on Prize Essays. 



No. 1 P.E. 



Royal Society of Victoria, 



January 3rd, 18(11. 

 Sir, 



I am instructed by the Council of the Royal Society to 

 inform you that the Report of the Judges on the Government Com- 

 petitive Essays for 1860 has been received. 



The premium has been awarded in the case of each of the four 

 subjects previously submitted to and approved of by the Government. 



The premium in each case is as originally arranged, £\'2o (say 

 one hundred and twenty-five pounds), Avith a medal. 



The successful competitors are : — 



1st. On the Collection and Storage of Water — Frederick Achcson, 

 Esq., C.E., Crown Lands Department. 



2nd. The Origin and Distribution of Quartz Veins, kc. — Henri 

 Rosalis, Esq., Ballarat. 



3rd. Agriculture, kc. — "\V. Storey, Esq., Lygon-street, North ^ I el- 

 bourne. 



4th. Manufactures in Victoria, &c. — Charles Mayes, Esq., C.E., 

 Railway Department. 



The medals to be awarded to these gentlemen are to be of .silver ; 

 and the Council, in accordance with the views of the Judges, lias 

 decided that a silver medal should also be awarded to each of the four 

 second-class competitors. 



The following is the Report of the Judges as set forth in the 

 resolution arrived at by them, and approved of by the Council, and 

 now forwarded to the Government for confirmation as already set 

 forth :— 



"I am specially instructed to solicit the immediate attention of tlie 

 Government to the recommendation for the immediate publication of 

 the Prize Essays, and to state that the Council will be happy to 

 superintend the jDrinting and production of the same. 



" As to the mode of the distribution of the Prize E.ssays, the 

 Council would suggest that the money premiums should be publicly 

 bestowed, in the usual form of claims on the Treasury, on as early a 

 day as po.ssible. 



" In conclusion, and in reference to financial matters, I enclose the 

 accounts for the advertisements in newspapers, amounting in the 



