ADVERTISEMENT, IK 



VI. The foc'iety having previoufiy referred the fevcral 

 communications, from candidates for the premium then 

 depending, to the confideration of the twelve counfellors 

 and other officers of the Society, and having received 

 their report thereon, fhall, at one of their Hated meet- 

 ings, in the month of December, annually, after the ex- 

 piration of this current year (of the time and place, to- 

 gether writh the particular occafion of which meeting, due 

 notice fliall be previoufly given, by public advertifement) 

 proceed to the final adjudication of the faid premium : 

 and after due confideration had, a vote ihall firft be taken 

 on this queftion, viz. " Whether any of the communi- 

 cations, then under infpcdion, be worthy of the propofed 

 premium ?" If this queftion be determined in the negative^ 

 the whole bufmefs (hall be deferred till another year : But 

 if in the affirmative^ the Society (hall proceed to determine, 

 by ballot, given by the members at large, the difcovery, 

 invention or improvement mod ufeful and worthy. And 

 that difcovery, invention or improvement, which (hall be 

 found to have a majority of concurring votes in its fa- 

 vour, fhall be fuccefsful. And then, and not till then, the 

 fealed letter accompanying the crowned performance, (hall 

 be opened, and the name of the author announced as the 

 perfon entitled to the faid premium. 



VII. No member of the Society who is a candidate for 

 the premium then depending, or who hath not previoufly 

 declared to the Society, either by word or writing, that he 

 has confidered and weighed, according to the bell of his 

 judgment, the comparative merits of the feveral claims then 

 under confideration, fhall fit in judgment, or give his vote, 

 in awarding the faid premium. 



V I II. A full accountof the crowned fubjeft fhall be pub- 

 liflied by the Society as foon as may be, after the adjudica- 



b tion, 



