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CLASS II. 
PREMIUMS for promoting Manufactures. 
1. ll/fALT-MaAwg.—To the perfon who fiiall clearly and 
fully afccrtain, from experiments on malting and 
brewing, the bell procefs of malt-making, fo as from a gi\en 
(piantity of prime barley, of a given weight, to produce the 
greateft quantity of beer, of a certain ftrength, and of the 
finell flavour; Five Guineas. 
*. Marking Sheep.— i:o the perfon who fhall difeover 
and make known to the Society any compofltion which fhall 
be equally lafling with pitch and far, for marking Sheep, 
without injuring the wool; Ten Guineas, of a Silver Cup of 
equal value. 
A trial of one year, upon not lefs than twenty fheep, and 
certificates of its fully anfwering the purpofe, to be given in 
the firfl of July following the experiment. 
3. Writing Paper, and Package Paper . — To the perfon 
who, in the years 1790 and 1791, fhall make the greateft 
quantity, not lefs than ten reams, or five bundles, of Wri- 
* ting, or other kinds of the mofl ufetul Package Paper, from 
vegetable fubflances not previoufly niaiiutaftured into thread, 
cloth, or cordage, and which fhall be cheaper than fimilar 
kinds oi paper now in ufe; T. en Guineas, or a Piece of Plate 
of equal value. 
Specimens of not lefs than one ream or bundle of each 
kind made, to be lent to the Society at the meeting in Sep- 
tember 1791, when claims are to be made with affidavits of 
the quantity, and that it is all of the claimant s own manu- 
faflurc. 
N. B. Specimens 
