notice., March 14, 1877

notice.

The committee of arrangements of the fourth international congress of Orientalists, which is to meet at Florence in September, 1878, published, on the 12th of January last, the programme of competition for the prize of 5,000 lire (francs), which has been offered by his excellency the minister of public instruction of the Kingdom of Italy, for the best work on “The vicissitudes of Aryan civilization in India.”

According to this programme, the works of those desiring to compete for the prize in question were to be examined and the prize was to be awarded by five reputable Orientalists, only one of whom was to be an Italian.

In view of the possibility that the vote of some one of the examiners might fail to be given, or might not be received in time, and desiring that the number of votes cast by the judges may not be too limited, the committee has unanimously decided to add two other examiners—one a foreigner and the other an Italian—so that the total number will be seven, five of whom will be foreigners and two Italians.

None of the other conditions of the award have been changed.

The committee begs the delegates to the congress to give this notice the widest publicity possible, and to endeavor to have it inserted in the newspapers. In behalf of the committee: