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CLASS II. 



DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. 



The Money Premiums and Medals avjardcd at District Competitions mill he 

 issued in Jammry next. No payments must, therefore, he made hy the 

 Secretary or Treasurer of any local Association. 



Grants in aid of District Competitions /or 1883 must he applied for hefore 

 1st XoYEMBER 1882, on Forms to he ohtained frora the Secretary. 



When a Grant has expired, the District cannot apply again for aid for 



two years. 



Section 1.— CATTLE. 



Note. — The Society's Cattle Premiiuns are granted to each District for three 

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

 diate years, continue the Competitions by offering for the same descrip- 

 tion of Stock a sum not less than one-half of that given by the Society. 



At the intermediate Competitions, a Silver Medal will be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Committee, to be awarded for the Best Bull which has 

 gained a first money prize at a previous District or General Show of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society, and of the Class for which the 

 District receives Premiums ; also three Medium Silver Medals to be 

 given along with the first prize in the three Classes of Cattle, provided 

 there are not fewer than two lots exhibited in each Class. 



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



districts. 



1. District of Formartine.— Co'/iw?ier, The Earl of Aberdeen, Haddo 



House, Methlick ; Secretary, Alex. Davidson, Mains of Caimbrogie, 

 Old Meldrum. Granted 1878. 



2. District of the Kinglassie Society. — Convener, E. Sinclair Aytoun of 



Inchdairnie, Kirkcaldy ; Secretary, David Beath, Auchmuir, Leslie. 

 Granted 1878. 



3. County op Ayr. — Convener, Hon. G. E. Vernon, Auchans House, Kil- 



marnock ; Secretary, James M'Murtrie, Ayr. Granted 1878. 



4. Central Banffshire. — Convener, William Longmure, Keith ; Secre- 



tary, J. Geddes Brown, Keith. Granted 1880. 



5. Stirlingshire. — Convener, Sir James R. Gibson-Maitland of Baniton, 



]3art., Craigend, Stirling ; Secretary, Robert Taylor, 22 Barnton Place, 

 Stirling. Granted 1880. 

 C. Islands of Mull, Coll, and Tiree. — Convener, James Noel Forsytli 

 of Qiiiuish, Tobermory ; Secretary, Robert Lang, Aros ]Mains, Arcs, 

 Mull. Granted 1880. 



7. Renfrewshire. — Convener, Lieut-Colonel Sir Archibald C. Campbell of 



I'.lytliswood, Bart., Renfrew ; Secretary, William Bartlemore, County 

 Buildings, Paisley. Granted 1880. 



8. District op Buchan. — Convener, John Sleigh, Strichcn ; Secretary, 



Jamod Smith, Striclien. Granted 1882. 



