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decide on. They included Spanish leather made with 

 birch bark, lamp-black, blue and white earthenware, 

 spinning cotton, twilled stockings, Bologna crape, 

 engines for scutching flax, and a new instrument for 

 surveying land with expedition. The paintings in- 

 cluded four in water-colours of the Giant's Causeway, 

 by Susanna Drury (engraved in 1744), landscapes by 

 Rosse, Tudor, and Kiverly, and a cattle piece, by 

 Ashton. Among the sculptures were a chimneypiece, 

 with boys ; stud of horses in a frame ; and Hercules 

 slaying a lion (in clay). It was determined that none of 

 the statuary or sculpture deserved a premium, but a 

 prize of ^2 5 was voted to Miss Drury for her views of 

 the Causeway. None of the inventions were allowed 

 premiums, some not being considered inventions at all, 

 and the remainder not being of any importance. 



In February, a premium was granted to Henry 

 MacClery, of Waringstown, for flowered damask napkins 

 made by him in a loom, and in May a sum of 50 

 was voted to him. A sum of ^25 was given to Michael 

 Beans for twilled ribbed stockings, which included 1 8 

 given him for a frame. Both these men entered into 

 an engagement to carry on the manufacture for seven 

 years, and to instruct weavers and stocking-weavers 

 recommended by the Society. 



In June 1741, the premium list stood as follows: 



Henry MacClery, damask linen, ^70. (He had 

 produced a piece of damask with Lord Howth's 

 arms, worked by a boy instructed by him.) 



John Roche, Usher street, buttons, buckles, &c., 



50. 



Benj. Whitton, Carlow, scythes and shears, ^20. 

 Alexander Atkinson, instruments for spinning, 



weaving, and cutting fustians, 16. 

 Mr. Gent, Kilkenny, fining flax, 



