22 PROCEEDIXGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



5. That with each analysis is furnished names and addresses of the seller and the 



buyer or buyers, the guarantee given, the price at which bought, and the result 

 as determined by the association's analyst. 



6. Tliat sellers be bound to supply up to 20 tons of any manufactured manure 



reported upion at the saniK price to any member of the association, if called 

 upon within fourteen days after the analysis has been reported to the associa- 

 tion. 



7. Tliat all analyses be reported on a uniform basis, to be furnished by the Society, 



and valuations of manures, if any are made, to be calculated on a uniform 



standard to be issued each year by the Societj^ 

 III. That full details of all analyses made, for which contribution has been 

 paid, shall be published each year in the Transactions ; but before such is done in the 

 case of any which shall show an inferiority in valuable constituents of more than (5 or 

 10 per cent. ?) between the guarantee given and the analysis obtained, there may be (at 

 the option of the seller, to whom due notice shall be given) an appeal to an independent 

 chemist to be chosen by the Society. 



A])pointnie7it of, and Remit to, Committee. 



In accordance with the resolution by the General Meeting at Kelso, the following 

 members were nominated at a Special Meeting of Directors held on 1st September, to 

 consider and report on the subject matter embraced in Mr Scott Dudgeon's proposed 

 resolutions, and on the proposal by the Directors to give the chemist an allowance for 

 assistants and laboratory expenses. 



Members selected by Directors :— Lord Napier and Ettrick, K.T. ; Mr Mackenzie 

 of Portmore ; Mr Mylne, Niddrie Mains ; ]Mr Smith, Whittinghame ; Mr Smitli, 

 Stevenson Mains. 



Members nominated by Mr Scott Dudcieox :- -Mr Scott Dudgeon, Longnewton ; 

 Eev. John Gillespie, Mouswald ; Mr W. P. Hope, Leith ; Mr Nicoll, Littleton ; Mr 

 Ross, Newtonlees. 



Itecomnioidatioyis by Committee. 



In terms of the above remit, your Committee met on the 13th October (when Lord 

 Napier and Ettrick, K.T., was appointed chairman), on the 10th Noveml)er, and on 

 the 8th and 15th December, and having considered the subjects remitted to them, an<l 

 heard the opinions of the several members, beg to report as follows : — 



I. Chemical Analyses. 



I. With the view of encouraging, as well as regulating the conduct of, analytical 

 associations, the Committee recommend that the Society should contribute from its 

 funds towards their expenses a sum for the present not exceeding £250 annually. 



II. Tliat the amount of such contribution shall lie to each association at the rate of 

 5s. for each full analysis, and 2s. 6d. for each partial analysis of manures or feeding- 

 stuffs effected, or such proportion thereof as the above annual contribution may permit 

 of, the pecuniary assistance thus contemplated to be sultject to the following conditions 

 being complied with to the satisfaction of tlie Chemical Committee : — 



1. That the rules of the association be submitted to and approved of by the 



Chemical Committee. 



2. That it be a condition of participating in the grant that the association make 



analyses for members of the Highland and Agricultural Society being farmers 

 and not members of the local association, charging them the cost price to the 

 association, less the amount recovered from the Society. 



3. That the association is managed by a committee of practical farmers owning 



or occupying land in the district. 



4. That the analyst employed is of acknowledged standing. 



5. That the benefits of the grant shall apply only to analyses made for farmers, and 



that they subscribe towards the expenses of the association, subject to the 

 exception in No. 2. 



6. That each analysis represents at least 2 tons of bulk actually purchased under 



guarantee, or at a specified price per unit of valuable ingredients, and delivered 

 to one or more members, and that the analysis has been made from a sample 

 drawn in accordance with the published instructions of the Society, and that a 

 sealed duplicate sample has Ijeen retained. 



7. That with each analysis is furnished the names and addresses of the seller and 



of the buyer or buyers, the guarantee given, the cash or credit price at which 

 bought, the place of delivery, and the result as determined by the analyst of 

 the association. 



8. That in the case of any manufactured manure reported upon, the seller shall 



be obliged to supply memljers of the association with a further rpiantity at 

 the same price and terms, proWded the order is given not later than one month 



