj^ological 

 treasures than any other part of the Union, and has already 

 contributed more largely than any other State or Territory to 

 the National Museum, and it is desirable that its peculiar his- 

 torical objects should be preserved in one place, and amid 

 their natural environment, instead of being scattered all over 

 the world; and 



Whereas the Territorial legislatures of 1882 and 1881 

 asked that this historic edifice be devoted to the preservation 

 of the antiquities of New Mexico, and two Secretaries of the 

 Interior have oflicially recommended that its permanent use 

 be that of a museum of the antiquarian collections of the 

 Southwest; and 



Whereas, by inadvertence in the wording of the act of 

 Congress which donated public lands to the Territory for 

 educational and other purposes, passed June 21, 1898, the 

 palace property was included in the cession made b}^ the 

 United States to Mexico, without any wish for such cession on 

 tiiS part of our people; and 



Whereas the two houses of the last legislature, each l)y a 



" (3) Scientists who have received a Nobel prize from the Academy of 

 Science. 



"(4) Professors, whether in ordinary or associate, of the physical and 

 chemical sciences at the universities of Upsala, Lund, Christiania, Copen- 

 hagen, and Helsingfors, at the Caroline Medico-Chirurgical Institute and 

 the Royal Technical College in Stockholm, and also teachers of the same 

 subjects who are on the permanent staff of the Stockholm University 

 College. 



"(5) Holders of similar cliairs at other universities or university col- 

 leges, to the n amber of at least six, to be selected by the Academy of 

 Science in the way most appropriate for the just representation of the 

 various countries and their respective seats of learning. 



"(6) Other scientists whom the Academy of Science may see fit to 

 select. ' ' 



At the time of Nobel's death his estate was estimated to have a value of 

 from 80,000,000 to 35,000,000 kroner, which, if invested at 3 per cent, 

 would yield an annual income of from $240,000 to $270,000. Each fifth 

 would thus amount to $48,000 to $55,000. Since then 1,500,000 kroner 

 have, by agreement with the heirs at law, been set aside for the founda- 

 tion of Nobel institutes in Sweden; but at the same time the interest for 

 the intervening years since Nobel's death has been accruing, so that the 

 exact value of each annual prize is not now known. 



Inquiries concerning the Nobel competition should be addressed to the 

 Council of the Nobel Foundation, care of the Royal Academy of Science, 

 Stockholm, Sweden. 



