1 14 , . General Conditions. 



All performances (to which premiums or bounties are adjudged) shall remain with the Society 

 till after the pub' ic distribution of rewards in May, when they will be re-delivered unless men- 

 tioned in the premiums' to the contrary. 



No performance shall be admitted, that has obtained a premium, reward, or gratification, 

 from any other society, academy, or school, or been offered for that purpose. 



All performances that obtain premiums in the Pplite Arts must have been begun after the pub* 

 Jication of such premiums, except line engravings, 



To encourage real merit, and prevent attempts to impose on the Society, by producing draw» 

 ings made or reumched by any other person than the candidate, the Society require a specimen 

 of the abilities of each successful candidate, under the iuspectioh of the "Committee of Polite 

 Arts, in every instance where' such proof may appear necessary. 



All candidates in the Polite Arts are required to signify, on their drawings, their age ; and 

 whether the performances are originals or copies ; and if copies, whence they were taken. 



Society's Office, Adelphi, June 1st, ICO-i. 

 ORDERED, 



That the several Candidates and Claimants, to ichom the Society shall adjudge 

 Premiums or Bounties, do at lend at the Society's Office in the Adelphi, on the lastluesday inMuy, 

 1805, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, to receive the same ; that day being appointed by the 

 Society/ for the Distribution of their Rewards : And before that time no Premium or Bounty will be 

 delivered, excepting to those who are about to leave the Kingdom. 



In Cases where the Society may think Jit to admit excuses for not attending in Person, Deputies 

 may be substituted to receive the Rewards, provided such Deputies are either Members of the Society, 

 cr the superior Officers thereof. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



As the great object of the Society in rewarding individuals is to draw forth and give currency 

 to those inventions and improvements, which are likely to benefit the public at large, candidates 

 are requested to observe, that if the means, by which the respective objects are effected, do require 

 an expense or trouble too great for general purposes, the Society will not consider itself as bound 

 to give the offered reieard; but, though it thus reserves the power of giving in all cases such part 

 only of any premium as the performance shall be adjudged tp deserve, or of withholding the 

 whole if there be no merit, yet the candidates niay be assured the Society will always judge 

 liberally of their several claims. . 



It is required, that the matters for which premiums are offered, be delivered in without names, 

 or any intimation to whom they belong ; that each particular thing be marked in what manner 

 each claimant thinks fit, such claimant sending with it a paper sealed up, having on the outside 

 a corresponding mark, and on the inside, the claimant's name and address ; and all candidates 

 are to take notice, that no claim for a premium will be attended to, unless the conditions of the 

 advertisement are fully complied with. 



No papers shall be opened, but such as shall gain premiums, unless where it appears to the 

 Society absolutely necessary for the determination of the claim ; all the resr shall be returned 

 unopened witli the matters to which they belong, if inquired after by the mark within two years. 



All models of machines, which obtain premiums or bounties, shall be the property of the So- 

 ciety ; and, where a premium or bounty is given for any machine, a perfect model thereof shal} 

 be given to the Society. 



All the premiums of this Society are designed for Great-Britain and Ireland, unless expressly 

 mentioned to the contrary. 



The claims shall be determined as soon as possible after the delivery of the specimens. 



It is expected that all articles for claims or bounties be sent to the Society carriage paid. 



No person shall receive any premium, bounty, or encouragement, fro m the Society for any 

 matter for which he has obtained, or purposes to obtain, n patent. 



A candidate for a premium, or a person applying for a bbuntyj being detected in any disinge- 

 nuous method to impose on the Society, shall forfeit such bounty, and be deemed incapable of 

 obtaining any for the future. * — •■■—'■ ' 



No member of this Society shall be a candidate for, or entitled to receive any premium, 

 bounty, or reward, whatsoever, except the honorary medal of the Society. The candidates are, 

 in all cases, expected to furnish a particular account of the subject of their claims ; and where 

 certificates are required to be produced in claim of premiums, they should bp expressed, as 

 nearly as possible, in the \yordsof the respective advertisements, and be signed by persons who 

 have a positive knowledge of the facts stated. 



Where premiums or bounties arc obtained in consequence of specimens produced, the Society 



