6 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 



Society, and the nation have now suffered by the death of one who had been for sixty- 

 eight years connected with tlie Society, and who had rendered so many eminent services 

 to his country, both as a soldier apd an agriculturist." 



The Late Sir James IIoen Burnett, Bart. — "■ That the death of Sir James Honi 

 Burnett of Leys, Bart. , having been communicated to the Directors of the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society of Scotland, they resolved to record their sincere regret for his 

 loss, and their sense of the obligations which the Society owed to him, both as an ordi- 

 nary and extraordinary director." 



The Late Mr Baird op Auchmedden. — " That the intimation of the death of Mr 

 James Baird of Auchmedden, having been made to the Directors of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society of Scotland, they resolved to express their sorrow for his loss, and 

 their sense of his services as a member and a director of the Society." 



The Late Mr Gibson, Woolmet. — " That the Directors of the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society of Scotland have to record their sense of the severe loss occasioned 

 to the Society by the death of Mr John Gibson, Woolmet, one of their number. 

 That the Society having at the general meeting on the 17th of January 1872 ex- 

 pressed, on Mr Gibson's resignation of the office of Chairman of the Machinery Com- 

 mittee, the sense they entertained of the zealous discharge of his duties on the occasion 

 of the general shows since 1864, the Directors have only now to lament the loss they 

 have sustained by the removal of one who took the deepest interest in the Society, and 

 Avhose presence at their meetings was of great benefit to it," 



That these resolutions be engrossed in the minutes of the Society, and that the Secre- 

 tary be instructed to transmit a copy of them respectively to the Marquis of Tweed- 

 dale ; Lady Burnett of Leys ; Mrs Baird of Auchmedden ; and Mr Andrew Gibson. 



Celtic Chair. — At the general meeting in June last a petition having been read from 

 Professor Blackie urging the claims of the Celtic Cliair, it was agreed that, in respect 

 the encouragement of Celtic literature was one of the original objects of the Society, the 

 Directors should be empowered, if they found that the Society could spare the funds, to 

 contribute 100 guineas towards the scheme in question, such subscription to be paid at 

 once, or in a series of instalments, as might be deemed most expedient. On the recom- 

 mendation of the Finance Committee, the Board agreed to pay the subscription in one 

 sum, and that it should be included in the current j^ear's account. 



Chemical Department. — The resolution of the last general meeting approving of the 

 report of the Directors, and agreeing to rescind the restrictions imposed at the general 

 meeting in January in regard to the services of the chemist to be appointed being entirely 

 devoted to the Society, and various letters on the subject, were rejnitted to the Committee 

 in charge of the Chemical Department. 



Veterinary Department. — The Secretary reported that the preliminary examination 

 of students for the Society's veterinary certificate took place on the 11th and 12th July, 

 when forty-one students entered their names for examination, and twenty-seven passed. 



Agricultural Education. — The examination of candidates for the Society's bursaries 

 was held on the 27th October, when Mr Robert Lyall, Catchery Watten, Caithness ; and 

 Mr William Reekie, Walton, Fife, passed for a bursary of L.20 each; and Mr D. G. 

 Braidwood, Parduvine, Mid-Lothian, for one of L.IO. The bursaries are tenable for one 

 year. By the regulations Messrs Lyall and Reekie require to take the classes in the 

 Edinburgh University necessary to qualify for the Society's, certificate or diploma, and 

 Mr Braidwood's bursary is given on the understanding that he continues his studies and 

 qualifies for examination next year. The examinations were conducted by Professor 

 Wilson, Professor Balfour, and Dr William Stirling. The Board approved of the report. 

 Glasgow Show, 1875 — Shorthor^i Cows. — The third premium awarded to Mr 

 Hutchinson, Manor House, for " Dairy Girl," has been forfeited, the animal having 

 failed to produce a calf within the specified period. The premium has been transferred 

 to Mr Beattie, Newbie House, for " Cherry Queen." 



Two-year-old Shorthorn Heifers. — The second and third premiums, awarded respec- 

 tively to Mr Tweedie, Deuchrie, for "Red Tulip," and to Mr Marr, Upper Mill, for 

 " Mary Anne 10th," have been forfeited, the animals not having calved within the pre- 

 scribed time. The second premium has been awarded to Mr Law, New Keig, for 

 "Dorothy." 



T%oo-y ear-old Polled Heifers.— The second and third premiums, awarded respectively 

 to Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart., for " Ethel " (1415), and to the Earl of Fife for 

 *'Pluscarden" (1937), have been forfeited, the animals having failed to conform to 

 the rules as to calving. The second premium has been transferred to the Earl of Fife for 

 *'Edith." 



Mares in Foal. — The first and fourth premiums, awarded respectively to Mr Gardner, 

 Boghead, for " Jess," and to Mr Lang, Garneyland, for "Nancy," have been forfeited, 

 the animals not having proved in foal. The first premium has been transferred to Mr 

 Suter, Collie ; the second to Mr Clarke, Spindlehowe ; and the third to Mr Murdoch, 

 Hilton. 

 Aberdeen Show, 1876. — Jwarc^s.— The Directors approved of the awards at the late 



