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A committee, confiſting of twenty- four members s twelve of which are annually nominated in the following MANnners

The Preſident firſt appoints a new memberz then the perſon ſo appointed nominates one of the old committee, who mentions a new one: which Çoes ON alternately tull twenty-four are appointed.

l Sketch of the Kent Agricultural Society,

as publiſhed by the Society.

€ The advantages that the puplic are likely to receive from the inſtitution of Societies for encouraging Agri- culture and Induſtry, and the benefits that have accrued to thoſe parts of the kingdom in particular where they have been already formed, firſt gave riſe to the idea of

the eſtabliſhment of one in this county. To ſhew the

utility of ſuch an inſtitution, it will be necelſlary only to tate what are the CEIEF OBJECTS OF ITS ATTENA TION.

cc To excite by premiums, and otherwiſe, a ſpirit of emulation among the ploughmen:

«“ Lo cuceunage: a ſpirit af induſtry among the Ila= bourers::

““‘To reward the labour and induftry of thoſe poor la=- bourers and cottagers who ſhall breed UP, or have bred up, the greateſt number of legitimate children, either without any or with the ſmalleſt relief from their reſpec= rive pariſhes:

“ To encourage diligence and induftry in ſervants, of both ſexes, employed in huſbandry::

‘““ To promote the knowledge of agriculture, by encou- raging experiments on thoſe lubje&s which are of the moîû importance to itz by diſtributing rewards to ſuch

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