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the several (.-.lands adjacent thereto, between 

 tke 1st of January, 1801, and the 1st of Ja- 

 nuary, 1802, the greatest number of bread- 

 fruit-trees, not fewer than mm hundred, and 

 properly fenced and secured the same, in order 

 to supply the fruit to the inhabitants ; the gold 

 medal, or thirty guineas. Proper accounts and 

 Certificate*^ signed by the governor, or com- 

 mander in chief, of the methods made use of 

 in cultivating the plants and securing the 

 plantation, and that the trees are in a growing 

 and thriving state at the time of signing such 

 certificates, to be produced to the Society, with 

 samples of the fruit, on or before the first Tues- 

 tiav in January, 1S03. 



1'.'. Kali for Barilla. To the person 

 who shall have cultivated, in the Bahama- 

 Islands, or any other part of his Majesty's do- 

 minions in the West Indies, or any of the Bri- 

 tish settlements on the coast of Africa, or the 

 several islands adjacent thereto, in the year 

 1801, the greatest quantity of land, not less 

 than two acres, with Spanish kali, fit for (he 

 purpose of making barilla ; the gold medal, or 

 thirty guineas. 



153. For the next greatest quantity, not less 

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

 neas. Ctitifiriitc*, signed by the governor, or 

 commander in chief, for the time being, of the 

 tjuantity of land so cultivated, and of the state 

 of the plants, at the time of signing such cei> 

 tificates, to be delivered to the Society, with 

 samples of the kali, on or before the second 

 Tuesday in January, 1803. 



154. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to be produced on or 

 before the second Tuesday in January, 1804. 



155. Destroying the Insect com- 

 monly called the Borer. To the per- 

 son who shall discover to the Society an effec- 

 tual method of destroying the insect commonly 

 called the borer, which has, of late years, been 

 so destructive to the sugar-canes in the West 

 India islands, the British settlements on the 

 coast of Africa, and the several islands adja- 

 cent thereto ; the gold medal, or fifty guineas, 

 The discovery to be ascertained by satisfactory 

 certificates, under the hand and seal of the go- 

 vernor, or commander-in-chief, for the time be-* 

 ing, and of some other respectable persons, in- 

 habitants of the islands, or other place, in 

 which the remedy has been successfully ap- 

 plied ; such certificates to be delivered to the 

 Society on or before the first Tuesday in Ja- 

 nuary, 1803. 



156. Cult ivatjon oi Hemp in Upper 

 and Lower Canada. To rhe person who 

 shall sow with hemp the greatest quantity of 

 land in the province of Upper Canada, not less 

 than six arpents (each four-fifths of a statute 

 acre, in the year 1802, and shall at the proper 

 season cause to bepluckcdthc summer hemp (or 

 male hemp bearing no seed) and continue the 



Premiums in Colonics and Trade. 



winter hemp (or female hemp bearing seed) ort 

 the ground until the seed is ripe ; the gold me- 

 dal, or one hundred dollars. 



157. To the person who shall sow with hemp 

 the next greatest quantity of land in the same 

 piovince of Upper Canada, not less than five 

 arpehts, in the year 1802, in the manner above- 

 mentioned; the silver medal, or eighty dollars. 



158. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the same province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than four arpents ; sixty dollars. 



159. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the same province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than three arpents; forty dollars. 



160. For the next greatest quantity of land, 

 in the bame province, and in a similar manner, 

 not less than one arpent ; twenty dollars. Cc>- 

 tifkatcs of the number of arpent', the method 

 of culture, of the plucking of the hemp, with 

 a general account whether sown broad- cast or in 

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

 duce to be transmitted to the Society, certified 

 under the hand and seal of rhe governor or lieu- 

 tenant-governor, together with '28 lb. of the 

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

 the first Tuesday in November, 1803. 



t6l, 162, 163,164,165. The same pre- 

 miums arc extended one. year farther. Certifi- 

 cates, &e. as before-mentioned, to be transmit- 

 ted to the Society, on or before the last Tuesday 

 in February, 1804. 



166 to 176. Premiums exactly similar in all 

 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. 



177. Importation of Hemp from Ca^ 

 N/,da. To the master of that vessel, which 

 shall bring to this country the greatest quantity 

 of marketable hemp, not l&ss than one hun- 

 dred tons, in the year 1803, the produce of 

 Upper or Lower Canada ; the gold medal. 



1 78. To the master of that vessel which shall 

 bring the next quantity, not less than fifty tons ; 

 the silver medal. Certificates satisfactory to the 

 Society to be produced by the master of the 

 vessel on or before the first Tuesday in Febru- 

 ary, 1S04, to testify that such hemp was grown 

 and prepared in Canada. 



PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE AD- 

 VANTAGE OF THE BRITISH SET- 

 TLEMENTS IN THE EAST INDIES. 

 170. Bhaugulpore-Cotton. To the per- 

 son who shall impoit into the port of London, 

 in the year 1802, the greatest quantity, not less 

 than one ton, of the Bhaugulporc-cotton, from 

 which clothes arc made in imitation of nan- 

 keen, without dying ; the gold medal . A quan- 

 tity of the cottwn, not less than five pounds 

 weight in the pod, and five pounds carded, to 

 be produced to the Society, with proper cuti- 



