EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS. 



CHAPTER Xir. 



OF THE MAGELLANIC FUKD. 



Section 1 . John Hyacinth de Magellan, in London, having in the year 

 1786 offered to tlie Society , as a donation, tlie sum of two hundred guineas, 

 to be by them vested in a secure and permanent fund, to the end that 

 the interest arising therefrom should be annually disposed of in pre- 

 miums, to be adjudged by them to the author of tlie best discovery, or 

 most useful invention, relating to Navigation, Astronomy, or Natural 

 Philosophy (mere natural history only excepted) ; and the Society 

 having accepted of the above donation, they hereby publisli the condi- 

 tions, prescribed by the donor and agreed to by the Society, upon which 

 the said annual premiums will be awarded. 



CONDITIONS OF THE MAGELLANIC PREMIUM. 



1. The candidate shall send his discovery, invention or improvement, 

 addressed to the President, or one of the Vice-Presidents of the Socieiy, 

 free of postage or otlier charges ; and shall distinguish liis performance 

 by some motto, device, or other signature, at his pleasure. Together 

 with his discovery, invention, or improvement, he shall also send a 

 sealed letter containing the same motto, device, or signature, and sub- 

 scribed with the real name and place of residence of the author. 



2. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination whatever, shall be ad- 

 mitted as candidates for this premium. 



3. No discovery, invention or improvement shall be entitled to this 

 premium, which hath been already published, or for which the author 

 hath been pubhcly rewarded elsewhere. 



4. The candidate shall coumiunicate his discovery, invention or im- 

 provement, either in the English, French, German, or Latin language. 



5. All such communications shall be publicly read or exhibited to the 

 Society at some stated meeting, not less than one month previous to the 

 day of adjudication, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of 

 sucn members as shall desire it. But no member shall carry home with 



