SESSION 1896-97. 



Read and approved at the Annual Meeting of the Society held in 

 the Society's Hall, Watt Institution, on £th March, i8gy — 

 F. P. Purvis, Esq., President, in the chair. 



I.— Statement of Bccounts. 



Income. 



Balance from last Session, ;^I02 17 O 



238 Members, at 10/6, £,^2/^ 19 o 



260 Ladies and Youths, at 3/6, - - - - 45 10 o 



£\-]o 9 o 



Interest on Deposit Receipt, I 10 2 



171 19 2 



;^274 16 2 



Expenditure. 



Lecturers' Fees, Z'S^ 18 o 



Expenses connected with Lectures, - - - - - - 646 



Museum Committee — Lighting, Heating, and Cleaning Hall, - - 10 o o 



Printing, Advertising, and Stationery, - - - • - - 24 14 6 



Collector and Hallkeeper's Allowances and Outlays, - - - 865 



Secretary's Outlay, 557 



Treasurer's Outlay, ..-...-.- 026 



/191 II 6 

 Balance on Deposit Receipt with National Bank ot Scotland, Ltd., 83 4 8 

 Beinu Balance from last Session, - - Z^i02 17 o 



Less Deficiency this Session, - • - 19 12 4 



As above, .... ^^83 4 8 



^^274 16 2 



(Signed) W. HARDIE, Hon. Treasurer. 



Greenock, 4th March, iSgy. — We have examined the Hon. Treasurer's 



Accounts, and compared them with the Vouchers, and have found them to be 



correct, the Balance in Bank (on Deposit Receipt) at the close of the Session 

 amounting to Eighty-three pounds, four shillings, and eight pence. 



(Signed) JAS. NICOLL, ) ^ , 



ROB. HAMILTON, \ '■"""'""• 



Science Lecture Fund. 



The Balance at the credit of this Fund which has arisen from the surplus 

 income derived from the Gilchrist Trust Lectures and the Combe Trust Lectures 

 of former years amounts to £<^i 13s. 2d. 



(Intd.) W. H., Treas. 



