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Rh a number of competitions as under: 1897, Concours de Poids Lourds, or 'Heavy Weights,' answering to the motor-waggon trials held at Liverpool; 1898, Concours de Poids Lourds, Concours de Fiacres; 1899, Concours de Poids Lourds, Concours de Fiacres, and Concours d'Accumulateurs; 1900, Concours de Voitures de Tourisme, Concours de Motocycles, Concours de Fiacres, Concours de Voiturettes, Concours de Vehicles de Petite Livraison (light delivery vans), and Concours de Poids Lourds. The last six were held in connection with the Exposition Universelle of that year. During the continuation of these trials the competing vehicles are housed nightly in a building under the surveillance of the Club, and the technical committee carefully notes the weights of water, fuel, grease, &c., or the quantity of electrical energy required by each. An official observer also accompanies each vehicle whilst on the journey, notes all the stoppages, repairs, and speeds arrived at on various sections of the road, and full reports are prepared and printed after the completion of the trials. It should also be added that the Club has taken a leading part in the promotion of annual automobile shows in Paris, at which the latest products of the French manufacturers have been displayed, and which have attracted visitors from all parts of Europe.

.—The Automobile Club Normand has its headquarters at 4 bis Boulevard d'Orleans, Rouen, near the Gare d'Orle'ans and the Place Carnot. It was founded in January 1900, with M. Ballif, of the Touring Club de France, as Président d'Honneur. The chief officers arc as follows:—President, M. Bridoux; vice-president, M. Mouy; treasurer, M. Naltet; secretary, M. Bonnemain. The club premises include a garage, open day and night, and members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland may house their cars at the following reduced tariff on presentation of their cards:—For a car weighing over 400 kilogrammes (8 cwt.), 1 day, 1 fr. 80 c.; 1 month, 9 frs. For a voiturette, 1 day, 1 fr.