59 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the year 1875-76. 



DISCHARGE. 



1. Establishment Expenses, viz.: — 



Salary to Secretary for year to Martinmas 1876, . . . £850 



Clerk, £300 ; Junior Clerk, £147, 10s., for year to 1st October 1876, 447 10 

 Messenger, £72 ; and allowance to Widow of former Messenger, £21, 93 



Feu-Duty, £28; Taxes, £32, 9s. 8d.; Water Duty, £1, 16s. 8d., 

 Coals, £9, 14s.; Gas, £5, 7s. 10 J.; Insurance Premiums, £3, 17s. 6d. 

 Eepairs and Furnishings, £24, 18s. 6d.; Sweeping Vents, 19s. 6d., 



2. Fee to Auditor of Accounts, for year to 30tli November 1875, 



3. Fee to Practical Engineer, for year to 1st July 1876, . 



4. Agkicultural Cilvir — 



Grant to Professor Wilson, £150 ; and Prizes to Class, £10, B 



5. Bursary— Mr Alexander Sutherland, , . . , 



6. Veterinary Department — 



Allowance to Professor Williams, £26, 5s.; Medals to Students, 



£30, 12s., . . , . . . . . 5G 17 



7. Society's Transactions— Printing and Binding, £388, 15s. Id,; less 



received from sale by Messrs Blackwood, £39, 14s. lid., . . 349 2 



8. Ordinary Printing, &c. — Printing, £77, 8s.; Lithographing, £43; 



Advertising, £58, 3s. Id.; Stationery, £37; Postages, £52; Bank 



and Post-OfBce Charges, £4, 3s. 5d. ; and Papyrograph, £14, 4s., . 285 18 6 



9. Travelling, Hotel Expenses, &c. of Secretary to and from London, 13 19 



10. Subscriptions to Public Societie.s — Scottish Meteorological Society, 



£20; Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £5, . . 25 



11. Vote to Celtic Chair, . . . . . . . 105 



12. Miscellaneous Payments — Reporting General Meetings, £3, 3s.; 



Handsels, £1, 4s. 6d.; Re-engraving Medals, 14s. 6d.; Sundries, 



£1, 10s., 6 12 



13. Premiums — 



Glasgow, 1875, . . . , . £205 12 



Aberdeen, 1876, ..... 2,090 11 6 



District Competitions, 1875, .... 570 17 



Ploughing Competitions, 1875-76, . . . 57 



Vote to Edin1)urgh Christmas Club, . . . 56 2 



Essays and Purports, . . . . , 146 2 



3,126 4 6 



14. Fees to Agricultural and Veterinary Examiners, £64, 18s.; and Ex- 



penses, £3, 14s., . . . . . . . 68 12 



15. Arrears of Subscriptions to be struck off as irrecoverable, . . 36 15 6 



16. Arrears of Subscriptions considered recoverable, . . . 66 19 6 



17. Capital Sum invested in London and North-Western Railway Com- 



pany 4 per cent. Debenture Stock, ..... 1,062 12 6 



18. Sum paid into Deposit with Roval Bank, in name of BuiMing Fund, 120 7 4 



19. Balance in Royal Bank of Scotland at 30th November 1S76, . 8S4 19 4 



Sum OF Discharge, iT.Ol'"! n 



ANTFIOVY -MURRAY, Conrenrr of f • CommitUe. 



GIt.MlAM HINNY, .\fnnhcr of Fin m- ' .aittee. 

 KENNETH MACKENZIE, C.A., Auditur. 



Edinburgh, Uh Januanj 1877. 



