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Cameron of Dingwall.' There were also two entries of 

 goats — one by John Cameron, Corriechoilie, the other by 

 Duncan Mactavish, Garthbeg. The entry was in each case 

 two bucks. Prizes seem to have been given to both. 



The sum received for admission and for catalogues 

 was i^254 I IS. 6d. 



The Society's dinner took place in a pavilion specially 

 erected. The Duke of Montrose was in the chair, supported 

 by Earl Cawdor, the Earl of Egmont, Lord Berriedale, the 

 Provost of Inverness, the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lovat, 

 the Honourable George Stuart, Mr Macpherson Grant, yr. 

 of Ballindalloch, Major Gumming Bruce, M.P. The Earl 

 of Selkirk was vice-chairman, supported by Lord Emlyn, 

 Lord William Thynne, Mr Bailey, M.P. ; Mr Mackenzie of 

 Applecross; Edward Ellice, M.P. ; J. Mathieson, M.P. ; Sir 

 Wm. Gordon Gumming; Seaforth; and Mr Wallace of Kelly. 

 Mr Macpherson Grant returned thanks for the local com- 

 mittee, and remarked that it was mainly to the contri- 

 butions, not of the rich, but of the tenant farmers, they 

 were indebted for the success which had attended their 

 efforts to provide the necessary funds for the show. This, he 

 observed, was a new feature in the history of the Society, 

 and reflected the highest credit on the North of Scotland. 



The Mackintosh gave the health of the Strangers, 

 coupling the toast with the name of the Earl of Leicester, 

 son of the first Earl, whose name, as Mr Coke of Norfolk, 

 it will be remembered, was at the first Glasgow meeting of 

 the Society, associated as the fitting representative of the 

 agriculture of England. Mr Macpherson Grant gave the 

 health of the Secretary, remarking that, ' from the position 

 which he (the speaker) had the honour of occupying as 

 chairman of the local committee, he was enabled to state 

 that, from the great zeal and urbanity which Mr Maxwell 

 displayed in conducting their proceedings, the Society had 

 been most fortunate in their choice. The arrangements of 

 the show, which had been highly successful, reflected the 

 greatest credit on Mr Maxwell' It was a good beginning 

 to the career of an official so largely connected with the 

 operations of the Society for the next twenty years. 



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