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farming largely depend on it, and in the 

 east, where an unpolluted supply for 

 domestic and municipal use is yearly 

 becoming a more serious problem. 



LOUBAT PRIZES 



THROUGH the generosity of the 

 Duke of Loubat, whose interest 

 in American studies is well known, two 

 prizes, to be called the Loubat Prizes, 

 have been established at Columbia Uni- 

 versity, to be awarded every five years 

 for the best original works dealing with 

 North America at any period preceding 

 the Declaration of Independence. The 

 value of the first prize is not less than 

 one thousand dollars, and that of the 

 second prize not less than four hundred 

 dollars, and the competition is open to 

 all persons, whether citizens of the 

 United States or of any other country. 



These prizes are offered in the }-ear 

 1903, and the undersigned have been 

 delegated to act as a Committee of 

 Award. Original manuscripts, books, 

 and pamphlets offered in competition 

 may be sent to any member of the com- 

 mittee prior to June, 1903. The con- 

 ditions of the award are as follows : 



(a) That the work submitted shall 

 treat of the history, geography, or nu- 

 mismatics of North America prior to 

 1776, or of some topic comprised within 

 these general subjects. 



(5) That it shall embody the results 

 of original research, be written by a 

 single person, and be submitted by the 

 author himself. 



(c) That it be written in the English 

 language. 



(d) That if a printed work, it shall 

 have been published for the first time 

 not prior to 1898, and if in manuscript, 

 the author shall agree to publish the 

 work within one year from the date of 

 the award. 



(<?) That the committee is empowered 

 to withhold one prize or both if no 

 works, or but a single work, be deemed 

 worthy of the award. 



(f) That all works submitted shall 

 be placed, after the award, in the library 

 of Columbia University, and that five 

 copies of the prize-winning works shall 

 be presented to Columbia University for 

 distribution according to the conditions 

 prescribed in Mr. Loubat'sdeed of gift. 



(g) It is furthermore requested that 

 all copies printed subsequent to the 

 award should bear upon the title-page 

 the words : 



Loubat Prize. 



Columbia University, in the City of 



New York. 



Competitors should address all com- 

 munications to any of the undersigned : 



Professor William M. Sloane, Colum- 

 bia University (chairman) — History. 



Dr Alexander Graham Bell, President 

 National Geographic Society — Geog- 

 raphy. 



Dr George N. Olcott, Lecturer on 

 Roman Archaeology, Columbia L^niver- 

 sity — Numismatics . 



SUBDUING THE NILE 



DECEMBER, 1902, marked the 

 opening of the great Nile reser- 

 voir and dam, which will increase by 

 one-fourth the farming land of Egypt. 

 Stated differently, Egypt before the 

 reservoir was built had about 10,500 

 square miles of arable land stretching 

 along the Nile ; the resevoir will give 

 her 2,500 square miles more, so that 

 this great work will add an area twice 

 the size of Rhode Island to the farming 

 land of the country. Chalmers Roberts 

 in " The World's Work " for December 

 presents a capital article on this enor- 

 mous engineering task so successfully 

 achieved. The following paragraphs 

 may be quoted: * 



" It is estimated that the permanent 

 benefit resulting will reach $100, 000, 000. 

 There will be added to the revenue from 

 the sale of water and from taxation on 



*T/ie World's Work. Vol. 5, No. 2. Sub- 

 duing the Nile. By Chalmers Roberts. 



