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No. 2. For a topographical deſcription of the hundred“ of Weſt Derby, _ an honorary reward, and fifty guineas.—And for a deſcription of‘any. town- “hip in the hundred, a ſuitable reward.—No. 3. For the beſt eſſay on cer- „tain detailed. ſubje&ts, an honorary reward.—No, 4. For the next beſt eſſays ‘an honorary reWärd.:

Claſs IL. To the ſurveyor of the high road in any townſhip of. the. hun- „dred, who ſhall haVe mäde the greateſt improvrment in, the high roads, “proportioned tothe means, a filvér cup value ſeven guineas.

N. B. It is recommended to ſurveyors of roads and others, to. have the „thiſtles and weeds growing on thé ſides of the ways carefully cut down and “deſtroyed.“ Partícular attention will be paid tó‘this, in adjudging the re- ward. h

Claſs. III. No. 1.,For-incloſing and improving, in the beſt and moſt ef- fé&Æual manner, waſte ánd unincloſed länd not leſs than ten acres, a hilver cup value ſeven guiñeas.—No. 2. For effféftually draining, reclaiming, and iñcloſing wet, ſpúngy, clay or moraſs ground, not leſs than 40 acres, a flver cup value ſeven gúineas.—No. 3. For regaining of land from the‘ſea or ri- vers, and ſecuring the- fame from the éffffeé&s of the tide, not leſs‘ than 20 acres, a ſilver cup value ſeven guineas.—No. 4. For ſecuring the greateſt

“léngtk of ſhore or‘bank of the ſea, proportioned to the force of the ſttream and depth af.the bank, ſo as to preyent the earth from being waſhed aways “a filver cup value ſéven‘guiñeas.

Claſs IV. No. 1. For draining the greateſt quantity of incloſed ground, not Teſs than 2 5 acrés after thé beſt and moſt approved method, a ſilver cy value ſeven guincas.—No. 2. For draining in the moſt efféétual’ manner with ſtone’ or brick, the gréateffÆ quantity of land, not leſs than ten acres, 2 filver cup value five Fuineas—No. 3. For draining the greateſt quantity ôf land with ſods, in‘the beſt and moſt effe&tual manner, not leſs than 20 acres, “afilver cup value three guincas.—No. 4. For marling in the moſt approved and judicious‘manner, the greateſt number of acres of moor, moſs or heath, not leſs than zo ácres, a filver cup value ten guineas.—No. 5. For marliÿg the greateſt quantity of land, not leſs thán 20 acres, a flilver cup va- lue ſeven guineds.—No. 6. To the beſt ploughman who ſhall between the 1 df May 18092, and thé xt of May 1803 plough in the beſt and moſt äpproved ‘mâánner, with any plougli that goes with a pair of horſes only,‘the greateſt number of acres, not leſs than‘ten, five guineas.—No. 7. T'o'the plough- man who ſhall plough within the ſarne time, ard 1n thé ſame manner, but without a driver, the greateſt number of acrés, not leſs than ten, five guineas.

Claſs‘ V. For raifúg the greateſt quantity‘of good compoſt, and‘there- with covering the greateſt Humber of acres in proportion to the farm, ſuch farm nót being leſs. than zo acres, áâ hfilver cup value five guipeas.—Nó. 2. For laying in the moſt judicious manner, a quantity of peat-earth, with à ſufficient mixture of lime, pot-aſh, ſoaper’s waſte,‘dung, dung water,&c. on not leſs fhán ten acres of paſture land, a ſilver cup value five guineas,— No. 3. For improving the greateſt quantity of meadow or paſture land; not

‘Uſually overflowed iù time of flood, by threwing water over it 11 the moſt equal’ and judicious manner, the quantity of land improved not being leſs than five acres, a‘fhilver cup value ſeven guineas.—No. 4. For improving the greateſt qüantity‘of land not leſs than‘ten ácres, by ſowing and plougl- ing in any gréén crop, à hilvér cup value ſeven guineas.

Cláſs VI. No. 1. For inventing ot improving any implement of huſbandry, that ſhall on trial,‘be found’the moll uſeful in ſaving labour or expence’z ſimplicity and‘cheapneſs“of cónſtruCtion being déemed eſſential parts of its merit, a úlver eup value ſeven guineas,

N.B.‘The ſociety wiſhes tó diré the public attention, to ſimplicity in the conſtruction of harné(s,-

No. 2. For producing to the ſociety at their July meeting, a one horſe cart, which ſhall bé roſt approved for thé ſtrength, lightneſs and cheapneſs of its conftrußion, and for its general fitneſs for uſe, both in the fields, ázid on the toads, a hlver cup valúe five guineas.—No. 3. To the owner and