52 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1888. 



The Reports in competition for Nos. 3, 4, and 5 may compreLend such 

 general observations on the improvement of waste lands as the writer's 

 experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the 

 lands reclaimed — to the nature of the soil — the previous state and 

 probable value of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improve- 

 ment — the details of the various operations — the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crops produced. As the 

 required extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the 

 improvement must have relation to one subject ; it must be of pro- 

 fitable character, and a rotation of crops must have been concluded 

 before the date of the Report. A detailed statement of the cxpoiditure 

 and return and a certified measurement of the ground are requis^ite. 



6. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 improved within the ten preceding years the Pasturage of not 

 less than thirty acres, by means of top-dressing, draining, or 

 otherwise, without tillage, in situations w^here tillage may be in- 

 expedient — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November in any year, 



7. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have improved not 

 less than ten acres within a similar j^eriod — The Minor Gold 

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



Reports in competition for Nos. 6 and 7 must state the particular mode of 

 management adopted, the substances applied, the elevation and nature 

 of the soil, its x^i'evious natural products, and the changes produced. 



Section 3.— HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES and FISHERIES. 



FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 



1. On the best Means of developing the Eel Fishing of 

 Scotland, and of conveying the Fish to English Markets — 

 Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November 1888. 



2. On the Marine Life destroyed by the Trawl, and its 

 influence on Fish Life — Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be 

 lodged by 1st November 1888. 



Section 4.— MACHINERY. 



FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 



1. On the best and most improved Truck for conveying Dead 

 Meats, Fish, &;c., from long distances in hot weather — Twenty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1888. 



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

 necessary, by a modid. 



