4 i2 A HISTORY OF 



STEEL REEDS £ s . d. To be adjudged 



In making silk weavers' steel reeds, 

 as good and perfectly made as any 

 imported, a premium of twenty shillings 

 will be given for every such reed, pro- 

 vided the number shall not exceed 60, 

 and if it should, then the sum of .£60 

 will be divided proportionably to the 

 number of reeds made by each 

 claimant 60 o o Oct. 8th 



The sum of £40 will be given in 

 like manner for silk weavers' steel 

 reeds which shall be made as above, 

 between the 1st of October 1767, and 

 the 1 st of October 1768 . . . 40 o o ,, 6th 



No person shall be entitled to any 

 premium for making steel reeds, who 

 shall not engage to the Society to take 

 an apprentice, and also that he will 

 continue to carry on in this kingdom 

 the making of steel reeds for silk 

 weavers for seven years. 



And for ascertaining the number 

 and goodness of steel reeds, for which 

 the above premiums will be given, the 

 Corporation of Weavers of the city of 

 Dublin, or such committee as they 

 shall appoint, shall examine the same, 

 and certify to the Society the number 

 of them, and that they are of equal 

 goodness with those imported. 



Steel wool combs 



For making three pitched steel wool- 

 combs of equal goodness with those 

 imported,a premium of twenty shillings 

 will be given for each pair, provided 

 the number of pairs shall not exceed 

 30, and if it should, then the sum of 

 ^30 will be divided in proportion to 

 the number of pairs made by each 

 claimant 30 o o „ 8th 



