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III. Notices of Processes in the Useful Arts practised in this 



Country, but not generally known. 



IV. Inventions, Processes, or Practices fi'om Foreign Countries, 



not generally known or adopted in this country. 

 V. Practical Details of Public or other Undertakings of Na- 

 tional importance, not previously published. 

 VI. Discovery of Substitutes for Hemp and Flax, &c. 



The SOCIETY also proposes to award the KEITH PRIZE, 

 value Thirty Sovereigns, 



For some important " Invention, Improvement, or Discovery, in 

 the Useful Arts, which shall be primarily submitted to the Society," 

 betwixt and 1st April 1849. 



general observations. 



The Communications and the Descriptions of the various inven- 

 tions, &c., to be full and distinct, and to be written on Foolscap 

 paper, leaving margins at least one inch broad, on both the outer and 

 inner sides of the writing, so as to allow of their being bound up in 

 volumes ; and, when necessary, to be accompanied by Specimens 

 Drawings, or -Models. All drawings to be on Imperial Drawing 

 Paper, unless a larger sheet be requisite. The Drawino-s, and the 

 Letters or Figures of Reference, to be in bold lines, or strongly 

 coloured, so as to be easily seen at about the distance of twenty feet 

 when hung up in the Hall of Meeting. 



The Society to be at liberty to publish in their Transactions copies 

 or abstracts of all Papers submitted to them. All Models, Draw- 

 ings, &c., for which Prizes shall bo given, to be held to be the pro- 

 perty of the Society ; the Value of the Model, &c., being taken into 

 account in fixing the amount of the Prize. 



Communications, Models, &c., are to be addressed to James Tod, 

 Esq., the Secretary, 55 Great King Street, Edinburgh, Postao-e or 

 Carriage paid ; and they are expected to be lodged on or before \st 

 October 1848, in order to ensure their beino- i-ead and reported on 

 during the Session, the ordinary Meetings of whicii end in April 

 1849 ; but, those wldch cannot be lodged earlier, will be received 

 up to 1st March 1849. 



By order of the Society, 



James Tod, Secretary. 

 Edinbuboh, 10th April 1848. 



