26 niOCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



"Tliat, in furtherance of this object, it is most desirable that an annual grant of 

 £5000 should l)e made by Her Majesty's Government, to be devoted in the shape of 

 Ijremiums to thoroughbred stallions, the owners of which to guarantee each horse to 

 serve a certain number of mares at small fees. 



"And your petitioners will ever pray. 



"Sealed," c^c. (Signed) " Stobmont, Vice-President. 



" Highland and Agricultural Society's Hall, Edinburgh, 4th May, 1887." 



Mr Mackenzie added that Lord Ribblesdale had written in rejily, stating that he 

 was much obliged to the members of the Society for the memorial, and that nothing 

 they could have done could have more strengthened his hands. 



Utilisation of Urine. 



The Secretary reported that in connection with the offer of a premium of £400 

 by the Society to any one who shall discover a practicable method by which the 

 valuable constituents of urine may be most profitably utilised, there had been lodged 

 39 reports, many of them written in foreign languages, and of great length. The 

 foreign rejiorts have been translated, and will be shortly in the readers' hands, but 

 it will be some months before a decision can be arrived at. 



AVarble Fly. 



The Secretary called attention to a circular which had been sent by the Society 

 to nearly 200 local agricultural associations in Scotland, on the loss sustained by the 

 farmers by the damage done to hides, and even to beef, by warbles, and asking them 

 to get their members to adopt means to prevent the warble fly from depositing its 

 eggs in the hides of animals. Along with the circular there were sent copies of two 

 rejaorts and a leaflet on the warble fly by Miss E. A. Ormerod, Dunster Lodge, 

 Islesworth, kindly jiresented by that lady to the Society. Copies of the pamiihlets 

 may be had on apiilication to the Secretary. 



H. M. Jenkins's Memorial Fund. 



Mr Paterson of Birthwood reported that soon after the death of Mr Jenkins, 

 secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, it was resolved, at a representative 

 meeting of agriculturists held in London, to raise a memorial fund in recognition of 

 the many public services he had rendered to agriculture. At a meeting on the 6th 

 of April the Directors unanimously agreed to vote a sum of £50 on account of the 

 many public services which Mr Jenkins had rendered to agricultural literature, and 

 to agriculture generally. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the proceedings ended. 



GENERAL MEETING IN THE SHOW YARD AT PERTH, 27th JULY 1887. 



The Earl of Elgin, Senior Vice-President, in the absence of the Duke of Athole, 

 the President, occupied the chair. 



The Society's Address to the Queen. 

 The Secretary read a letter from the Home Secretary acknowledging the Society's 

 address to the Queen on the occasion of Her Majesty's Jubilee. Mr Matthews said 

 Her Majesty was graciously pleased to receive the address. 



Votes of Thanks. 



The Chairman moved that the thanks of the Society be given to the Lord Provost, 

 the Magistrates, and Town Council of Perth for the excellent accommodation afforded 

 for the Show, and for their hearty co-operation and admirable arrangements. 

 Captain Gilmour, Montrave, in seconding the motion, testified to the zeal and energj' 

 the Lord Provost and Magistrates had shown from the commencement in endeavour- 

 ing to assist the Society in carrying out the details of the Show. The resolution was 

 adopted. 



Mr Stirling of Kippendavie moved a vote of thanks to the Earl of Elgin for his 

 zealous discharge of the duties devolving upon him as Senior Vice-President of the 

 Society. The resolution was seconded by Mr J. MiDDLETON, Clay of Allan, agreed 

 to, and acknowledged by Lord El(;in. 



Mr Maxwell, yr. of Munches, .said that a good deal of the success of the Show 

 dejiended ujion Viscount Stormont, the convener, and the other members of the 



