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five acres) with apple, black timber, or s . d. To be adjudged 



chesnut sallow sets, not nearer to each 



other than 10 inches, a gold medal . ... April 23rd 



All the above plantations must be 

 well fenced in, and secured from 

 cattle. 



The above premiums for planting, 

 are offered for each of the provinces 

 respectively. 



NURSERIES 



That improvers in all parts of the 

 kingdom may be the better and more 

 conveniently supplied with trees, the 

 Society will pay for every person in 

 each of the several counties of Ireland 

 who shall first keep a well enclosed 

 nursery of forest trees (the trees in 

 each nursery being of two years growth) 

 a yearly rent of thirty shillings per acre 

 for three years, for the ground so 

 occupied in a Nursery ; the whole of 

 the yearly rent promised for any 

 Nursery not exceeding ^7, los. od. . 240 o o 



N.B. Five of the Grand Jury of 

 the Spring Assizes where this en- 

 couragement shall be claimed are to 

 certify concerning the condition of the 

 Nursery, and the quantity of ground 

 occupied therein. 



The Society will pay the above rent 

 on the conditions mentioned, the first 

 Thursday in every month of May. 



DITCHING 



For making the greatest number of 

 perches in ditching (not less than 200 

 perches) between the ist day of 

 October 1766 and the ist day of 

 April 1767, six feet wide and five feet 

 deep perpendicular, to be as narrow as 

 possible at bottom, and well quicked 

 with White Thorn or Crab Quicks, 



