CHAPTER LXV. 



AUDITORS, PRINCIPAL CLERKS AND RECORDERS, &c. 



Auditors. 



I. Mr Alexander Keay was at the General Meeting on 

 lOth January 1797 nominated and appointed Auditor of 

 Accounts, which office he held till his death in 1804. He 

 was succeeded by 



H. Mr Francis Farquharson of Haughton, who 

 was elected at the General Meeting on 8th January 1805. 

 He discharged the duties for little more than three years, 

 having died in 1808. He was succeeded by 



ni. Mr Robert Wilson at the General Meeting on 

 27th June 1808, who continued to act till his death in 1818, 

 when he was succeeded by 



IV. Mr Claud Russell at the General Meeting on 

 1 2th January 18 19. He held office for 27 years, and at his 

 death in 1846 was succeeded by 



V. Mr Archibald Horne, who was elected at the 

 General Meeting on 12th January 1847, and who dis- 

 charged the duties for about 16 years. At his death in 

 1862 he was succeeded by the present Auditor, 



VI. Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, whose formal election 

 took place at the General Meeting, 21st January 1863. 



VII. Mr John Turnbull Smith was, in 1878, con- 

 joined with his partner, Mr Mackenzie, in the office of 

 Auditor. 



It is only necessary to add that previous to 1797 the 

 accounts were audited by a Committee of the Society. 

 The first four gentlemen named above were professional 

 Accountants of high standing in Edinburgh. The fifth, 

 Mr Archibald Horne, was a well known and highly appreci- 

 ated member of the Chartered Society of Accountants ; and 

 the sixth and seventh, Messrs Mackenzie & Smith, are 



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