livered on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1804.

65. The same premium is extended one year farther. The accounts and certificates to be deJivered on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1805.

66. RAISING WATER FOR THE IRRIGATION OF LAND. To the person who shall discover to the Society the cheapest and most effectual method of raising water in quantities sufficient to be beneficially employed for the purposes of irrigating land, superior to and cheaper than any other method now in use; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. A model on a scale of one inch to a foot, with certificates that a machine at large on the same construction has been used, specifying the quantity of water delivered in gallons per hour, and the height to which it was raised, to be produced to the Society on or before the first 1 of March, 1803.

The same premium is extended one year farther. Certificates to be produced on or before the first of March, 1804.

67. CULTURE OF HEMP IN CERTAIN PARTS OF SCOTLAND. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce wishing to encourage the growth of hemp for the use of the navy, in certain parts of Scotland, comprehending the whole county of Argyle, that part of Perthshire situated to the north of the river Tay, and west of the Military Road (see Ainslie's Map of Scotland) leading from Logierait to the County of Inverness, and such other parts of Scotland as lie north of Inverness-shire, offers to the person who shall sow with hemp, in drills at least eighteen inches asunder, the greatest quantity of land in the above mentioned district, not less than fifty acres statute measure, in the year 1802, and shall at the proper season cause to be plucked the summer hemp (or male hemp bearing no seed) and continue the winter hemp (or female hemp bearing seed) on the ground until the seed is ripe; the gold medal, or fift guineas.

the

67*. To the person who shall sow with hemp, (in drills at least eighteen inches asunder) the next greatest quantity of land in the same above-mentioned district, not less than twenty-five acres statute measure, in the year 1802, and shall at proper season cause the same to be plucked as above-mentioned; the silver medal, or twentyfive guineas. Certificates of the number of acres, fof the distance of the drills, of the plucking of the hemp, with a general account of the soil, cultivation, and produce, to be delivered to the Society, along with fourteen pounds of the hemp, and two quarts of the seed, on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803.

PREMIUMS FOR DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEMISTRY, DYING, AND MINERALOGY.

68. PRESERVING SEEDS OF VEGETABLES For the best method of preserving the seeds of plants in a state fit for vegetation a longer time than has hitherto been practised, such method

being superior to any known to the public, and verified by sufficient trial, to be communicated to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in December, 1802; the gold medal, or thirty guineas.

69. PREVENTING THE DRY-ROT IN TIMBER. To the person who shall discover to the Society the cause of the dry-rot in timber, and disclose a certain method of prevention superior to any hitherto known; the gold meda', or thirty guineas. The accounts of the cause, and method of prevention, confirmed by repeated experiments, to be produced to the Society on or be fore the second Tuesday in December, 1802. 70. PRESERVING SALTED PROVISIONS FROM BECOMING RANCID OR RUSTY. To the person who shall discover to the Society the best, cheapest, and most efficacious method of preserving salted provisions from growing rancid or rusty; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. A full description of the method, with proper certificates that it has been found, on repeated trials, to answer the purpose intended, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1303.

71. CLEARING FEATHERS FROM THEIR ANIMAL OIL. To the person who shall discover to the Society the best and most expeditious method, superior to any hitherto practised, of clearing goose-feathers from their offensive animal oil, for the use of upholders, in making beds, cushions, &c, the silver medal, or twenty guineas. A quantity of such feathers unstripped and so cleared, not less than forty pounds weight, with a full account of the process, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803.

72. REFINING WHALE OR SEAL OIL. For disclosing to the Society an effectual method of purifying whale or seal oil from the glutinous matter that incrusts the wicks of lamps and extinguishes the light, though fully supplied with oil; the gold medal, or fitty guineas. It is required that the whole of the process be fully and fairly disclosed, in order that satisfactory experiments may be made by the Society to determine the validity of the claim; and certificates that not less than twenty gallons have been purified according to the process delivered in, together with two gallons of the oil, in its unpurified state, and two gallons so refined, be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in February, 1803.

73. MANUFACTURING TALLOW-CANDLES. To the person who shall discover to the Society a method of hardening or otherwise preparing tallow, so that candles may be made of it which will burn as clear and with as small a wick as wax candles, without running, and may be afforded at a less expence than any at present made with spermaceti; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Certificates that 112 lb. of such tallow have been made into candles, and 121b. of the candles made thereof, to be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803.

74. CANDLES FROM RESIN OR OTHER SUBSTANCES. To the person who shall discover to

the Society the best method of making candles of resin, or any other substance, fit for common use, at a price much interior to those made of tallow only; the gold medal, or thirty guineas, Six pounds at least of the candles so prepared, with an account of the process, to be delivered to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in December, 1802.

75. METHOD OF SEPARATING SUGAR IN A SOLID FORM FROM TREACLE. To the person who shall discover to the Society the best method of separating sugar from treacle in a solid form, at such an expense as will render it advantage ous to the public; the gold medal, or fifty guiA quantity of the sugar so prepared in a solid form, not less than thirty pounds weight, with an account of the process, and certificates that not less than one hundred weight has been prepared, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803.

neas.

76. PROOF-SPIRIT. To the distiller who, in the year 1802, shall make the greatest quantity, not less than one hundred gallons, or a clean marketable spirit, from articles not the food of man or cattle, equal in strength or quality to the proof-spirit now in use, and at a rate not higher than the spirit produced from corn or melasses; the gold medal, or one hundred guineas. Ten gallons of the spirit, together with proper certificates, and a full account of the expense and mode of making it, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803.

77. INCREASING STEAM. To the person who shall invent and discover to the Society a method, verified by actual experiments, of increasing the quantity or force of steam, in steamengines, with less fuel than has hitherto been employed, provided that in general the whole amount of the expenses in using steam-engines may be considerably lessened; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. To be communicated to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in Jan. 1803. 78. SUBSTITUTE FOR TAR. To the person who shall invent and discover to the Society the best substitute for Stockholin tar, equal in all its properties to the best of that kind, and prepared from materials the produce of Great Britain; the gold medal, or one hundred guineas. A quantity of the substitute, not less than one hundred weight, with certificates that at least one ton has been manufactured, and that it can be afforded at a price not exceeding that of the best foreign tar, together with an account of the process, to be delivered to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in March, 1803.

79. PREPARATION OF TAN. To the person who shall prepare in the most concentrated form, so as to be easily portable, and at a price applicable to the purposes of manufactures, the largest quantity, not less than one hundred weight of the principle called by the French tannin, which abounds in oak-bark and many other vegetable substances; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates of the above quantity having been prepared, and a sample of not less than 28 lb. to be pr duced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803.

80. PREPARATION OF A RED STAIN FOR COTTON CLOTH. To the person who shall communicate to the Society, the cheapest and most effectual method of printing or staining cotton cloths with a red colour, by an immediate application of the colouring-matter to the cloth, equally beautiful and durable with the red colours now generally procured from decoctions of madder; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Certificates that the above process has been advantageously used on ten pieces of callico each twenty-one yards or upwards in length, one piece of the callico so printed, a quart of the colour in a liquid state, and a full a count of the preparation and application, to be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803.

81. PREPARATION OF A GREEN COLOUR FOR PRINTING COTTON CLOTH. To the person who shall communicate to the Society the best and cheapest method of printing with a full' green colour on cotton cloth, by an immediate application of the colouring matter from a wooden block to the cloth, equally beautiful and durable as the colours now formed from the complicated process of the decoction of weld on alumine and the solutions of indigo by earths or alcaline salts; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Certificates and conditions as for premium 80.

82. SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BASIS OF PAINT. To the person who shall produce to the Society the best substitute, superior to any hitherto known, for the basis of paint, equally proper for the purpose as the white lead now employed; such substitute not to be of a noxious quality, and to be afforded at a price not materially higher than that of white lead; the gold medal, or one hundred guineas. A quantity of the substitute, not less than 50 lb. weight, with an account of the process used in preparing it, and certificates that at least one hundred weight has been manufactured, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803.

83. RED PIGMENT. To the person who shall discover to the Society a full and satisfactory process for preparing a red pigment, fit for use, in oil or water, equal in tone and brilliancy to the best carmines and lakes now known or in use, and perfectly durable; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. One pound weight of such colour, and a full disclosure of its preparation, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803,

N. B. It is not required that the colour should resist the action of fire or chemical applications, but remain unaltered by the common exposure to strong light, damps, and noisome vapours.

84. ULTRAMARINE. To the person who shall prepare an artificial ultramarine, equal in colour, brilliancy, or durability, to the best prepared from lapis lazuli, and which may be afford ed at a cheap rate; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. The conditions are the same as in the preceding premium for the red pigment.

85. ANALYSIS OF BRITISH MINERALS. Ta the person who shall communicate to the Society,

the most correct analysis of any mineral production of Great Britain, hitherto either unexamined or not examined with accuracy; the gold medal, The analysis and sufficient specimens to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803.

86. PREPARATION OF SULPHURIC ACID FROM SULPHUR WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY NITRIC SALT. To the person who shall prepare the largest quantity (not less than one ton) of sulphuric acid from sulphur, without any nitric salt, of a specific gravity, not inferior to the best sulphuric acid of commerce; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates that not less than the above quantity of such an acid has been prepared, together with a sample, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803.

87. PREPARATION OF ANY ALKALINE OR EARTHY NITRATE. To the person who shall prepare, in Great Britain, the largest quantity, not less than one hundred weight, of any salt of nitric acid, with either earths or alkalies, by a method superior to those hitherto practised; the gold medal, or one hundred guincas. Certificates of the above quantity having been prepared, and a sample of not less than 28. to be produced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803.

88. FINE BAR-IRON. To the person, in Great Britain, who shall make the greatest quantity of bar-iron, not less than ten tons, with coak, from coak-pigs, equal in quality to the best iron imported from Sweden or Russia, and as fit for converting into steel; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Samples, not less than one hundred weight, with certificates that the whole quantity is of equal quality, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1808. 89. PRESERVING IRON FROM RUST. To the person who shall invent and discover to the Society a cheap composition, superior to any now in use, which shall effectually preserve wrought iron from rust, the gold medal, or fifty guineas. A full description of the method of preparing the composition, with certificates that it has stood at least two years unimpared, being exposed to the atmosphere during the whole time, to be produced to the Society, with ten pounds weight of the composition, on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803.

90. REFINING BLOCK-TIN. To the person who shall discover to the Society the best method of purifying or refining block-tin, so as to render it fit for the finest purposes to which graintin is now applied, and not higher in price; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates that not less than three tons have been refined or purified, with a full detail of the process, and a quantity, not less than one handred weight, of the tin so refined, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803. 91. GLAZING EARTHEN-WARE WITHOUT LEAD. To the person who shall discover to the Society the cheapest, safest, most durable, and most easily-fusible, composition, fit for the

purpose of glazing the ordinary kinds of earthenware, without any preparation of lead, and superior to any hitherto in use; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Specimens of the ware so glazed, with proper certificates of its having succeeded, and a sample of the materials made use of, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803.

92. REFINING COPPER FROM THE ORE. To the person who shall discover to the Society the best method of separating, purifying, and refining copper from the ore, so as to render it fit for the first purposes to which fine copper is now applied, and by a process superior to any hitherto known or in use, and not higher in price; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certifi cates that not less than three tons have been so prepared or refined, and a quantity not less than one hundred weight of the copper so refined, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803.

93. MINERALOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES. To the person who shall complete and publish an accurate mineralogical map of England and Wales, on a scale of not less than ten miles to an inch, containing an account of the situation of the different mines therein, and describing the kinds of minerals thence produced; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates of the accuracy of such map, together with the map, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1804. The map to remain the property of the Society.

94. MINERALOGICAL MAP OF IRELAND. The same premium is offered for a mineralogical map of Ireland on similar conditions.

95. MINERALOGICAL MAP OF SCOTLAND. The same preinium is offered for a mineralogical map of Scotland on similar conditions.

96. NATURAL HISTORY. To the author who shall publish, in the year 1802, the natural history of any county in England or Wales; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. It is required that the several natural productions, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, peculiar to the county, or found therein, be carefully and specifically arranged and described, in order that the public may be enabled to judge what arts or manufactures are most likely to succeed in such county. The work to be delivered to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803.

PREMIUMS IN POLITE ARTS.

97. HONORARY PREMIUMS FOR DRAWING, BY NOBILITY. For the best drawing, of any kind, made with water.colours, crayons, chalk, black lead, pen, Indian Ink, or bister, by young gentlemen under the age of twenty-one, sons or grandsons of peers, or peeresses in their own right, of Great Britain or Ireland, to be produced on or before the first Tuesday in March, 1803; the honorary medal of the Society in gold.

98. The same in silver for the next in merit. 99, 100. The same premiums will be given, on

the like conditions, to young ladies, daughters or grand-daughters of peers, or peèresses in their own right, of Great Britain or Ireland.

101. HONORARY PREMIUMS FOR DRAWING, BY GENTLEMEN. For the best drawing, of any kind, made with water-colours, crayons, chalk, black-lead, pen, Indian ink, or bister, by young gentlemen under the age of twenty-one, to be produced on or before the first Tuesday in March, 1803; the gold medal.

102. For the next in merit, the silver medal. 103, 104. The same premiums will be given for drawings by young ladies.

N. B. As the foregoing honorary premiums are intended only for such of the nobility and gentry as may hereafter become patrons or patronesses of the arts; persons professing any branch of the polite arts, or any business dependent on the arts of design, or the sons or daughters of such persons, will not be admitted candidates in these classes.

105. DRAWINGS OF OUTLINES. For the best outline, after an original group or cast, in plaster, of human figures, by persons of either sex, under the age of sixteen, the principal figure not Jess than twelve inches; to be produced on or before the third Tuesday in February, 1803; the greater silver pallet.

106. For the next in merit; the lesser silver pallet.

N. B. These drawings are to be made on paper, and the original either to be produced to the Society, or to be referred to for their examination.

For the

107. DRAWINGS OF LANDSCAPES. best drawing of a landscape after nature, by persons of either sex, under twenty-one years of age, to he produced on or before the third Tuesday in February, 1803; the greater silver pallet.

108. For the next in merit, the lesser silver pallet. Each candidate must mention, on the front of the drawing, whence the view was taken; and the drawings must be made with chalk, pen, Indian ink, water-colours, or bister. 109. HISTORICAL DRAWINGS. For the best historical drawing, being an original composition, of five or more human figures; the height of the principal figure not less than eight inches; to be made with crayons, chalk, black lead, pen, Indian ink, water-colours, or bister, and to be produced on or before the third Tuesday in February, 1803; the gold pallet.

110. For the next in merit; the greater silver pallet.

111. CHINTS PATTERNS FOR CALICO PRINTERS. For the best original pattern in a new taste, of light or dark ground chints for garment-work, fit for the purposes of calico-printers, by persons of either sex; the gold medal. To be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803; the pattern to which the premium is adjudged to remain the property of the Society.

112. For the next in merit; the silver medal, on similar conditions.

113. COPPER-PLATE PATTERNS FOR CALICO-PRINTERS. For the best pattern, in a new stile, fit for the purposes of calico-printers for garment work; the silver medal. To be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803. The pattern to which the premium is adjudged to remain the property of the Society.

114. LINE ENGRAVINGS OF LANDSCAPES. For the best line engraving of a landscape, published in the year 1803, the size of the engraving not less thau eighteen inches by fourteen; the gold medal. To be produced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1804; and the impression to which the premium is adjudged to remain the property of the Society.

115. For the next in merit; the silver medal, on similar conditions.

116. LINE ENGRAVINGS OF HISTORICAL SUBJECTS. For the best line engraving published in the year 1802, of an historical subject, the size of the engraving not less than eighteen inches by fourteen; the gold medal.

117. For the next in merit; the silver medal. Conditions, &c. the same as in classes 114 and 115.

118 MODEL IN CLAY OR PLASTER. For the best model in clay or plaster of an ornamental design for the purpose of embellishing works of Architecture; the silver medal, or twenty guineas. To be produced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803. The model not to be less than thirty inches by twelve.

THE FOLLOWING PREMIUM (CLASS

119,) IS OFFERED IN CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF THE LATE JOHN STOCK, OF HAMPSTEAD, Esq.

119. ORNAMENTAL DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS. For the best ornamental

drawing for the purpose of embellishing architectural designs; a silver medallion with the following engraved inscription: The Premium given by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, in conformity to the Will of John Stock, of Hampstead, Esq. The drawing to which the premium is adjudged to remain the property of the Society.

120. For the best model in clay or plaster of a design for the same purpose; the silver medal. The performances in these two classes not to be less than thirty inches by twelve, to be made by persons under the age of twenty-one years. To be produced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803.

121. PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS OF MACHINES. For the best perspective drawing of machines by persons under eighteen years of age; the greater silver pallet. To be produced to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in January, 1803.

122. For the next in merit; the lesser silver pallet, on similar conditions.

123. ENGRAVING ON WOOD, OR METAL

BLOCKS. For the best engraving on wood, or metal blocks, of a subject or allegorical decoration for a volume of the Society's Transactions, proper to be prefixed to the premiums offered by the Society, and capable of being worked with the letter press; the gold medal. The engraved wood or metal block, and two or more impres sions from it, to be produced to the Society on or before the second Tuesday in February, 1803, and the engraved wood or metal block to which the premium is adjudged to remain the property of the Society. The engraving to be of a proper size to form an octavo page in the volume.

124. For the next in merit; the silver medal on similar conditions.

125 STATUARY MARBLE. To the person who shall discover, within Great Britain or Ireland, a quarry of white marble fit for the purposes of statuary, and equal in all respects to those kinds now imported from Italy; the gold medal, or one hundred pounds. A block of at least three feet in length, two in height, and two in width, with an account of the situation of the quarry, and certificates of its possessing considerable extent, to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1803.

N. B. In order to prevent useless expence or trouble to the claimant in forwarding so large a block, the Society will be ready to examine any smaller specimen of the marble, and express their opinion of its value to the candidate before the block required by the above premium is produced.

126. BRONZES. For the best drapery-figure or group cast in bronze; if a single figure, not less than twelve inches high; and, if a group, not less than nine inches; and which will require the least additional labour to repair; the gold medal, or the silver medal and twenty guineas. The cast to be exhibited to the Society before it is begun to be repaired, with the original figure or group, on or before the first Tuesday in February, 1802, together with a full explanation of the whole process.

which can be generally afforded as cheap as cloth of equal quality and appearance now made from hemp, flax, or cotton, and much finer in quality than any hitherto manufactured in England from hop-stalks, &c. the gold medal, of which the cloth is made, and thirty yards of or thirty guineas. One pound of the thread the whole is manufactured from hop-stalks or the cloth, together with proper certificates that bines, &c to be produced to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in December, 1802.

N. B. The Society is already in the posses sion of cloth made in England from hup-stalks or bines,which may be inspected by application to the housekeeper.

129. WICKS FOR CANDLES OR LAMPS. To the person who shall discover to the Society a method of manufacturing hop-stalks or bines, or any other cheap material, the growth of Great Britain, so as to render them equally fit for the purpose of supplying the place of cotton, for wicks of candles or lamps; twenty guineas. Samples, not less than five pounds weight, of the wicks so prepared to be produced to the Society, with certificates that the whole quantity is equal in quality to the sample, on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803.

130. PAPER FROM RAW VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. To the person, in Great Britain, who shall, between the first of January, 1802, and the first of January, 1803, make the greatest quantity, and of the best quality, (not less than ten reams) of good and useful paper, from raw vegetable substances, the produce of Great Britain or Ireland, of which one hundred weight has not been used in manufacturing paper previous to January, 1801, superior to any hitherto manufactured from such substances, and which can be generally afforded as cheap as paper of equal quality and appearance now made from rags; twenty guineas.

N. B. The object of the Society being to add to the number and quantity of raw materials used in this manufacture, it is their wish to include every useful sort of paper, and to introduce such natural products as can be easily and

IMPROVING MANUFACTURES. 127. MACHINE FOR CARDING SILK. For the best machine, superior to any now in use, for carding waste silk equally well as by hand; to be produced, together with a specimen of the cardings, on or before the first Tuesday in November, 1802; the silver medal, or twenty guineas.

128. CLOTH FROM HOP-STALKS, &c. To the person who shall produce to the Society the greatest quantity, not less than thirty yards of cloth at least twenty-seven inches wide, made in Great Britain, of hop-stalks or bines, or other raw vegetable substances, the produce of Great Britain or Ireland, superior to any hitherto manufactured from such substances, and

ciety are in possession of two volumes containing a great variety of specimens of paper made from raw vegetable substances, viz.-nettles, potatoe-hawlm, poplar, hop-bines, &c. which volumes may be inspected by any person on application to the housekeeper.

Certificates of the making such paper, and one ream of the paper, to be produced on or before the second Tuesday in January, 1803.

131. TRANSPARENT PAPER. To the person who shall discover to the Society a method of making paper from the pulp that shall be perfectly transparent, and of a substance and body equal to fools-cap, that shall take and bear coinmon writing ink with the same facility and correctness as writing paper generally in