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a prize of ;!^io ^\■as voted to Peter Halkett, Rosemount, 

 Blairgowrie ; and in another district, a prize of £^ to Alex. 

 Pennycook, Ballied. In 1830, in the district of Crieff, Perth- 

 shire, the first prize of iJ^io was awarded to John Keay, 

 Mains of Callander ; and the second of ;^5 to George 

 Stewart, Low Bank. In 1831, in the Stewartry of Kirk- 

 cudbright, &c., the first prize of ^10 was voted to Thomas 

 Laurie, Terreglestown, Dumfries ; and second of ^5 to 

 John Church, Kirkchrist. In 1832, in the district of Crieff, 

 the first prize of ;£^io went to John Keay, Mains of Cal- 

 lander ; the second of ^5 to John Gardner, North Kinkell. 

 In 1833, in Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, the first premium 

 of ^10 was voted to R. M'Knight, junior, Airieland, Castle 

 Douglas ; the second of ^5 to John Church, Kirkchrist. 

 In 1834, in Ayrshire, the first premium of £10 was voted 

 to Hugh ]\rjannet, Drumshang, Maybole ; the second of 

 jCs to John Tennant, Shields, Ayr. The same year, in 

 Sutherlandshire, the first prize of iJ'iO was won by Patrick 

 Sellar, Culmaily, Golspie. In 1836, in Moray and Nairn- 

 shires, prizes of ^5 each were voted to Wm. Forsyth, 

 Newton of Darnaway, tenant of Bogside of Boath ; Alex. 

 Brown, Little Darkland ; David Rose, Newton of Cawdor. 

 The same year, in Sutherland, the first prize of £10 w^ent 

 to Patrick Sellar, Culmaily ; and the second of £^ to Alex. 

 Craig, Kirkton and Coul. 



In 1827, the Society indicated its desire to promote 

 the careful keeping of accounts by voting a piece of plate, 

 often sovereigns value, to John Jameson, parochial teacher, 

 Colmonell, Ayrshire, for the best specimen of farm book 

 keeping, actually taught in schools. A silver medal was 

 awarded to John M'Clyment, son of John M'Clyment, 

 farmer, Burnton, the scholar reported at the public ex- 

 amination of the school to have made the greatest profici- 

 ency in farm book keeping. A piece of plate of ten 

 sovereigns value was also voted to J. Rogers, schoolmaster, 

 Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, for the best specimen of friendly 

 society book keeping actually taught in schools. A silver 

 medal was granted to James Rogers, son of the teacher, as 



