36 PREMIUMS OFFEEED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1877. 



2. The Convener of each District shall summon a meetino; of Committee 

 for the purpose of determining the time and place of Competition, the nomi- 

 nation of Judges, and other preliminary arrangements. The time and place 

 (which must be within the bounds of the District, unless in reference to 

 Stallions special permission has been obtained to the contrary), shall be 

 publicly intimated by Conveners. 



3. The IMoney Premiums awarded at District Competitions will be paid in 

 January next, by precepts issued by the Directors. No payments must, 

 therefore, be paid by the Secretary or Treasurer of any local Association. 



4. Stock must be the property of the Exhibitor at the date of Entry. No 

 entry shall be received later than one v:ech iwevious to the Show. Entry-Money 

 shall not exceed 2-| per cent, on the amount of the premium to be competed 

 for. 



5. The Competitions (except for Horses) must take place between the 1st 

 of April and the 26th of October, and are open to ail parties within the 

 District, whether members of the local Association or not. 



6. The Committee shall select the breed, and specify it in the returns. In 

 Cattle, the animals exliibited must belong to one of the following pure breeds 

 — Short-horn, Ayrshire, Polled (Galloway, Angus, or Aberdeen), Highland. 

 The Bulls may be of one breed, and the Heifers of another. In Sheep, the 

 breeds must be Leicester, Cheviot, or Blackfaced. 



7. Stock of an inferior description, or which does not fall within the pre- 

 scribed regulations, shall not be placed for competition. 



8. An animal which has gained the Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 iirst Money Premium at a previous District or General Show is inadmissible 

 in the same Class, except in the case of Stallions, and Bulls, Tups, and 

 Boars for the Medal ; and one which has gained a second Money Premium 

 can only thereafter compete in that Class for the first. 



9. The Premiums shall not be divided. In Cattle, Horses, Sheep, and 

 Swine, four lots in each Class will warrant the award of full; and two lots of 

 half. Premiums. In Dairy Produce, eight Exhibitors in any one Class will 

 warrant on award of full, and four of half, Premiums. A competitor may 

 exhibit two lots in each Class, except in Dairy Produce, where only one lot 

 is allowed from the same farm. For the Silver Medal to Proprietors two 

 lots are required. To authorise the award of the Medals in the intermediate 

 year, there must not be less than two lots in each Class. 



10. The Premiums for Stallions are open to General Competition. The 

 other Money Premiums are restricted to Tenant Farmers and Proprietors 

 farming the whole of their own lands, and not also Owners of land to an 

 extent exceeding L.500 per annum. 



11. A Tenant or Factor may compete with Proprietors for the Silver Medal 

 with a Bull, a Tup, or a Boar which has gained the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society's first Money Premium at a previous District or General Show. 

 When there is any doubt as to whether a competitor should be ranked as a 

 Proprietor or Tenant, the point is left to the decision of the local Committee. 



12. A Bull the property of two or more Tenants, may compete, although 

 the Exhibitors may not be Joint-Tenants. 



13. Bulls for which Money Premiums are awarded may be required to 

 serve in the District at least one season ; the rate of service to be fixed by 

 the Committee, and the prizes may be withheld till the conditions are ful- 

 filled. Premiums for the Heifers may be retained till the animals are 

 certified to have calved. 



14. Evidence must be produced that the Prize Stallions have had produce. 



15. Mares must have foals at foot (except when death of foal is certified), 

 or be entered as being in foal ; in the latter case payment of the Premiums 

 will be deferred till certificate of birth, which must be within 11 months 

 from the date of the Show. 



