lar manner, not less than four arpents; sixty 
dollars. 
159. For the next greatest quantity of 
land-in the same province, and ina similar 
manner, not Jess than three arpents; forty 
dollars. 
160. For the next greatest quantity of 
land, in the same province, and in the same 
manner, not less than one ar Penis twenty 
dollars. 
Certificates of the number of arpents, the 
method of culture, of the pincking of the 
hemp, with a general account whether sown 
broad-cast or in drills, the expense, soil, cul- 
tivation, and produce, tobe transmitted to 
the Society, certified under the hand and 
seal of the governor or lieutenant-governor, 
together with 28Ib. of the hemp, and two 
quarts of the seed, on or before the last 
Tuesday in November, 1810. 
161 to 165. Premiums exactly similar in 
all respects to those held ont fer the pro- 
vince of Upper Canada, are also offered for 
the province of Lower Canada, and are ex- 
tended to the same period. 
166. ImporTAaTION or Heme From Ca- 
NADA. To the master of that vessel which 
shall bring to this country the greatest quan- 
tity of marketable hemp, net less than one 
hundred tens, inthe year 1809, the produce 
of Upper or Lower Canada ; the gold medal. 
167. 
shall 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 February, 
1810, to testify that such hemp was grown 
and prepared in Canada. 
168. SuestreuTE For Heme. To the 
person who, in the year 1809, shall discover 
and produce to the Society, a substitute for 
hemp, equaily cheap, durable, and applica- 
ble to all the purposes for which hemp is 
now used; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. 
A quantity of the substitute, not less than 
one hundred weight, together with proper 
certificates from the governor or commander 
in chief, if raised inany of the British colo- 
nies, or from the Secretary of the Board of 
Trade, if raised inthe East Indies, to prove 
that the same has been used with success, to 
Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
To the master of that. vessel which 
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be produced to the Society on or before the 
last Tuesday in February, 1810. 
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PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR THE AD- 
‘VANTAGE OF THE BRITISH SET- 
TLEMENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 
169. Baaucutpors Coron. To the 
erson who shall import into the port of 
London, in the year 1809, the greatest 
quantity, not less than one ton, of the 
Bhaugulpore cotton, from which cloths are 
made in imitation of nankeen, without dy- 
ing; the gold medal. 
‘A quantity of the cotton not less than five 
pounds weight, in the pod, and five pounds 
carded, to be produced to the Society, with 
proper certéficates, sioned by the Secretary 
to the Board of Trade of Bengal or Bom- 
bay, on cr before the last Tuesday in Fe- 
Been 4 S10. 
170. AnNatTo. To the person who, in 
the ea 1809, shail import into the port of 
London, from any part of the British settle- 
ments in the Hast Indies, the greatest quan- 
tity of annatto, not less than five hundred 
weight; the gold medal. 
A quantity of the annatto, not less than 
ten pounds weight, to be produced to the 
Society, with proper certificates, signed by 
the Secretary of the Board of Trade of the 
respective settlement, that the annatto is 
the produce of such settlement, on or be- 
fore tie last Tuesday in February, 1810. 
Wi. True Cocningar. To the person 
who, in the year 1809, shallimport into the 
port of London, from any part of the British 
settlements ia the Hast Indies,-the greatest 
quantity of true cochineal, not less than five 
hundred weight; the gold medal. 
A quantity of the cochineal, not less tia 
ten pounds weight, with Bop! ceneifieates, 
signed by the “Secretary of the Board of 
Trade of the respective settiiement, that the 
cochineal is the produce_of such settlement, 
to be praduced to the Seciety en-or before 
the first Tuesday in February, 1810. . 
N. B. The premiums from No. 148 tol71, 
inclusive, are allextended three years further 
on similar cenditions. Certificates to be pre- 
duced at the same time of the years ensuing. 
GENERAL CONDITIONS. 
: All candidates are to take notice, that no claim for a premium will be attended to, 
unless the conditions of the advertisement are fully complied with. 
All models of machines, which obtain premiums or bounties, | shall be the property of 
the Society; and, where a premiwuns-or bounty is given for any machine, a perfect model 
and description thereof shall be given to the Society. 
-Allthe premiums of this Society are designed for Great Britain and Ireland, unless 
expressly mentioned to the contrary. 
The claims shall be determined as soon as possible after the delivery of the specimens, 
Tt is expected that all articles for claims or bounties be sent to the Society, carriage 
paid, 
