CHAPTER XII. 
OF THB MAGELLANIC FUND, 
Snorron 1. John Hyacinth de Magellan, in London, having in the year 
1786 offered to the Society, as a donation, the 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 premiums, to 
be adjudged by them to the author of the 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 publish the conditions, prescribed by the 
donor an’ 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 Society, 
free of postage or other charges ; and shall distinguish his performance by 
gome 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 subscribed 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 pre- 
mium, which hath been already published, or for which the author hath 
been publicly rewarded elsewhere. 
4. The candidate shall communicate 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 
such members as shall desire it. But no member shall carry home with 
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