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answer to which ten applications, iDesides various letters, were received. These were 

 carefully gone over by the Committee, who reported that they had considered all the 

 applications and relative documents, and had come to the conclusion that none of the 

 applicants combine all the quali^cations necessary for the post of chemist to the Society. 

 They considered, however, that some of the gentlemen Avho had applied ai'e possessed 

 in a considerable degree of those qualitications. Under these circumstances the Com- 

 mittee could not recommend the Directors to appoint any of the gentlemen who had 

 made application. The Committee also considered the letters received on the subject, 

 and which were included in the remit to them ; and they were of opinion, if the restric- 

 tion in regard to the entire services of the chemist being devoted to the Society were 

 removed, that much more eligible candidates would be induced to come forward. The 

 Committee also drew the attention of the Directors to the question of the absence of 

 laboratory accommodation, which is a serious complication in the matter. 



The Directors approved of the minute, and resolved to report in terms of it to the 

 general meeting on the 14th. 



Aberdeen Show. — The Secretary stated that he was to attend at the Imperial Hotel- 

 Aberdeen, on Friday the 9th current, to receive entries and close the list. 



Hungarian Method of JIaking Hay.— Letters were submitted from Mr Dudgeon 

 of Cargen, sending sample of hay made on the Hungarian method. Mr Dudgeon states 

 that the grass was put into a pit six feet deep, quite wet, on the day it was cut, 

 covered up to a depth of 18 inches with earth. The pit was opened in the beginning of 

 May, after having been enclosed for eleven months. He adds that the process appeared 

 perfectly successful, and though involving a little more expense, it was worthy of con- 

 sideration, in a wet season, whether it would not be worth while securing at least a part 

 of the crop in this manner. The sample was shown to the Directors, and can be 

 seen at No. 3 George IV. Bridge by any member who wishes to do so. Mr Menzies 

 stated that he had taken some of the hay home, and found that horses and cattle ate it 

 readily. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 14th JUNE 1876. 



~ Present- Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegarth, Bart. ; Admiral Sir William J. Hope 

 Johnstone, K.C.B.; Mr Gillon of Wallhouse ; Mr Milne Home of Wedderburn ; Mr 

 Hunter of Thurston ; Mr Irvine of Drum ; Mr Mackenzie of Portmore ; Mr Kenneth 

 Mackenzie, C.A.; Mr Munro, Fairnington ; Mr Oswald of Dunnikier ; Mr Stewai-t cf 

 Tngliston ; Mr Swinton, Holyn Bank ; Mr Pettigrew Wilson of Polquhairn ; Professor 

 Wilson ; Mr Wilson, Durn ; Mr Munro in the chair. Apologies were reported for 

 the absence of Mr Graham Binny, W.S., and Mr Walker of 13owland. 



The business had reference principally to the subjects to be brought before the 

 general meting of this date. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 1st NOVEMBER 1876. 



Present— ^\r Alexander Jardine of Applegarth, Bart. ; Admiral Sir William J. Hope 

 Johnstone, K.C.B, ; Mr Dundas of Arniston ; Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry ; Mr Gillon 

 of Wallhouse ; Mr Howatson of Dornell ; Mr Hunter of Thurston ; Mr Irvine of 

 Drum; Mr John Ord Machenzie of Dolphinton ; Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A. ; Mr 

 David Stevenson, C.E.; Captain Tod of llowden ; Mr Pettigrew Wilson of Polquhairn ; 

 l*rofessor Wilson— Mr Pettigrew Wilson of Pokiuhairn, in the chair. Mr F. N. 

 Menzies reported a])ologies for the absence of the Hon. G. R. Vernon, Auchans House ; 

 Sir George Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch, Bart. ; Mr Graham Binny, W.S. ; Mr 

 Cochrane, Little lladdo ; Mr Dove, EastJleld ; Mr Hutcheson of Carlowrie ; Mr Mac- 

 kenzie of Portmore ; Mr Martin, yr. of Auchendenuen ; Mr Murray of Dollerie ; Mr 

 Swinton, Holyn Bank ; Mr Walker of 13owland. 



Before proceeding to the business on the programme the following resolutions were 

 unanimously piuised : — 



TuK Late Marquis of Tweeddale.— " That the Directors of the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society of Scotland desire to expre.ss tlie deep and sincere regret with which 

 they have received the information of the dt-ath of tlu'ir late President, the Most Noble 

 the Man|uis of Twteddaic, K.T., G.C.H. That the Society having in the minutes of 

 the general meeting hold on the 15tli of January 1873, recoided, uiKin his Lordship's 

 retiring from the ollice of President, tlieir sense of the great importance of the assistance 

 which lie had rendered to the Society by his presence anil services at many general 

 .shows of the Society, and at numerous public meetings, for reports on various subjects, 

 and for the Zealand ability with wliidi he had uniformly ])roii)ott'd the cflicit'ncy and 

 prosperity of the Society, it only remains for the Directors to deplore the loss they, the 



