73 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1877-78. 



DISCHARGE. 



1. Establishment Expenses, viz. — 



Salary to Secretary for year to Martinmas 1878, . . . £850 

 Salary to Clerk, £300 ; and Junior Clerk, £150, for year to 1st 



October 1878, 450 



Messenger, £72; and allowance to Widow of former Messenger, £21, 93 



£1 393 

 Feu-Duty, £28; Water Duty, £2, 3s. 4d.; Taxes, £33, 7s., . ' 63 10 4 



Coals, £10, 3s. 6d.; Gas, £4, 14s, lOd.; Insurance, £3, 17s, 6d., . 18 15 10 



Kepairs and Furnishings," . . . • . , 38 10 10 



2. Fee to Auditor of Accounts, for year to 30th November 1878, 



3. Fee to Practical Engineer, for year to 30th June 1878, 



4. Agricultural Chair — 



Grant to Professor, £150 ; and Prizes to Class, £10, 



5. Chemistry Department — 



Salary to Chemist, for year to Martinmas 1878, . £300 

 Expenses connected with Experimental Stations, 390 12 



15. Expenses connected with Agricultural Congress at 

 Paris, Secretary's Expenses, £49, 14s. ; Professor 

 Wilson's Expenses, £48, 15s., . . . £98 9 



Report on Present State of Agriculture in Scotland, 

 Printing, Binding, and Photographs, £236 9 6 

 Fees for Reports and assistance com- 

 pilmg, . . . . 205 2 



441 11 6 



690 12 4 



6. Veterinary Department — 



Allowance to Professor Williams, £26, 5s. ; Medals to Students, 

 £35, 8s. ; Expenses of Mr Clay, Kerchesters, attending the 

 Deputation to London, on Cattle Diseases BiU, £10, 18s., . 72 11 



7 Fees to Agricultural and Veterinary Examiners, £23, 2s. ; and Ex- 

 penses, £9, 16s., ....... 



8. Bursaries, ........ 



9. Society's Transactions— Printing, Binding, and Delivering, 



10. Ordinary Printing and Lithgraphing, £56, 14s.; Advertising, £24, 



6s. 3d. ; Stationery, £40, 4s.; Stamps, £52, 10s.'; Bank Charges, 



Telegrams, &c., £8, 4s. Id., 181 18 4 



11. Subscriptions to Public Societies — Meteorological Society, £20; 



Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, . . 25 



12. Miscellaneous Payments — Reporting General Meeting, £3, 3s. ; 



Handsels, £1, 4s. 6d.; Report on Property occupied by Lawson 



Seed & Nursery Co., £2, 2s.; Re-striking Medals, £1, l.s. 6d., . 7 11 



13. Payments in connection with former Shows — Aberdeen, 1876, 



Arbiter as to price of forage, £3, 3s. ; Edinburgh, 1877, Water 



Supply, £10, 10s., 13 13 



14. Premiums — 



Edinburgh Show, 1877, .... £297 15 

 Dumfries Show, 1878, .... 2,157 8 



District Competitions, 1877, . . . 729 15 



Ploughing Competitions, 1877-78, . ' . . 62 14 



Vote to Edinburgh Christmas Club, 1877, £50 ; 



Glasgow Agricultural Society, 1877, £50, . 100 



Essays and Reports, .... 106 15 



3,451 



16. Arrears of Subscriptions to be struck off as irrecoverable, 



17. Arrears of Subscriptions considered recoverable, 



18. Capital Sum invested in £305, Royal Bank Stock, . 



19. Deposited with City of Glasgow Bank (in liquidation), on 25th April 



and 16th May 1878, 897 2 3 



20. Deposited with Royal Bank in name of Building Fimd, on 11th 



November 1878, . . . . . . . 287 5 7 



21. Balance on Current Account with Royal Bank, at 30th November 



1878, 37 12 5 



Sum op Discharge, . £9,198 5 5 



W. S. WALKER, Treasurer. 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Chamnan of Finance Committee. 

 MACKENZIE & SMITH, C.A., Auditms. 

 Edinburgh 3(Z January 1879 



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