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Chairman, and was supported by the Lord Provost of 

 Glasgow, the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Belhaven, and 

 others ; while in the adjoining apartment Mr Campbell of 

 Blythswood, M.P., presided. Amongst the toasts given were 

 ' Mr Coke of Norfolk and the Agriculture of England,' cer- 

 tainly a rather remarkable toast to be proposed in the ab- 

 sence of Mr Coke, indicating that his name was specially 

 emblematic of the progress of agriculture in the sister 

 kingdom. Another toast, which was proposed by Lord 

 John Hay, was the ' Memory of that great philosopher 

 and most excellent man, James Watt.' Another toast 

 was * Mr Gibbs and the Improvement of Pasture Grass in 

 Scotland.' Mr Gibbs was a member of the well-known 

 London firm of seedsmen. We have mentioned Mr Fer- 

 gusson of Woodhill, and we may add that, at a certain 

 stage of the proceedings, the Chairman, the Duke of 

 Hamilton, and a number of other gentlemen, having left 

 the Hall amidst much applause, Mr Fergusson was called to 

 the chair, ' under whose direction the hilarity of the party 

 was kept up until after eleven o'clock.' Evidently the 

 Society was now in a prosperous way, and its leaders in 

 high spirits. One very good reason for ' hilarity ' was that 

 the sum drawn for admission to the showyard was greatly 

 in excess of any previous receipts, amounting to ^275 14s. 



