Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 202
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541;» ~ 2 ‘ “"':.;'.'y’a‘....;.~..~ .— \ <- '-ulna~ max ‘3‘ v_":'.-.«-‘¢..I roman-wean ' -W” ‘92 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. “ At the Auchincruive centre 61 candidates presented themselves—49 candidates ,or all subjects, 11 for re-examination in certain subjects in which they had prevmusly failed, and 1 for Part II. of the Examination. 43 candidates obtained the Diploma. “ At .the Reading centre 89 candidates presented themselves—75 candidates for all subjects, 11 for reexamination in certain subjects, 2 for Part II. and 1 for Part I. of the Examination. 59 candidates obtained the Diploma. . " The names of the successful candidates will be published in the next volume of ‘ Transactions.‘ “ Of those candidates who failed, 8 at Auchincruive and 22 at Reading failed in not.more than three subjects, and these will be permitted to reappear for the subjects in which they failed at the next Examination Education. ‘A Minute of Meeting of Education Committee, dated 1st November, was sub- mitted and approved. The Minute dealt with the following matters :— P'roposed Certzfioate in Dairy Factory Management.—Letters had been received from the Secretary of the Joint Examination Board with reference to the roposed Certificate in Dairy Factory Management, for which a Syllabus had been awn up by the Joint Board. The letters inquired as to whether this Society was prepared to concur in the institution of such a Certificate. It was decided to recommend, in View of the present state of War, that con— sideration of this matter be deferred in the meantime. N.D.A. and N.D.D. Examinations.—\Vith regard to the continuance of the Examinations for the National Diploma in Agriculture and the National Diploma. in Dairying during the \Var. it was decided to recommend that these Examinations should continue to be held so long as it was found possible to conduct them. Finance. A Minute of Meeting of Committee, dated lst November, was submitted and approved. The Minute dealt with the following matter :— Empire Exhibition Guarantee Fund.—It was reported that, on 13th September, a provisional call of 4s. in the :6 had been made in respect of the Society's Guarantee of £1000 towards the Empire Exhibition Guarantee Fund, and the sum called for, £200, had been remitted to the Union Bank of Scotland on 29th September. Showyard Erector, doc. A Minute of Meeting of Special Showyard Committee, dated 26th July, was submitted and approved. The Minute stated that Mr John Reid had intimated his resignation of the post of Showyard Erector, and the Committee recommended that Mr Frank Reid be appointed Showyard Erector, for a period of one year, at a salary of £300 per annum. This appointment would be on the understanding that Mr Frank Reid should carry out the work of erecting the Showyard under the direction of the Society's Master of Works, Who should have full authority to determine the order in which the various works should be executed, the manner of their execution, and the time of their commencement and completion. The Special Committee had also considered the question of the Forage Contract, but, on having figures submitted to them for several years past, agreed that the present arrangement should continue in the meantime. MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 29TH NOVEMBER 1939. Major R. F. BREBNER, The Leuchold, Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, in the Chair. Present.—Ordinar Directors—Mr R. Scott Aiton; Mr John D. Allan; Mr David Blair; Mr illiam Brown ; Mr Alexander Clark ; Mr Peter W. Crawford; PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 393 Lieut.-Colonel Garden B. Duff, D.S.O. ; Mr William I. Elliot ; Mr Peter Gordon; Mr George Grant; Mr R. Wemyss Honeyman; Mr James Hope; Mr James Kilpatrick; Mr James M‘Laren ; Mr Thomas M‘Lay; Mr A. W. Montgomeme ; Mr Robert Park; Sir Joshua Ross-Taylor; Major Sir Samuel Strang Steel, Bt. Extraordinary Directors—Major R. F. Brebner; Mr J. MacKessack Leitch; Mr James R. Lumsden; Mr Alexander Murdoch; Mr James Paton; Major Robert W. Sharpe ; Mr A. A. Hagart Speirs ; Mr Thomas Templeton. Honorary Secretary ——Colone1 F. J. Carruthers of Dormont. The late Mr James Wilson, Westburn. Before proceeding with the business of the Meeting the Chairman referred with deep regret to the death, in September, of a former member of the Board— Mr James Wilson, VVestburn, Cambuslang. Mr Wilson, he said, was widely known and highly esteemed throughout the West of Scotland for his sound judgment and practical knowledge of Agriculture. lie earned a well deserved re utation as an arable farmer, who conducted his extensive farming operations With marked success and on eminently practical lines. He was a Member of the Society for over fifty years, and served as an Ordinary Director for a term of four years from 1911 to 1914. During his period of office he took a keen interest in the affairs of the Society, and his death was a loss to the Society and to Agriculture which they deeply deplored. I It was worthy of note that it was through an application by Mr Wilson for-a. Medal for long service on behalf of an employee at Westburn, that the Society in 1913 first proceeded to consider a permanent scheme for these awards. The name of Mr John Thom, Clydesmill, Cambuslang, the employee in question, was accord- ingly the first of the long list of over 2500 farm-workers who had received these awards since that date. A Minute of regret and sympathy was submitted and adopted, the Members proscnt upstanding, and the Secretary was instructed to forward a copy to the relatives of the deceased. Vacancy on Board. On behalf of the Ordinary Directors in the Edinburgh Show Division, Mr William I. Elliot, Middletoun, Stow, moved that Mr John Kerr, Yorkston, Gore- bridge, be nominated at the General Meeting in January as an Ordinary Director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr John E. B. Cowper, Gogar House, Corstorphine. This was unanimously agreed to. Government Schemes of Control. Minutes of Meetings, dated 10th and 18th November, of the Special Committee appointed at the last Meeting of Directors, were submitted. The Minutes stated that, in accordance with the remit from the Board, the Committee had taken into consideration the Memorandum submitted by the National Farmer’s Union and Chamber of Agriculture of Scotland, dated 13th October 1939, and also the letter from the Scottish Land and Property Federation, dated 19th Octobei 1939. After full consideration the Draft of a Memorandum was prepared and circulated to the Members of the Committee for further consideration at a second Meeting. At that Meeting the Draft Memorandum was again carefully considered, and, after discussion of its various details, was finally adjusted. The Memorandum was in the following terms :— Memorandum. The Special Committee appointed by the Directors of the Highland and , Agricultural Society on 1st November have had under consideration the Memo- randum prepared by the National Farmers’ Union and Chamber of Agriculture of Scotland, dated 13th October 1939, and also a letter from the Scottish Land and Property cheration, dated 19th October 1939. The Committee agree in principle with the terms of the Memorandum prepared |
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