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and purchasing the pack, which was unanimously 

 agreed to. At a subsequent meeting on 5th July, 

 1864, the following gentlemen agreed to take 

 shares : 



The Earl of Rosslyn . 3 Robert Rintoul . . i 



Sir Thomas Erskine . 3 R. B. Stewart . . . i 



John Whyte-Melville . 3 George M. Henderson . 2 



F. L. S. Wedderburn . 3 W. H. Moubray . . i 



John Balfour . . . 4 S. R. Lumisdaine . . i 



J. Anstruther Thomson . 2 W. Drysdale . . .2 



T. S. Christie . . . i J. Hay Patterson . . 2 



J. T. Oswald . . . 2 Sir Coutts Lindsay . . 2 



Lord Loughborough . i Smith Sligo . . i 



Sir R. Anstruther . . 2 John Luke . . i 



W. P. Adam . . .2 John Gilmour . . . i 



R. Cathcart ... 2 



John Haig . . i Shares, 44 



"i. The shares shall be fixed at ^25 each, and 

 the money raised thereby to be employed in 

 purchasing the Fife pack of hounds, which 

 shall be the sole property of the share- 

 holders. 



" 2. The hounds to be kept in Fife, at such 

 place as the committee of management shall 

 think proper. 



" 3. The pack to be maintained, and the expense 

 of the hunting paid, out of annual subscrip- 

 tions to be raised for the purpose. 



"4. A Master of the Hounds and committee of 

 management to be named by the share- 

 holders, who shall take the charge and 

 management of the pack till otherwise 

 arranged. Colonel Babington to be Master 



of the Hounds, and the committee to consist 

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