56 TREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1888. 



10. Gargunnock Farmers' Club. — Convener, John Lang, Bielcl, Gar- 



gnnnock ; Secretary, M. C. Stark, Westerton, Doune. Granted 1887. 



11. Sutherland Farmers' Club. — Gonveiwr, J. B. Dudgeon, Crakaig, 



Golspie; Secretarij, George R. Lawson, Golspie. Granted 1887. 



12. Stranraer and Rhins op Galloway Agricultural Society. — Con- 

 vener, R.'Vans Agnew of Sheuchan, Park House, Stranraer ; Secretary ^ 

 Hugh Adair, National Bank, Stranraer. Granted 1887. 



In 1888. 



Nos. 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are in competitions for the first year. 

 Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 compete for local Premiums. 



Section 2.~CtRANTS TO HORSE ASSOC [AT IONS, &c. 

 FOR STALLIONS TOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. 



1. Horses — Limit of Grant, £210. — The Highland and Agricultural 

 Society will make Grants to Horse Associations and other Societies in 

 different districts engaging stallions for agricultural purposes. The total 

 sum expended by the Highland and Agricultural Society in such Grants 

 shall not exceed the sum of £210 in any one year. 



2. Grant to each, £15. — The portion of the Grant to any one Horse 

 Association, &c., shall not exceed the sum of £15 in any one year. 



3. Continuance of Grant Three Years — Intermediate Year. — The 

 grant shall continue for three alternate years, provided always that the 

 Horse Association or Society shall, in the two intermediate years, offer at 

 least a sum equal in amount to that granted by the Highland and Agricul- 

 tural Society for the hire of a Horse in connection with the Association or 

 Society to whom the Grant is made. 



4. Nomination of Members. — At the time of making the Grant to a 

 Horse Association or Society, the Directors of the Highland and Agricul- 

 tural Society shall nominate one or more members of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society, resident in the Districts in which the Society bene- 

 fited is located, whose duty it shall be to see that the conditions imposed 

 by the Board are complied with. 



5. Reports — Penalty for not engaging Horse. — No grant by the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society to Horse Associations, &c., will be paid 

 unless a report, signed and certified by the members appointed under Rule 

 4, be furnished to the Highland and Agricultural Society not later than 

 the 1st of November in each year in which the Grant is made, and also 

 in the alternate years, stating that a Horse has been engaged by the Horse 

 Association or other Society to whom the Grant is made, and in the event 

 of a Horse not being engaged in any one year while the provisions of the 

 Grant are in force, the Grant made by the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society will cease. 



Rules 9 (Time of Payment), 10 (Renewal of Grant), and 11 

 (Disposal of Applications), applicable to section 1, shall be applicable to 

 Section 2. 



Districts. 



1. Lockerbie Agricultural Society. — Convener, D. J. Bell Irving, 

 Waterside, Ecclefechan ; Secretaries, Dobie & Cormack, Royal Bank, 

 Lockerbie. Granted 1888. 



