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taking, and fhall take fucli other fteps as may tend to pro-i 

 mote the ellahiifliment of the pvopofed Society, without 

 delay ; and in particular Ihall rcquell Sir Jofeph Banks^ 

 Pi-efident of the Royal Society, and other public-fplrited 

 individuals, who have already devoted their attention tc» 

 the melioi-ation of Britiili wool, to co-operate in forming 

 a plan that may prove of fuch general benefit to thefe king- 

 doms. 



It is farther propofed, that the original members, or 

 founders of the Society, fhall concur in a refpecSlful ap- 

 plication to the King, as the father of his people^ and the 

 patron and fupport of every iifeful undertaking for the 

 benefit of his fubjecls, and v/hofe attention to this parti- 

 <^ular fubjecT: is fb well known, that his Majeily would: 

 be graciouily pleafed to take this infant Society under his 

 f roteclion, and would confer on it the name of 'T^e Roi'AL 

 Society for the Improvcrncnt of Britifo IVool ; and that 

 application fhould alfo be made to his Royal Highnefs 

 The Prince of Wales, and to the other Princes of the 

 Royal Fainily, for permiltion to inrol tlieir names among 

 the members of the faid Society. 



By the exertions of fuch an Afibciatlori, the experi- 

 ments whi(th might be tried under its dire<Sion,-, and the 

 knowledge whicli it would rapidly diiTufe on this fubjetty 

 in every corner of the kingdom, it is probable that the 

 Taliie of the" wool of Great Britain, great as it may ap- 

 pear at prefent, might be do2ihIcd, and occupation found 

 for many tlioufands, who may not otherwife be able to 

 find the means of indullry and of employment. 



N. B. It is hardly necelTary to remark, fince it cart 

 Jiave no influence with any perfon of real public fpirit, 

 that, in the courfe of a very ihort period, the fubfcriptiort 

 ef every member of the Affociation may probably be re- 

 paid, from the increafe and profit of the flaeep^ originally 



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