CONSTITUTION AND MANAGEMENT. 



The general business of The Highland and Agricultural 

 Society is conducted under the sanction and control of a Royal 

 Charter, which authorises the enactment of Bye-Laws. Business 

 connected with Agricultural Education is conducted under the 

 authority of a Supplementary Pioyal Charter, also authorising 

 the enactment of Bye-Laws. 



The Office-Bearers consist of a President, Four Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Ten Extraordinary, and Thirty Ordinary Directors, a 

 Treasurer, an Honorary and an Acting Secretary, an Auditor, 

 and other Officers. The proceedings of the Directors are reported 

 to General Meetings of the Society, held in January, and in June 

 or July. The Council on Education, under the Supplementary 

 Charter, consists of Sixteen Members — Nine nominated by 

 the Charter, and Seven elected by the Society. The Board of 

 Examiners consists of Twelve Members. 



Members are elected at the half-yearly General Meetings. 

 The ordinary subscription is L.l, 3s. 6d. annually, which may be 

 redeemed by one payment, varying, according to the number of 

 previous annual payments, from L.12, 12s. to L.7, Is. Tenant- 

 Farmers, Secretaries, and Treasurers of local Agricultural Asso- 

 ciations, resident Agricultural Factors, and Proprietors farming 

 the whole of their own lands, whose valuation does not exceed 

 L.500, are admitted on a subscription of 10s. annually, which 

 may be redeemed by one payment, varying, according to the 

 number of previous annual payments, from L.5, 5s. to L.3. 



Members of the Society receive the Transactions on appli- 

 cation, and are entitled to apply for District Premiums — to 

 report Ploughing Matches for the Medal — to attend Shows free 

 of charge, and to exhibit Stock and consult the Chemist at 

 reduced rates. 



Orders, payable at the Pioyal Bank of Scotland, are issued by 

 the Directors, in name of the parties in whose favour Premiums 

 have been awarded. 



All communications must be addressed to " Fletcher Norton 

 Menzies, Esq., Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland, No. 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh." 



