It is proposed to open a competition bearing on the political condition China on the 31st of December 1901.
Competitors are requested to send to the care of the Editor of this paper, in sealed cover marked ' Competition," paper containing their forecast of the situation, as regards the Chinese Government and the Allies, on the above-named date. No forecast must exceed three hundred words.
Each cover must be accompanied by the sum of fifty dollars ($50), and the whole sum will be paid over to the com-peliter whose forecast turns out to be most accurate, in the opinion of three impartial judges to be appointed by the conductors of this paper, whose names will be published in due course, and whose decision must bs accepted as final by all competitors.
petition which ts posted later than the No cart will be admitted to the com= 31st of December i500. nom de Pitwe or mot, aod the om Each paper should be si
petitor's real name and address should be enclosed in a separate envelope, and of these only the winner's will reopened.
The conductore of this paper reserve the right to publish any or all of the papers sent in, but without the names of the competitors, Outports, Ete,
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