192 Proceedings of the Society of Arts for Scotland. 
In the Chemical Department. 
8. For the most important discovery in the chemical arts, du- 
ring the season 1823-24 — An honorary medal. 
9. For the best set of experiments on the treatment of foreign 
wines, with a view to produce early maturity and improyed 
quality— An honorary medal. 
In the General Department, 
10. For the best and cheapest apparatus for producing oil gas 
on a scale sufficiently small for common dwelling-houses ; 
the account to specify the average quantity of gas pro- 
duced from a gallon of oil of a certain price-— An honorary 
medal , 
11. For the best specimen of lithographic printing produced by 
printers resident in Scotland — A gold medal of «£ J 20, or 
a medal (f £ 10 and iCIO in money. 
12. For the second best ditto- — A medal of £5 , and £^l in money . 
13. For the third ditto — A medal of £&, and £5 in money. 
The papers of competitors (accompanied with sealed letters, 
containing their names and addresses) to be left with the Secre- 
tary, before the end of March 1824. 
A general exhibition of new and useful inventions will be 
made annually at the general meeting ip May, when the prizes 
will be distributed. 
As the effects of this national institution must depend, to a 
certain extent, on the amount of the funds which shall be placed 
at its disposal, we trust that the members of the Society will use 
their best exertions to promote its objects. 
The prospectus of this Institution was laid before the Asiatic 
Society of Calcutta, on the 14th November 1822, by. that eminent 
and patriotic individual Major-G-enerai Hardwicke, who drew up 
an address recommending it to the patriotism of our countrymen 
in the East ; and we Jiave the satisfaction of stating, that the fol- 
lowing distinguished individuals stand at the head of the list of 
members in Bengal. 
The Marquis of Hastings. The Honourable W. B. Bayley. 
The Marchioness of Hastings. Major-General Hardwicke, 
The Honourable J. Adam. James Calder, Esq. 
