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amended it did injustice not only to tlie Marquis, but also to a gentleman who worked 

 along with liim. He thought that the Directors ought to take that part of the report 

 into their consideration, and, if they thought fit, amend it according to what they con- 

 sidered to he matter of fact. He would be satisfied if the Secretary communicated 

 with Lord Tweeddale, and ask what he wished to have done. 



Mr Mylne, Niddrie JIains, thought that Mr Melvin would correct the report as 

 Lord Tweeddale desired, or nearly so. 



Mr M'CULLOCH, Deubie Mains, said that the Directors had alrt;ady endorsed the 

 oi)inions of the writers ; and there were others beside Lord Tweeddale who might 

 bring objections against certain parts of the report. 



The Chairman said that, considering the great rapidity with which the papers were 

 got up, he thought it did very great ci'edit to the -writers of thein. 



The Secretary read the following abstract from the preface to the report :— " While 

 the Society adopts aud is responsible for the general details given, it must not be con- 

 sidered as identifying itself with all the opinions expressed by the different con- 

 tributors." 



Mr SwiNTON, Holyn Bank, said he thought that in justice to the late Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, and particularly to Mr Bridges, who cariecl out the work with him, a cor- 

 rection should be made of the statements in the report. Mr Slight's name was 

 associated %vith that of the Marquis ; and it was hard for Mr Bridges to have another 

 man's name thus put forward instead of hi.s own. Mr Ainslie was also conjoined 

 in regard to the tile machine, although he had had nothing to do with it until several 

 years after. 



It was then agreed that the Secretary should write to Lord Tweeddale in order to 

 ascertain his wishes regarding the correction of the report. 



(It was afterwards arranged that the following be appended to the report : — " Errata. 

 Marqdi.s of Tweeddale's Steam-Plough. — With reference to a discussion which took 

 place at the General Meeting of the Society in June as to the late Marquis of Tweed- 

 dale's steam plough, the writer of the portion of the report relating to the above 

 recollects perfectly Mr Slight telling him the Marquis of Tweeddale was consulting 

 him as to steam cultivation ; and there is jiroof of his being repeatedly at Yester. 

 The engines and ijlough were made, however, for the Marquis by Mr Bridges, North 

 Berwick, after the Marquis' return from India. The notice of his Lordship's tile- 

 making machine, as corrected in the proof, Init not given effect to by tlie printer from 

 want of time, should have read thus : — ' The first drain tile-making machine devised 

 by the Marquis of Tweeddale was brought out at the Perth Show of the Society 

 in 1836. This was followed by Mr Aiuslie*s and others.' ") 



The Secretary stated that the meeting of the Paris Agricultirral Congress would 

 take place on Tuesday, and that as he would lie present, he Avould be pi'epared to give 

 information to any of the members who were to attend. 



Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill. — The Secretary stated that the following 

 gentlemen were appointed a deputation to proceed to London on the occasion of the 

 second reading of the bill : — Mr Dundas of Arniston ; Mr Oswald of Dunnikier ; Mr 

 Mylne, Niddrie Mains ; Mr Melvin, Bonnington ; and Mr Clay, Kerchesters. 



Transactions.— Mr Irvine of Drum laid on the table Vol. X. (fourth series) of 

 the " Transactions " of the Society, 



A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. 



GENERAL MEETING, 15th JANUARY 1879. 



The Most Noble the Marquis of Lothian, K.T., President, in the Chair. 



The late Princess Alice. — The Marquis of Lothain said that the first duty he had 

 to perform to-day Avas to propose an address of condolence with Her Majesty on the 

 late berea^'ement she had suti'ered. The following was the address which it was pro- 

 posed to be adopted : — " L^nto the Queen's Most Excellent Majestj'.— Most Gracious 

 Sovereign,— We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society of Scotland, in general meeting assembled, beg leave humbly to 

 lay before your Majesty the expression of our sincere and heartfelt condolence in the 

 great sorrow which has recently visited your ]\lajesty through the death of your 

 beloved daughter the Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse. Amidst the affliction 

 caused to your Majesty by this event, we humbly trust it may prove consolatory to your 

 Majesty to know how deeply the nation has felt and appreciated the great excellences 



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