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has the quality which does not always go with them either 

 in private affairs or in public — of most scrupulous fairness 

 towards his opponents, an extraordinary power of seeing what 

 is in other people's minds, as well as sticking up for his own 

 views. It was that quality which made him so very helpful 

 to us at a critical time, and if it were for nothing else I think 

 we owe him for that a very deep debt of gratitude. We have 

 had a succession of good Presidents but we have had none 

 better than he, and he like all his predecessors has flung 

 himself into the work as being the real leader as well as the 

 nominal head of the Society." 



The Duke of Buccleuch. — " These moments are somewhat 

 embarrassing. In my most conceited moments I never dreamt 

 of possessing such good qualities as those now attributed to me, 

 but the work has been a very great pleasure to me. I have done 

 what I could, and I hope with some success, but I would like 

 to say one thing. It is all through Mr Galloway. Mr Galloway 

 is a wonderful man at hiding the shortcomings of the President 

 or anyone else. He does not find fault and he is a tremendous 

 help in giving information, and any success I have had has been 

 very largely due to him. I thank you very much for your 

 kind vote of thanks." 



Exhibitions and Competitions. 



Mr Robert Allan. — "You heaid in the Report of the 

 Council about the exceedingly high cost of our Exhibitions in 

 the past year and of the difficulty of finding money. Sir Hugh 

 Shaw Stewart remarked that we might find some way of curtail- 

 ino' our expenditure. The Exhibition was talked about as one 

 part of the expenditure which might be dropped. That would 

 be a pity in some ways, because our Exhibition at Aberdeen 

 gave very great pleasure to large crowds of people and a great 

 deal of information in a way that many people never dreamt 

 of before. The Exhibition in connection with the key industries 

 in Glasgow also made a great appeal in that large Industrial 

 Exhibition, and many visited it with pleasure. As the Exhibition 

 is almost in the balance now I cannot say very much, but I 

 hope that if the Highland and Agricultural Society increase 

 their grant and facilities that we will have a good Exhibition 

 at Stirling, and the Secretary has so much faith in the Exhibition 

 being carried on that he is sending out circulars inviting exhibits 



