204 Society of Athenian Travellers, &c. 



Accounts to be produced on or before the first Tuesday 

 in March 1 806. 



Waste Land. — To the person who shall improve, and 

 bring to the annual value of not less than 10s. an acre, the 

 greatest number of acres heretofore waste, not less than 

 fifty, — t/ie gold medal. 



Accounts of the improvement, verified by certificates, in- 

 cluding the state of the land before the experiment, and of 

 the cultivation, expenses, and produce, to be laid before 

 the board on or before the first Tuesday in March 1 805. 



Notice of the intended improvement to be sent to the 

 board, and therefore secrecy cannot be required, 



The same premium for 1806. 



The same premium for ] 807. 



Waste Land. — To the person who shall describe to the 

 board, in the most satisfactory manner, from actual expe- 

 riment on not less than one acre, the most profitable mode, 

 without the use of lime, of bringing heath land (the spon- 

 taneous growth of which is long or short ling, or heath) 

 into cultivation, and a state of improvement, — twenty gui- 

 neas. 



Accounts of the soil previous to the improvement, and 

 the means of effecting it, verified by certificates, to be pro- 

 duced on or before the first Tuesday in March 1806, 



SOCIETY OF ATHENIAN TRAVELLERS. 



A new literary society has lately been established, which 

 promises to be of great service to science : it is denomi- 

 nated " The Society of Athenian Travellers.'" The fol- 

 lowing is a correct list of the original members. Future 

 ones, who have visited Athens, are to be admitted by bal- 

 lot, according to the rules of the society. 



Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. Morritt. 



Lord Brooke. Mr. Randal Wilbraham, 



Mr. Drummond. Mr. Neave. 



Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Hamilton. 



Mr. Thos. Hope. Mr. Leake. 



Mr. Henry Phil. Hope, Mr. Squire. 



Dr. Clarke. Mr. Aug. Foster. 



Mr. Cripps. Mr. J. L. Foster r 



Mr. Gell. Mr. Wilkins. 



FRENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE. 



The following prize questions were proposed by the Class 

 of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences in the public 

 sitting of Jurje 25thj 



$ Mathematics x 



