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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND, for the Year 1867 68. 



DISCHARGE. 

 1. Establishment — 



Salary to Secretary for year to Martinmas 1868, 



Auditor for year 1867, ...... 



Clerk, 1868, £255 ; Junior Clerk, £76, 5s., . 

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



! Feu-Duty, £28 ; Taxes, £36, 8s.; Water-Duty, £1, 10s., 



Gas, £6, 13s. 5d.; Coals, £10, 15s.; Fire Premiums, £6, 10s., 

 Repairs and Furnishings, £22, 19s.; Sundries, £20, 3s. 3d., . 



2. Chemical Department — 



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

 perimenters, £139, Is., 



3. Veterinary Department — 



Allowance to Professor of Veterinary Siirgery, £26, 5s. ; Pro- 

 fessor of Cattle Pathology, £100; Medals, £4, 16s.; Adver- 

 tising, £6, 10s. 2d., . . *. 

 | 4. Grant to Agricultural Chair, £75 ; Prizes to Class, £10 ; 

 Advertising, £7, 19s. 9d.; Incidental Expenses, £1, 2s., 



5. Premiums — 



Glasgow Show, £129, 8s.; Aberdeen Show, £1281, lis.; 

 District Competitions, £632, ^s.;^ Ploughing Competitions, 

 £108, lis.; Reports, £119, 6s., .... 



6. Printing, £60, lis. ; Advertising, £35, 17s. 4d. ; Stationery, 



£33, 10s.; Post and Receipt Stamps, £46, 5s., . 



7. Business Accounts— Recovering Arrears of Subscriptions, 



£9, 16s. 6d.; Law Agent's Charges, £19, 8s. 6d., 



8. Society's Transactions— Printing and Circulating, 



9. Miscellaneous— 



Donation to Croall Fund, £21 ; Subscription to Meteorological 

 Society, £5 ; Reporting Meetings, £3, 3s. ; Re-striking 

 Medals, &c, £2, 8s. Id.; and Incidental Outlays, £12, 9s. 8d., 



10. Travelling Expenses — Deputation to London as to Veterinary 



Charter for Scotland, and Secretary and Clerk attending Meetings 

 in regard to Shows, ...... 



11. Expenses of Aberdeen Show, 1868, per Auditor's States, . 



12. Investments— On Heritable Bonds, £2479, 16s.; Deposit Receipt 



(waiting Investment), £500, ..... 



13. Arrears for General Shows — 



1. Glasgow Show — Balance due by County of 



Lanark, ..... 



2. Aberdeen Show — Stall Rent, . 



14. Balance in Royal Bank at close of the Account, 



15. Medals on hand at do., 



16. Arrears of Subscriptions considered recoverable, 



£1,264 18 8 



439 1 



137 11 

 94 



2,271 

 176 



1 9 



1 



3 4 



29 5 



278 15 



66 

 2,163 



44 9 



2,979 16 



ANTHONY MURRAY, Chairman of Finance Committee. 



W. S. WALKER, Director, 'and Member of Finance Committee. 



KENNETH MACKENZIE, Auditor. 



