Conditions for 



183. Cri.nvATiON of Hemp in Uppkii 

 and Lowk.h Canada. To the person wlio 

 sh.iJl sow with hemp the greatest quantity of 

 laud in the province of Upper Canada, not less 

 than six arpents (each four-fifths of a statute 

 acre), in the year 180 J, and shall at the proper 

 season cause to he plucked the summer hemp 

 (or male hemp hearing no seed) and continue 

 tbe winter hemp (or female hemp bearing seed) 

 on the ground until the seed is ripe ; the gold 

 medal, or one hundred dollars. 



189. To the person who shall sow with hemp 

 the next greatest quantity of land in the same 

 province of Upper Canada, not less than five 

 arpents, in the year 1804, in the manner above- 

 mentioned ; the silver medal, or eighty dollars. 



190. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the same province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than four arpents; sixty dollars. 



191. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the same province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than three arpents ; forty dollars. 



192. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the same province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than one arpent ; twenty dollars. Cer- 

 tificates of the number of arpents, the method 

 of culture, of the plucking of five hemp, with a 

 general account whether sown broad-cast or in 

 drills, the expense, soil, cultivation, and pro- 

 duce, to be transmitted to the Society, certified 

 under the hand and seal of the governor or lieu- 

 tenant-governor, together with 281b. of the 

 hemp, and two quarts of the seed, on or before 

 the last Tuesday in November, 1805. 



193. 194, 195, 196, 197. The same pre- 

 miums are extended one year farther. Certi- 

 ficates, &c. as before mentioned, to be trans- 

 mitted to the Society, on or before the last 

 Tuesday in November, 1806. 



198 to 208. Premiums exactly similar in ali 

 respects to those held out for the province of 

 Upper Canada, are also offered for the province 

 of Lower Canada, and are extended to the 

 same period. . 



209. Impohtatiov of Hemp rnoji Ca- 

 nada. To the master of that vessel, which 

 shall bring to this country the greatest quantity 

 of marketable hemp, not less than one hundred 

 tons, in the year 1804, the produce of Upper 

 or Lower Canada ; the gold medal. 



210. To the master of that vessel which shall 

 bring the next quantity, not less than fifty tons; 

 tuc silver medal. Certificates satisfactory to the 

 Society to be produced by the master of the 

 vessel on or before the first Tuesday in Febru- 



the Toltie Arts,. Mh 



ary, 1805, to testily that such hemp was grown 

 and prepared in Canada. 



211, 212. The same premiums are extendud 

 one year farther. CcrtiJtcuUs to be produced 

 on or before the first Tuesday in Feb. 1806. ^ ' 



PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE' AD- 

 VANTAGE OF THE BRITISH SEITLI?- 1 

 MENTS IN THE EAST INDIES. 



213. Biiavgulpork Cotton. To the per- 

 son who shall import into the port of London, 

 in the year 1804, the greatest quantity, not less 

 than one ton, of the Bhaugulpore cotton, from 

 wbieh cloths are made in imitation of nankeen, 

 without dying ; the gold medal. A quantity 

 of the cotton, not less than five pounds weight 

 in the pod, and five pounds carded, to be pro- 

 duced to the Society, with proper certificates, 

 signed by the Secretary to the Board of Trade of 

 Bengal or Bombay, on or before the last Tues-. 

 day in February, 1805. 



214. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to l>e produced on 

 or before the last Tuesday in February, 1806. 



215. Annatto. To the person who, in the 

 year 1804, shall import into the port of Lon- 

 don, from any part of the British settlements in 

 the East Indies, the greatest quantity of annatto," 

 not less than five hundred weight ; the gold 

 medal. A quantity of the annatto, not less 

 than ten pounds weight, to be produced to the 

 Society, with proper certificates, signed by the Se- 

 cretary oi the Board of Trade of the respective 

 settlement, that the annatto is the produce of 

 such settlement, on or before the last Tuesday 

 in February, 1805. 



216. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to be produced on or 

 before the last Tuesday in February, 1806. 



217. True Cochin r.At». To the person who, 

 in the year 1804, shall import into the port of 

 London, from any part of the British settle- 

 ments iu the East* Indies, the greatest quantity 

 of true cochineal, not less than five hundred 

 weight ; the gold medal. A quantity of the 

 cochineal, not less than ten pounds weight, 

 with proper certificates, signed by the Secre- 

 tary of the Beard of Trade of the respective 

 settlement, that the cochineal is the produce of 

 such settlement, to be produced to the Society 

 on or before the first Tuesday in February,1805. 



218. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to be produced on or 

 before the first Tuesday in February, 1806. 



CONDITIONS FOR THE POUTE ARTS. 



No "person who has gained the first premium in any class shall be admitted a candidate in a 

 class of an inferior age ; and no candidate shall receive iuopc than one premium in one year ; 

 Hor shall they, who for two successive years have gained the first premium in one class, he 

 again admitted as candidates in that class. 



No person shall be admitted a candidate in any class, who has three times obtained the first 

 premium in that class. ^ 



No more than one performance in any class shall be received from the eame candidate. 



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