I08 HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



same time to the Rev. David Sym, Minister of Barry, 

 Forfarshire, for a poetical essay on the improvement of the 

 Scots wool and the raising of home plants for dyeing. A 

 sum of ;^5 5s. was awarded at same time to Angus Beaton, 

 Canongate, Edinburgh, for an essay on kelp ; and a gold 

 medal awarded at same time to Neil M'Vicar, merchant, 

 Edinburgh, for an essay on the linen manufacture. 



A gold medal, of the value of ten guineas, was 

 awarded, 7th January 1 791, to Patrick White, Excise Office, 

 Edinburgh, for a paper on the state of the Scotch fisheries, 

 and the improvement of the interior parts of the High- 

 lands. A gold medal of the value of five guineas was 

 awarded at same time to Patrick Brodic, Garvald, Had- 

 dington, for a paper on green crops. At same date, a gold 

 medal of like value was awarded to John Wilson, factor on 

 the estate of Hawkhead, for an essay on inclosures. A 

 gold medal of the value of five guineas was awarded 6th 

 January 1792, to Alex. M'Nab, Inchewen, Breadalbane, 

 Perthshire, for a report on the management of black cattle ; 

 and at same time, a gold medal of like value, to Patrick 

 Alison of Newhall, Perthshire, for a paper on the subject 

 of cattle farms ; also, a gold medal of the value of ^10 los., 

 to Jonathan Radcliffe, Cumbertrees, Annandale, for an 

 essay on the burning of lime with peats or turf ; also a gold 

 medal of the value of five guineas, to Robert Melville, mer- 

 chant, Ullapool, Lochbroom, for a report on the herring 

 fishery ; a gold medal of the value of five guineas, to James 

 Mill, Porthill Factory, Aberdeen, for a report on linen yarn ; 

 and £s 5s., to John TuUoch, Zetland, for a report on the 

 management of Shetland sheep. 



On 4th January 1793, a sum o( £$ 5s. was awarded to 

 Patrick Brodie, Garvald, Haddington, for an essay on green 

 crops ; and a like sum to Mr Robert Rennie, Manse of 

 Kilsyth, for a report and plan of an inland village. A 

 gold medal of the value of £$ 5s. was awarded, 3rd January 

 1794, to Eneas Macpherson, Paterson's Land, South Rich- 

 mond Street, Edinburgh, for an essay on the establishment 

 of inland villages ; and at same time, a gold medal of the 

 value of ;^5 5s., to the Rev. John Smith, minister of Camp- 



