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Show The Department of State has been officially advised that the King of the Belgians has proposed an annual prize of j 25,000 francs for the purpose of encourag; I ing works of the mind, the competition to J be open to all nations and to be decided j by a jury appointed by the King of Belgium, Bel-gium, to consist of seven members, of which three will be Belgians and the rest foreigners. The prize forming the object of the third mixed international competition compe-tition will be adjudged in 1889 to the best work on the progress of electricity as a motive power, as a means of illumination, etc. |