75 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND, for the YEAR 1866-67. 



DISCHARGE. 



1. Establishment — 



Salary to Secretary for year to Martinmas 1867, . . £700 



Auditor for year 1866, . . . . . 30 



Clerk for 1867, £210 ; Junior Clerk, £27, 12s., . . 237 12 



Curator of Machinery, £10 ; Messenger, £60, 15s., . . 70 15 



£1,038 7 



Feu-Duty, £28 ; Taxes, £33, 2s. Id. ; Water-Duty, £1, 10s., 62 12 1 



Gas, £5, 10s. 10d.; Coals, £13, 3s.; Fire Premiums, £6, 10s., 25 3 10 

 Repairs and Furnishings — Curtains, £43 ; Plans, £21 ; Roof 



Lights, £15 ; Sundries, £17, 19s. 6d., . . . 96 19 6 



£1,223 2 5 



2. Chemical Department — 



Salary to Professor, £300 ; Manures and Allowances to Ex- 

 perimenters, £109, lis., . . . . . 409 11 



3. Veterinary Department — 



Allowance to Professor, £26, 5s.; Medals, £5, 12s.; Adver- 

 tising, £2, lis. 9d., . . . . . 34 8 9 



4. Premiums — 



Glasgow Show, £1,374, 15s. 6d.; District Competitions, £55, 

 9s.; Ploughing Competitions, £96, 17s.; Reports, £98, 4s.; 

 Prizes (Agricultural Class), £10, .... 1,635 5 6 



5. Printing, £54, 3s.; Advertising, £33, 14s.; Stationery, £32, 



10s.; Post and Receipt Stamps, £39, 5s. 6d., 



6. Agents for Collecting Subscriptions, .... 



7. Society's Transactions — Printing, £173, 3s.; Circulating, 



£57, 15s. 10d., . . 



8. Old and Remarkable Trees — Printing Returns, &c, £61, 16s.; 



Editor, £42, 10s., . . . . . 



9. Trials of Steam Ploughs — Fees, &c, to Practical Engineer, 



£14, 2s.; Committee's Expenses, £3, 8s., 



10. Vote for Testimonial to Rev. Patrick Bell, 



11. Miscellaneous — 



Subscriptions to Meteorological Society, £5; Re-striking 

 Medals, £6, lis.; Frame for Mr Maxwell's Portrait, 

 £6, 14s. 6d.; Reporting Meetings, £3, 13s.; Travelling 

 Expenses, £15, 9s. 8d.; Bank Charges, £4, 15s.; Inci- 

 dental Outlays, £11, 18s., 54 1 2 



12. Expenses of Glasgow Show 1867, as per Auditor's States, . 2,047 13 8 



13. Investments — On Debenture Bonds, £2000; on Heritable 



Bond, £1300, 3,300 



14. Arrears of Subscriptions to Glasgow Show— Due 



by Counties of Lanark, £300 ; Renfrew, £150, £450 



15. Balance in Royal Bank at close of Account, . 3,224 14 1 



16. Arrears of Subscriptions considered recoverable, 180 14 

 7. Value of Medals on hand, . . . 13 8 



£9,318 17 3 



3,868 16 1 



£13,187 13 4 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Convener of Finance Committee. 

 GRAHAM BINN Y, Director, and Member of Finance Committee. 

 KENNETH MACKENZIE, C.A., Auditor. 



