OCIOBBE 5, 1900.] 



SCIENCE. 



499 



4. The sum total of a prize may be di- 

 vided equally between two works, if it be 

 judged that each of them has merited the 

 prize. If the work rewarded is the work 

 of two or of several assistants, the prize can 

 be awarded to them in common . Any work 

 the author of which is deceased can not be 

 the object of a prize ; however, in case of 

 death after the proposal for a reward has 

 already been presented in the prescribed 

 forms, the prize may be awarded. Each 

 one of the corporations having the con- 

 ferring of prizes has the right to decide 

 whether the prize may be adjudged to an 

 institution or to a society. 



5. According to the plain intention of 

 the will, a work can not be rewarded unless 

 experience or a competent examination 

 shall prove its preponderant importance. 

 If none of the works submitted to the 

 competition possesses the quality desired, 

 the sum total of the prize is reserved for the 

 following year. If, then, the prize can not 

 be distributed, the amount is deposited in 

 the principal funds, unless three-fourths of 

 the persons voting shall decide to establish 

 with it a special fund for the section. The 

 revenues of such a fund may, according to 

 the decision of the corporation, be employed 

 to encourage, otherwise than by the dis- 

 tribution of prizes, the tendencies aimed at 

 in the first place by the donor. Each special 

 fund will be administered with the princi- 

 pal fund. 



6. For each section of Swedish prize, the 

 competent corporation shall designate a 

 ' Nobel committee,' composed of three or 

 five members, who shall give their advice 

 upon the conferring of the prize. The 

 necessary examination for the awarding of 

 the peace prize shall be made by the com- 

 mittee of the Norwegian Stortung men- 

 tioned in the will. In order to be named 

 a member of a Nobel committee, it is not 

 necessary to be a Swedish subject nor to 

 belong to the corporation charged with the 



conferring of the prize. The members of a 

 Nobel committee can receive a suitable fee 

 for their work, which will be determined 

 by the competent corporation. In a special 

 case, if it is judged necessary, the corpora- 

 tion can designate a competent person to 

 take part as a member in the deliberations 

 and in the decisions of the Nobel committee. 



7. For admission to the competition, it 

 is necessary to be proposed in writing bj^ a 

 qualified person. No attention will be paid 

 to requests addressed by persons desiring 

 to obtain a prize themselves . It is explained 

 further on who are considered qualified. 

 The annual competition considers pro- 

 posals which have been offered in the 

 course of the year immediately preceding 

 up to the date of February 1st. 



8. Every proposal must be accompanied 

 by the writings and other documents upon 

 which it is founded. If the proposal is not 

 drawn up in either one of the Scandinavian 

 languages or in English, French, German 

 or Latin, or if, for the appreciation of the 

 proposed work, the body having to award 

 the prize finds itself, for the most part, 

 obliged to take cognizance of a writing com- 

 posed in a language whose interpretation 

 would cause special difficulties or consider- 

 able expense — in either of these cases, the 

 corporation will not be obliged to proceed 

 to a detailed examination of the proposal. 



9. At the solemn reunion, which takes 

 place on the anniversary of the death of 

 the donor, December 10th, the corporations 

 will make known publicly their decisions 

 and bestow upon each laureate a check for 

 the value of the prize, a diploma, and a 

 gold medal bearing the effigy of the donor, 

 with an appropriate legend. The laureate 

 is obliged, unless prevented, to give during 

 the six months following the reunion a 

 public lecture on the subject of the work 

 crowned. This lecture will be given in 

 Stockholm, or, for the peace prize, in Chris- 

 tiania. 



