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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1878 79. 



DISCHARGE. 

 Establishment Expenses— 



!S;il;iry to Secretary, ..... 



Salary to Clerk, £300 ; Second Clerk, €150, 



Messenger, £72 ; allowaucc to Widow of I'ormer Messenger, £21, 



Feu-Duty, £28; Water Duty, £2, .3s. 4.1. ; Taxes, £34, 9s. 4d., 

 Coals, £10, 15s. 2d.; Gas, £6, 5s. 5d.; Insurance, £3, 17s. 6d., 

 Repairs and Furnishings, ..... 



2. Fee to Auditors for 1877-78 Accounts, .... 



3. Fee to Practical Engineer, ...... 



4. Aguicultural Education— 



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

 Bursaries, £60 ; Fees to E.xaminers, and E.xpenses, £28,14s. 6d. , 



5. Chemical — 



Chemist's Salary, .£300 ; and Travelling Expenses, 



&c., £21, 7s. 6d., .... £321 7 6 



Meteorological Instruments, £20 ; Lithographed 



Scheme of Experiments, £2, . . . 22 



Experimental Stations— 

 Harelaw— 

 Rent, £30 ; Taxes, £1, 6s. lOd. ; 

 Superintendent's Allowance, 

 £15, 15s. ; Seed, £9, 12s. 2d. ; 

 Labour, £61, 7s. 4d. ; Rail- 

 way Carriage on Turnips Sold, 

 Discount and E.xpenses of Sale, 

 £2,^j, 14s. 7d.; Repairs £4, 18s., £148 13 11 

 Pumplierston — 

 Rent, £13 ; Superintendent's 

 Allowance, £15, 15s ; Seed, 

 £11, 5s. 4d., Manures, &c. , £22, 

 17s. 5d. ; Labour, £49, 19s. ; 

 Expenses of a Visit of Com- 

 mittee, £6, 19s., . . 119 15 9 



Donation to School of Chemistry and Agriculture, 

 Aberdeen, .... 



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



to Students, £26, 2s. ; Fees to Examiners, £30, . 



7. Transactions— Printing, Binding, and Delivering, £416, 19s. ; 



Es.says and Reports, £91, 18s., . . . . . 



8. Ordinary Printing and Lithographing, £72, 10s.; Advertising, £49, 



7s. 8d. ; Stationery and Books, £65, 7s. lOd. ; Stamps, £47 ; 

 Bank Charges, Telegi-ams, &c., £6, 8s. lid., 



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



Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, 



10. Miscellaneous— Reporting General Meeting, £3, 3.s. ; Luncheon 



for Directors, £2, 5s.; Photographing Stallion, £1, 10s.; Handsels, 

 £1, 4.S. 6d.; Re-striking Medals, 3s. 6d., . . . . 



11. Premiums — 



Dumfries Show, 1878, 



Perth Show, 1879, ..... 



District Competitions, 1878, £611, lis.; Ploughing 



Competitions, 1878-79, £30, 6s.; Cottages and 



Garden.s, 1878, £51, IGs. 6d., . 

 Vote to Edinburgh Christmas Club, 1878, £50 ; 



Glasgow Agricultural Society, 1878, £50, 



Carry forward. 



£850 



450 



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£1,393 



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