PEOCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 9 



Howden ; Mr Pettigrew Wilson of Polquhairn ; Professor Wilson. — Mr ISIunro, Faim- 

 inoton, in the chair. Mr F. N. Menzies reported apologies for the absence of Sir 

 Alexander Jardine of Applegarth, Bart. ; Professor Balfour ; Mr Ferguson, Kinnoch- 

 ry ; Mr Irvine of Drum ; and Mr Walker of Bowland. 



Death of Mr Dickson, Hermiston. — Before proceeding to the business of the day, 

 the Directors resolved to record in the minutes the deep regret with which they regard 

 the death of Mr Alexander Dickson, Hermiston, and to express their sense of the valu- 

 able services which the Society had for so long a period received from him as a member 

 and Directo '. 



Office-Bearers. — The Secretary reported that the names of the noblemen and 

 gentlemen to be proposed by the Directors at the general meeting on the 17th curt., to 

 till the vacancies in the list for 1876, had been published in terms of the Bye- 

 Daws, 



General Meeting. — The programme of business to be brought before the anniver- 

 sarj' general meeting on Wednesday the 17th current was arranged. 



New Members. —The list of candidates for admission as members at the general 

 meeting was submitted. 



Finance.— The Secretary stated that the abstracts of the accounts for 1875-76 had 

 been signed, in terms of the bye-laws, by two members of the Finance Committee, and 

 by the auditor. 



Chemical Department. — The report by the Chemical Committee was submitted 

 and approved. (See report at general meeting, 17th January 1877.) 



Edinburgh and Dumfries Shows. — The Secretary stated that at a meeting cf 

 members connected with the three Lothians, held on the 27th December, the premium 

 list and regulations for the general show to be held at Edinburgh on 24th of July, and 

 three following days, had been submitted and approved ; and that at a meeting held 

 at Dumfries on the 20th of December, the classes of stock as arranged by the Directors 

 were approved, subject to the following suggestions : — 1. That in place of only one 

 section for Galloway cows of any age, tliere should be two— viz., cows calved before 

 and cows calved after 1st January 1875. 2. That in the Ayrshire breed there should 

 be a section for three-year-old cows in milk. 3. That in fat stock a section for two- 

 year-old Galloway heifers should be added. 4. That there should be four sections for 

 Liiicolns, same as Border Leicesters. 5. That in place of wether hoggs of any cross 

 not above one shear there should be two sections— viz., half-bred wether hoggs not 

 above one shear, and cross-bred wether hoggs not above one shear. 6. That imder 

 wool there should be an additional sectionfor best woolled tup of any other long- 

 wooUed breed. 7. That a class for dairy produce shoukl be added with eight sections, 

 as follow— Cured, powdered, and fresh butter ; Cheddar cheese ; Cheddar cheese, 14 

 11). and under ; Dunlop cheese ; cheese of any other variety ; cheese, flat make, any 

 variety, under 15 lb. The Directors agreed to add the above classes, and to extend the 

 four sections sanctioned for Lincolns to Leicesters, Cotswolds, Southdowns, and 

 Shropshires, it being understood that the amount of money granted to these classes shall 

 not be increased. 



Works on the Agriculture of Italy and Great Britain.— Letters were sub- 

 mitted from the Director of the Italian Agricultural Office, sending copy of work in 

 two volumes on the agricultural conditions of that country from 1870 to 1874, together 

 with an atlas of the ])rincipal cultivated grounds in Italy ; and from Herr Theodor 

 Koerner, Thorn, West Prussia, presenting a copy of a publication by him on the agri- 

 culture of Great Britain. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 17tii JANUARY 1S77. 



Present— The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G.; Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart, : 

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

 stone, K.C.B. ; Mr Graham Binny, W.S. ; Mr Cochrane, Little Haddo; Mr Copland, 

 Mill of Ardlethen ; Mr Erskiue of Cardross ; Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry ; Mr Gillon of 

 Wallhouse ; .Mr .Milm- Home of Wedderburn ; xMr Hunter of Thurstoiie ; Mr Hutchi- 

 son of Carlowrie ; Colonel Innes of Learney ; Mr Irvine of Drum ; Mr Mackenzie of 

 Portmorc ; Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A. : Sir Murray of Dollerie ; Mr Smith, Steven- 

 son .Mains ; Mr David Stevenson, C.E. ; Captain Tod" of Howdi-n ; Mr Pettign-w Wil- 

 son of Pol(|uliairn ; J 'roft'ssor Wilson.- Mr Mackenzie of I'ortniore in the chair. Mr 

 F. N. Mk.nzies reported apologies for the absence of tlie Hon. G. R. Vernon; Sir 

 George Macj.lier.snn (! rant, Bart. ; .Mr Howatson of Dornel ; Mr jMaxwell Inglis of 

 Loganbank ; Mr .Martin, yr. of Auchendennan ; and Mr Munro, Fairnington.^ 



The business liad reference principally to the subjects to bo brought before the 

 general meeting of this date. 



