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cess which had attended the first Show held by their new Secretary. He was 

 to be congratulated on the success of his first essay. His courteous attention 

 to all comers well merited acknowledgment, while it had secured his position 

 as manager of the showyard. Having very carefully watched the whole details 

 of the Show, Mr Menzies had noted many things which he thought might be 

 advantageously altered in the future management of the yard. He would not 

 follow Mr Harvey into the vexed question of the appointment of the judges. 

 He would only remind him that the Directors now appointed the judges, and 

 not the committee of the General Show, and he ventured to say on the part of 

 the Directors that they would be ready to give every attention to any well- 

 considered proposal that might be submitted on this point. It would, however, 

 take a very strong case to induce them to depart from the recommendations of 

 the committee, which were submitted to the Directors in 1860, and approved 

 of at that time. Mr Kinloch then moved the following resolutions : — 



" 1. That the thanks of the Society be communicated to the Lord Provost, 

 Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow for the assistance and co-ope- 

 ration accorded by them on the occasion of the Society's Show at Glas- 

 gow in August last, and more particularly for the gratuitous grants of 

 the Green for the showyard, and the City Hall for the banquet, as well 

 as the liberal contribution of L.200 in aid of the auxiliary fund. 

 " 2. That the success of the Glasgow Show was greatly promoted by the 

 personal exertions of the Hon. James Lumsden, Lord Provost of Glasgow, 

 and that the thanks of the Society be tendered to his Lordship for the able 

 manner in which he discharged the duties of chairman at the public 

 banquet, in the unavoidable absence of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, 

 the President. 

 " 3. That the thanks of the Society are due to the Commissioners of Supply 

 for the counties of Lanark, Ayr, Renfrew, Argyll, Bute, and Arran, for 

 the liberality with which the local subscriptions were provided for the 

 Glasgow Show. 

 " 4. That the thanks of the Society are due to the Right Hon. Lord BV1- 

 haven and Hamilton, K.T., chairman of the Committee of Superintend- 

 ence, elected by the different counties connected with the Glasgow 

 Show, and to the members of that body, as well as to the local agricul- 

 tural associations in the district, for their zealous and valuable co-opera- 

 tion in carrying out the various arrangements of the meeting." 

 The votes were passed unanimously. 



Aberdeen Show — 1868. 



Mr Kinloch reported, with regard to the Aberdeen Show, that the premium 

 list had now been finally arranged, strictly in accordance with the wishes of 

 the district. He mentioned that the premiums and medals to be awarded at 

 the Aberdeen Show would amount to L.1500, and that there would be an 

 additional expenditure in connection with it of L.1700. The counties of 

 Aberdeen and Banff had assessed themselves for L.490 and L.120 respectively, 

 and it was expected that the county of Kincardine and the eastern portion of 

 Forfarshire would subscribe as they had hitherto done. The Town Council of 

 Aberdeen and the Royal Northern Agricultural Society had promised the 

 same assistance and accommodation which they had given in 1858. He had 

 also to announce that Mr Irvine of Drum, convener of the county of Aberdeen, 

 had been appointed chairman of the Committee of Superintendence, and they 

 might feel sure that if the others associated with him exerted themselves as 

 Mr Irvine would do, there would be no doubt as to the success of the Show. 

 The Show would take place on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of July, which was 

 earlier than usual, but they had fixed upon these days in order not to inter- 

 fere with the Shows of the Royal Agricultural Society of England and of the 

 Yorkshire Society. 



