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Premiums in Colonies and Trade. 



harpoon, or any other method, not fewer than 

 thirty, tor the ptrrpose of extri from 



them; ihe gold medal, or thirty pounds. 

 Certificates oi' the number, signed by the per- 

 sons to whom they have been sold or delivered 

 for the purpose or extracting tbe oil, to be 

 produced to the. Society on or before the last 

 Tuesday in January, 1805. 

 " 176. On moM Forpoisis. To the per- 

 son who shall manufacture the greatest quan- 

 tity ot oil bom porpoises taken on the coast 

 ot" G- cat-Britain or Ireland, in the year 

 180-1, not less than twenty tons ; the gold 

 medal, or thirty pounds. Certificate* of the 

 oil having been made from porpoises actually 

 caught on the coast of Great-Britain or Ireland, 

 and two gallons of the oil as a sample, to be 

 produced to the Society on or before the last 

 Tuesday in February, 1805. 



177.* Coring Herrings by thk Dutch 

 Method. To the person or persons who shall, 

 before January, 1805, cure the greatest quan- 

 tify of white herrings, not less than thirty 

 barrels, according to the method practised by 

 the Dutch, r.nd equal in all respects to the 

 best Dutch herrings, the same being caught 

 in the British or Irish Seas, and cured in a 

 British or Irish vessel or port ; the gold medal, 

 or fifty guineas. 



178. For the next greatest quantity, not 

 less than fifteen barrels 



the silver 



d'al, 



or 



twenty guineas. A sixteen-gallon barrel of 

 the herrings to be produced to the Society on oi 

 before the first Tuesday in February, 1805, 

 with certificates that the condition? of the pr'e- 

 mium have been completely fulfilled, and that 

 the whole were cured in the same manner as 

 the specimen, together with a full description 

 of the process employed, in order that the 

 Society may judge how far the Dutch method 

 has been adopted. 



PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR, THE AD- 

 VANTAGE OF THE BRITISH COLO- 

 NIES. 



179. Nutmkcs. For the greatest quan- 

 tity of merchantable nutmegs, not less than 

 fen pounds weight, being the growth of his 

 Majesty's dominions in the West Indies, or 

 any of 'the British settlements on the coast of 

 Africa, or the several ktahds adjacent thereto, 

 and equal to these imported from the islands 

 of the East Indies ; the gold medal, or one 

 hundred guineas. Satisfactory certificate*, 

 from the governor, or commander in chief, 

 of the place of grow! h, with an account of the 

 number of trees, their age, nearly the quan- 

 tity of fruit on each tree, .and the manner of 

 culture, to be produced on or before the first 

 Tuesday in December, 1804. 



180.' The S3 me premium is extended one 

 jear farther: Certificates to big produced on 



or before the first Tuesday in December, 

 1805. 



181. Clovt s. For importing irvto Great 

 Britain or Ireland, in the year 1301, the 

 greatest quantity of cloves, not less than 

 twenty pounds weight, being of the growth of 

 some of the islands in the West Indies subject 

 to the British ehl ire, or any oi the British 

 settlements on the coast of Africa* or the seve- 

 ral islands adjacent theieto, and equal in good- 

 ness to the cloves brought horn the East Indies; 

 the gold medal, or titty' guinoas. Samples, 

 not less than two pounds weight, with certifi- 

 cates that the whole quantity is equal in good- 

 ness, together with satisfactory ecrtijicates 

 signed by the governor, or commander in chief, 

 of the place of growth, with an account of the 

 number of trees growing on the spot, their age, 

 and the manner of culture, to be produced to 

 the Society on or before the first Tuesday in Ja- 

 nuary, 1805. 



182. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to be produced on 

 or before the first Tuesday in January, 1806. 



183. Kali for Barilla. To the per- 

 son who shall have cultivated, in the Ba- 

 hama Islands; or any other part of his Ma- 

 jesty's dominions in the West Ind' 



of the British settlements on 



ics, or any 

 the coast of 

 Africa, or the several islands adjacent thereto, 

 in the year !BCv>, the greatest quantity of land, 

 not less than two acres, with Spanish kali, tit 

 for tlie purpose ci making barilla ; the goid 

 medal, or thi.iv guineas. 



'. For the next greatest quantity, not less 

 than one acre : the silver medal, or fifteen gui- 

 neas. Certificates, signed by the governor, or 

 commander in chief, for the time being, of the 

 quantity of land so cultivated, and of the state 

 of the plants at the time of signing such certi- 

 ficates, to be delivered to the Society, whh 

 samples of the kali, on or before the second 

 Tuesday in January, 1805. 



185, 186. The same premiums are extended 

 one year farther. Certificates to be produced 

 on or before the second Tuesday in Jan. 1806. 



187. Destroying the Insect commonly 

 called the Borer. To the person who shall 

 discover to the Society an effectual method of 

 destroying the insect commonly called the 

 borer, which' ban, of late years, been so de- 

 structive to the sugar-canes in the West-India 

 islands, the British settlements on the coast of 

 Africa, and the several islands adjacent there- 

 to ; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. The dis- 

 covery to be ascertained by satisfactory certifi- 

 cates, under the hand and seal of the governor 

 or commander in chief, for the time being, and 

 of some other respectable persons, inhabitants 

 of the islands, or other place, in which the 

 remedy has 1>een successfully applied ; such 

 certificates to be delivered to the Society on or 

 before the first Tuesday in January, 1305. 



