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Section 3.— MACHINEEY. 



for approved reports. 



1. On such inventions or improvements, by the reporters, of 

 any implement or machine as shall be deemed by the Society of 

 public utility — Medals, or sums of money not exceedmg Fifty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged at any time. 



Reports should be accompanied by drawings and descriptions of the 

 implement or machine, and, if necessary, hj a model. 



2. On a machine for cutting or condensing Turf or Peat by 

 steam or horse power — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st November 1876. 



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3. On the best and most approved Cattle Truck for feeding 

 and watering the animals in transit — Twenty Sovereigns. To 

 be lodged by 1st November 1876. 



Reports must be accompanied with drawings and descriptions, or, if 

 necessary, by a model. 



Section 4.— FOEESTEY DEPAETMENT. 



for approved reports. 



1. By a Proprietor in Scotland who shall, within the five pre- 

 ceding years, have planted not less than 150 acres — The Gold 

 Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



The whole planting operations which may have been conducted by the 

 reporter within the five years, whether completed or not, must be 

 embraced, and he must state the expense — description of soils, — age, 

 kind, and number of trees planted per acre — mode of planting, drain- 

 ing, and fencing — general state of the plantation — and any other 

 observations of interest. 



2. By a Practical Forester, on the management of Plantations 

 from the commencement of the first thinning till the period of 

 yielding full-grown timber — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



The Report mi;st embrace the following points : — The progress of the 

 different sorts of trees — the effects of altitude and exposure — the 

 general advantages of shelter — the mode of thinning and pruning 

 adopted — the uses and value of the thinnings — the jilan of registry 

 and of valuing, or a si:)ecimen of the method in which the forester's 

 book is kejit — the valuation of the time of the report— together 

 with such general remarks as may be thought useful. 



The Report is not expected to embrace the formation and early manage- 

 ment, farther than the description of soil, kinds of jjlants. whether 



