PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 187G. 45 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. Claims for the Premiums Nos. 3 and 4 must be lodged with the Secre- 

 tary on or before the 1st of October next, to allow an inspection to be made 

 of the different Cottages. The inspection will be conducted by a Committee 

 of the Society's Members, and Reports must be transmitted to the Secretary 

 on or before the 1st of November. 



2. The annual value of the Cottage or Cottages separately, with the garden 

 ground, must not exceed L.5. 



3. In estimating the claims of the Competitors, the following points will 

 be kept in view : — The external appearance of the Cottages ; their internal 

 accommodation ; the arrangements of the out-houses ; the means of drainage 

 and ventilation ; and the expense of the building or of the alteration, com- 

 pared with its durability and accommodation. When the Cottages of one 

 Competitor are sujserior in style and comfort to those of another, tlaough not 

 so numerous, the Inspectors will give them the preference, provided they 

 amount at least to three, and have been erected at a moderate expense. 



4. Parties competing will forward to the Society Plans, Specifications, and 

 Estimates, of which, and of all information sent therewith, coj)ies may be 

 taken for publication, if the Society shall see fit, and the originals retm-ned 

 to the parlies within six months, if desired. 



