Board (if ylgrkuUiire. 373 



tion, that 15 to say, the prolongation of" the meridian to the 

 3i)lh degree of latitude will not be rendered ineficetual. 

 1st, It will not be difficult to connect the small inland of 

 Cabrera to Silla de Torellas and another point of the island 

 of Majorca, provided we can make, iu that island a few sub^~ 

 .sidiary triangles, and measure a base. We shall IJud means 

 at Palmato make iron rules, and I shall carry them back to 

 j'aris in good preservation, that I may compare them with 

 the platina rules used at Melun and Perpignan. 2d, It is 

 certain that Ivlcamay be connected with Alajorca, and some 

 other points of the coast of the kingdom of Valencia, by the 

 mountains of Cape Marten and that in ^he environs of 

 Oropesa ; and to unite these points to Mola Cima and Le- 

 beria four triangles will be sufficient. I shall be better able 

 to form an opinion on this subject when I have visited the 

 mountains of Ivica^ where I shall commence my operations, 



* THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Has oflfered the following Premiums : 

 [Continued from p. 286.] 



III. Cottages. — To the person who shall build on his 

 estate the most cottages for labouring families, and assign 

 to each a proper portion of land, for the support of not less 

 than a cow and a hog, and for a sufficient garden, — the gold 

 medal. Accounts of the expenses of building, land as- 

 signed, culture, — if any, live stock, and state of the fami' 

 lies, with the rent paid — verified by certificates, to be pro- 

 duced to the board on or before the third Tuesday in April, 

 1804. The same premium for 1805. 



IV. Cows for Cottagers. — Doubts having been expressed 

 by some persons concerning the expediency of cottagers 

 keeping cows, except on rich soils, the board will give to the 

 person who shall produce the most satisfactory account, vc- 

 rilied by experiments, of the best means of supporting cov.'S 

 on poor land, in a method applicable to cottagers, — the gold 

 medal. — Accounts to be produced of the soil, articles culti- 

 \ated, produce, stock kept, and every material circum- 

 stance — verified by certificates, on or before the first Tues- 

 day in May 1804. The same preniium for 1805. 



y. Laiid for Cottagers. — The board being informed that 

 the labouring poor on the estates of several persons in Rut- 

 land and Lincolnshire, having land for one or two cows, and 

 a sufficiency of potatoes, did not apply in the late scarcity 

 for any parochial relief; and it appearing to be a great na- 

 tional object to spread r.o beneiieial a system, the board will 

 give to the person who shall explain^ in the most satisfactory 

 A a 3 manner. 



