Abstract of Accounts. 
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ABSTRACT 
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THE ACCOUNTS OF JAMES CURRIE, ESQ. 
As Treasurer of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 
SESSION 1915-1916. 
I. ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
CHARGE. 
1. Arrears of Contributions at 1st October 1915 £117 12 0 
2. Contributions for present Session : — 
1. 149 Fellows at £2, 2s. each ...... £312 18 0 
111 Fellows at £3, 3s. each 349 13 0 
£662 11 0 
Less — Subscriptions for present Session, included in 1915 
Accounts ........ 440 
£658 7 0 
2. Fees of Admission and Contributions of eighteen new 
Resident Fellows at £5, 5s. each . . . . . 94 10 0 
3. Fees of Admission of two new Non-Resident Fellows at 
£26, 5s. each 52 10 0 
£327 3 3 
41 6 11 
5. Transactions and Proceedings sold ......... 
6. Annual Grant from Government . ........ 
7. Income Tax repaid for year to 5th April 1916 
3. Contribution for 1916-1917 paid in advance ....... 
4. Interest received — 
Interest, less Tax £65, 3s. 2^^. 
Annuity from Edinburgh and District Water Trust, less Tax, 
£11, 3s. Id 
805 7 0 
3 3 0 
368 10 2 
21 17 5 
600 0 0 
61 3 7 
Amount of the Charge 
£1977 13 « 2 
DISCHARGE. 
1. Taxes, Insurance, Coal and Lighting : — 
Inhabited House Duty ........ £063 
Insurance .......... 19 3 3 
Coal, etc., to 26th September 1916 37 11 6 
Gas to £th May 1916 . 0 5 0 
Electric Light to 1st May 1916 ...... 5167 
Water 1915-16 440 
£67 6 7 
2. Salaries : — 
General Secretary, 1915-16 ....... £100 0 0 
Librarian . . . . 120 0 0 
Assistant Librarian ........ 50 0 0 
Interim Assistant Librarian . . . . . . . 78 0 0 
Office Keeper .......... 94 10 0 
Treasurer’s Clerk 25 0 0 
467 10 0 
Carry forward 
£534 16 7 
