28 PKOCEEDINGS AT GEXEKAL MEETINGS. 



The Marquis of HuNTLT — Cannot a general meeting, announced by advertisement, 

 alter a bye-law ? 



The noble Chatrjl-o^ — All such matters must be given notice of at one of the 

 general meetings iu January or June, and submitted to future meetings. 



ilr Molijso:n' then said he was quite Nvilliug to leave the matter in the hands of the 

 directors. His experience of them had been such as to enable him to say that gi'eat 

 liberality had been shown by them in these matters. 



Tlie motion was thereupon agreed to. 



The Marquis of Huxtlt said that some of the members of the committee ought to 

 be appoiuted from the outside, and not entirely from the directorate. If that were 

 approved of, it would meet with the approval of all present. 



The C'HAIEMAX said it was not the practice of the directors to appoint only direc- 

 tors, and therelore others than directors would be placed on this committee. 



Meetdtgs of Members at the Sujoier Shows. — TheCHAIRMA^■ read the following 

 motion, notice of which had been given by Mr G. W. Murray, Baulf : — "That this 

 meeting resolves that a general meeting of members shall be held at Kelso during the 

 Show 1880, and remits to the dii-ectors to make the necessary arrangements for carrying 

 out this resolution. Also resolves that a general meeting of members shall he held 

 each year at the time and jjlace of the Society's annual meeting. " He (the Chaii-man) 

 did not know what this motion meant, as it was identical with the one carried at last 

 general meeting, which provided that a meeting should be held annually at the time and 

 place of the summer shows, and of course there would be a meeting at Kelso iu 1880. 



Mr Murray expressed his pleasme that such a resolution had been adopted. He 

 had been appointed to make this motion, and those who had been associated with him 

 understood that only one annual meeting had been Jixed upon. If the du-ectors 

 looked roimd the room they would see the popvilarity of such a meeting. He 

 had lately had occasion to meet viifh the directors, and he always found them ready 

 and willing to concdiate matters. He thought th.at the members had only to come in 

 contact with the directors in order to see that they were ■nilling and anxious to do 

 right, and if the directors came in contact with the members at such meetings, 

 and showed their hands, he did not think there woidd be any opposition to 

 them. 



The subject then dropped. 



Awards by the Machikery Committee. — Mr George Greig, Harvieston, moved 

 — " That with the view to give greater confidence to exhibitors and purchasers of im- 

 plements exhibited at the shows of the Society, the following gentlemen, all practically 

 experienced in machinery and implements, be added to the Machinery Committee of 

 the Society : — Mr John Kemp, Stirling ; Mr J. A. R. Main, Clydesdale Iron Works, 

 Glasgow ; Mr J ohn Marshall, Maybole ; Mr John roung, Ayr ; Mr William Wallace, 

 Glasgow ; and Mr Anderson, of Messrs Ben. Reid & Co., Aberdeen. In suiiportiug 

 the motion, he said it was right to explain that it tlid not emanate from him as an 

 individual. He was put forward by the Society of Agiicultural Engineers in Scotland. 

 Many of the members present were aware that considerable dissatisfaction existed 

 amongst the exhibitors of implements at this Society^s show. Hitherto there had been 

 a system of awarding medals vvithout any practical test, and whUe this did not meet 

 the wants of implement makers, it also was a gi-eat evU in recommending implements 

 untested to the members of the Society. The Agicidtural Engineers of Scotland had 

 resolved that, unless the Society tested all implements equally before awarding medals, 

 they would not exhibit. A good deal of correspondence had taken place between the 

 Society of Agricultiiral Engineers and the directors, and the residt had been, he 

 thought, an approach to an amicable arrangement. From what the chairman had said 

 in regard to a pre\ious motion as to the appointment of a committee, he was afraid 

 his ovm motion would fall to the ground. He was very much pleased to find that 

 the directors were prepared to meet them as to appointing practical men upon the 

 committee. The Agricultural Engineers of Scotland were prepared to reduce the 

 number of gentlemen proposed. 



Mr Mylke, Niddrie Mains, said — it appeared to him that Mr Greig had proposed 

 rather too many names to be added to the committee. They did not like large com- 

 mittees, as they were not woi-kable. The names of members of committees had always 

 been selected by the directors, and he hoped Mr Greig woidd allow them stiU to do 

 so. He was sure the directors would meet the view of the exhibitors. He thougiit it 

 would be much better that this matter shoidd be remitted back to the directors, on 

 the understanding that they might add a few more names connected with the pro- 

 fession to the committee if they felt it to be desirable. 



The C'HATRMAN said it had been already agreed that the engineers should be repre- 

 sented on the committee. He thought they would all be of opinion that it was very 

 desirable that the exhibitors of agiicultural implements shoidd be perfectly satisfied 

 with the treatment they received in the showyard, to incite them to send as many im- 

 plements as possible. At the present time of depressed trade, when there was a cry 



