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town of Kelso will be represented by Mr Darling, banker ; IMr Slight, junior magis- 

 trate ; Mr James Tait, W.S. ; Mr James Jolmston ; Mr Gilbert Aitchison ; Mr 

 Brunton, Broomlands ; My J. H. Rutlierford ; and Dr Edward Johnson, Forest Field. 

 A large and influential dei)utation ot Directors and other office-bearers, headed by the 

 Marc|uis of Lothian, K.T., the President, will also attend during the Show, A 

 meeting of the General Committee was held at Kelso on Friday last, when the 

 following sul)-committees were appointed : — Admission of Stock. — JMr Munro, Fair- 

 nington, convener; Mr Pvoberton, Ladyrig ; and Dr Johnson, Kelso. Fcrrage Yard. — 

 Mr Burn, Ednam, convener ; Mr Scott, Spylaw ; and ]\Ir Kay, Linton Bankhead. 

 Police. — Lord Polwarth, convener; Mr Eliott Lockliart of Borthwickbrae, and Mr Ord 

 of Over Whitton. Banquet and Ball. — Sir John Marjoribanks of Lees, Bart., con- 

 vener; the Duke of Pioxburghe ; Mr Brunton, Broomlands; Mr Smith, senior magis- 

 trate ; Mr Roy of Nenthorn ; Mr Tait, Kelso ; Mr Campbell Swinton of KimmergLaine ; 

 Sir.George Waldie-Griflith, Bart. ; Sir George Houston Boswall, Bart. ; and Mr Elliot, 

 yr. of Wolfelee. Accommodo.tion of Stranyers. — The Kelso Committee — Islr Smith, 

 convener. The business of the Show will begin on the morning of Tuesday, 27th July,, 

 by a meeting of the General Committee and judges, previous to the admission of the 

 iniblic at eleven. The Directors have arranged to adopt turnstiles for the admission 

 of the public, so that the members will be relieved from taking money at tlie gates. 

 Tn the evening the Directors and judges Avill dine in the Cross Keys Hotel, the head- 

 ([uarters of the Society. On Wednt-sday the general meeting of members takes place 

 in the yard at 1.30. The Marquis of Lothian will, as P)-esident, occupy the chair at 

 that meeting, as well as at the public banquet, which will be held the same evening in 

 tlie Corn Exchange. On the evening of the following day (Thursday) the usual IaiIL 

 will be held. The recommendation by the deputation appointed to visit the KiUnirn 

 Show, that the Society should have a members' club-room, with ladies' and gentlemen's 

 lavatories attached, has lieen acted on for Kelso, and to it members, on production of 

 their tickets, will be entitled to introduce their friends. In addition, there w:ll be the 

 ordinary refreshment rooms for the public and attendants in charge of stock. The 

 North British llailway has put in hand a hirge addition to the station accommodation, 

 which should prevent the block-up there was on the last occasion. Admission tickets 

 have been sent to all members residing in the district embraced in the Show — the 

 counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles. If any should have been 

 omitted, they will be supplied on sending notice to the Society's office in Edinburgh. 

 Members residing in other localities must apply before the IZth of July. On this 

 occasion the Directors have resoh-ed to issue season tickets to non-members, the charge 

 for which will be £1, to include admission to the judging and horse-ring gallery. 

 The ticket will bear the name and be signed by the party to whom it has been granted.. 

 It will be forfeited if presented by any other than the one in whose name it is issued,, 

 and the name published. In addition to the subscriptions from the counties embraced 

 in the district of the Show already reported, the Kelso Committee have, through Mr 

 Smith, chief magistrate, intimated a contribution of £50 from the town of Kelso 

 to\yards the funds of the Society, as an expression of the interest the inhabitants take 

 in it, and of their desire for the success of the forthcoming show. 



The rei)ort was atlopted. 



Petition from thk CAUiacK Farmers' Society. — Mr Gillon then read the following 

 l|etition from the Carrick Farmers' Society :—" Unto the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland, — The petition of the Carrick Farmers' Society, liuml)ly showeth : 

 That your petitioners observe that your Society liave recently resolved that, in the 

 year 1881, the dates of calving of cattle are to be counted as from 1st December 

 instead of 1st January : That your petitioners are of ojiinion that the change 

 embodied in this resolution effects no improvement, while it may result in disad- 

 vantage to many breeders : That the date hitherto fixed and understood— namely, 1st 

 Jaiiuary— has in the past met with general approval, and should be adhered to : Your 

 Ijetitioners, therefore, pray that the resolution referred to recently adopted by your 

 Society may be rescinded, and the former rule reverted to and re-adopted. Signed in 

 name and by authority of this Society, *' David Buown, Secretary." 



It was agreed to remit the petition' to the Directors. 



Chemfcal Department.— Mr Mackenzie of Portmore said— It will be in the 

 recollection of members that at the general meeting in January la.st the resolution of 

 the general nieeting at Perth— "That the Society subsidise their chemist, so that he 

 would l)e able to give the members analyses at the same rates as local associations do" 

 —was remitted back to the Directors for further consideration, and that Mr Scott 

 Dudgeon gave notice that at the next general meeting he would move that the 

 resolution l)e rescinded. The Directors at their first nu-eting thereafter referretl the 

 subject to the committee in charge of the chemical deparlnient. That committee 

 reported that they had already considered tlie resolution to the fullest extent, and 

 recommended that no further action should be taken in the matter in respect of the 

 notice of motion by Mr Dudgeon. At a recent meeting of the boanl, Mr Dudgeon 



