« 5th. Thal Ihe following prizes be ofifered for distribulion in the ensuing year 
1846; and that notiees thereof, in the form herewith submiüed, be printed. 
« 6lb. Thai, tbe Commitiee, united as above proposed, be amhorised Io circulate 
and make known the above notice by advertisement, disiribution to corresponding 
Commitlees, and otherwise as they may see tit, and to apply to the Government for the 
Cooperation of the Civil Commissaries and otlier oflicers of the Government throughout 
the Island in pubiishirig the notice, and i nviting the inhabitants to compete for the 
prizes. 
« Tth. That application be made to the Members of the Natural History Society 
for a special donation or annual snbscription in aid of the measures abodt to be 
adopted by the Society for the encouragement of the cultivation of Colonial Produce, 
and that the Committee be authortseJ io apply, by a circular in the form hereVvit.h 
submitted, io gentlemen whoare not Members of the Society but who are interested in 
the Agriculture of the colony. 
« 8lb. That His Excellency the Covernor be solicited to extend his spöcial patron- 
age to Ibis brauch of the Society’s tabours, and to communicate to the Secretary of 
State tbe measures that it bas adopted, in support of the application which His Excel- 
leucy has forwarded to Lord Stanley for a graut in aid of its funds. 
PIIIZES — FIRST YEAR, 1816. 
FOR MCE. 
« 1° A gold medal of the value of 10, or that sum in money, to tbe person Who 
belween tbe Ist Jaüuary and 31st December 1846 plants the greatest extent of land ia 
Rice. 
a 2° A meda! of the value of ^5, or that sum in money, to the person, who, being 
the proprietor of not more than 10 acres in any part of the Colony, plants the greatest 
extent of land in Rice between ihe Ist January and Bist December 1846. 
« 3° A prize of £ 3 to the person, who, being the proprietor of not more than 10 
acres in any part of the Colony, obtains, in the year cnding 31st December 1846, the 
largest proportionale produce of Rice from any extent of land, not being less than half 
an acre. 
FOR MAN IOC. 
« 1° A gold meda! of the value of ^lO, or that sum in money, to the person who 
being the proprietor of not less than 200 acres of land, plants and cultivates between 
the Ist January and 31st December 1846, the greatest quantity of land on any single 
estale with manioc, not being less than 20 acres. 
FOR MAIZE. 
4 l c A medal of tbe value of P 5, or that sum in money to the person, who, being 
the proprietor of not more than 10 acies in any part of the Colony, plants the greatest 
quantity of land in maize between the Ist January and 31 st December 1846. 
o 2° A prize of p 3 to the person, who, being the proprietor of not more tban 10 
acres in any part of the Colony, obtains in the ye3r ending Ist December 1846 the 
largest proportionale produce of maize from any extent oi land, not being lesS thau 
half an acre. 
« N. 8. — Compelitors will be required to produce certificales of the time öf planting, 
of the land being bond ftde tbair property, and of its Itaviug been cultivated by them« 
selves or their employes. 
QUERIES. 
« 1. What is tbe general character of the soil of tlie land under cultivation ob 
your own estates, and on those of Vour neighbours from whom y'ou can procure the 
Information ? 
