426 PEIZE-QUESTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



have a private mark, repeated on a sealed note giving the full name, 

 profession, and residence of the authors, who shall certify that their 

 works are unpublished and have not been offered in competition before. 

 This note will only be opened in case the work merits a prize or honor- 

 able mention ; otherwise it will be burned during the meeting. 



Authors who make themselves known in advance, in any way what- 

 ever, will be excluded from competing. Works sent for competition 

 will become the property of the society, but authors may obtain copies 

 at their expense. The candidate who, having been successful at one of 

 the five preceding awards, shall obtain the first rank will only be entitled 

 to a commemorative medal.* In this case an honorable mention, 

 inscribed on a silver medal, may be granted to the work ranking second. 

 The contestant who is entitled to several prizes for one of the subjects 

 open to competition will only receive the highest medal. 



The society reserves the right "of awarding medals to those who have 

 Ijresented gifts or unxjublished memoirs which, though not invited by 

 the programme, shall appear to merit distinction. 



For further information address the general secretary of the society. 



A. BONVAELET, President 



h. MoKDACQ, Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF SCIEIsrCB, AET AND LITEEATUEE, HAIXAUT, 



FEANOE. 



Programme for 1873. 



Pakt I. 



LITERATURE. * 



I. Eulogy on Francis Fetis. 



II. The same in verse. 



III. A poem on a subject from Belgian history. 



IV. A poem on a subject from real life. 



BIO GRAPH Y. 



YI. Biography of a citizen of Hainaut distinguished by his talents or 

 the services he has rendered. 



FINE ARTS — ARCHITECTURE. 



YII. Describe the architecture of the monuments and private houses 

 erected in the city of Mons during the last two centuries. 



HISTORY. 



YIII. Write the history of any of the old cities of Hainaut, except 

 Soignies, Peruwels, and Saint-Ghislain. 

 IX. Give the history of coal-mining in Hainaut. 



* This rule only applies to the contestants for the scientific prize. 



