IpO HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



commenced a series of premiums for manufacturing and 

 sending to market kelp of the finest quality. The first 

 premium was twenty guineas, and the second twelve 

 guineas. The following are the awards : 



1822. Intvrnt'ss and Ross-shin's — I to Mrs Campbell of Stroud, Harris; 

 2 Archibald Macdonald, Rhue, Arisaig. 



1823. Argyll, Dumbarton, Bute, Renfrew, and Ayrshires — I Sir Henry 

 Steuart of Allanton, Bart., for kelp made on the estate of Ulva ; 2 John 

 Stewart, Achadashenaig. 



1824. Orkney and Shetland — i James Baikie of Tankerness, Orkney; 

 2 W. Graham Watt of Breckness. 



The results of the analysis of the best specimens, with 

 some account of their manufacture, will be found among 

 the papers in Volume VI. of the First Series of the Trans- 

 actions. 



Between 1824 and 1825, several awards were made for 

 draining moss and bog land. In 1824, in district in 

 Lanark, Linlithgow, and Stirlingshires, a piece of plate, of 

 twenty guineas value, was awarded to William Weir, 

 tenant in Shotts Farm, Lanarkshire, for having, between 

 1st October 1822 and ist October 1824, executed the 

 greatest extent of drain in moss and bog land, with a view 

 to the amelioration of the climate, as well as to the im- 

 provement of the soil. In 1826, in district in Dumbarton 

 and Stirlingshires, a piece of plate, of twenty sovereigns 

 value, was awarded to Hector Macdonald Buchanan of 

 Drumakill, for having, between ist October 1824 and ist 

 October 1826, executed in an effectual manner the greatest 

 extent of draining in moss or bog lands. In 1828, in 

 Aberdeen and Banff shires, a piece of plate, of twenty sove- 

 reigns value, was awarded to Capt. Archibald Duff, R.N., 

 tenant of Lynemore, for having, between ist March 1826 

 and 1st October 1828, executed in an effectual manner the 

 greatest extent of drain in moss or bog lands ; and a piece 

 of plate, of ten sovereigns value, to John Stronach, Muiry- 

 fold, for having, within the like period, executed the second 

 greatest extent. In 1829, in the Upper Ward of Lanark- 

 shire, a piece of plate, of twenty sovereigns value, was voted 

 to Norman Lockhart of Greenaton, for having, between ist 



