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1869 John Dickson, Saughton Mains, Mid Lothian. 



1870 Adam Curror, The Lee, Edinburgh. 



,, \Vm. Ford, Hardengreen, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Andrew Mitchell, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. 



1 87 1 Thomas Elliot, Hindhope, Roxburghshire. 



,, Robert Scot Skirving, Camptown, East Lothian. 



1872 William Aitchison, Linhope, Roxburghshire. 



,, George Ilarvey, Whittinghame Mains, East Lothian. 

 ,, John Munro, Fairnington, Roxburghshire. 



1873 John Gibson, Woolmet, Mid Lothian. 



,, Arthur Glennie, Fernyflatt, Kincardineshire. 



1874 George Brown, ^Yestertown, Morayshire. 

 ,, John Dove, Crosshall, Berwickshire. 



,, Brj'den ^Monteith, Liberton Tower Mains, Mid Lothian. 



,, Robert Wilson, Durn, Perthshire. 



1875 James Johnstone, Capplegill, Dumfriesshire. 



1876 James Cochrane, Little Haddo, Aberdeenshire. 

 ,, Robert Copland, Mill of Ardlethen, do. 



,, Thomas Ferguson, Kinnochtry, Forfarshire. 



,, Adam Smith, Stevenson Mains, East Lothian. 



1877 Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, Charles Smith, Whittinghame, East Lothian. 



1878 John H. Dickson, Saughton Mains, Mid Lothian. 

 ,, James Hope, Duddingston, Mid Lothian. 



,, James Kennedy, Brandleys, Dumfriesshire. 



1879 William Dingwall, Ramornie, Fifeshire. 

 ,, Thomas Ross, Bachilton, Perthshire. 



As ' The Tenantry of Scotland ' forms a toast at the 

 dinners on the occasions of the general shows, a few of the 

 speeches made to that toast at some of the earlier meetings 

 are here inserted : 



At the general show held at Ayr in 1835, the Marquis of Tweeddale, in 

 proposing the 'Tenantry of Scotland,' paid a high compliment to their 

 industr>', intelligence, and independence. Mr Aitchison of Menzion acknow- 

 ledged the toast, and while he yielded to no one in his respect for the tenantry, 

 yet he was not vain enough to suppose that they could advance except with 

 the countenance and support of the landed interest. He then referred to the 

 vast improvements made in the cultivation of the soil of late years, and 

 expressed his conviction that these could never have been executed but for the 

 co-operation of the landlords. Mr Aitchison then, in a spirited style, and with 

 a fluency and choice of expression which awakened the earnest attention of the 

 company, took a retrospective view of the position of landlord and tenant, and 

 of the improved condition of the country, which he acknowledged had naturally 

 little to boast of, either in point of soil or climate. This change he attributed 

 to a good understanding between landlord and tenant, whose interests were 

 united, and who must either sink or swim together. He could give the Chair 

 the assurance that the tenantrj' of Scotland were feelingly alive to the benefits 



