General Conditions. Ill 



/ cates, signed by the secretary to the board of 181. True Cochineal. To the person 



ri.ulc of Bengal or Bombay, on or before the who, in the year 1S0'2, shall impoit into the 



la-r Tuesday in February, 1SU3. port of London, from any part of the British 



180. Ann.vito. To the person who, in settlements in the East Indies, the greatest 



the year 1802, shall import into the port of quantity of true cochineal, not less than five 



Lond -a, from any part of the British settle- hundredweight; the gold medal. A quantity 



i.i itfs in me East Indies, the greatest quantity of the cochineal, not less than ten pounds 



* uitto. not less than rive hundied weight ; weight, with proper certificates, signed by the 



the gold medal. A quantity of the annatto, secretary of the board of trade of the respective 



not |( . thajj ten pounds weight, to be produc- settlement, that the cochineal is the produce of 



e<\ to the Socuty, with proper certificates, sign- such settlement, to be produced to the Society 



the secretary of the board of trade of the on or before the first Tuesday in February, 



respective settlement, that the annatto is the ISO:). 

 produce of such settlement, on or before the 

 last Tuesday in February, 1803. 



CONDITIONS FOR THE POLITE ARTS. 



No person who has gained the first premium in any class shall be admitted a candidate in 6 

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

 nor shall they, who for two successive years have gained the first premium in one class, be again 

 admitted as candidates in that class. 



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

 piemium in that class. 



No more than one performance in any class sh/dl be received from the same candidate. 



All performance 6 (to which premiums or bounties are adjudged) shall remain with the Society 

 till after the public distribution of rewards in May, when they will be re-delivcrcd 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 tha: obtain premiums in the Polite Arts must have been begun after the 

 publication of such premiums, except line engravings. 



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

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

 the abilities of each successful candidate in classes 97 to 122 inclusive, under the inspection of the 

 Committee of Polite Arts, in eveiy instance where such proof may appear necessary. 



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

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



Society's Office, Adelphi, June 1st, 1802. 

 ORDERED, 



That the several Candidates and Claimants to whom the Society shall adjudge 

 Premiums or Bounties, do attend at the Society's Office in the A.delphi, on the last Tuesday in May 

 1803, at Twelve o" Clock at Noon precisely, to receive the same ; that Day being appointed by the So- 

 titty for the Distribution of their Rewards: And before that Time no Premium or Bounty will be 

 delivered, excepting to those iuho are about to leave the kingdom. 



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

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

 the superior Officers thereof, 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



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

 to those inventions and improvements, which are likely to benefit fiie public at large, candidate* 

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

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

 to give the offered reward \ but, though it thus reserves the power of giving in ail cases such 

 part only of any piemium as the performance shall be adjudged to deserve, or of withholding the 

 whole if there be no merit, yet the candidates may be assured the Society will always judge libe- 

 rally of their several claims. 



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

 w any intimation to whoni they belong ; that each particular thinjj be marked in what manner 



