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to publisli it, to afford nu'iiibers au oji]iortunity of considering the suggestions before 

 the general niut'tiiig, when the rejiort will he disposed of. 



llKVisioN ov Chautkk. — Tlie resolution of tlie general lueeling of members, held 

 at Perth in .Inly last — "That a committee be ajipoiuted to revise tlie Society's 

 iharter, and consider any changes which the altered state of matters now existing 

 may render necessary'' — was, at the Hoard meeting on 5th November, refeiTed to 

 the Committees on Finance and Law, with the addition of Mr Irvine ol' Drum, Sherifl' 

 of Argj'U ; and Mr Mollisou, Dochgarroch Lodge, the mover of the resolution at 

 Perth. 



The committee met on 10th December, and having gone carefully over the charter, 

 reported that, under the regulations made by the Society and recited in the charter, 

 the fourth regulation bears that " the Society shall also annually at the said general 

 meeting in January choose out of their ordinary members, vs'ho are usually resilient in 

 Ediuburgli or its immediate vicinity, a Board of thirty Directors, of whom at least 

 seven shall be newly elected ; and also ten Extraordinary Directors, who may be only 

 occasionally resident in Edinburgh." 



j\Ir Mollison suggested that this regulation should be altered as follows : — " The 

 Society shall also annually, at the said general meeting in January, choose out of the 

 ordinary meml)ers a Board of thirty Directors, special regard being had to the con- 

 venience of one-third of that number for attending meetings of the Board held in 

 Edinburgh — seven members at least shall be newly elected. The Society shall also at 

 same meeting choose twenty Extraordinary Directors, seven of these to be newly 

 elected, and not fewer than seven out of the wliole number to be resident in tlie dis- 

 trict in which tlie Show of the year is to be held. " Mr Mollison expressed himself 

 satisfied with the charter in every other respect ; and the committee, conceiving that 

 the Society has authority under the tenth regulation of the charter to make such bye- 

 laws as would give full efl'ect to Mr Mollison's suggestions, recommended them for the 

 adoption of the Directors. 



Tlie Boaril approved of the various suggestions, except that the number of newly 

 elected Extraordinary Directors should, as at present, remain at ten in place of 

 seven. 



The proposed new bye-laws, in conformity with the report and Directors' find- 

 ing, were then read ; and it was resolved to bring them up again at next Board 

 meeting, jirevious to lieing submitted to the anniversary general meeting on the 21st 

 current, in terms of the charter. 



Kelso Show, 1880. — The report of the meetmg of members held at Kelso on the 

 12th December was submitted, from which it appeared that a discussion took jjlace on 

 the proposed premium of £100 for the best stallion for agricultural purposes to serve 

 in the district of the Show in season 1880 ; that it was moved by Mr Scott Du<lgeon, 

 Longnewton, and seconded by Mr Calder, Halterlnirn, that the meeting approve of 

 the £100 as sufficient. Mr Haddon, Iloneyburn, moved as an amendment, and Mr 

 Roberton, Harperton, seconded, that the meeting recommend the Directors to increase 

 the premium to £150. On a vote being taken the amendment was carried. It was 

 agreetl to recommend an increase of the prizes for hunting mares and geldings (sections 

 13 anil 14) from £20, £10, and £5, to £30, £15, and £10 in both sections ; also to 

 increase the prizes for jumping horses from £10, £5, and £3, to £20, £10, and £6. 

 Messrs Haddon, Honey burn ; Usher, Stodrig; and Roberton, Ladyrig, were appointed 

 a committee to co-operate with the Directoi's in connection with the Spring Show of 

 stallions. The report was approved. 



Lmi'lemekt Department. — It was resolved to extend the period for receiving 

 reports on the best method of arranging the implement department to 23d of 

 Feljruary. 



Galloway Cattle. — A letter was submitted from the Rev. John Gillespie, IMous- 

 wald, secretary of the Galloway Cattle Society, stating that at a meeting of the council 

 of that society, held at Dumfries on the day of the Union Show in August last, it was 

 unanimously resolved to approve of the resolution brought belbre the general meeting 

 of the Highland Society in the showyard at Perth by Mr Graham, Parcelstowu, to the 

 effect that the same rule should be applied to Galloways as to Shorthorns, in respect 

 of their being eligible for entry at the Shows of the Highland Society. The letter was 

 remitted to the General Show Committee. 



PnorosED Show at Stirling, 1881. — The Secretary reported that at a meeting of 

 raemliers held at Stirling on the 19th Decemlier, the list of the classes of stock was 

 approved of, subject to the following additions and alterations suggested for the con- 

 sideration of the Directors : — 1. That there should be a section for three-year-old 

 Ayrshire cows in milk. 2. That the section for tups three shear and upwards of the 

 Blackfaced, Cheviot, and Border Leicester lireeds should be deleted, and the section 

 for two shear tups in these breeds be open to all tups above one shear. 3. That there 

 should l>e a class for collie dogs, both long-haired and short-haired, male and female. 

 The Board approved of the various suggestions made at the Stirling meeting. 



