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quantity of mess beef as above ; ten sovereigns to John Guillan, Hawkhill, 

 Dundee, for having, during the same period, cured the greatest quantity of 

 pork. Moray and Nainishirds — A piece of plate of fifteen sovereigns vakie to 

 Peter Brown, Linkwood, Elgin, for having, between 1st May 1826 and 1st 

 May 1S27, salted or cured the greatest quantity of pork. 



I S34. Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton — T\\enty sovereigns, or plate of 

 that value, to Thomas Nelson for having, between ist May 1833 and 1st May 

 1834, salted or cured the greatest quantity of mess beef shipped at the ports of 

 Glasgow, Port Glasgow, and Greenock. 



In 1825, the Society awarded a piece of plate, of fifteen 

 sovereigns value, to Robert Buchanan, Alderston Mains, 

 for having, between ist June 1824 and ist June 1825, 

 supplied Edinburgh market with the greatest quantity of 

 veal, fed, and of the age prescribed by the Society's 

 regulations. 



In 1825, to Thomas Jack, Flawcraig, Kinnaird, Perth- 

 shire, was awarded a piece of plate, of ten guineas value, 

 for having, in the year 1 824, saved a quantity of red clover 

 seed, in terms of the Society's regulations. 



In 1826, the Society awarded a gold medal or piece of 

 plate, of ten sovereigns value, to James and Andrew Muir, 

 merchants, Greenock, for having, of manufacturers in Scot- 

 land, produced to the Society the best lot of hats or bonnets, 

 made from a material grown in Scotland, which afford the 

 closest imitation to the manufacture generally known by 

 the name of Leghorn bonnet. £2 were voted to Elizabeth 

 Smith, certified to have been the plaiter of the best bonnet 

 or hat produced ; and £2 to Margaret Mar, certified to have 

 been the best knitter of the best bonnet. Other prizes were 

 at the same time awarded to knitters and plaiters. In 1827, 

 the premiums were awarded to plaiters and knitters in 

 Orkney. The same year, an extra premium of £^ was 

 awarded to J. Graham, Myer, Dumfriesshire, for a specimen 

 bonnet of considerable fineness made by her, and for which 

 she had herself raised the straw, and carried it through all 

 the processes of preparation and manufacture. In 1828, the 

 gold medal was awarded to Sir J. Milles Riddell, Bart., for his 

 benevolent and patriotic exertions in promoting the estab- 



