INDEX. 



Agricultural Bursaries, Eepovt of Examina- 

 tions, Appendix A, 29. 



Agricultural Class in Edinburgh University, 

 Premiums awarded to Students, Appen- 

 dix A, 70. 



Agricultural Education, Report of Examina- 

 tions, Appendix A, 15 — Council and 

 Board of Examiners, Bye-laws and Sylla- 

 bus of Examination, Appendix B, 10. 



Agricultural Statistics of Scotland for 1878, 

 215. 



Ainslie, John, junior : On the Advantage 

 of Ploughing in Manure at once on being 

 Spread, or leaving it Spread for a Time, 41. 



Aitken, Dr A. P. : On the Progress of Ex- 

 periments at Stations, 200 — Reports by, 

 at General Meeting, Appendix A, 13, 28. 



Aitken, John M. : On the ffyloMus Abictis 

 or Fir Weevil, 72. 



Animal Parasites, On, by John Scott, 98. 



Argyll Naval Fund, Report to General 

 Meeting, 15th Januaiy 1879, Appendix 

 A, 19— Abstract of Accounts for 1877-78, 

 Appendix A, 76. 



Carruthers, Death of Mr, of Dormont, Ap- 

 pendix A, 5. 



Chemical Department, Experimental Sta- 

 tions — Progress of Experiments, by Dr 



A. P. Aitken, 200 — Proceedings in re- 

 gard to. Appendix A, 5, 7, 29 — Reports 

 on, at General Meetings, Appendix A, 14, 

 28— -Note in regard to Chemist, Appendix 



B, 20. 



Chestnuts, On the Old and Remarkable 

 Spanish, in Scotland, by Robert Hutchi- 

 son, 43. 



Committees for 1879, Appendix B, 7. 



Corn-Growing, On Continuous, at Paxton, 

 by George Muirhead, 190. 



Cottage Competitions, Report on. Appendix 

 A, 28 — Premiums awarded in 1878, Ap- 

 pendix A, 67 — Premiums offered in 1879, 

 Appendix B, 45. 



Craig, Death of Sir "William Gibson, of Ric- 

 carton, Bart., Appendix, A, 3, 12. 



Deceased Members, Notice in regard to, 

 Appendix, A, 12, 18. 



Directors and other Office-bearers for 1879, 

 Appendix, B, 5. 



District Competitions, Report on. Appendix 

 A, 27 — Premiums awarded in 1878, A})- 

 pendix A, 55 — Premiums offered in 1879, 

 Appendix B, 32. 



Dumfries Show, 1878, Proceedings in regard 

 to, Appendix A, 1, 2, 3,4,12, 19~Trial of 

 Implements, Appendix A, 6, 7,9, 10 — Pre- 

 miums awarded, Appendix A, 35 — Judges 

 and Attending Members, Appendix A, 54 

 — Abstract of Accounts, Appendix A, 74. 



Edinburgh Show, 1877, Transference^^'of 

 Premixiras, Appendix A, 5 — Award of 

 Premiums, Appendix A, 35. 



Essays and Reports, Premiums awarded for, 

 in 1878-79, Appendix A, 85 — Premiums 

 offered for, in 1879, Appendix B, 22. 



Establishment for 1879, Appendix B, 5. 



Examiners in Agricultural Education, Ap- 

 pendix B, 10 — Veterinary Department, 

 Appendix B, 17 — Forestry Department, 

 Appendix B, 19. 



Finance : — State of the?Funds of the Society 

 at 30th November 1878, Abstract of the 

 Accounts for 1877-78, Abstract of tlie 

 Accounts of the Dumfries Show, 1878, 

 and Accounts of the Argyll Naval Fund, 

 1877-78, Appendix A, 71 to 76. 



Fir Weevil, On the Hylobius Abictis or, by 

 John M. Aitken, 72. 



Forestry Department : — Board of Examiners, 

 Syllabus of Examination, Ajipendix B, 19. 



General Meeting at Annual Shows, Dis- 

 cussion as to holding. Appendix A, 26. 



General Shows, Discussion at General 

 Meeting, 15th January 1879, in regard to 

 Circuit of. Appendix A, 20. 



Grant, George : On the Reclamation of 

 Waste Land on the farm of BalUmore, 

 Banffshire, 87. 



Highland and Agricultural Society, Notice 

 in regard to History of. Appendix A, 4 — 

 Proceedings at Board Meetings, 1878-79, 

 Appendix A, 1 — Proceedings at General 



