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the several Islands adjacent thereto, between 
the Ist of January, 1801, and the Ist of Ja- 
nuary, 1802, the greatest number of bread- 
fruit-trees, not fewer than one hundred, and 
properly fenced and secured the same, in order 
to supply the fruit to the inhabitants; the gold 
medal, or thirty guineas. Proper accounts and 
certificates, signed by the governor, or com- 
mander in chief, of the methods made use of ~ 
in cultivating the plants and securing the 
plantation, and that the trees are in a growing 
and thriving state at the time of signing such 
certificates, to be produced to the Society, with 
samples of the fruit, on or befor: the first Tues- 
day in January, 1803. 
152. Kati ror BarILya. To the person 
who shall have cultivated, in the Bahama- 
Islands, or any other part of his Majesty’s do- 
minions in the West Indies, or any of the Bri- 
tish settlements on the coast of Africa, or the 
several islands adjacent thereto, in the year 
1801, the greatest quantity of land, not less 
than two acres, with Spanish kali, fit for the 
purpose of making barilla; the gold medal, or 
thirty guineas. 
153. For the next greatest quantity, not less 
than one acre, the silver medal, or fifteen gui- 
neas. Certificates, signed. by the governor, or 
commander in chief, for the time being, of the 
quantity of land so cultivated, and of the state 
of the plants, at the time of signing such cer- 
tificates, to be delivered to the Society, with 
samples of the kali, on or before the second 
Tuesday in January, 1803. 
154, The same premium is extended ‘one 
year farther. Certificates to be produced on or 
before the second Tuesday in January, 1804. 
155. DesTRoyING THE INsECT com- 
MONLY CALLED THE Borer. To the per- 
son who shall discover to the Society an effec- 
tual method of destroying the insect commoniy 
called the borer, which has, of late years, been 
so destructive to the sugar-canes in the West 
India islands, the British settlements on the 
coast of Africay and the several islands adja- 
cent thereto; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. 
The discovery to be ascertained by satisfactory 
certificates, under the hand and seal of the go- 
vernor, or commander-in-chief, for the time be- 
ing, and of some other respectable persons, in- 
habitants of the islands, or other place, in 
which the remedy has been successfully ap¢ 
plied ; such certificates to be delivered to the 
Society on or before the first Tuesday in Ja- | 
nuary, 1803. 
156. CuLtTIvaTIoN oF Hemp 1n UPPER 
AnD LowER Canapa. To the person who 
shall sow with hemp the greatest quantity of 
land in the province of Upper Canada, not less 
than six arpents (cach four-fifths of a. statute 
acres, in the year 1802, and shall at the proper 
season cause to be plucked the summer hemp (or 
male hemp bearing no seed) and continue the 
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winter hemp (or female hemp bearing seed) on 
the ground until the seed is ripe; the gold me- 
dal, or one hundred dollars. = 
157. To the person who shall sow with hemp > 
the next greatest quantity of land in the same 
province of Upper Canada, not less than five 
arpents, in the year 1802, in the manner above- 
mentioned ; the silver medal, or eighty dollars. 
158. For the next greatest quantity of land, 
in the same province, and in a similar manner, 
not Jess than four arpents; sixty dollars. 
159. For the next greatest quantity of land, 
in the same province, and in a sirnilar manner, 
not less than three arpents; forty dollars. 
160. For the next greatest quantity of land, 
in the same province, and ina similar manner, 
not less than one arpent ; twenty dollars. Cer- 
tificates of the number of arpents, the method 
of culture, of the plucking of the hemp, with 
a general account whether sown broad-cast or in 
drills, the expense, svuil, cultivation, and pro- 
duce to be transmitted to the Society, certified 
under the hand and seal of the governor or lieu- 
tenant-governor, together with 28]b. of the 
hemp, and two quarts of the seed, on or before 
the first Tuesday in November, 1803. 
161, 162, 163, 164, 165. The same pre- 
miums are extended one year farther. Certift- 
cates, &c. as before-mentioned, to be transmit- 
ted to the Society, on or before the last Tuesday 
in February, 1804. : 
166 to 176. Premiums exactly similar in al] 
respects to those held out for the province of 
Upper Canada, are also offered for the province 
of Lower Canada, and are extended to the. 
same period. 
177. IMpoRTATION oF Hemp FROM Ca- 
NADA. . Tothe master of that vessel, which 
shall bring to this country the greatest quantity 
of marketable hemp, not less than one hun- 
dred tons, in the year 1803, the produce of 
Upper or Lower Canada; the gold medal. 
178. To the master of that vessel which shali 
bring the next quantity, not less than fifty tons; 
the silver medal. Certificates satisfactory to the 
Society to be produced by the master of the 
vessel on or before the first Tuesday in Pebru- 
ary, 1804, to testify that such hemp was grown 
and prepared in Canada. : 
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PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE AD-— 
VANTAGE OF THE BRITISH SET- 
TLEMENTS IN THE EAST INDIES. 
179. BaaucuLPoRE-CoTTON. Tothe pere 
son who shall import into the port of London, 
in the year 1802, the greatest quantity, not Jess 
than one ton, of the Bhaugulpore cotton, from 
which clothes are made in imitation of nan= 
keen, without dying ; the gold medal. A guan- 
tity of the cotton, not less than five pounds 
weight in the pod, and five pounds carded, to 
be produced to the Society, with proper certjr 
