338 Oliver, Rev. T. D.D. 118, Hampton Road, Southport. Petherick, Rev. G. W. B.A. Hawksleigh, Southport. Postlethwaite, J. Esq. F.G.S. Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, Keswick. Ragg, Rev. F. W. M.A. The Manor House, Lower Boddington, Byfield. Ramanathan, P. B.A., M.R.A.S., F.R.H.S., Manônmani Villas, Chintadripet, Madras. Redman, Rev. J. Simla, India. 'Robertson, Rev. Alex. D.D. Ca' Struan, Ponte della Salute, Venice. Rouse, Miss. Shipham, Rev. Arthur, The Mound, Matlock Bridge. Simpson, Prof. J. Y. M.A. D.Sc. F.R.S.E. New College, Edinburgh. Stefansson, Jon, Esq. Ph.D. Storrs, Rev. W. T. B.D. Vicarage, Sandown, I.W. Thomas, Rev. James, British and Foreign Bible Society, 146, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. Thomson, Robert, Esq. Asst. Sec. Christian Evidence Society, Craven Street, Strand. Tisdall, Rev. W. St. Clair, M.A. D.D. 32, Kimbolton Road, Bedford. Walter, Rev. J. C. B.A. Langton Rectory, Horncastle. Weidemann, Professor Alfred, Ph.D. 2, König St. Bonn. Williams, W. Esq. Supt. Govt. Telegraphs, India (ret.), Crofton, Willis, R. N. Esq. M.B, 2, Carlton Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin. Winslow, Rev. W. C. Ph.D. D.D. D.C.L. LL.D. D.Sc. 525, Beacon Street, Boston, U.S.A. Zimmerman, Rev. Jeremiah D.D. 109, South Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A. Zwemer, Rev. S. M. M.A. D.D. F.R.G.S. Bahrein, Persian Gulf. RULES AS TO THE AWARDING OF THE GUNNING PRIZE IN 1912. 1. The interest on the investment of the £500 under the bond of the late Doctor Gunning is applied every third year according to the Deed. 2. For the present, such interest is applied to a Prize awarded for an original essay on some subject embraced by the objects of the Institute; but this does not preclude its application in future in any other way which the Council may from time to time decide upon in accordance with the terms of the bond. 3. The class of subject for competition is chosen by the Council; and the first announcement of this choice is made at the Annual Summer Meeting of the Society in every third year as from 1905; and a circular respecting it is sent to all the Members and Associates within a month thereafter, giving all rules and needful directions for the competition. 4. The Prize is open for competition to all persons whose qualifying subscription as Members or Associates of the Victoria Institute shall have been paid before their essays are sent in. 5. The interest for the three years ending 31st December, 1905, and for each subsequent period of three years, is applied as follows: (a) in remunerating, if necessary, the person or persons who may be appointed to judge the respective merits of the essays sent in for competition; (b) for postage, printing, and other expenses attending the administration of the fund; (c) to the Prize, which is either paid in money or applied in the purchase of books or other suitable article or articles for presentation at the option of the prize-winner. The amount of the Prize for the present year will be £40. 6. All essays are to be sent in not later than the 31st March next after the announcement of the Prize Competition, and must be addressed to the Secretary of the Institute at the Institute's office, and be typewritten and undersigned with a motto, which is to be 340 repeated on a sealed envelope containing the writer's name. length of the essay is not to exceed 12,000 words. The 7. The decision as to the best essay rests with the Council, provided that no member of the Council, who is himself a candidate do join in the voting; but, in lieu of itself deciding, the Council may appoint one or more judges. 8. The name of the successful candidate will be announced at the Annual Summer Meeting following that at which the Competition and its subject were first announced; and the Prize will then be handed to the successful competitor by the Chairman of the meeting. 9. The copyright in the successful essay is to belong to the Society of the Victoria Institute, who may publish it as they shall think fit or otherwise make use of it; but, at the request of the Author, they may allow him to embody it in any more comprehensive work that he may afterwards compose. 10. A copy of these Rules will be sent to all Candidates, who will be assumed to have assented to them by the sending in of an essay for competition. The subject of the essay this year is :— "THE BEARING OF ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH UPON THE NEW TESTAMENT.” Note. The design of the paper is to summarize and apply the fruits of investigation and discovery, both monumental and historical, so far as they bear upon the central truths of the New Testament. The question of the Canon of the New Testament is intended to be excluded from consideration. OBJECTS, CONSTITUTION, AND BYE-LAWS OF The Victoria Institute, OR Philosophical Society of Great Britain. Adopted at the First Annual General Meeting of the Members and Associates, May 27th, 1867, with Revisions of 1874-75 and 1910. § I. Objects. 1. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE, or PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, is established for the purpose of promoting the following objects, viz.: First. To investigate fully and impartially the most important questions of Philosophy and Science, but more especially those that bear upon the great truths revealed in Holy Scripture; with the view of reconciling any apparent discrepancies between Christianity and Science. Second. To associate together men of Science and authors who have already been engaged in such investigations, and all others who may be interested in them, in order to strengthen their efforts by association; and, by bringing together the results of such labours, after full discussion, in the printed transactions of an Institution: to give greater force and influence to proofs and arguments which might be little known, or even disregarded, if put forward merely by individuals. 7 ii Third. To consider the mutual bearings of the various scientific conclusions arrived at in the several distinct branches into which Science is now divided, in order to get rid of contradictions and conflicting hypotheses, and thus promote the real advancement of true science; and to examine and discuss all supposed scientific results with reference to final causes, and the more comprehensive and fundamental principles of Philosophy proper, based upon faith in the existence of one Eternal God, who, in His wisdom, created all things very good. Fourth. To publish Papers read before the Society in furtherance of the above objects, along with full reports of the discussions thereon, in the form of a Journal, or as the Transactions of the Institute. Fifth. When subjects have been fully discussed, to make the results known by means of Lectures of a more popular kind, and to publish such Lectures. Sixth. To publish English translations of important foreign works of real scientific and philosophical value, especially those bearing upon the relation between the Scriptures and Science; and to co-operate with other philosophical societies at home and abroad, which are now or may hereafter be formed, in the interest of Scriptural truth and of real science, and generally in furtherance of the objects of this Society. Seventh. To found a Library and Reading Rooms for the use of the Members and Associates of the Institute, combining the principal advantages of a Literary Club. § II. Constitution. 1. The Society shall consist of Members and Associates, who in future shall be elected as hereinafter set forth. 2. The government of the Society shall be vested in a Council (whose Members shall be chosen from among the Members and Associates of the Society and be professedly Christians), consisting of a President, two or more [not exceeding seven], Vice-Presidents, an |