42 PROCEEDINGS AT BOAED MEETINGS. 



thoroughbred horse, the members in the Aberdeen district being of opinion 

 that the owner should be bound to travel the horse through the season, or the 

 following season, in the district. He read a letter from Major Ramsay of 

 Barra, begging of the Directors to reverse their decision ; and there was laid 

 on the table a memorial from members in Aberdeenshire, stating "that with 

 a view to meet the difficulty that the L.50 prize alone does not form a sufficient 

 inducement, the committee proposed that an equal sum be raised in the 

 district by subscription, making the prize up to L.100 — on the understanding 

 that the Directors consented to annex the condition stated to the prize." 

 The Secretary stated that a very strong feeling had been exhibited at Aber- 

 deen on the subject, and after some discussion, in the course of which 

 Mr Irvine of Drum urged on the Directors to agree to the memorial, it 

 was moved by Mr Dudgeon, seconded by Mr Heddle of Melsetter, and unani- 

 mously agreed, to acquiesce in the prayer of the memorial, and to attach 

 a condition to the premium that the horse shall be bound to serve in the 

 district. 



Mr Irvine of Drum, convener of the county of Aberdeen, was named 

 chairman of committee of superintendence for the show. 



Edinburgh Show, 1869. — It was reported that a meeting of members 

 connected with the district of the Show proposed to be held at Edinburgh in 

 1869 had been held on the 27th of last month, when the list of classes of 

 stock had been adjusted. The additions then made in the class of extra 

 horses were sanctioned by the Board yesterday ; and on the suggestion of Mr 

 Kinloch, yr. of Gilmerton, a section for three-year old mares or geldings, 

 suitable for field, was added. The list, as amended, will be submitted to the 

 next general meeting for final approval. 



Finance. — A statement of the funds at the close of the financial year on 

 the 30th November was submitted, and it was mentioned that an abstract of 

 the income and expenditure would, as usual, be published next month, after 

 being prepared by Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A., the Society's auditor, who 

 is now in possession of the accounts. 



Argyll Naval Fund. — Admiral Sir William J. Hope Johnstone, K.C.B., 

 chairman of the Standing Committee on the Argyll Naval Fund, submitted 

 a printed statement containing remarks on the origin and management 

 of the fund, which he had drawn up for the information of members of 

 the Society. On the motion of Mr Dudgeon of Cargen, a vote of thanks was 

 given to Sir William Hope Johnstone, to whom, he said, the good manage- 

 ment of the fund was in a great measure due. 



Miscellaneous Communications. — Letters from Mr Johnston, Bock- 

 mount, Newton-Stewart, Ireland, on the cause and cure of finger-and-toe in 

 turnips, and from Mr Mason of Meadowbank, Edinburgh, on experiments 

 with sewage manure, were laid on the table. 



Testimonial to Rev. Batrick Bell. — The Secretary stated that the 

 presentation of the testimonial to the Rev. Patrick Bell, the inventor of the 

 reaping-machine, would take place at the general meeting of the Society on 

 the 15th of January. The sum received amounted to L.929, 17s., but the 

 committee in charge of the testimonial hoped that it would be considerably 

 increased before the meeting. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 8th JANUARY 1868. 

 Mr Dudgeon of Cargen in the Chair. 



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Death of the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., Honorary 

 Secretary of the Society. — Before proceeding to the business of the day, 

 the Directors resolved, on the motion of the Chairman, to record in their 

 minutes the deej) regret with which they regard the death of the Right Hon. 



