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tinned in office till January 1858, when he resigned, on 

 which occasion a vote of thanks was passed, embodied in a 

 resolution expressive of the gratitude of the Society for the 

 trouble he had so long taken in the affairs of the Society. 

 He died 30th November 1861, in the 84th year of his age. 



VI. The Right Hon. Sir William Gibson Craig of 

 Riccarton, Bart., was elected to the office on the 13th 

 January 1858. Sir William was M.P. for Edinburghshire 

 from 1837 to 1841, and for Edinburgh from 1841 to 1852 ; 

 a Lord of the Treasury from July 1846 to February 1852 ; 

 in 1862 he was appointed Lord Clerk Register of Scotland ; 

 and in 1863 a Privy Councillor. Sir William died I2th 

 March 1878. At the General Meeting in June of that year, 

 on the motion of the Chairman, Lord Polwarth, the Society 

 recorded the loss it sustained in the death of Sir William, 

 and expressed its ' sense of the very valuable assistance the 

 Society had for a long scries of years received from him as 

 Treasurer, and as member of the Council on Agricultural 

 Education.' 



Vn. Mr William S. Walker of Bowland, C.B., was 

 elected to the office of Treasurer on 3rd April 1878, and 

 has since held office. Mr Walker joined the Society as a 

 member in 1835 ; and passed as an advocate in 1840. He 

 is Chairman of the Board of Supervision for Relief of the 

 Poor ; of the Local Authority for Mid-Lothian ; and of the 

 Society's Committee on Agricultural Reports. He has, 

 besides, been on several occasions elected an Ordinary 

 Director, and has devoted much time and ability in the in- 

 terests of the Society. 



Principal or Honorary Secretaries. 



The original designation was Principal Secretary, but 

 by the charter of 1834, the name was changed to Honorary 

 Secretary. 



L Mr William Macdonald of St Martins. — The 

 duties of Secretary of the Society were at first discharged 

 by Mr David Steuart, banker, Edinburgh, the Treasurer of 

 the Society ; but as he only agreed to act till the office of 

 Secretary could be properly filled, a committee was named 



