204 AGRi<:;ut>TUKAL Musriuivi 



R«'asonaMe proof will be required of cainpliance with 

 the„9th and IDih General Rules of the Society, viz. 



No person shall be allowed to exhibit any Arti- 

 cle for Premium whicii has not been raised, grown, 

 <)r made in some County ot" this. District, or of the 

 acijoining States, in which there shall reside at leasii 

 one Member of this Society, or any Article for 

 which a public Preraitini shajl have previously bee^i 

 given. 



No Premium shall be given for any Articles of 

 JSIaiiufacture, which have not been either spun or 

 "woven in the families from, which they may be ex- 

 hibited, and which have not been both spun and 

 woven in this District or the adjoining States. 



It must be observed also, that in conformitj' to the 

 Instruction of the Society to the Standing Committee, at 

 the General Meeting in May last, 



In the first and third Premiums for Sheep, the 

 quality of the wool is the principal object ; and in 

 the second and fourth Premiums, the quantity of the 

 wool ; but in both cases the judges will take into 

 view every qu^ht^ which the animals may possess< 

 to render them valuable tups of their respective 

 breeds. 



Candidates for the 5th Premium will be required t« 

 produce certificates from respectable persons in then- 

 neighbourhoo :' or other satisfactor}' proof of the num- 

 ber of ewes haviiig lambs in the flock, of the number 

 pf Lambs alive on the day of the Exbibition or within 

 a few days thereof, and that no evvcs have been taken 

 from the ilock since the firstLamb was ycaiied, nor any 

 Lambs brought to it from any other ilock. 



It being the princ'pal object of the Society in regard 

 to Manufactures, to encourage those properly called 

 Domestic, It was ret^olved by the Standing Coininii;fe«, 

 ttiati)roieBsional Miiriufacturerb fhould not be ccmitiit- 



