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" That a, premiufn of ten guineas fliall be given to the 

 moft numerous Friendly Society, confifting chiefly of 

 handicraftfmen and labourers, which fhall, before the firft 

 day of January, 1785, be eftablifhed in any country town 

 or parifli, within either of the four counties^ where no 

 fuch fociety now fubfifts. 



The conditions of this Premium are, 



ift. That the fociety (hall have been eftabliHied one 

 year, and confift of not fewer than forty members, when 

 the claim is made. 



2d. That none of the faid members fhall have belonged 

 to any other club of this kind on the ift of Jan. 1784. 



3d. That no fociety fhall be entitled to this premium, 

 unlefs there be a claufe inferted in their articles, that no 

 part of their flock fhall ever be laid out in the purchafe of 

 Lottery Tickets, or in any other way which may 

 rifque any part of their property in games of chance. 



4th. That as foon as their fund amounts to one hundred 

 pounds, one half of it fhall be laid out in government or 

 land fecurity. 



5th. That fhould it increafc in future fo as to enable 

 them to make any divifion of their principal among the 

 members, they fhall always, on making fuch divifion, 

 leave at leafl one hundred pounds in ftock. 



6th. That every fociety that intends to claim this pre- 

 mium, fhall, at the time of its inftitution, fend a fair copy 

 of their articles to this Society for infpedion before print- 

 inji them. 



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