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List of Premia for 1858. 



Premia for certain Articles of Raw Produce, fyc, Fibres 

 {substitute for Flax.) 



For the production of any new vegetable fibre, which can be 

 successfully applied to all the purposes for which flax is now used, 

 and of which not less than 10 maunds to become the property of 

 the Society.— Rs. 1,000, and Gold Medal. 



Fibres (substitute for Hemp.) 



For the production of a quantity of any vegetable fibre, which 

 can be successfully applied to the purposes for which hemp is now 

 used, and equally strong and durable, and of which not less than 

 10 maunds to become the property of the Society. — Rs. 500, and 

 Gold Medal. 



Fibres Rheea. 



For the production of at least 25 maunds of Rheea fibre, the 

 whole to be the produce of the party tendering it, and of which 5 

 maunds to become the property of the Society, to be accompanied 

 by a detailed statement of the process followed in its cultivation 

 and after preparation, and the cost of the same. The quality to 

 be approved by the Society, and the fibre to be in a fit condition 

 for the English market.— Rs. 1,00,0, and Gold Medal. 



N. B. — In the event of there being more than one competitor, 

 the premium to be adjudged to the best specimen. 



Cotton (Exotic) long staple variety. 



For the production of at least 10 maunds of good merchantable 

 cotton, raised from foreign seed of the black-seeded long staple 

 kind.— Rs. 1,000, and Gold Medal. 



Cotton (Indigenous.) 



For the production of at least 5 maunds of cotton raised from in- 

 digenous seed, of a quality superior to that now exported, and 

 such as is likely to prove a substitute for the Upland Georgia or 

 New Orleans cotton of the United States of America.— Rs. 500, 

 and Gold Medal. 



