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A P P E N D I :X^, 



EXTRACT FROM THE 

 MINUTES OF THE SOCIETY. 



WEDNESDAY MAY II, I785. 



THOMAS PERCIVAL, M.D. &c. IN THE CHAIR. 



The following REcutATiONs were read: 



•* rr^HAT a gold medal, of the value of feven 

 X guineas, be given to the author of the 

 bed experimental paper, on any fubjcd relative 

 to Arts and Manufa<ftures, which (hall have been 

 delivered to the Secretaries, and read at the 

 ordinary meetings of the Society, before the laft 

 Wednefday in March 1785. 



" That the adjudication of this premium be 

 referred to the committee of papers ; that their 

 decifion fhall be made by ballot ; and that the 

 medal fhall be delivered, by the prefident, to the 

 perfon to whom it fliall have been adjudged, or 

 to his reprefcntative* 



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