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Professor of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, Professor of Agriculture ; 

 W. J. Macquorn Eankine, LL.D., Professor of Civil Engineering, University 

 of Glasgow, Consulting Engineer ; Alexander Slight, Practical Engineer ; 

 Gourlay Steell, E.S.A., Animal Portrait Painter; William Williams, Pro- 

 fessor of Veterinary Surgery ; John Adam M'Bride, Professor of Cattle Path- 

 ology ; Thomas Duncan, Clerk ; John M'Diarmid, Junior Clerk ; William 

 Blackwood & Sons, Publishers ; Neill & Company, Printers ; Mackay, Cun- 

 ningham, &Co., Silversmiths ; Alexander Kirkwood & Son, Medallists; John 

 Watherston & Sons, Inspectors of Works ; William M'Neill, Messenger. 



Chairmen of Standing Committees. — Argyll Naval Fund — Admiral Sir 

 William J. Hope Johnstone, K C.B. Chemistry — Professor Anderson. Cot- 

 tages — Harry Maxwell Inglis of Logan Bank. District Slwws — A. Campbell 

 Swinton of Kimmerghame. Finance — Anthony Murray of Dollerie. General 

 Shows — Alexander Kinloch, yr. of Gilmerton. House and Buildings — John 

 Ord Mackenzie of Dolphinton. Machinery — John Gibson, Woolmet. Pre- 

 miums for Reports on the Science and Practice of Agriculture — Professor 

 Lyon Playfair, C.B. Premiums for Reports on Woods and Plantations — 

 Professor Balfour. Publications — Alexander Forbes Irvine of Drum. Veter- 

 inary College Examinations — Andrew Gill on of Wallhouse. 



Council on Agricultural Education. 



Members of Council named by Charter. — The President of the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society, President. The Lord Justice-General, Vice- 

 President. The Lord Advocate ; the Dean of Faculty ; the Professor of 

 Agriculture ; the Professor of Anatomy ; the Professor of Botany ; the Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry ; the Professor of Natural History. 



Members of Council named by Society.' — Lord Colonsay ; Sir W. Gibson- 

 Craig, Bart. ; Sir A. C. R. Gibson-Maitland, Bart. ; George Hope, Fenton 

 Barns ; Robert Russell, Pilmuir ; Henry Stephens, Redbrae ; John Wilson, 

 Edington Mains. 



Board of Examiners. — Science and Practice of Agriculture, Mechanics 

 and Construction — Professor Wilson ; George Hope, Fenton Barns ; Robert 

 Russell, Pilmuir ; and John Wilson, Edington Mains. Botany — Professor 

 Balfour. Chemistry — Professor Anderson. Natural History — Professor 

 Adman. Veterinary Surgery — Professor Williams. Field Engineering and 

 Surveying — Professor Macquorn Rankine, and David Stevenson, C.E. Book- 

 Keeping and Accounts — Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A., and Archibald Paterson, 

 Meadowfield. 



Mr Harvey, Whittingham Mains, said he had no intention of causing dis- 

 content and dispute, but there was a matter which had caused a little dissatis- 

 faction — namely, the appointment of the General Show Committee. He 

 would like to know who the gentlemen were composing it. The Society did 

 not appoint the committee. It fell to the Directors to do so ; and at last 

 Glasgow Show there had been great dissatisfaction with the judges, particu- 

 larly of sheep. The Board of Directors included many practical men, but 

 there were also a good number of ornamental Directors, who knew little about 

 practical agriculture, or about blackfaced or Cheviot sheep. He wished to 

 throw a little more popularity into the committee ; and though he knew it was 

 impossible to appoint judges who would please every one, yet certainly he 

 thought more practical men might be appointed. 



Mr Menzies read the names of the gentlemen constituting the Show 

 Committee. 



Mr Kinloch remarked that the list included a good many practical men. 



Mr Harvey admitted that it did, but he had not known before who they were. 



Mr Hunter of Blackness thought the system of electing directors in a lot 

 ought not to be followed, but that every candidate should be individually 



