30 PEOCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



Mr Ballingall, Dunbog, said he did not mean to propose any amendment, but he 

 wished to make a few remarks on the principle, or at all events' the practice followed 

 in the selection of the members of the directorate. So far as he could see in reading 

 the lists of previous years, there were somewhere about twenty of the directors who 

 were proprietors, ten or thereabouts might be tenant-farmers ; and as to the extra- 

 ordinary directors, they were entirely from tlie i)roprietors. He thought that if the 

 election of the directors of the Society was kept in harmony with the spirit of the 

 times, there should be a larger infusion of the tenant-farmer class in the dii-ectorate in 

 the future. He wished to make these remarks in order that the directors might con- 

 sider the subject in proposing lists in future years. 



The noble Chair.max said that this question would come up later on, in the report 

 of the Committee on the Revision of the Charter. 



The list of office-bearers was then agreed to. 



Accounts for 1878-79.— Mr Walker of Bowland, C.B., submitted the accounts for 

 1878-79, which were approved. 



Argyll Naval Fund.— Admiral Maitlaxd Dougall presented the accounts of the 

 Ai-gyll Naval Fund for 1878-79, which were approved. 



Perth Show.— Mr Gillon of Wallhouse, said— After the full reports of the late 

 show at Perth, which have already been published, it is unnecessary for me to occupy 

 tlie time of the meeting with more than a very brief statement of the results. The 

 accounts are before you ; and although they exhibit a probable deficiency of upwards 

 of £300, still I am glad to say that in other respects the favourable anticipations enter- 

 tained of the meeting were fully realised. The stock generally was of a superior 

 character, and the implements, as well as the articles e.xhibited"^ in the other classes, 

 were highly satisfactory. The Society was fortunate in having had the presence and 

 active supervision of the Marquis of Lothian, the President ; while in Sir Alexander 

 Muir Mackenzie it liad the advantage of a most zealous chairman of the Local Com- 

 mittee. The Lord Provost and Magistrates affonled every facility ; and the Com- 

 missioners of Supply for the counties embraced in the district of the show contributed, 

 as you will observe from the accounts, to the auxiliary fund. I have, therefore, to 

 move—" 1. That the thanks of the Society be given to tlie Most Noble the Marquis of 

 Lothian, K.T., President of the Society, for his attendance at the General Show at 

 Perth, and for presiding at the general meeting held in the showyard, and at the 

 public dinner in the County Rooms. 2. That the thanks of the Society be given to the 

 Commissioners of Supply for the counties of Perth, Forfar, Fife, and" Kinross, for the 

 liberality -with which the auxiliary fund was provided. 3. That the thanks of the 

 Society be given to the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Perth for the cordiality witli 

 which they afforded their assistance in the arrangements connected with the" Perth 

 Show, and particularly for the use of the South Inch. 4. Tliat the thanks of the 

 Society be given to Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie of Delvine, Bart., convener of the 

 Local Committee elected by the counties of Perth, Forfar, Fife, and Kinross, for his 

 personaj exertions, and to the individual members of that committee for their co-opera- 

 tion in carrying into effect the wishes of the Society and the purposes of the Perth 

 meeting. 



The motion was unanimouslj- adopted. 



Kelso Show, 1880.— Mr Gillon of Wallliouse then said— I have, on the part of the 

 du-ectors, to report on the arrangements for the Show at Kelso, which it is proposed to 

 be held on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th July. The premium list has been arrangejl 

 with the concurrence of the members in the district. The family prizes in the Short- 

 horn breed have been fixed at £20, £10, and £5 ; and in the Border Leicesters at £15, 

 £10, and £5. The prizes for hunting mares and geldings have been increased from 

 £20, £10, and £5 to £30, £15, and £10 ; and those for jumping horses from £15, £8, 

 and £4 to £20, £10, and £6. The Tweeddale gold medal is on this occasion to be 

 given for the best Border Leicester tup in the yard. These are all the changes in the 

 stock prizes I need report on. In regard to the implement department, the meeting is 

 aware that, acting in concert with the representatives of the Scottish Engineers' 

 Association, three premiums of £20, £10, and £5 have been offered for approved 

 reports on the best method of arranging that section of the show. The period for 

 lodging reports was lately extended to the 23d of February. When received, the 

 reports will be circulated among the members of the Implement Committee, and after 

 being read, a meeting will be held to devise a plan for the future, which, after being 

 30usidered by the directors, will be submitted to a full meeting of the implement 

 makers at the Kelso Show, and thus they will have a voice in the new- system before 

 being finally adopted. Tlie arrangements made for the exhibition of implements last 

 year at Perth will therefore be repeated at Kelso. Tlie showyard will, as on tlie three 

 former occasions of the .show being at Kelso, be within the grounds of Springwood 

 Park. Messrs Haddon, Honeyburn ; Usher, Stodrig ; and Roberton, Ladyrig, have 

 been appoiuted to co-operate with the directors in connection with the Spring Show of 

 stallions. The premium has been fi.xed at £150. 



