1806.)

produced on or before the first Túesday in December, 1806.

146. The same premium is extended one year farther. Certificates to be prodúced on vr before the firsí Tuesday in December, 1807.

147. KaLI1 FoR BaRILLA, To the person who shall have cultivated, in the Babama Islands,. or any other part of his Majesty’s dominions in the West Indies, or any of the British séttlements on the coast of África, or

the stveral islands adjacent thereto, in the’

year 1805, the greatest quantity of land, not Îess than wo acres, with Spanish Kali fit for the purpose of making bariila; the gold me- dal, or thirty guineás.

148. For the next greatest quantity, not less than one acre; the sìlver medal, or fifteen guiñeas, Certificates, signed by the governor, or commánder in chief, for the time being, of the quantity of land s0 cultivated, and of the státe of the plants at the time of sìgning such certificates, tó be delivered to the Society, with samples of the kali, on or before the se- cond Tuesday in Sanuary, 1807.

149. The same premiums are extended one year farther. Certificates to be produced on or before the secondTuesday in January, 1808,

150, DesrrovING Tue Ixstcr co0xM- MONLY CALLED 1HE BoR ER. To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method of destroying the insect commonly called the Borer, which has of late years been s0 destructive to the sugar-canes in the West- India islands, the British settlements on the coast of À frica, and the several islands adjacent 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 being, and of some other respectable persons, inhabitants 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, 1807.

151, The same premium is extended one year farther. Certijicates to be produced on or beforè the first Tuesday in January, 1808.

152. Cur.TIvaTIoN or Heme tx UPrrEeR or LowexR CaNaDa. To the person who shall 80w with hemp, the greatest quantity of Jand in the province of Upper Canada, notless than six arpents(each four-fifths ofa statute acre), in the year 1806, and shall at the pro- Per seasun cause to be plu d the summer hemp, or male hemp bearing fio seed, and contipue the winter hemp, or female hemp bearing seed, on the ground until the seed is ripe; the gold medal, or one liundred dollars,

153. To the persan who shall sow with hemp the next greatest quantity of land in the same Brovingce of Upper Canada, not less than five

Premiums in Mechanicks.

99 arpents, in the year 1806, in the mannetabove mentioned; the sìlver medal, or eighty dollars,

154. For the next greatest quantity ofland, in the same province, and in a similar manner, not less than four arpents; sixty dollars.

155. For the next greatest quantity of land, in the same province, and in a similar manner, not less than three arpents; fort y dollars.

156. For the next'greatest quantity of land, in the sane province, and in the same 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, soil, cultivation, and pro- duce, to be transmitted to the Socitey, certified under the hand and seal of the governor or lientenant-governor, together with 28Ib. ofthe hemp, and two quarts of the seed, on or be- fore the last Tuesday in November, 1807.

157 to 161. Premiums exactly similar in all respects to those held out for the province óf Upper Canada, are also offered for the pra- vince of Lower Canada, and are extended to the same period.

162. ImpoRTATION OF HEuP FROw C4- NADA, To the master of that vessel, which shall bring to this couutry the greatest quantity of marketable hemp, not lessthan one bundre> tons, in the year 1806, the produce of Upper or Lower Canada; the gold medal.

163. To ihe master of that vessel which shall. bring the next quantity, not less than fifty tons, the.sìlver medal. Certificates' sa- tisfactory to the Society to be produced by the master of the vessel on or before the firs Tuesday in February, 1807, to testify that sach hemp was grown and prepared in Canada.

164. SUBSTITUTE FOR Heme. To the person who, in the year 1807, shall“ discover and produce to the Society a substitute for hemp, equally cheap, durable, and applica- ble to all the purposes for which hemp 1s now the gold medal, or fifty guineas. A quantity of the substitute, not less than one hundred weight, together with proper certif cates from the governor or commander in chief, if raised in any of the British cc es, or from the Secretary of the Board of Trade, ifraised in the East Indies, to prove that the same has been used with success, to be pro duced to the Society

used;

y on or before the last Tuesday in February, 180 165. The same premium is extended one year farther. “ Certificates to be prodaced on or before the last Tuesday in February, 1809. 5—EtRE— PREMIUMS OFFERED F( VANTAGE OFTHE BRL MENTS IN THE EAST BuaucurProRE CorroN. 1 1 rr Ï

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