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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1880-81. 



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DISCHARGE. 



Sum due to Royal Bank on current account at 30th NovemlDer 1880, 

 Establishment Expenses — 



Salary to Secretary, .... 850 



Salary to Clerk, £300, and Second Clerk, £150, 450 



■ Messenger, £72 ; Allowance and Burial Expenses of 



former Messenger's Wido\v, &c., £31, Is. 9d., 103 1 9 



Feu-Duty, £28 ; Water Duty, £2, 3s. 4d, ; Taxes, 



£31, 19s. 4d., . . . . 62 2 8 



Coals, £11, 4s. ; Gas, £5, 13s. 3d. ; Insurance, 



£3, 17s. 6d., . . . . . 20 14 9 



Repairs and Furnishings, . . . 38 18 9 



Fee to Auditors for 1880 Accounts, .... 



Allowance to Practical Engineer, ..... 

 Education — 



Grant to Professor of Agriculture, £150 ; Prizes, £10 ; Bursaries, 

 £130 ; Fees to Examiners and Expenses, £35, Is., . 

 Chemical — 



Salary to Chemist, ..... £600 

 Repairs, &c., for Laboratory, . . . 75 12 



Experimental Stations — 



Harelaw — Rent, £30 ; Taxes, 15s. 7d. ; 

 Superintendent'sAllowance, £15, 15s.; 

 Labour, £42, Is. 2d., . . £88 11 9 



Pumpherston — Rent, £13 ; Superin- 

 tendent's Allo\vance, £15, 15s., 28 15 

 Manures, &c., for Stations, . 87 



204 6 9 



13. Expenses incvirred by Mr. Menzies, the Secretary, in visiting 



Fishery Exhibition at Norwicli, . . . . . 



14. Intekest paitl on Current Account with Royal Bank for year to 



30th November 1881, . . . . .' . 



15. AuuKAKS of Subscriptions to be struck off a.s irrecoverable, 



16. AuuEAUS considere<l rL'covi'ral)le, .... 



17. Capital Sum lent on Debenture Bond, 



18. Debentiue Bond with Caledonian Railway Company for "Twee<l 



dale Medal," ...... 



ly. Deposit with Royal Bank in name of Building Fund, 



£538 4 



1,524 17 11 

 50 

 20 



325 1 



7. Veterinary— Allowance to Professor Williams, £26, 5s. ; Medals 



to Students, £32, 4s. ; Balance of Fees to Examiners, £12, 10s. 8d., 



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



£539, 5s. ; Essays and Reports, £226, 5s. 6d., . 



9. Ordinary Printing and Lithographing, £58 ; Advertising, £49, 



10s. lOd. ; Stationery and Books, £35, 188. ; Postages, &c., £52; 

 Bank Charges and Telegrams, £8, 12s. 6d., 



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



Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, .... 



11. Miscellaneous — Reporting General Meeting, £3, 3s. ; Proof Slips 



of Meetings, £1, Is. ; Luncheons for Directors, £3, 16s. ; Hand- 

 sels, £1, 4s. 6d. ; Sundries, £1, 9s. 6d., .... 



12. Premiums — 



Kelso Show, 1880, £361 10 



Stirling Show, 1881, .... 1,757 7 



District Competitions, .... 625 15 

 Medals in aid of Premiums given by Local Societies, 75 12 

 Sums voted in aid of Premiums given by do., , 126 

 Cottages and Gardens, . . . . 59 10 



Ploughing Competitions, . . . . 33 6 



879 18 9 



70 19 8 



765 10 6 



204 1 4 



25 



10 14 



3,039 0_ 



12 19 



17 12 9 



35 18 6 



78 6 



450 



500 



209 11 8 



Sum of Discharge, . £ 8,757 9 7 



W. S. W.\LKER, Trmxurcr. 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Convaur of Finaiue Committee. 



J. TURN BULL SMITH, C.A., Auditor. 



