Evening star., 1900-09-25
Dr.CZa FRA,
DIR. Leatherm1an1.
THE NOBEL PRIZES.
Conditions Under Which the Award
Will Be Made.

The Department of State has received q
note from the legation of Sweden and Nor
way in this city, inclosing a copy of the
laws and regulations to govern the award
of the Nobel prizes for scientific discover
les, which award will be made for the first
time at Stockholm, December TO- 1901, the
anniversary of the death of the donor OF
the prize fund
The three corporations awarding the No
bel prizes are:
The Royal Academy of Sciences at Stock
holm, founded in 1879, which numbers 1OO
Swedish and Norwegian members and sew
enty-five foreign members; the Swedish
Academy at Stockholm, instituted in 1856,
the members of which, exclusively Swedish,
are limited to eighteen, and the Carolin
Institute of Medicine and Surgery at Stock
holm, established in 1916, which numbers
twenty-five professors.
The Nobel endowment is based on the
will of DR.. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, engi-
neer, drawn up November %, 1895. The
st!pulations are as follows:
The remainder of the fortune which |
shall leave shall be disposed of in the fol-
lowing manner: The capital, converted into
safe investments by the executors of my
of which shall be distributed annually as a
reward to those who, in the course of the
preceding year, shall have rendered the
greatest services to humanity. The sum
total shall be divided into five equal por-
tions, assigned as follows:
"a To the person having made the most
important discovery or invention in the de-
partment of physical science.
C0 To the person having made the
most important discovery or having pro-
istry.
80 To the author of the most important
discovery in the department of physiology
or of medicine.
"a To the author having produced the
most notable literary work in the sense of
idealism.
60 To the person having done the most.
or the best in the work of establishing
preston or the reduction of standing armies,
as well as for the formation and the prop
agation of peace conferences.
The prizes will be awarded as follows:
For physical science and chemistry, by the
Swedish Academy of Sciences; for works
in physiology or medicine. by the Carolin
Institute Of Stockholm; for literature, by
the Academy of Stockholm; finally for the
work of peace, by committee of five men,
bers. elected by the Norwegian stortung.
1t is my expressed will that nationality
shall not be considered, that the prize
may accrue to the most worthy, whether
he be Scandinavian or not.
From the endowment resources is deduct
ed a sum of 30000u crowns tSSU,iO0) for
each section-that is, 1.500000 crowns ts4o2.-
GeO in all-which, with the interest COM
mencing from the 1st of January. 1900 will
be used to cover, in proportion, the ex-
penses of the organization of the Nobel in
stitutes.
The right to present candidates for the
Nobel prize belongs to the members of the
Swedish Academy. the French Academy and
the Spanish Academy which resemble the
Swedish Academy in their organization and
aim; to the members of the literary depart
ments of other academies, well to
the members of literary institutions and So
cieties analogous to academies; to profess
sors of aesthetics of literature and of his
tory in the universities.