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.PREMIUMS OFFERED. BY THS SOCIETY IN 1876, 33 



Section 3.— SHEEP. 



Note. — The Society's Sheep Premiums are granted to each District for three 

 alternate years, on condition that tlie District shall, in the two inter- 

 mediate years, continue the Competitions by offering for the same de- 

 scription of stock a sum not less than one-half of that given by the Society. 



At the intermediate Competitions, a Silver Medal will be j^laced at the dis- 

 posal of the Committee, to be awarded for the best Tup Ijelonging to a 

 proprietor, and of the class for which the District receives Premiums; 

 also four Medium Silver Medals, to be given along Avith the first prize 

 in the four classes of Sheep, provided there are not less than two lots 

 in each class. 



The selection of the Breed is left to the Local Committee. See Rule 6. 



DISTRICTS. 



1. West Lothian and the Eastern District of Stirlingshire. — Con- 

 vener, Sir William Baillie of Polkemmet, Bart., Whitburn; Secretary, 

 George Wilson, Loch House, Linlithgow. 



2. District of Co^wal. — Gonmner, Alex. S. Finlay of Castle Toward, 

 Greenock; Secretary, Archibald Mitchell, jun., Dunoon. 



3. County of Forfar. — Convener, The Earl of Strathmore, Glamis Castle, 

 Glamis; Secretary, J. L. Gordon, Swan Street, Brechin. 



4. District of West Teviotdale. — Convener, W. Scott Watson of Burn- 



head, Bucklands, Hawick; Secretary, James Oliver of Thornwood, 

 Hawick. 



5. District of Breadalbane. — Convener, The Earl of Breadalbane, Tay- 

 mouth Castle, Aberfeldy; Secretary, John Holmes, Bolfracks, Aberfeldy. 



(j. Island of Arran. — Convener, James Paterson, Whitehouse, Lamlash; 

 Secretary, William Tod, Glenree, Lamlash. 



7. District of the Badenoch and Rothiemurchus Society. — Convener, 



Cluny Macpherson, Cluny Castle, Kingussie; Secretary, Donald Stewart, 

 Chapelpark, Kingussie. 



8. County of Sutherland. — Convener, George Loch of Embo, Q.C. ; 



Secretary, William Mitchell, Pulrossie, Dornoch. 



9. District of the West Linton Society. — Convener, A. P. Hope, yr. of 

 Bordlands, Lamancha; Secretary, A. Alexander, West Linton. 



1(». Upper Ward of Lanarkshire. — Convener, John Ord Mackenzie of 



Dolphinton; Secretary, David Oswald, Abington. 

 1 1. Islands of Mull, Coll, and Tyree. — Convener, Farquhar Campbell of 



Rum; Secretary, David Thorbiirn, Calgary, Tobermory. 



1. Be.st Tup belonging to a Proprietor, . . . The Silver Medal. 



2. Best Tup above one Shear, . . . Medium Silver Medal and L.3 



Second best, L.l 



Third best, 10s. 



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3. Best Shearling Tup, .... Medium Silver Medal and L.3 



Second best, . . . . . . . • • • . L.l 



Third best, 10s. 



4. Best 5 Ewes, above one Shear, . . Medium Silver Medal and L.3 

 Second best, . . . . . . • • • • . L. 1 



Third best, ^^f. 



ri. Best 5 Gimmers or Shearling Ewes, . Medium Silver Medal and L.3 



Second best, . . . L-1 



Third best, • 10s. 



