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 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1879-80, 



DISCHARGE. 



1. Establishment Expenses — 



Salary to Secretary, ...... £850 



Salary to Clerk, £300 ; Second Clerk, £150, . . . 450 



JMessenger, £72 ; allowance to Widow of former Messenger, £26, 5s,, 98 5 



Feu-Duty, £28; Water Duty, £2, 3s. 4d.; Taxes, £32, 13s. 2d., 

 Coals, £9, Is. 5d.; Gas, £4, 15s. 5d.; Insurance, £3, 17s. 6d., 

 Repairs and Furnishings, ..... 



2. Fee to Auditors for 1878-79 Accounts, 



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



4. Education — 



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

 £140; Fees to Examiners, and Expenses, £35, Is. 6d., . 335 1 6> 



5. Chemical Department — 



Salary to Chemist, .... £300 



Repairs, &c., for Laboratory, . . . 19 14 1 



Experimental Stations — 

 Harelaw — 

 Rent, £30 ; Taxes, £1, 6s. 9d. ; 

 Superintendent's Allowance, 

 £15, 15s., . . . £47 1 9 



Pumpherston — 

 Rent, £13 ; Superintendent's 

 Allowance, £15, 15s ; Trench- 

 ing Small Plots, £7, 10s., . 36 5 

 Manures, Zinc Tickets, &c., for 



Stations, &c., . . 12 1 



95 7 9 



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



to Students, £38, 6s., ...... 



7. Transactions— Printing, Binding, and Delivering, £459, 5s. 6d., 



Essays and Reports, £202, 6s., . 



8. Ordinary Printing and Lithographing, £40, 6s.; Advertising, £44, 



2s. 9d. ; Stationery and Books, £40, 10s. 2d. ; Postages, £45 ; 

 Bank Charges and Telegrams, £7, 14s. 2d., 



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



Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, 



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



for Do., £2, 2.S. ; Luncheon for Directors, £1, 15s. 6d.; Handsels, 



£1, 4s. 6(1; Re-striking Medals, 3s. 6d., . . . . 8 8 6 



11. Prkmitms— 



Perth Show, 1879, ..... 

 Kelso Show, 1880, ..... 

 District Compt'titions, 1876, 

 District Competitions, 1879, £7t)7, 2.s. 6(1.; 



Plougliing CcMiipetitions, 1879-80, £5<), 2s.; 



Cottages and Garden.s, 1879, £61, 4s. 6d., 

 Vote to Edinburgh Christmas Club, 1879, 



Carry forward, 



