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and at the same season in 1822, it amounted to 186,085, being 
an increase of 914 persons. 
Art. XXVI.— List of Patents granted in Scotland from 6th 
March to 3d June 1823. 
7. T O William Palmer of Lothbury, in the city of Lon- 
don, paper-hanger, for an invention of certain 44 improvements 
in machinery, for the purpose of printing or staining paper for 
paper-hangings.'” Sealed at Edinburgh 4th April 1823. 
8. To Robert Winter, of Fen Court, London, Esq. for 
an invention of 44 an improved method of conducting the process 
of distillation.'” Sealed at Edinburgh 28th April 1828. 
9. To Samuel Hall of Basford, county of Nottingham, cot- 
ton-spinner, for an invention of 44 a certain method of improving 
lace, net, muslin, calico, and any other description of manufactured 
goods, whose fabric is composed of holes or interstices ; and also 
thread or yarn, as usually manufactured, of any kind, whether 
the said manufactured goods, or the said thread or yarn, be fa- 
bricated from flax, cotton, silk, worsted, or any other substance 
or mixture of substances whatsoever.'” Sealed at Edinburgh 
7th May 1828. 
10. To William Mitchell, jeweller in Glasgow, for an in- 
vention 44 of a process, whereby gold and silver plate, and any 
other plate formed of ductile metals, may be manufactured in a 
more perfect and expeditious manner, than by any process which 
has hitherto been employed in such manufacture.” Sealed at 
Edinburgh 12th May 1828. 
11. To Joseph Woollams, of the city of Wells, county of 
Somerset, land-agent, for an invention 44 of certain improvements 
in wheeled carriages of various descriptions, to counteract the 
falling, and facilitate the labour, of animals attached to. them, 
and to render persons and property in and near them more se- 
cure from injury.'” Sealed at Edinburgh 8d June 1828. 
12. To Charles Mackintosh, Esq. of Crossbasket, county of 
Lanark, for an invention of 44 a process of manufacture, where- 
by the texture of hemp, flax, wool, cotton and silk, and also 
leather, paper, and other substances, may be rendered imper- 
vious to water and air.” Sealed at Edinburgh 8d June 1828. 
P. Neill, Printer. 
