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and that the capital amounts to 237,258 francs independent- 

 ly of the legacy of the count and countess Jollivet, which 

 raises the funds to about 300,000 francs. M. De Gerando 

 pronounced an Eulogium on these two benefactors of in- 

 dustry, and shewed the advantages which this rich bequest 

 will naturally afford to the prosperity of the arts and nnanu- 

 factories of the nation. 



The society then adjudged medals of encouragement to 

 those whose ingenious labours appear most worthy of this 

 honourable distinction. M. Mollard read a report upon the 

 superb establishment of M. Roguin at Garre, for preparing 

 and vending wood and stuff for carpentry, cabinet making, 

 &;c. This enterprise, managed upon the principles which 

 M. Brunei has established in England, works by the aid of 

 steam, in slitting fir and oak timber into boards fit for nice 

 v/ork, and cutting them into grooves and strips suitable for 

 veneeringand inlaying. A Gold medal was adjudged to M. 

 Roguin-M., Hericart de Thury made a statement of the former 

 prosperity of the marble works of France, compared with 

 their present condition. He announced thatin 1821, France 

 drew from foreign countries 4 millions of Kilogrammes (4000 

 tons nearly) of marble, notwithstanding that that of its own 

 quarries is in no respect inferior to those of Greece and It- 

 aly. The meeting highly applauded a passage in which the 

 reporter revived the fact that M. CAajo^a/, during his minis- 

 try, introduced many portions of architecture, made of the 

 products of domestic marble works. A letter of Henry IV 

 to the constable Lesdiguieres relative to this kind of in- 

 dustry was also received with universal applause. A gold 

 medal was assigned to M. Dumege for his fine marble work 

 at Baros in the valley of Seste, (Pyrenees.) Medals of sil- 

 ver were granted to the chevalier de Quivy, to Baron Mo- 

 rel and to M. Tanton for the beautiful blocks which they 

 have drawn from their marble works at Maubeuge, atParet 

 and at Rubecouit. — M. Sir Henry received a gold medal 

 for the happy results which he has obtained in his steel 

 fabricks. Prizes relative to this fabrication are still open. 

 M. Francceur read a report upon the typographic presses of 

 Amedee Durand, which are more economical by one half, 

 and at least as handsome as the Stanhope press. A silver 

 medal was granted to this mechanician. — M. Baillet made 

 a repoTt upon boring for Wells, and a silver medal was 

 granted to Beurrier father and son, who have improved the 



