Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
‘PREMIUMS* OFFERED FOR’ THE 
ADVANTAGE -OF THE .COM- 
MERCE OF THE UNITED EM-. 
PIRE. 
148. Taxing PoRPOIsEs. 
in any boat or vessel, who, in the year 1809, 
shall take the greatest number of porpoises 
on the coast of Great Britain or Ireland, 
by gue, harpoon, or any other method, not 
fewer than thirty, for the purpose of extract- 
ing oil from them; the gold medal, cr thirty 
pounds. _ , 
Certificates of the number, signed by the 
persons to whom they have been sold or de- 
livered for the purpose of extracting the oil, 
to he produced to the Society on or before 
' the last Tuesday in January, 1810. . 
_ 149. Gir ‘rom Porpotses. 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 the year 1807, — 
not less than twenty tons; the gold medal, 
or thirty pounds. 
Certificates of the oi] having been made 
from porpoises actually caught on the coast 
of Great Britain or Ireland, and two gallons 
of the cil asa sample, to be produced to 
the Society on or before the last Tuesday in 
_February, 1S10. d 
150: Corrine HERRINGS BY THE Dutca 
Mertnop. To the -person or persons. who 
shall, before January, 1810,cure the greatest 
quantity of white herrings, not less than 
thirty barrels, according to the method prac- 
tised by the Dutch, and equal in ali respects 
to the best Datch herrings, the same being 
caught in the British or Irish seas, and cured 
in a British or Eris vessel or port ; the gold 
medal, or fifty guineas. 
151. Fer the next greatest quantity, 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 or before the 
first Tuesday in February, 1810, with Certi- 
ficates, that the conditions of the premium 
have been fulfilled, and that the whole were 
cured in the same manner as the specimen, 
tegether with a full description of the pro- 
ess employed, in order that the Society may 
judge how far the Dutch method has been 
adopted. 
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PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE 
ADVANTAGE OF THE BRITISH 
COLONIES. ; 
152. Nurmecs. 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 there 
to, and equal to those imported from the 
islands of the East Indies; the gold medal, 
er fifty. guineas. . 
To the peopte- 
Satisfactory certificates, from the gover- 
hor, or commander in chief, of the place of 
growth, with an account of the’number of 
trees, theirage, nearly the quantity of fruit, 
on each tree, and the manner of culture, to 
be produced on or before the first Tuesday — 
in December, 1809. R 
s 153. Karrror Barta. To the person 
who shall have cultivated, in the Bahama 
Islands, or.any other part of his Majesty’s 
dominions in the West Indies, or any of the 
British settiements on the coast of Africa, or 
the several. islands adjacent thereto, inthe 
year 1808, 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. ) 
154. For the next greatest quantity, not 
less than one acre; the silver medal, or 
firteen guineas. ; j 
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 ceriificates, to be delivered to the So- 
ciety, with samples of the kali, on or before 
the second Tuesday in January, 1810.. 
159. DesrroviNe. THE Insect com- 
MONLY CALLED THE Borer. To the person — 
who shaij discover to the Society an effectual 
method of destroying the insect commonly 
called the Borer, which has of late years 
been so destructive to the sugar-canes in the 
West-India islands, the Bfitish settlements 
on the coast of Africa, and the severalislands 
adjacent thereto; the gold medal, or fifty 
ulneas. 
~ The discovery to be ascertained by:satis- 
factory certificates, under the hand and seal 
of the governor or commander in chief for — 
the time being, and of some other respecta- 
ble persons, inhabitants of the islands, or 
other place, in which the remedy has been 
successfully applied ; “such certificates to be 
delivered to the Society on or before the 
first Tuesday in January, 1810. . 
156. Cuttrvation or Hemp 1n Upper 
oR 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, (each four-fifths of 
a statute acre) in the.year 1809, and shall 
at the proper season cause to be’ plucked 
the summer hemp, or male hemp bearing no 
seed, and continue the winter hemp, or fe- 
male hemp bearing seed, on the ground 
until the seed is ripe; the gold medal, or 
one hundred dollars. 7 
157 To the person who shall sow with’ 
hemp the next greatest quantity of landin — 
the same province of Upper Canada, not less 
than fiye arpents in the year 1809, in the 
manner above mentioned ; the silver medal, | 
or eighty dollars. oe 
158. For the next greatest quantity of 
land, in the same province, and in asimi- 
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