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VII. Mr Fletcher Norton Menzies of Menzies. — 

 Mr Menzies was elected successor to Mr Macduff of Bonhard 

 by the Directors on the 25th day of April 1866. This ap- 

 pointment received the interim approval of the General 

 Meeting on the 6th of June 1866, and was unanimously 

 and cordially confirmed by the anniversary General 

 Meeting on the i6th of January 1867. During the Secre- 

 taryship of Mr Menzies, the Society has enjoyed continued 

 and increasing prosperity, the membership having increased 

 from 3924 in 1867 to above 4900 in 1879. It may be inter- 

 esting to notice that Mr Menzies is the younger son of the 

 late Sir Neil Menzies of Menzies, Bart, who filled the office of 

 Honorary Secretary from July 1838 till his death in August 

 1844. Mr Menzies was educated at Edinburgh University 

 and at University College, Oxford ; and before his appoint- 

 ment had farmed extensively in Perthshire for sixteen years. 

 Strong testimony to the value of Mr Menzies' services was 

 borne by the presentation to him, on 17th July 1878, of a 

 very handsome testimonial, the gift of members of the 

 Society. The presentation, which was made on behalf of 

 the subscribers by the Duke of Buccleuch, consisted of a 

 large silver tankard, of massive workmanship, richly orna- 

 mented, made of Scottish silver from the Buccleuch mines 

 at Wanlockhead, and bearing the following inscription : 

 ' Presented, along with a sum of i^i 156, by 671 members of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, to Mr 

 Fletcher Norton Menzies, as a mark of their high apprecia- 

 tion of his services as Secretary, and of his successful 

 exertion and devotion to duty in promoting the usefulness 

 and interests of the Society.' The Duke, in the course of 

 his observations in presenting the gift, mentioned that the 

 amount received from any one individual was limited to 

 five guineas, although there were many no doubt who 

 would have been glad to have exceeded that amount. The 

 tankard had been selected as a sort of memorial, which, 

 when exhibited on the table or in the house, and when 

 asked what it was, Mr Menzies might be able to answer 

 with pride, ' That is the mark I received from the Highland 

 Society of the estimation in which my services were held.' 



