RELATIONS WITH THE TENANTRY. 46 1 



As stated above, the number of members in 1850 was 

 2707, of which only 239 were tenant farmers. The number 

 is now (1879) above 4900, of whom about 2000 belong to 

 the tenantry. 



The following Tenant Farmers have acted as Direc- 

 tors : — 



1838 Thomas Oliver, Lochend, Edinburgh. 



1843 Thomas OUver, Lochend, Edinburgh. 



1847 John Finnie, Swanston, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Alexander Scott, Craiglockhart, do. 



1848 John Dickson, Saughton Mains, do. 



1850 John Brodie, Abbey Mains, East Lothian. 



185 1 John Gibson, Woolmet, ]Mid Lothian. 



1852 John Dudgeon, Almondhill, West Lothian. 



1854 John Finnie, Swanston, Mid Lothian. 



1855 Alexander Henderson, Longniddrj', East Lothian. 



1856 George Hope, Fenton Barns, East Lothian. 



1857 James M'Lean, Braidwood, Mid Lothian. 



1858 George Harvey, Whittinghame Mains, East Lothian. 

 ,, Thomas Sadler, Norton Mains, Mid Lothian. 



1S59 James Douglas, Athelstaneford, East Lothian. 



,, James Melvin, Bennington, Mid Lothian. 



,, John Gibson, Woolmet, do. 



i860 John Curror, Coniston, do. 



,, Robert Scot Skirving, Camptown, East Lothian. 



1861 Archibald Paterson, Meadowfield, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Andrew Mitchell, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. 



1862 Alexander Dickson, Hermiston, Mid Lothian. 



,, Thomas Begbie, Queenston Bank, East Lothian. 



,, James Hope, Duddingston, Mid Lothian. 



1863 William Dingwall, Ramornie, Fifeshire. 

 ,, John Dudgeon, Spylaw, Roxburghshire. 



,, George Hope, Fenton Barns, East Lothian. 



1864 William Gray, Southfield, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, William Sadler, Eerr>'gate, East Lothian. 



,, James Wilson, Wester Cowden, Mid Lothian. 



1865 John Dudgeon, Almondhill, West Lothian. 

 ,, William Goodlet, Bolshan, Forfarshire. 



,, James Roberton, Ladyrig, Roxburghshire. 



1866 Thomas Park, Stoneyhill, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Walter Reid, Drem, East Lothian. 



1867 Robert Elliot, Laighwood, Perthshire. 

 ,, James Geddes, Orbliston, Morayshire. 

 ,, Robert Russell, Pilmuir, Fifeshire. 



1868 Alexander M'Dougal, Granton Mains, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains, do. 



,, John Wilson, Edington Mains, Berwickshire. 



1869 Robert Binnie, Seton Mains, East Lothian. 



