xl Prizes for Essays and Reports. 



RULES OF COMPETITION FOR PRIZE ESSAYS. 



1. That all information contained in Prize Essays shall be founded on 

 experience or observation, and not on simple reference to books, or other 

 sources. 



2. That drawings, specimens, or models, shall accompany writings re- 

 quirinir them. 



3. That all competitors shall transmit a sealed note, containing their 

 names and addresses, with a motto on it to correspond with the one inscribed 

 on the Essay. 



4. That the Society shall have the power to publish the whole or any part 

 of the Essays which gain the prizes; and the other Essays will be returned 

 on the application of the writers. 



5. That the Society is not bound to give an award, unless they consider 

 one of the Essays worthy of a prize. 



6. That, in all reports of experiments, the expenses shall be accurately 

 detailed : that only the Imperial weights and measures are those by which 

 calculations are to be made : that prizes may be taken either in money or 

 plate, at tlie option of the successful candidates; and that no prize be given 

 for any Essay which has already appeared in print. 



NOTICE. 



It is requested that all communications, addressed to the Society, of 

 experiments on land — whether of draining, liming, manuring, or other 

 operation — be accompanied with the cost of such operation, with the 

 value of the land to rent previous and subsequent thereto, and an 

 analysis of the soil upon which such experiments have taken place ; or 

 a specimen of the soil, to be analysed by persons employed by the 

 Society : also further requested that, in communications relative to 

 experiments on land in foreign countries, the measures be stated in 

 English values. 



