5. All Compositions must be sent to the College, addressed to the Secretary, on or before November 30, 1883.

THE BONAVIA HUNT PRIZES FOR

MUSICAL HISTORY.

Adjudicator, W. H. CUMMINGS, Esq.

The Academical Board having accepted the offer of the Warden of the College of two Prizes to be awarded annually for the best Essays on subjects connected with Musical History, the following regulations have been made for the Competition :

1. The subject of the second annual competition for either prize will be- The Madrigal Writers of the Elizabethan period.'

2. The Senior Prize, value THREE GUINEAS, will be open to all Members, Students, and Pupils or Members of enrolled Institutions.

3. The Junior Prize, value Two GUINEAS, will be open to all Students of the College and Pupils of enrolled Institutions, being under the age of 21.

4. The length of Essays in either competition should not exceed thirty pages of foolscap size, averaging twenty lines per page, and eight words per line. The MS. must be legibly written on one side of the paper only.

5. The period to be dealt with in the Essays may be best defined by a reference to Table IX. in Bonavia Hunt's Concise History of Music,' but (by the express desire of the Author, as well as by the rules of the College) the Candidate is by no means restricted to that or any other particular text-book.

6. No Competitor is allowed to send in more than one Essay.

7. All MSS. must be sent to the College, addressed to the Secretary, on or before November 30, 1883.

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GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE

COMPETITIONS.

1. Each Competitor is required to inscribe his Composition or Essay with a motto, and to send with it a sealed envelope inscribed on the outside with the same motto, and containing within it his full name and postal address. The envelopes containing the names of unsuccessful Competitors will be destroyed unopened. Any Composition bearing upon it the name or initials of the Competitor, or any other means of personal identification, will be disqualified. Unsuccessful Compositions will be returned on the prepayment of the postage or carriage.

2. The Academical Board will not be responsible for the loss or damage, during transit, of any Composition.

3. The Prize Quartet will be publicly performed at the College, and at the expense of the College, the separate part copies being supplied by the Composer.

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4. Each successful Competitor will be required to provide, within three months of the date of the announcement to him of the award, a strongly-bound and legiblywritten copy (and in the case of the Quartet, a stronglybound and legibly-written open-score copy) of his work, to be deposited in the Library of the College. Copyright of the Composition or Essay will remain the property of the Composer or Author; but the Council or Academical Board shall at all times be at liberty to give public performances of the Quartet at the expense of the College, and to publish the Essays at any time should they think fit. The prize will be delivered to the successful Competitor as soon as the copy has been deposited in the College Library:

5. The Academical Board reserves the right of withholding any of the prizes, should no MS. of sufficient merit be sent in.

REGULATIONS AS TO MEMBERSHIP.

1. Subject to the approval of the Academical Board, and to compliance with the following requirements, any person of either sex is eligible for admission as a Member of Trinity College, London.

2. The Candidate for Membership must produce a certificate (on a form to be had from the Secretary), signed by one or more Graduates of a British University, to the effect that the applicant is educationally qualified to become a Member of the College.

**This Certificate will not be required of Licentiates, Associates, or any other persons who may have matriculated at the College, or have passed an examination recognised by the Board as an equivalent.

3. In addition to the above, the Candidate must be proposed by a Member of the College, or instead be recommended by a clergyman, barrister, physician, solicitor, magistrate, or other person of responsible position, in every case from personal knowledge of the Candidate, as a fit and proper person, socially and morally, to become a Member of the College.

4. Candidates' certificates and forms of application shall be posted in the Library of the College for a period of at least fourteen days previous to the date of election.

5. Every Candidate shall forward with his application an entrance fee of One Guinea, and if elected, shall pay an annual subscription, in advance, of One Guinea; or the Member may compound for all future subscriptions by one payment of Ten Guineas. [In the event of non

election the entrance fee will be returned to the Candidate.]

6. Members living in London or the suburbs thereof, if desiring constant access to the Common Room or Library, may be rated as 'House Members,' and will

then be required to subscribe an additional fee of One Guinea annually. All Members may have their letters addressed to the care of the College, and may make occasional appointments for business interviews in the Library or Common Room, subject to previous arrangement with the Secretary.

7. Other privileges, common to all Members, are :— i. The right to be present at all Public Lectures, Students' and Orchestral Concerts, Soirées, &c., in connection with the College.

ii. The privilege of being present, and also of introducing a friend (on an order signed by the Member, if absent), at the reading of papers and other proceedings at the Members' Meetings.

**The Programme of arrangements for the Meetings of the Members during the Session 1883-4 will be announced in due course. iii. A free copy of the Journal adopted as the organ of the College.

iv. A free copy of the College Calendar for the current Academical Year.

v. A free copy of the Transactions or Proceedings of the Members' Meetings when separately published, and certain other official publications.

vi. The right to enrol in Union with the College, without fee, any one College, School, Choir, Institution, or Private Class, with which the Member may be officially connected as Principal, Director, or Secretary; and to claim for such Institution or Class all the substantial advantages of enrolment, including the privilege of entering Candidates for the Local Examinations at reduced fees.

vii. The right to enter any bona fide Private Pupils for the Local Examinations at enrolled fees, provided such Pupils are not receiving musical instruction at a School.

viii. The right to compete for the various College Prizes open to Members, including the annual Essays, Chamber-Music Competitions, &c., subject to the regulations of such competitions.

ix. The right to vote in the Elections of Representatives from the Members to serve upon the College Senate.

8. Membership of the College may continue so long as the regulations shall have been complied with, but the Academical Board will reserve the option of removing any Member, should such course at any time appear to the Board to be demanded in the interests of the Members generally, and for the due preservation of the status of Membership.

REGULATIONS FOR ENROLMENT OF INSTITUTIONS IN UNION.

1. Every Member of Trinity College, London, has the right to apply for the Enrolment in Union with the College, without fee, of any one Institution, College School, Society, Choir, or Private Class, having objects in common with those of the College, and with which he or she may be officially connected as Principal, Director, or Secretary.

2. Enrolment is also obtainable apart from Membership, on payment of a yearly subscription, in advance, of One Guinea.

3. Applications for Enrolment, and for the Annual Renewal of the same, must be in writing, upon the necessary Form; must be signed by the Principal, Secretary, or Director of the Institution seeking Enrolment, and, when duly filled up and signed, should be sent to the Secretary at the College.

4. The Academical Board reserve the right of declining to grant or renew any Enrolment which in their opinion may be undesirable or unnecessary.

5. Institutions in Union have the following advantages :

i. Early and special information, in advance of the general public, respecting the College Regulations and Proceedings, whether relating to the Local Examinations or not.

ii. The privilege of entering Candidates for the Local Examinations, both in Musical and in General Knowledge, at reduced Fees.

iii. The benefit of any special Scholarships, Exhibitions, and Prizes offered by the College; e.g., the Musical History Prizes, Senior and Junior.