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Rosevalley, carried both the first premiums. Of Cotswolds 

 there were only five entries in the two classes — all by one 

 exhibitor, Francis Gibson, Woolmet, to whom premiums 

 were awarded. In Lincolns there were only eight entries, 

 all by one exhibitor, Thomas Wilkin, Tinwald Downs, to 

 whom premiums were given. There were no entries in 

 either of the two classes for tups or ewes of the Southdown 

 breed. Of Shropshires there were fifteen entries. The 

 Earl of Zetland, Aske, took the first premium for tups, and 

 Lord Chesham, Latimer, the first for ewes. At this com- 

 petition the Society offered premiums for the best woolled 

 tups of the Cheviot, Blackfaced, and Leicester breeds. The 

 first premium for woolled tups of the Cheviot breed was 

 gained by Herbert Brydon, Thirlstane Hope ; the first in 

 the Blackfaced breed going to James J. Currie, Yorkston ; 

 and in the Leicester breed to J. Ainslie, Hillend, Loanhead. 



The number of swine at this show was small ; nor were 

 poultry numerous. 



The sum drawn for admission and for catalogues was 

 the unprecedented amount of £6']'iA 7s. 2d. 



At the dinner, which was held in the Royal Hotel, the 

 Marquis of Lothian, President of the Society, occupied the 

 chair, and the Earl of Dalkeith acted as croupier. Among 

 those present were : The Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl 

 of Rosslyn, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Provost Falshaw, 

 Admiral Sir William Hope Johnstone, K.C.B. ; Sir Thos. 

 Gladstone, Sir William Baillie, Sir William Forbes, Sir 

 George Macpherson Grant, Mr Walker of Bowland, C.B. 

 The noble Marquis, in giving the toast of the evening, 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society, said that the 

 Society had now lived a life of about ninety years, and 

 every year, as it grew older, it was more honoured and 

 prosperous. At first it was intended to benefit chiefly 

 the western portion of the Highlands, but it very soon 

 extended its work, and became, as it was now, the Agricul- 

 tural Society for the whole of Scotland. A society which 

 claimed to represent the agriculture of Scotland had no 

 mean pretensions ; and if it acted up to these, as he thought 

 they would all agree that the Highland and Agricultural 



