Report of the Tweed Commissioners. 277 



who became heir to Lees in the right of his mother, was the last 

 survivor of the very ancient family of Pringle of Torsonce, which 

 would imply that the Pringles of Lees belonged to that branch 

 of the family. I shall not presume to trace the Lees branch of 

 the family of Marjoribanks farther than Aug. 27, 1653, when 

 "John Merjoriebanks of Leuchie, sone to Marione Sympsone," 

 was retoured heir-portioner of Andrew Simpson, merchant bur- 

 gess of Edinburgh, his wife's uncle.* Edward Marjoribanks of 

 Halyards, in Linlithgowshire, from his being called to the suc- 

 cession, may be presumed to have been of the Leuchie family. 

 Leuchie is now incorporated with the North Berwick property, 

 and has left its name attached to the mansion-house, the seat of 

 Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. Edward Marjoribanks had pur- 

 chased the lands of Halyards from Mr Thomas Skene, advocate, 

 before June 20, 1705, when he was involved in a law-suit with 

 Skene's creditors ; but the litigation, which was unjust as against 

 Mr Marjoribanks, was compromised.! He was the father of John 

 Marjoribanks, whose son Edward eventually became heir of 

 ■entail of the Lees property. 



* Inquis. Eet. Abr. Haddington, No. 3835. 

 f Fountainhall, vol. ii., pp. 277, 278. 



Report of the Experimental Committee of the Tweed Com- 

 missioners, presented to the General Meeting of Com- 

 missioners on 3rd September, 1877. 



The Committee have held three meetings during the last twelve 

 months. On the 1 8th October, 1 876, at Union Bridge, 186 Black- 

 Tails, 3 Whitlings, and 1 Grilse were marked, and their numbers 

 registered. 



The other meetings were held at Carham, for the purpose of 

 continuing the examination of the Orange Eins placed in the 

 pond there on 7th May, 1874. The original number was 133, 

 but it has been reduced by deaths and capture of specimens for 

 experiment, some of which have been artificially preserved. 



On 13th December, 1876, 80 fish were taken out, weighed, 



