COTTAGES AND GARDENS. 467 



In the Society Transactions, the following have been 

 published : Description and specification of cottages built 

 on the estate of the Earl of Rosebery ; Report by a com- 

 mittee of the Society on Cottages ; on the construction of 

 cottages suited for labouring classes, and adapted to the 

 climate of Scotland, by George Smith ; plans and specifica- 

 tions of those built by the Marquis of Breadalbane in the 

 Breadalbane district ; of those built by Mr Butter of Fas- 

 kally ; of those built by INIr Hope Johnstone on the Annan- 

 dale estates ; on Lord Blantyre's improvements on cottages 

 at Abbey Mains ; plans and specifications of cottages 

 erected by Mr Mitchell Innes at East Barns ; by Captain 

 Sandilands at Barneyhill ; by Colonel Lindsay at Balcarres ; 

 by Mr Dundas of Arniston at Yorkstone ; by Mr Wauchope 

 of Edmonstone at Cauldcoats ; by Mr Torrance at Threave ; 

 and an account of the cottage accommodation in the dis- 

 trict of Buchan. 



From 1824 to 1879, the Society has expended a sum 

 of above ^^"2000 in premiums in its Department of Cottages 

 and Gardens, 



Prior to 1840, a separate Committee on Cottages and 

 Gardens was named, when the office of chairman was con- 

 ferred on Mr William Grierson Yorstoun of Garroch. At 

 his death in 1843, the committee recorded in their minutes 

 their regret at the loss of the valuable services of Mr 

 Yorstoun, who had taken so lively an interest in cottage 

 competitions, and who had for many years devoted so much 

 time to -the improvement of the condition of the peasantry. 



Mr Robert Cranberry Baillie of Culterallers was ap- 

 pointed Mr Grierson Yorstoun's successor in 1843 ', ^I'^d on 

 his resignation in i860, the following resolution was unani- 

 mously adopted at the General Meeting in January 1861 : 

 * That the Society desires to record its sense of the long and 

 valuable services rendered by Mr Baillie of Culterallers, as 

 chairman of the Cottage Committee over a period of seven- 

 teen years, and the regret with which it regards his resig- 

 nation of that office.' 



In 1 86 1, the present chairman, Mr Harry Maxwell 

 Inglis of Loganbank, was nominated. 



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