The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23
Report of The Judges
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Report of The Judges.
Government Buildings, Wellington,
11th March, 1886.
Sir,—
We, having been duly appointed by you to decide on the merits of the several essays sent in under the conditions notified in the Government Gazette of the 19th February, 1885, "On the Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Industrial Resources of New Zealand," and having carefully considered such essays, award as follows:—
1. | The essays under the respective mottoes of "Si sit prudentia" and "Press onward" to be of equal merit, and we recommend that the authors should equally share the first and second prizes; |
2. | The essay under the motto "Nunquam dormio" to be third in merit, and entitled to the third prize. |
We beg to enclose the successful essays, and their respective mottoes.
We have, &c.,
W. J. M. Larnach.
James Edward Fitz Gerald.
T. Kennedy Macdonald.
The Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G.