16 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 



Nomination of Directors by Show Districts. 



A report by the Secretary was read, showing that the following members had been 

 nominated and recommended by the Board to act as Ordinary Directors, in terms of 

 the regulations :— Glasgow District — Mr John Lome Stewart of Coll. Perth District 

 • — Mr Macduff of Bonhard. Stirling District — Mr David Buchanan, Garscadden 

 Mains. Edinburgh District — Sir James H. Gibson-Craig of Riccarton, Bart. Aber- 

 deen District — Mr John Marr, Cairnbrogie. Dumfries District — The Rev. John 

 Gillespie, Mouswald. Inverness District — No nomination. Kelso District — Mr R. 

 H. Elliot of Clifton Park. 



Office-bearers and Directors. 

 It was remitted to the following committee to prepare a list of Office-Bearers and 

 Directors, and to submit it for consideration at the December meeting : — Mr Maxwell, 

 yr. 'of Munches ; Mr Murray, Catter House ; Mr Elliot, Hollybush ; Mr Paterson, 

 Plean Farm ; Mr Mackenzie, yr. of Kintail ; Sir Robert Menzies, Bart. ; Rev. John 

 Gillespie ; Mr Howatson of Glenbuck ; Mr Cran, Kirkton ; Mr Matthews, Newton- 

 Stewart ; ]\Ir Milne, Inverurie ; Mr Murdoch, Gartcraig ; Mr Allan, Munnocli ; Mr 

 Gilmour of Lundin ; Mr ]M 'Queen of Crofts; Mr Fisher, Jelly holm ; Mr Park, 

 Dechmont. Mr Murray, convener. 



Horse Breeding. 

 Mr Gilmour of Lundin, Kilmaron Castle, Cupar Fife, was nominated to represent 

 the Society on the Trust to be appointed for managing the fund for the encourage- 

 ment and improvement of the breed of horses in Great Britain. 



Agricultural and Dairy Schools. 

 A deputation, consisting of Mr Mackenzie of Portmore, the Rev. John Gillespie, 

 and Mr M 'Queen of Crofts, was appointed to give evidence to the Committee on 

 Agricultural and Dairy Schools, should they be required. 



General Shows. 



A report by the Committee on General Shows, recommending the classes and 

 premiums for Glasgow Show next year, was before the Board, and directed to be 

 printed and circulated before the meeting of the Board in December. 



District Competitions. 



It was remitted to the District Committee on Shows and on Cottage Competitions 

 to revise the awards in 1887, and to consider the applications for 1888. 



Telegraph Offices on West Coast. 

 With reference to the memorial adopted by the Board in June last, the following 

 communications were read : — " General Post Office, London, 28th September 1887. 

 Sir, — With reference to the petition from the Highland and Agricultural Society 

 of Scotland, forwarded in your letter of the 4th June last, I am directed by the 

 Postmaster-General to enclose, for the information of the petitioners, a copy of a 

 letter which has been sent to Mr Arthur AV. Nicholson of Arisaig House, Fort- 

 William, in reply to a memorial on the same subject. — I am, &c. (Signed) C. H. B. 

 Patey. " 



Copy Letter to Mr Nicholson. 



"General Post Office, London, 2Sth September 1887. 



" Sir, — AVith reference to the memorial which you forwarded on the 23rd May last, 

 praying for the establishment of telegraph offices on the west coast of Inverness- 

 shire, I am directed by the Postmaster-General to acquaint you, for the information 

 of the memorialists, that Salen could not be made the starting-point for the proposed 

 extension, because it is not possessed of the necessary means for transmitting the 

 messages which would probably pass between the proposed new offices and other 

 parts of the kingdom. The Postmaster-General understands that the memorialists 

 suggest the erection of a line from Salen to the Isle Ornsay, serving twelve places in 

 route ; and I am to explain that apart from the physical difficulties which would be 

 encountered in an attempt to construct it, and apart from the objection to which 

 I have referred of making Salen its starting-point, such a line would be unworkable, 

 owing to the excessive number of officers \j]ion it. I am to suggest that the 

 memorialists should consider to which of the places they have in view, as it is of the 

 greatest importance that telegraphic communication should be established, and 

 should submit the names of those places. The Postmaster-General would then be glad 

 to have inquiry made as to the best method of carrjing out the extensions, and us to 



