XV 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the year 1865-6S. 



DISCHARGE. 



1. Establishment Expenses — 

 1. Salary to Secretary — 



To John Hall Maxwell, Esq., C.B., the late Secretary, for Salary and 



Allowances to Whitsunday, 1866 

 To Fletcher Norton Menzies, Esq., the present Secretary, for half-year 

 to 11th November, 1866 



2. Service and Attendance in Office 



3. Fee to Auditor of Accounts for year 1861-65 ... 



4. Clerks' Salaries 



5. Allowance to Curator of Machinery ... 



6. Feu-Duty, Taxes, &c, 6, Albyn Place 



7. Hall, Ac, No. 3, George IV. Bridge - 



1. Feu-Duty, Taxes, Water-Duty, and Insurance 



2. Repairs *.., 



3. Wages to Porter for five months, and Handsel 



4. Coals 



£84 10 3 



30 4 6 



15 15 



7 10 



£291 12 6 



350 



£64t 12 6 



32 10 



30 



216 18 



10 



76 o a 



137 19 9 



2. Chemical Department— Salary to Professor Andjrson 



3. Veterinary Department 



4. Altering and Furnishing Offices No. 3, George IV. Bridge 



5. Portrait of John Hall Maxwell, C.B., by Mr. Gourlay Steell, 



6. Premiums Paid — 



1. Inverness Show, 1865 



2. District Competitions, 1865 ... 



3. Ploughing Competitions— Medals awarded 



4. Essays and Reports 



5. Gold Medal to J. Dyce Nicol, Esq. of Ballogie, M.P.j for 



Agricultural Cottages 



6. Class of Agriculture — Prizes awarded 



7. Printing, Advertising, and Stationery 



8. Postage and Receipt Stamps 



9. Travelling — 



1. Secretary's Expenses 



2. Expenses of Or. Rankine to examination 



10. Miscellaneous — 



1. Subscription to Meteorological Society 



2. Reporting General Meetings 



3. Bank Charges and Incidental Outlays 



Deduct Balance of a Life Subscription received 



11. Business Accounts in connection with Sale of House, No. 6, 



Albyn Place, recovering Subscriptions, and Rent of Re- 

 freshment Rooms, Inverness 

 Deduct Commission received from Caledonian Railway Com- 

 pany on Loan for £3000 



£150 



345 



70 



107 



10 

 10 



15 

 2 

 4 



14 





 



£5 

 3 

 10 



£1145 



300 



36 



914 



250 



£5 6 

 15 



£18 12 7 

 5 



£69 16 7 

 15 



12. Inverness Show, 1865— 



Account for Refreshments, Travelling Expenses of Mr. Nicol Milne, &c. ... 



13. Transactions — 



1. To Arthur King <fe Co. for Printing Society's Transactions £155 11 8 



2. To do. for Postage of Transactions ... 59 4 



£214 15 

 2 



£13 18 

 10 5 



Copy of Society's Transactions sold 



14. Trials of Steam Cultivators and Thrashing Mill— 



Expenses of Committee in attending trials 

 Fees to Mr. Slight and his Travelling Expenses 



15. Sum invested in Debenture with Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Company 



16. Sum invested in Debenture with Caledonian Railway Company 



17. Inverness Show— Subscription due by the Ross-shire Pastoral Society ., 



18. Balance in Royal Bank at 30th November, 1866 



19. Medals on Hand at do. 



20. Arrears of Subscriptions — 



1. Recoverable Arrears 



2. Irrecoverable Arrears and written off 



10 

 



£294 

 97 



15 

 4 



24 3 

 1000 

 3000 



10 

 1065 14 



23 15 



699 15 



171 11 



47 



6 1 



18 7 7 



54 16 7 

 18 15 6 



214 13 2 



10 

 

 

 

 3 

 



347 

 £9376 14 4 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Chairman of Finance Committee. 

 W. S. WALKER, Member of Finance Committee. 

 KENNETH MACKENZIE, C.A., Auditor. 



