PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



GENERAL MEETING, 20th JUNE 1883. 

 Mr Scott Dudgeon, Longnewton, in the chair. 



New Members. — 155 noblemen and gentlemen were duly elected as members of 

 the Society. 



Inverness Show. — Colonel Gillon of Wallhonse, chairman of the Committee 

 on General Shows, reported that the meeting at Inverness would be held on the 24th, 

 25th, 26th, and 27th July. The entries closed on the 15th, and the following is a 

 comparative statement of the head of stock and number of implements : — 



Cattle, 

 Horses, . 

 Sheep, 

 Swine, 

 Collie Dogs, 

 Poultry, . 

 Implements, 



As the meeting is aware, a sj'ccial Committee Avas appointed on 1st November 

 last to consider suggestions by Colonel Williamson of Lawers, and the improvement 

 of the arrangements connected with the General Shows of the Society ; and on the 

 recommendation of that Committee, the Directors agreed as follows : — 



1. That to assist and advise with the Secretary, a Show Committee shall be 

 appointed annually, with whom collectively shall rest the sole management and 

 responsibility for the arrangement and conduct of the General Show. This Committee 

 shall consist of six members, each of whom at his first appointment shall be, or 

 recently have been, a Director of the Society, and shall be eligible for re-election. 

 Their duties shall be divided as follow : — Four stewards of stock and two steward.*; 

 of implements— 1st, steward of horses; 2nd, steward of cattle ; 3rd, steward of sheep, 

 pigs, &c. ; 4th, steward of forage ; 5th and 6th, stewards of implements. The 

 stewards shall have an office in the committee room, where they shall attend at 

 stated hours to communicate with exhibitors. 2. That the parade of horses and 

 cattle shall be under the control of the stewards of these departments. 3. That a 

 half-day's forage be allowed all stock received into the yard on the day previous to 

 the opening of the show. 4. That no night accommodation for attendants on stock 

 be provided. 5. That all protests shall be accompanied by the deposit of £2, 2s ; 

 and if not sustained, the sum to be forfeited to the Society at discretion of Board, 

 6. That the charge for open space in implement yard shall be increased from Is. to 2s. 

 for members, and from 2s. to 3s. to non-members, per running foot of 20 feet deep. 



The following have agreed to act as stewards : — Lord Arthur Cecil — Horses. Sir 

 James H. Gibson-Craig, Bart. — Cattle. Rev. John Gillespie — Sheep, pigs, &c. Mr 

 Forbes of Culloden — Forage. Mr Shaw, Skaithmuir, and Mr Scott Dudgeon — Imple- 

 ments. 



The following gentlemen have been named by the Commissioners of Supply to 

 represent the counties embraced in the district of the Show in the Local Com- 

 mittee : — 



Inverness-shire. — Captain Eraser of Balnain ; The Mackintosh of Mackintosh ; 

 J. E. B. Baillie of Dochfour ; T. R. Biscoe of Newton ; E. H. Wood of Raasay ; 

 Major-General Warrand, The Bught ; Major Grant, Drumbuie ; John Peter, Croyard. 

 Elginshire. — Captain Dunbar Brander of Pitgaveny ; James Grant Peterkin of 

 Grange ; George R. Mackessack, yr. of Ardgye ; Thomas Balmer, Fochabers ; John 

 Smith, Inverallan House ; William Brown, Earlsmill. Nairnshire. — Colonel Clarke 

 of Achareidh ; Robert Anderson of Lochdhu ; A. C. Hebden, Nairn. Ross-shire. 

 — Colonel Davidson of TuUoch ; George Inglis of Newmore ; Major Warrand, 

 Ryefield House ; Capt. Munro, yr. of Fowlis ; Allan R. Mackenzie, yr. of Kintail ; 

 Colin Camerom, Balnakyle. Cromarty. — D. M. Ross, yr. of Cromarty ; Colin Lyon 

 Mackenzie of St Martins. Sutherland. — Thomas Barclay, Skelbo Castle ; Patrick P. 

 Sellar, Culmailly ; George G. Clarke, Erriboll ; William Mitchell, Ribigill ; Evander 

 Macivor, Scourie ; John Crawford, Tongue. Caithness. — Alexander Henderson of 

 Stemster, John Miller of Scrabster ; William Mackay, Melness ; James Macbeath, 

 Brims ; A. W. Henderson of Bilbster, Garden Duff-Dunbar of Hempriggs. Orkney. — 

 Simon Leitch, Elwick Bank; Robert Menzies Traill, Hobbister. Shetland. — John 



