SS PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



GENERAL MEETING, 20th JANUARY 1869. 



His Grace the Dtjke of Bttccleuch and Queensberry, K.G., President of 



the Society, in the Chair. 



Election of Office-Bearees. 



The Duke of Buccletjch said — The first business is to call upon the Secretary 

 to read the list of office-bearers whom the Directors recommend to the Society to 

 be elected. Great trouble and anxiety have been taken in the selection of the 

 gentlemen whose names are in the list, and I trust it will be such as to meet with 

 the approval of the Society. 



Mr F. N. Menzies then read the list of office-bearers proposed to be elected, as 

 follows : — 



President — Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T. 



Vice-Presidents — Right Hon. Earl of Southesk ; Right Hon. the Earl of Kin- 

 tore ; Right Hon. the Earl of Dalkeith ; Right Hon. R. C. Nisbet Hamilton. 



Extraordinary Directors — Sir James Horn Burnett, Bart. ; Sir Alexander 

 Bannerman, Bart. ; John Gordon of Cluny ; Lieutenant-Colonel William M'Inroy 

 of The Burn ; Alexander Morison of Bognie ; Sir William Baillie, Bart. ; Sir 

 Alexander C. R. Gibson-Maitland, Bart., M.P. ; Robert Dundas of Arniston; 

 Peter M 'Lagan of Pumpherston, M.P. ; John Stirling of Kippendavie. 



Ordinary Directors — Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame ; William 

 Stuart Walker of Bowland ; Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn, Bart. ; William 

 Wallace Hozier, yr. of Mauldslie ; Colonel William Mure of Caldwell ; Thomas 

 Park, Stoneyhill ; Walter Reid, Drem ; Graham Somerville of Sorn ; Graham 

 Binny, W.S., Edinburgh ; Colonel Archibald Campbell of Blythswood ; Colonel 

 Joseph Dundas of Carronhall ; Robert Elliot, Laighwood ; James Geddes, Orbliston ; 

 John Ord of Muirhouselaw ; Major John Ramsay of Barra ; Robert Russell, Pil- 

 muir ; Sir James Gardiner Baird, Bart. ; Hew Crichton, S.S.C., Edinburgh ; 

 Charles Lawson of Borthwick Hall ; Alexander M'Dougal, Gran ton Mains ; Thomas 

 Mylne, Niddry Mains ; Thomas Coutts Trotter, Bilston Lodge ; John Wilson, 

 Edington Mains ; Sir George Warrender of Lochend, Bart. ; Robert Binnie, Seton 

 Mains ; John Dickson, Saughton Mains ; Thomas A. Hog of Newliston ; James 

 E. Newton, Linnbank House ; John Wilson, Professor of Agriculture, University 

 of Edinburgh ; Alexander Young, Keir Mains. 



Office-Bearers—Tke Right Hon. Sir William Gibson-Craig of Riccarton, Bart., 

 treasurer ; Sir William Stirling- Maxwell of Keir, Bart., Honorary Secretary ; Fletcher 

 Norton Menzies, Secretary ; Rev. James Grant, D.C.L., D.D., Chaplain ; Thomas 

 Anderson, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow, Chemist ; 

 Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A., Auditor; John Wilson, Professor of Agriculture, 

 University of Edinburgh, Professor of Agriculture ; W. J. Macquorn Rankine, 

 LL.D., Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, Consulting En- 

 gineer ; Alexander Slight, Practical Engineer ; Gourlay Steell, R.S.A., Animal 

 Portrait Painter ; William Williams, Professor of Veterinary Surgery ; Thomas 

 Duncan, Clerk ; John MacDiarmid, Junior Clerk ; William Blackwood & Sons, 

 Publishers ; Neill & Company, Printers ; Mackay, Cunningham, & Company, 

 Silversmiths : Alexander Kirkwood & Son, Medalists ; John Watherston & Sons, 

 Inspectors of Works ; John M 'Neill, Messenger. 



ClwArmcn of Standing Committees — Argyll Naval Fund — Admiral Sir William 

 J. Hope Johnstone, K.C.B. Cliemistry — Professor Anderson. Cottages — Harry 

 Maxwell Inglis of Logan Bank. District Shoivs — A. Campbell Swinton of Kim- 

 merghame. Finance — Anthony Murray of Dollerie. General Shows — Alexander 

 Kinloch, yr. of Gilmerton. House and Buildings — John Ord Mackenzie of Dol- 

 phinton. Machinery. — John Gibson, Woolmet. Premiums for Reports on tlie 

 Science and Practice of Agriculture — Patrick Dudgeon of Cargen. Premiums for 

 lie-ports on Woods and Plantations — Professor Balfour. Publications — Alexander 

 Forbes Irvine of Drum. Veterinary Department — Andrew Gillon of Wallhouse. 



The Duke of Buccleuch then said — I have now to propose that those gentle- 

 men whose names have been read to you be the office-bearers of the Society. I 

 have particular pleasure in recommending to your notice specially the nobleman 

 who is proposed to succeed me in the office of President of the Society. He is one 

 of the oldest members of this Society — one who has taken the deepest interest in 



