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cations, then under infpedion, be worthy of the propofed 

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

 the whole bufinefs fhall be deferred till another year : But 

 if in the affirmative, the Society fliall proceed to determine, 

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

 invention or improvement moil; ufeful and v^^orthy. And 

 that difcovery, invention or improvement, which Ihall be 

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

 vour, fliall be luccefsful. And then, and not till then, the 

 fealed letter accom-panying the crowned performance, fhall 

 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 beft of his 

 judgment, the comparative merits of the feveral claims then 

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

 in awarding the faid premium. 



VIII. A full account of the crowned fubje<ft fliall be pub- 

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

 tion, either in a feparate publication, or in the next fuc- 

 ceeding volume of their TranfaCtions, or in both. 



IX. The unfuccefsful performances fliall remain under 

 confideration, and their authors be confidered as candidates 

 for the premium, for five years next iucceeding the time 

 of their prefentment ; except fuch performances as their 

 authors may, in the mean time, think fit to withdraw : 

 And the Society fhall annually publifli an abftrat^ of the 

 titles, objedt or fubjedt matter of the communications fo 

 under confideration, fuch only excepted as the Society lliall 

 think not worthy of public notice. 



X. The letters containing the names of authors whofc 

 performances fliall be rejected, or which fliall be found un- 

 fuccefsful after a trial of five years, fhall be burnt before 

 the Society without breaking the feals. 



XI. 



