1894- NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, ETC. 317 



memoirs written in the English language on subjects proposed by a committee 

 appointed by the Council. 



For the best memoir presented a prize of sixty dollars may be awarded ; if, 

 however, the memoir be one of marked merit, the amount may be increased to 

 one hundred dollars at the discretion of the committee. For the next best memoir, 

 a prize not exceeding fifty dollars may be awarded. Prizes will not be awarded 

 unless the memoirs presented are of adequate merit. The competition for these 

 prizes is not restricted, but open to all. 



Each memoir must be accompanied by a sealed envelope enclosing the author's 

 name and superscribed with a motto corresponding to one borne by the manuscript, 

 and must be in the hands of the Secretary on or before April i of the year for 

 which the prize is offered. 



The Subjects for 1895 are: — 



(i) A study of the " Fall line " in New Jersey. 



(2) A study of the Devonian formation of the Ohio basin. 



(3) Relations of the order Plantaginacese. 



(4) Experimental investigations in morphology or embryology. 



The Subjects for 1S96 are : 



(i) A study of the area of schistose or foliated rocks in the eastern United 

 States. 



(2) A study of the development of river valleys in some considerable 



area or folded or faulted Appalachian structure in Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, or Tennessee. 



(3) An experimental study of the effects of close-fertilisation in the case of 



some plant of short cycle. 



(4) Contributions to our knowledge of the general morphology or the 



general physiology of any animal except man. 

 In all cases the memoirs are to be based on a considerable body of original 

 work, as well as on a general review of the literature of the subject. 



