APPENDIX (A). 



PROCEEDINGS AT EOAED MEETINGS. 



MEETING Ob' DIRECTORS, 6th FEBRUARY 1878. 



Present — Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegarth, Bart. ; Sir William Baillie of Pol- 

 kemmet, Bart.; Admiral Sir William J. Hope Johnstone, K.C.B. ; Mr Graham Binny, 

 W.S. ; Mr Dudgeon of Cargen ; Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry; Mr Hog of Newliston ; Mr 

 James Hope, Duddingston ; Mr Hunter of Thurston ; Mr Irvine of Dram ; Mr Chris- 

 topher Johnstone, Dinwoodie Lodge; Mr Kennedy (of Sundayvvell), Brandleys; Mr 

 Martin, yr. of Auchendennan ; Mr Murray of Dollerie ; Mr Mylne, Niddrie Mains; 

 Mr Oswald of Dunnikier ; Mr Plummer of Sunderland Hall ; Mr Smith, Whittinghanie ; 

 Captain Tod of HoAvden; Mr Walker of Rowland, C.B.; and Dr A. P. Aitken. Sir 

 Alexander Jardine iu the chair. 



Mr F. N. Me:nzies reported apologies for the absence of Lord Polwarth ; Mr Howat- 

 son of Dornel ; Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A. ; Mr Ralston, Glamis House; Mr Ritchie 

 of Middleton ; and Professor Wilson. 



Edinburgh Show, 1877. — Letters were submitted from Mr Dnndas of Arniston and 

 from Mr Hams, depute towTi-clerk, acknowledging the votes of thanks passed at last 

 general meeting. 



Dumfries Show. — Iviijlement Regulations. — Agreeably to previous arrangement, a 

 deputation from the Scottish Agricultural Engineers' Association waited on the Direc- 

 tors at their meeting to-day, their object being to lay before the Board tlie griev- 

 ances implement exhibitors feel hinder the thorough success that might otherwise 

 attend the exhibition and trials of implements held by the Society. In the statement 

 by the Association, it is stated that they object : " (1) To the present^mode of inspecting 

 and judging implements in the show ground ; (2) to the arrangement which provides 

 that all new inventions, and improvements, and machinery in motion be entered in 

 different sections, and placed separately in the show ground ; (3) that the charge for 

 ground is not iu proportion to the money expended by the Society in awards to imple- 

 ment exhibitors ; (4) that of late the extent of free ground allotted to members has 

 been considerably decreased, while the charge for additional space has been consider- 

 ably increased. " 



After the deputation had been heard in support of their statement, it was intimated 

 by the Chairman (1) that the mode of inspecting and judging implements had been 

 altered ; (2) that the rule by which all new inventions and improvements required to 

 be entered separately had also been altered ; and that an endeavour would be made to 

 have the goods of those exhibiting in the section for ordinary implements, and also iu 

 the motion, placed as near each other as possible. 



After the deputation had retired, the Board remitted the matter to the General Show 

 Committee for consideration and report. 



Premiums. — A letter from Mr Chalmers, Shielhill, suggesting that a premium shouM 

 be offered for farm management in the districts where the annual show is held, was re- 

 ferred to the General Show Committee. 



Paris Agricultural Congress. — At the Board meeting on the 16th of January, it 

 •was agreed, in accordance with the request of the Society of Agriculturists of France, to 

 prepare an account of the agi'iculture of Scotland, and a committee, consisting of 

 Professor Wilson (convener) ; Mr Wilson, Wellnage ; Mr Melvin, Bennington ; 

 Mr Mylne, Niddrie Mains ; Mr Scot Skirving : and Dr Aitken, were appointed for the 

 purpose of drawing up such a report as is contemplated. The committee have held 

 several meetings, and it has been resolved that the proposed report should consist of a de- 

 scription (1) of the area, general physical features, geology, and climatology of Scotland ; 

 (2) of the farming and general niral economy of the east and west coasts and central 

 and hill districts ; and (-3) short descriptions of Clydesdale horses, and of cattle and 

 sheep special to Scotland. Writers were named to draw up reports, and Professor 

 Wilson was appointed to collect and edit the different papers for the memoir. 



Committees for 1878.— The various Committees for the current year were arranged. 



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