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Description - A History of the Royal Dublin Society by Henry Fitz-Patrick Berry

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...Litton was elected law agent. In December 1819, a report was made on the general state of the Society, which will be found in Proceedings (vol. lvi. p. 58). A short resum of it may be useful here, as giving a summary of the Society's activities from its foundation: --It is found difficult to collect the annual subscriptions. Life subscriptions, which had been increased from ten to thirty guineas, were lately raised to fifty guineas. When the Society first started, attention was devoted to agriculture, first by the publication of papers and tracts, then by premiums for planting, the introduction of proper implements, and importation of cattle; next by manufacturing implements at a cheaper rate; and lastly by improved methods of horticulture and the cultivation of trees, plants, and grasses. After this, trial was made of gratuitous information supplied by lectures and schools. Six professors were appointed, and a theatre capable of accommodating 500 persons was equipped. The botanic garden, the drawing schools, library, and museum were all in full working order. The Act 19 and 20 George III imposed on the Society the superintendence of the silk manufacture, and the regulation of the operative silk weavers' wages, which imposed a great deal of work on the Society. An exhibition room for works of art was also opened. On the whole, the affairs of the Society might be said to have been conducted with as much skill, propriety, and economy as the nature of the institution would admit. From 1801, the parliamentary grant amounted to 10,000. The labours imposed on the Society by numerous Acts of the Irish legislature caused its original designs to be extended from husbandry and the useful arts to literature, sciences, fine arts, manufactures, ...

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