PEOCEEDINGS AT BOAKD :\]EETIXGS. 5 



Mr F. N. Mexzies reported apologies for the absence of Lord Napier and Ettrick, 

 K.T. ; Mr Graham Binuy, W.S. ; Mr Dickson of Corstorpliine ; Mr Irvine of Drum ; 

 Mr Kennedy of Sunday well, Brandlej s ; 'Mr Murray of DoUerie : Mr Smith, chief 

 magistrate, Kelso ; and Professor Wilson. 



Chemical Department. — In conformity with the recommendation from the general 

 meeting of the Society held at Kelso on the 28th of July, a Committee of ten members 

 was nominated to consider and report on the subject-matter embraced in. Mr Scott 

 Dudgeon's proposed resolutions. 



General Shows.— According to the present rotation, the General Show for 1882 

 should be held at Inverness, but, on a suggestion by the Secretary, the Board agreed 

 to recommend to the next general meeting to hold the Show for that year at Glasgow, 

 and to postpone Inverness till 1883, with the view of holding the General Show at 

 Edinburgh in 1884, the year of the centenary of the Society. The Secretary also sub- 

 mitted a sclieme for altering the order in which the districts are visited, so that three 

 Shows should be held between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in place of five and one, as at 

 present. 



International Exhibition of Wool, &c.— The Secretary stated that he had 

 received a letter from 'Sir P. L. Simmonds, Superintendent of the International Exhi- 

 bitions Department, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, S.E., intimating that the Directors of 

 tlie Crystal Palace Company intend to hold an international exhibition next year of 

 wool and woollen manufactures and their allied industries. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 3d NOVEMBER 1880. 



Preseni— The Earl of Haddington; Lord Rear; Lord Polwarth ; Sir James R. 



(4ibson-Maitland of Clifton Hall, Bart. ; Mr Cunningham, Tarbreoch ; Mr Dingwall, 



I'uimornie ; Mr Scott Dudgeon, Longnewton ; Mr Gillon of Wallhouse ; Mr Hope, 



Duddiugston ; Mr Irvine of Drum ; Mr Eliott Lockhart of Borthwickbrae ; Mr Murray 



of Dollerie ; Mr Mylne, Niddrie Mains ; Mr Ritcliie of Middleton ; Mr Smith, chief 



Stevenson Mains, in the chair. 



Mr F. N. Menzies reported apologies for the absence of Mr Dickson, of Corstor- 

 phine; Mr Kennedy of Sundaywcdl, Brandleys ; and Mr Ralston, Glamis House. 



Before proceeding with the business on the programme, the following resolutions 

 were passed : — 



The Late Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C. A.— That the Directors of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society of Scotland desire to express the deep and sincere regret with 

 which they have received the intimation of the death of Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A. ; 

 and their sense of the obligations which the Society owed to liim as examiner in book- 

 keeping under the Society's Educational Charter since 1857, and as Auditor of Accounts 

 for a period of twenty years. 



The Late Mr Oru of Over Whitton.— That the death of Mr John Ord of Over 

 Whitton having been communicated to the Directors of the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland, they resolved to record their sorrow for his loss, and their sense of 

 hi.s services as a member and a Director ot the Society. 



Perth Show, 1879. — The premiums awarded for two-year-old ]>olled Angus or 

 Aberdeen and Galloway heifers, and lor mares in foal, at the late Show at Perth (pay- 

 ment of wliich has been susjtcnded till birth of produce was certifieil), were reported 

 U> have been finally deci.led as follow •.—Polh-il Anr/us or Aherdeen Heifers— \ and 3, 

 .J<.hu Hannay, Gavenwood, Eianff, for " Corriemulzie IL" (3415) an<l '' Kate of Glen- 

 barry IV." (3512); 2, William J. Tavler, Rothiemay House, Huntly,for "Kate 

 Darling" (3573). (ialluxnay Hii/ns—\, 2, and 3, the Duke of Hncleuch an.l Queens- 

 btriy, K.G., for "Alice III. of Drumianrig" (298(5), ''Harriet IX. of Drumlanrig" 

 (2980), an<l " Princess U. of Drundanrig " (299U). Mures in Fml—l, Robert Loder, 

 Whittlebury, Towcester, for "Jess;" 2, William Brork, Barns of Clyde, Yoker, for 

 "Lily;" 3, Thomas Muirhead (Crookedstonu), Townhill Store, Dunfermline, for 

 " Young Je.ssie ;" 4, no reward— none of the other animals having produced foals in 

 terms of the remdalions. 



Rotation of (Jkneral Shows.— The Secretary stated that, in accordance with tlie 

 instructions given at the Special Meeting of the Board held on the 1st of Sei»teniber, 

 he had communicated to the Conveners of all the connties connected witli tluf (Jlasgow 

 and Inverness districts the pr(»i)0sal to hold the Show at Glasgow in 1882, and at 

 Inverness in 1883, with the view of holding the (Jenernl Show at Edinburgh in 1884, 

 the year of the centenary of the Society. The result was that there were no obji-ctioiis 



