I?03. Experimental Agriculture in the County of Durham. 2S^ 



between the rivers Tees and Tyne, nor of a cliftri6l in wliich 

 there is an Agricultural Society corrcfponding with this. 



12. If a coircfponding member be willing to adopt any experi- 

 ment recommended by this Society, the Committee will tranfmit 

 him the precautions under which the cxperinunt ought to be car- 

 ried forward ; but the experiinent and its relult arc not to be en- 

 tered by the Society in their journals, or fanct.oncd by tlieir au- 

 thority, unlets the laud on vvliich it is tried be prcvioudy viewed, 

 and the progrefs of the experiment duly infpecled by an ordi- 

 nary member, appointed for that purpofe. 



13. No perlbn refiding in that part of the county of Durham, 

 which lies between the rivers Tees and Tyne, Ihail be admilhbie 

 as a vifitor. 



14. No converfation on religion, or on general or local polir 

 tics, fhall be allowed at the meetings. 



15. The proceedings of the Society fliali be clofed before 

 dinner. Dinner ihail be ferved at two o'clock. 



16. On the hrlt meeting in the year, each member fhall pay 

 into the hands of the Secretary ten Ihillings for the ordinaries o£ 

 tlie year. 



17. Each member Ihall pay one guinea into the hands of the 

 Secretary, as a fund for the expcnces of the Society. 



1 8. When any member undertakes an experiment adopted by 

 the Society, he (hall pay the market-price of the article •, any extra 

 charge to be defrayed from the general fund. 



19. No alteration (hall be made in the rules of the Society, 

 but on the day of eleding the Committee ; nor no new rule made, 

 except a majority of the Society are prefent. 



20. The rules fhall be printed, and a copy of them fent to 

 each member. 



Members. 



Sir Henry Vane Tempell, Bart. Wynyard— Robert Colling, 

 Barmpton — Chriftopher Mafon, Chilton —George Baker, Ele- 

 more - Charles Colling, Kelton— Matthew Culley, Denton— -Joha 

 Trotter, Haughton— John Nelham, Houghton-le-Spring— Wil- 

 liam Taylor, Bifhop Middleham— George T": ylor, St Helen Auck- 

 land—Luke Seymour, Woodhoufe Clofe— John Ralph Fenwick^ 

 Durham — William Beckwith, Herrington- Robert Waugh, Bi- 

 fliop Middleham— Duncomb Shaftoe, Wliitworth — James Clark, 

 Burnigill— Robert Surtees, M^insforth— Richard White, Kelloe — 

 Robert Page, School Ayclitf-^Ralph Lambton, Lumiey Park — 

 John Colpits, Stretlam Callle. 



Office-Bearers of the Society for the year 1803 —Sir H. V, 

 Temprft, Prefident — Robert Colling, Vice-Prefident — Roberi, 

 Waugh, Secretary. 



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