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intimating that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the address very 

 graciously. 



The address to the Duke of Edinburgh will be presented by the Duke of Mon- 

 trose on the arrival of His Royal Highness. 



Veterinary Charter. — A letter was read from the Board of Trade announcing 

 that the Lords of the Council have refused to recommend to her Majesty to grant 

 a veterinary charter for Scotland. 



Paters in Competition. — Various premiums were awarded for reports, which 

 will be intimated at the next general meeting. 



Transactions. — The prize essays and reports were laid on the table ; and it 

 was remitted to Mr Irvine of Drum, Chairman of the Committee on Publications, 

 to select those for publication in the next number of the Transactions. 



Aberdeen Show. — A plan of the showyard at Aberdeen, showing the position 

 of the diiierent erections, was submitted and approved of. 



Mr F. N. Menzies reported correspondence between the secretaries of the 

 ditl'erent railways in Scotland and himself in reference to some more liberal 

 arrangement as to the rates charged for stock sent to the general shows of the 

 Society, from which it appeared that the subject was brought before a meeting of 

 the general managers of the English and Scotch railways, held at the Clearing 

 House in London in May last, when it was decided to adhere to the following 

 regulations, which have been for some time in force : — 



1. Stock and implements to the show to be charged full rates. 



2. From the show, if sold, full rates. 



3. From the show, if unsold, to be conveyed free, back to the station whence 

 they were sent, at owners' risk, on production of a certificate from the secretary of 

 the agricultural show to the effect that they are really unsold. 



4. All the above to be carried at owners' risk. 



5. Collection and delivery to be performed by the owners. 



6. Regulations Nos. I, 2, 3, as to cattle and horses, apply only if traffic be con- 

 veyed in cattle waggons and by goods trains. 



7. Poultry and dogs to be charged full rates both ways. 



8. No reduction in the ordinary rates for horses or cattle when conveyed in 

 horse boxes. 



9. Parties requiring the exclusive use of a horse-box for only one animal, to be 

 charged one fare and a half. 



The Secretary stated that, on the other hand, the directors of the Highland 

 Railway Company had very handsomely agreed to carry unsold stock going home 

 from the Aberdeen show in horse-boxes free of charge ; and to run special trains 

 with stock to or from the show, if the numbers are sufficient. 



Agricultural Education. — It was reported that at the recent examinations by 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England the principal prizes were gained by 

 students in the class of agriculture in the Edinburgh University, and that every 

 one of the Edinburgh agricultural candidates took a first prize. There were twelve 

 candidates, of whom six obtained prizes, and out of six prizemen four were Edin- 

 burgh men — three of them having already obtained the diploma of the Highland 

 Society. The following are the prizemen referred to : — 



S. H. Walton Science and Practice of Agriculture L. 10 



G. K. Walton Agricultural Chemistry 10 



R. Brydon Veterinary Science 10 



R. G. Striven Geology 5 



do. Botany 5 



General Meeting.— The subjects to be brought before the General Meeting on 

 the 24th of June were arranged, and the Secretary submitted the names of the 

 Candidates for election as members. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 24th JUNE 1868. 



Mr Goodlet, Bolshan, and afterwards His Grace the Duke of Buccleucii, 

 K.G., President of the Society, in the Chair. 



The business had relation to the Aberdeen Show, and the subjects to be brought 

 before the General Meeting of this date. 



