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08 Manzfactures and useful Arts.[July,
advertiſed for the year 1202, for promoting fiſheries--it is found that tlie following perſons are entitled to thoſe premiums, viz. FOR THE COD, LING, AND TUSK FISHERY. James and Thomas Rovertſon, of Peterhead, per their loop L. 5.&.
Roſe, the firſt premium of€ E ö 13/6: 6 James and Thomas Arbuthnot, of Peterhead; per their foop the Concorde, the ſecond premium of: 12.18
George and Robert Tower, of Aberdeen, per; their floöp Swäftz n
ehe third premium of 3€ 4' 7 Sg For the Dog Fiſh caught, that is for the greatelt quantity of oil
extrated from that fiſh. Kenneth Murray, in Shawboſt, Iſland of Lewis; the firſt pre-
mium of 14 00
John Mackay, in South Bragar, pariſh of Barvas; the ſecond remium of 3„ 902
Malcolm M“Leod, in South Bragar, ſaid pariſh, the third pre-
minim of.... ös. 7.4 0i:P Peter M“Leod, in Shawboſt, pariſh of Lochs, the fourth pre- minm of b 6 00
Donalä M“Janttain, in South Bragar, pariſh of Barvas; the fifth Preminm of. 8X, ä E 5:1 079 Peter Martin, in Shawboſt, pariſh of Lochs, the ſixth premium of 4& ov
Donald M“Leod, in Shawboſt, pariſh of Lochs, the ſeventh pre- mium of Z- Z ABl- 2 10 5
The foregoing are all the premiums gained, there havihg been no com- petitors for the other four premiums offered on the cod, Jing, and tufk filh- Ing, nor any competitors for thoſe offered on the ſun or[ai] fiſhing.
“The above premiums will be paid at this office, upon proper receipts pro- duced, each receipt to be ßgned by the gainer and fwo witneſſes.
By order of the Truſtees, ROBERT& WILLIAM AR3ZIFIHNOT, Secs.
A Committee of the Convention»of Royal Boroughs, attended by ſeveral gentlemen from Leith, intereſted in the herring fiihery, examined Mr. Ro- bertſon's improved looms for weaving fiſhing nets. It was approved of, and Payment has been ordered for the premium.--Inſtead of the ſingle huttle,- it goes on the ſame principle as the incle manufa&turing looms."The Conven-. on alſo voted a premium to Mr. Girvin, for his eſſay on the cultivation of willows, which is ordered to be printed for the benefit of the Highlands of Scotland.
Lyons, previous to the revolution, had daily at work in the manufa&ure of ſtockings, 2500 looms, employing 4200 journeyinen of all denommationsy and each yielding on an average 300 pairs of ſtockings annually.=-Thbere are How about 1800 lo0oms, but the produce is not great in proportion, from the want of hands:--the home trade is diminiſhed by the general uſe of boots, and the exportation is almoſt wholly at an end, chießly in conlequence of the encrealing eſtimation of Britiſh manufa&tures,
- Diredions for purifying a ſhip without removing the cargo;
Take a caſk that will hold 100 gallons or more, with one bead out-+fet it below in any part of the veſlel--put into this caſk one buſhel of unſlacked Time, and to this 60 gaällons of boiling water, after diſſolving 30 pounds of pot or pearl aſhes therein, this 4hould be done as quick as poſible, then huf zhe hatches, and make the hip tight, in this ſituation; let the hip remain un til. the next day, and then diſcharge tbe air by means of the air pump ventila- tor By this time the lime will be ſettled in the caſk, and the water and ley will be very clear; dip it out carefully, and, after drawing tbe box out of ie Mhip's pumps, ſend zt through that channel into the pump well.