584: 
harpoon, or any other method, not fewer than 
thirty, for the purpose of extracting oil from 
them; the gold medal, or thirty pounds.. 
Certijectes ot the number, signed by the per- 
sons te whom they have been sold or delivered 
for the purpose of extracting the oil, to be 
produeed to. the Society on or before the last 
Tuesday in January, 1805. 
176. . Qi rrom Porrorsrs. To the per- 
son who shall manufacture the greatest quan- 
tity of oil from porpoises taken on the coast 
of Great-Britain or Ireland, in tie year 
1804, not less than twenty tons; the gold 
medal, or thirty pounds, Certificates of the 
ail having been made from porpoises actuaily 
caught on the coast of Great-Britam or Ireland, 
and two gallons of the oil asa sample, to be 
produced to the Socicty on or before the last 
Tuesday in February, 1805. 
177. Curine Herrincs py rue Dutrcn 
Meruop. To the person or persons who shall, 
before January, 1805, cure the greatest quan- 
tity of white herrings, not less than thirty 
barre!s, according to the method practised by 
the Dutch, and equal in all! respects to the 
best Dutch herrings, the same being caught 
in the British or Irish Seas, and cured in a 
British or Irish vessel or port ; the gold medal, 
or fifty gumeas. 
178. For the next greatest quentity, not 
less than fifteen barrels ; the silver medal, or 
twenty guineas. A sixteen-gallon barrel of 
the herrings to be produced to the Society on o1 
before the first Tuesday in February, 1805, 
with certificates that the conditions of the pre- 
mium have been completely-fulfilled, and that 
the whole were cured in the same manner as 
the specimen, together with a full description 
of the process employed, in order that the 
Society may judge how far the Dutch method 
has been adopted. 
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PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR TH AD- 
VANTAGE OF FHE BRITISH COLO- 
NIES. 
179. Nurmees. For.the greatest quan- 
tity of merchantable nutmegs, not less than 
ten pounds weight, being the growth of his 
Majesty’s dominions in the West Indies, or 
any of the British settlements on the coast of 
Africa, or the several Islands adjacent thereto, 
and equal to those imported from the islands 
of the East Indies ; the gold medal, or one 
hundred guineas. Satisfactory certificates, 
from the governor, or commander in chief, 
of the place of growth, with an account of the 
number of trees, their age, nearly the quan- 
tity of fruit on each tree, and the manner of 
culture, to be produced on or before the: first 
Tuesday in December, 1804. 
180. The same premium is extended one 
year farther. Certifitates to be produced on 
a 
Premitims in Colonies and Trade. 
[June, 
or before the first Tuesday in December; 
1305. f 
181. Croves.. For importing into Great 
Britain or Ireland, im. the, year. 1804, the ~ 
greatest quantity of ‘eloves, not less than 
twenty pounds weight, being of the: growth of 
some of the islands in the West indies ‘subject 
to the British empire; or any of the British 
settlements on the coast of Atrica, or the séve- 
ral islands adjacent thereto, and equal in gocd- 
ness to the cloves brought irom the East Indies; 
the gold medal, or fitty gumeas. Samples, 
not less than two pounds weight; with cértifi- 
cates thet the whole guantity:is equal in gopd- 
ness, together with satisfactory certificates 
signed by the governor, or commander in chief, 
oi the place of growth, when accowit of the 
number of trees growing on the’spot, theit ace, 
and the manner-of culture, to be produced to 
the Socicty on or before the first Tuesday in Ja~ 
nuary, 1895. Z 
182, The same premium is extended” one 
year farther. Certificates toobe: produced on 
or betore the first Tuesday im January, 1806. 
183. Kazi ror Barra. To the per- 
son who shall have cultivated, in the Ba- 
hama Islands, or any other part of his Ma- 
jesty’s dominions in the West Indies, or any’ 
of the British settlements on the coast of 
Africa, or the several islands adjacent thereto, 
in the year 1803, the greatest quantity of land, 
not less than two acres, with Spanish kah, fit 
for the purpose of making barilla; the gold 
medal, or thirty guingas. ara 
184, 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 certi- 
jicates; to be delivered to the Society, with 
samples of the kali, on ot before the second 
Tuesday in January, 1805. 
185, 186. ‘The same premiums are extended 
one year farther. Certificates to be produced 
on or before the second Tuesday in Jan. 1806. 
187. Destroyine THE INsEcT COMMONLY 
CALLED THE Borer. To the person who shall 
discover to the Society an effectual method of 
destroying the msect commonly called the 
borer, which has, of late years, been so de- 
structive to the sugar-canes in the West-India 
islands, the British settlements on. the eoast of 
Africa, and the several islands adjacent there- 
to ; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. The dis- 
covery to be ascertamed by satisfactory certifi-- 
cates, under the hand and seal of the governor 
or commander in chief, for the time being, and 
of some other respectable persons, inhabitants: 
of the islands, or other place, in which the 
remedy has been successfully applied; suck 
certificates to be delivered to the Society on or. 
befoxe the first Tuesday in January, 1805. 
