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sive sale of implements of husbandry, so the Society 

 resolved to give up the Factory business, and the build- 

 ings erected for it were to be devoted to the following 

 purposes : As a repository for every implement of 

 husbandry, and for the reception of the Society's books 

 on husbandry, natural history, and mechanics ; also 

 for specimens of minerals, fossils, &c. Next, as a 

 place for receiving such implements of husbandry and 

 machines as any craftsman might send for sale, which 

 were to be sold for the owners by the superintendent. 

 Mr. John Brien, registrar and collector, was to reside 

 on the premises, to regulate delivery of goods ; to keep 

 the books, &c., and to see that the apartments were 

 in order, for which he was to have a salary of ^30 a 

 year, with allowances. A room was fitted up for a 

 model maker, who was to repair and keep in order 

 the models, and who was also to make new ones when 

 directed. In 1784, the premises in Poolbeg street 

 had been insured for 2000, and the Graft on street 

 house, furniture, &c., together with the drawing 

 schools in the rear, for 2500. 



It now became the practice, instead of bestowing 

 money premiums, to deliver implements of husbandry 

 from the Factory in Poolbeg street to prize winners, 

 in value up to the amount awarded them. When the 

 repository became ready for the reception of imple- 

 ments, a form of advertisement for the newspapers was 

 drawn up. The institution was intended not only to 

 facilitate sales of useful machines, but also to give 

 ingenious workmen an opportunity of making them- 

 selves known, and to bring into competition the 

 various productions of agricultural artisans in the 

 kingdom. In 1795, Sir John Sinclair, on behalf of 

 the Board of Agriculture, London, offered to have 

 anyone deputed by the Dublin Society instructed gratis 



