diff -Nur -Xdiff_ignore freeciv_cvs/server/plrhand.c freeciv/server/plrhand.c
--- freeciv_cvs/server/plrhand.c	Tue Jan 30 12:31:06 2001
+++ freeciv/server/plrhand.c	Sat Feb  3 12:24:02 2001
@@ -215,13 +215,8 @@
   plr->got_tech=1;
   plr->research.researchpoints++;
   was_first = !game.global_advances[tech_found];
-  if (was_first) {
-    gamelog(GAMELOG_TECH,_("%s are first to learn %s"),
-	    get_nation_name_plural(plr->nation),
-	    advances[tech_found].name
-	    );
-    
-  for (i=0; i<=game.government_count; i++) {
+  
+  for (i=0; i<game.government_count; i++) {
     if (tech_found == governments[i].required_tech) {
       notify_player_ex(plr,-1,-1, E_NEW_GOVERNMENT,
 		       _("Game: Discovery of %s makes the government form %s"
@@ -229,7 +224,13 @@
 		       advances[tech_found].name, get_government_name(i));
     }
   }
-  
+	
+  if (was_first) {
+    gamelog(GAMELOG_TECH,_("%s are first to learn %s"),
+	    get_nation_name_plural(plr->nation),
+	    advances[tech_found].name
+	    );
+ 
     /* Alert the owners of any wonders that have been made obsolete */
     for (wonder = 0; wonder < game.num_impr_types; wonder++)
       if (game.global_wonders[wonder] && is_wonder(wonder) &&