g25 French National hijlitute. 



the fecretary of the academy, in the courfe of the month 

 of October 1799. 



NEW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A Society for promoting agriculture and manufactures 

 has lately been eftablifhed in Finland. t will publiih its 

 tranfactions monthly, a thoufand copies of which a-e to be 

 printed in the Finnifh, and a thoufand in the Swedilh lan- 

 guage. 



FRANCE. 



The following prize questions were propofed by the 

 French National Inftitute of the Arts and Sciences, in the 

 public fitting of Meflidor 15th, year VI. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



To determine what are the grand revolutions which have 

 taken place on the globe, and which are either indicated or 

 proved by hiftory ? 



The prize will be a gold medal of the weight of five 

 "hectogrammes, and will be adjudged in the public fitting of 

 the 15th of Nivofe, in the year VIII. 



M RAL SCIENCE. 



The Clafs of the Moral and Political Sciences had pro- 

 pofed, for the fubject of a prize for the year VII, the fol- 

 lowing queftion : 



What are the inftitutions beft calculated to found the 

 morals of a people ? 



The effays tranfmitted on this fubj.°c~t not having anfwer- 

 ed the required conditions, the clafs propofes the fame fub- 

 ject again, and in the public fitting of Vendemiaire the 

 35th, in the ye^r VII, will publiih in anew programme fome 

 illuilrations of this important queftion. The prize will be 

 five hectogrammes of gold ft ruck into a medal, which will 

 be adjudged in the public fitting of Nivofe the 15th, in the 

 year VIII. No anfvvers will be received after the 15th of 

 Vendemiaire^ the fame year. 



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