AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND for the YEAR 1886-87. 



DISCHARGE. 

 Balance clue to Roval Bank of Scotland on account current 



30tli November IS'Stf, ..... 



Establishment Expenses — 



Salary to Secretarv, .... 



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

 Wa^ces to Messena;er, .... 



Feu-Duty, £2S ; Water Duty, £2, 3s. 4d. ; Taxes, 



£35, 10s. 4d., 

 Coals, £10, lis. 6d. ; Gas, £6, 15s. lOd. ; Insurance, 

 £8, 14s. Sd., .... 



Repairs and Furnishings, .... 



3. 

 4. 



«. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 



12. 



lo. 



14. 



15. 

 16. 



as at 



£850 



450 



72 



65 13 8 



26 

 26 



2 



Fee to Auditor of Accounts i'or year 1885-86, 



Fee to Practical Engineer, ..... 



Agricultural Education — 



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

 Bursaries, £110 ; Fees to E.xaminers and E.xpeuses, £46, 17s., 

 Chemical Department — 



Salary and allowance to Chemist, . . £600 (> 



Experimental Stations — 

 Harelaw— Rent for Half-year, £15; Taxes, £1, 

 lis. lid.; Superintendent's Allowance, £15, 

 15s.; Manure, £1-3, ISs. lid.; Seed, £8, 10s. ; 

 Working E.xjienses, £85, lis. , . . . 140 G in 



Punipherston — Rent, £13 ; Superintendent's 

 Allowance, £15, 15s.; Seed, £5, 10s.; Work- 



ing Expenses, £65, 2s. 

 Grants to Analytical Associations, 



99 

 96 





 



Veterinary Department— Fee to Professor Williams, £26, 5>. ; 

 Medals to Students, £16, 2s., ..... 



Botanical Department— Fee to Botanist for year. 



Special Grant— Vote to Dairy Department, " . . . 



Vote to H. M. Jenkins' Memorial Fund, .... 



Society's Tr.vnsactions— Printing, £391 : Binding and Postages, 

 £182, 2s. 6d. ; Comparing Proof Sheets, £12, 10s. ; Miscellaneous, 

 £4, lis. 9d., : 



Essays and Reports— Farm Produce Report : Tabulating Returns 

 as to Price of Farm Produce, £21; Translating Reports, £24, 19s.; 

 Condensing and transcribing Returns as to Silos and Silage, £10, 

 10s.; Prizes for Essays and Reports, £131, 10s., . 



Ordinary Printing and Lithographing, £79, 13s. 6d.; Advertising, 

 £37, 19s. 3d.; Stationery, Books, &c., £59, 3s. 3d.; Postages, 

 £53 ; Bank Charges and Telegrams, £12, 13s., 



Subscriptions to Public Societies— Scottish Meteorological Society, 

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



Business Account to Messrs Tods, Murray, & Jamieson, W.S., 



Miscellaneous Payments— Expenses of "Deputation of Directors 

 to Privy Council in connection with Pleuro-Pueumonia Inquiry, 

 £40, 14s. 6d.; Secretary's Travelling Expenses attending Nomi- 

 nation of Directors, £22, 9s. 6d. ; Reporting Board and General 

 Meetings, £21 ; Lunclieous to Directors, £12, 5s. 6d.; Repairing 

 and Storing Turnstiles and Storin? Sheep Pens, £7, 13s. ; Handsels, 

 £1, 10s.; Sundry, £1, 15s., 



£1,448 18 



397 



District Competitions, 

 Cottages and Gardens, 

 Ploughing Competitions, 



18. Payments in connection with former Shows, 



19. Life and Annual Subscriptions repaid, .... 



20. Arrears of Subscriptions struck off as irrecoverable, 



21. Arrears considered recoverable, ..... 



22. Deposit with Royal Bank, of date lltli Nov. 1887, in name of 



BuildinoFund, ....... 



£444 7 



1,490 6 8 

 50 

 20 



316 17 



935 13 m 



42 7 



25 



100 



50 



590 4 3 



187 19 



242 9 



25 

 4 13 



107 7 6 



62 



W. S. WALKER, Treasirrer 

 JAS. AULDJO JAMIESON, 

 WM. HOME COOK, C.A., ; 



Sum of Discharge, . £6,631 16 



Chairman of Finance Committee 



■iudiior. 



