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Article 8.—The program of the prizes shall be arranged by the per- 
manent Council of each of the two Congresses. 
Article 9.—It shall also be the duty of this permanent Council to the 
the papers presented, to appoint the Professors or the examining Com- 
mittee to whom the papers will be submitted, and who must return a 
written report. 
Article 10.—Any scientist may compete for the prize, on the condi- 
tion that he does not belong to the country in which the next session of 
the Congress takes place. 
Article 11.— The President of the Congress must notify the President 
of the Imperial Society of the friends of Natural Science of the name 
of the person to whom the prize has been awarded. 
Prizes given by the Imperial Society of the friends of Natural Science 
of Moscow, in memory of the International Congress of 1892, and 
in honor of S. A. I. the Grand-Duc Nicholas Alexandrovitch. 
` Article 1—The Committee on Organization of the International 
Congress of Anthropology and prehistoric Archeology, and of Zoology, 
in session at Moscow in 1892, place at the disposal of the Imperial 
Society of the friends of Natural Science the sum of 2,000 gold roubles 
to constitute a perpetual capital in memory of the Congress of Zoology, 
and of the august kindness which has been accorded to them by the 
Grand-Duc Nicholas Alexandrovitch. 
Article 2.—The interest on this capital shall be used for a prize in 
honor of the Grand-Duc Nicholas Alexandrovitch. This prize shall 
belong to the Congress of Zoology. 
Article 3.—The value of the prize shall be equal to the interest on 
the capital for two years. In case there should elapse more than two 
years between two consecutive Congresses, the interest for the extra 
years shall be at the disposal of the Society of the friends of Natural 
Science, which will devote it to the prizes distributed- by them during 
the annual meeting on October 15. 
Article 4.—If the Congress should cease to exist, the portion belong- 
ing to it in accordance with the above articles shall revert to the Imper- 
rial Society of the friends of Natural Science, to be distributed by it 
equally among the prizes given at its annual meeting. 
Article 5.—The prize given by the Congress of Zoology is awarded 
by a special Committee nominated for that purpose by the permanent 
Council of that Congress. 
Artiele 6.—The prize may consist of medals or of sums of money. 
Article 7.—They shall be distributed at a special meeting while Con- 
Eress is in session. 
