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tice ou tlie life and writings of Jacques IMeyer, author of the Annals of Flan- 

 ders. 5. History of the charitable and hospital establishments of the arron- 

 dissement of Lille situated outside of the ancient city. 6. Biogi-aphical study 

 on the botanist, Desmazieres. 7. Biographical study on the naturalist, Mac([uart. 



VIII. LITERATURE AND POETRY. 



Each year there ■will be opened a competition in poetry, and medals Avill be 

 awarded to the authors of the best pieces of verse ; the subject will be left to 

 the choice of competitors. The first gold medal for the most distinguished 

 production in the two lines of literature and poetry will be replaced by an ob- 

 ject of art. Questions for cojnjiefitiun in 1866. — 1. History of literature in 

 the provinces which now form the department of the north from its incorpora- 

 tion by France (1667) to our own time. 2. A dramatic scene comprising per- 

 sonages and choruses proper to be set to music. 3. Eulogium upon one of the 

 benefactors of the poor at, Lille (the Countess Jeanne, Gautois, Masurel, 

 Stappart, iScc.) 



IX. FINE ARTS. 



Qiicstions for competition in 1866. — 1. The project of a monument to be 

 erected on one of the new public spaces of Lille, and which might serve on occa- 

 sion for expositions of art or industry, for public solemnities, such, for instance, 

 as the distribution of prizes, for concerts, or even for balls. 2. A design for a 

 statue to be erected to one of the benefactors of the poor at Lille, (Countess 

 Jeanne, Gantois, Masurel, Stappart, &c.) The model should be of plaster, and 

 one-fourth of the intended size. 3. History of the arts of design at Lille from 

 the foundation of the city to the nineteenth centuiy, inclusive. By arts of design 

 are to be understood painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture, as well as the 

 industrial arts in their relations to the former. 4. A study of the life and works 

 of Arnould de Vuer. 5. A study, principally with a view to exterior deco- 

 rc-ition, of the architectural conditions of edifices built of ordinary bricks or of 

 bricks and stones. An examination of the special difiiculties which attend 

 ornamentation v/hen ordinary bricks are exclusively employed, together with 

 an indication of the most suitable arrangements. 6. A medal will be awarded 

 to the author of a remarkable musical composition, such as a symphony, over- 

 ture, chorus, with or without accompaniment. For a composition for singing 

 without accompaniment or with the accompaniment of the piano, the medal 

 may, at the choice of the candidate, be replaced by publication at the cost of 

 the society. 7. Fliotograpliy : The indication of a mode of preparation fur- 

 nishing a collodion, comprising in itself the photogenic elements, so as to dis- 

 pense with the operations which are necessary to give sensibility to the com- 

 mon collodion. The collodion must be sufficiently sensitive for obtaining por- 

 traits or animated landscapes. 



X. VARIOUS ENCOURAGEMENTS. 



The society reserves to itself the compensation and encouragement, by pre- 

 miums and medals, of the authors of productions or labors, whether scientific, 

 literary, artistic, agricultural, or industrial, not mentioned in the present pro- 

 gramme. It may even recompense the importation into the arrondissement of 

 Lille of a new industry or of new industrial processes, and, in general, every 

 kind of work capable of exerting a happy influence on the situation of the 

 country. 



XI. RECOMPENSES TO INDUSTRIAL AGENTS. 



Since 1831 the society recompenses, by checks on the Savings Bank, pre- 

 miums and medals, the fidelity and attachment of servants to their masters ; it 



