THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY 403 



HOP POLES . s. d. To be adjudged 



To the person possessed of hop 

 yards, who shall plant out with any 

 kind of timber trees any piece of en- 

 closed ground, for the purpose of 

 raising hop poles, no less than a rood 

 being allowed for each acre of hop 

 yard, the sum of ;6o will be given in 

 premiums, at the rate of ^3 for each 

 rood so planted, no one person being 1767 



to receive a higher premium than 12 60 o o April 1 6th 



To be continued for five years from 

 1767. 



No person can be entitled to any 

 premium who shall not give security 

 for preserving his plantation for seven 

 years. 



PLANTING AND CUTTING SALLOWS 



To the person who shall in the year 

 1770 cut the greatest quantity of sal- 

 lows fit for basket-makers use from 

 not less than i acre of land to be 

 planted before the 25th March 1767, 

 leaving not less than 2000 standing for 

 hoops, hop poles, and timber . .1000 



To the person who shall cut the 

 second greatest quantity . . .600 



To the person who shall cut the 

 third greatest quantity . . .400 



To the person who shall cut the 

 greatest quantity of hoops in the year 

 1772 from those sallows which were 

 left standing after the former cutting, 

 leaving not less than 500 standing on 

 an acre . . . . . .1000 



To the person who shall cut the 

 second greatest quantity . . .600 



To the person who shall cut the 

 third greatest quantity . . .400 



To the person who shall in the year 

 1775 cut the greatest quantity of hop 

 poles or hoops from those sallows left 



