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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1874-75. 



DISCHARGE. 

 1. Establishment Expenses, viz. — 



Salary to Secretary for year to Martinmas 1875, . . . £850 



Clerk, £300 ; Junior Clerk, £137, 10s., for year to 1st October 1875, 437 10 

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



Feu-Duty, £28 ; Taxes, £35, 12s. 4d. ; Water Duty, £1, 16s. 8d., 

 Coals and Coke, £9, 16s. 9d. ; Gas, £6, 7s. 9d. ; Insurance Pre- 

 mium, £3 17s. 6d., . 

 Repairs and Furnishings, £27, 18s. Id. ; Sweeping Vents, £1, 7s 



2. Fee to Auditor of Accounts, for year to 30th November 1874, 



3. Fee to Practical Engmeer for year to 1st July 1875, . 



4. Agricultural Chair — 



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



5. Chemical Department — 



Salary to Professor Dewar, ..... 



6. Veterinary Department — 



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

 £30, 12s., 



7. Society's Transactions — Printing, Binding, Posting, and Delivering 



Transactions, ....... 



8. Ordinary Printing and Lithographing, £96 ; Advertising, £39, 9s. 



3d. ; Stationery, Books, and Binding, £46, 19s. 7d. ; Postage 

 and Receipt Stamps, £43 ; Bank and Post-Office Charges and 

 Telegrams, £6, 4s. 4d. , . 



9. Travelling and Hotel Expenses of Secretary to, from, and at 



London, ........ 



10. Subscriptions to Public Societies— Scottish Meteorological Society, 



£20 ; Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, . 



11. Miscellaneous Payments— Reporting General Meetings, £3, 3s.'; 



Handsels, £1, 4s. 6d. ; Refreshments to Examiners, £1, lis. ; Re- 

 pairing Dynamometer, £15, 7s. ; Re-engraving Medals, £1, 4s. 6d. ; 

 Sundries, £1, 15s., ....... 



12. Premiums — 



Inverness Show, 1874, .... £288 6 



Glasgow Show, 1875, ..... 2222 9 6 

 District Competitions, 1874, .... 662 10 



Ploughing Competitions, 1874-75, . . . 54 12 



Vote to Edinburgh Christmas Club, . . . 50 



Vote to Ayrshire Agricultural Association, . . 20 



Essays and Reports, . . . , . 125 1 



13. Fees to Examiners and Expenses, .... 



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



15. Arrears of Subscriptions considered recoverable, 



16. Capital Sums lent on Bonds at Martinmas 1875, 



17. Sum in Deposit Receipt with Royal Bank, 

 18., Sum in Deposit Receipt with Do. in name of Building Fund, 

 19. Balance in Royal Bank of Scotland at 30th November 1875, 



24 5 



3,422 



24 



33 



47 



6,000 



1,100 



39 



666 



18 6 



3 



12 6 

 2 6 

 

 



13 4 

 8 10 



Sum of Discharge, £13,981 15 6 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Convemr of Finance Committee. 

 W. S. WALKER, Member of Finance Committee. 

 KENNETH MACKENZIE, C.A., Auditor. 

 Edinburgh, Uh Januaiy 1876. 



