1916-17.] 
Abstract of Accounts. 
401 
ABSTRACT 
OF 
THE ACCOUNTS OF JAMES CURRIE, ESQ. 
As Treasurer of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
SESSION 1916-1917. 
I. ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
CHARGE. 
1. Arrears of Contributions at 30th September 1916 
. 
£143 
17 
0 
2. Contributions for present Session : — 
1. 156 Fellows at £2, 2s. each ...... 
£327 
12 
0 
109 Fellows at £3, 3s. each ...... 
343 
7 
0 
£670 
19 
0 
Less — Contribution for present Session, included in 1915- 
1916 Accounts . ...... 
3 
3 
0 
£667 
16 
0 
2. Fees of Admission and Contributions of twenty-one new 
Resident Fellows at £4, 4s. each ..... 
88 
4 
0 
3. Commutation Fee in lieu of future contributions of one 
Fellow .......... 
5 
5 
0 
761 
5 
0 
3. Interest received — 
Interest on £7830 five per cent. War Stock, 1929-47, to 1st 
June 1917 ......... 
£110 
0 
8 
. Less — Interest paid to Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., 
on special overdraft ..... 
40 
10 
6 
£69 
10 
2 
Other Interest, less Tax, £80, 11s. 
241 
13 
5 
Annuity from Edinburgh and District Water Trust, less Tax, 
£13, 2s. 6d 
39 
7 
6 
350 
11 
1 
4. Transactions and Proceedings ....... 
. 
, 
98 
10 
0 
5. Annual Grant from Government ....... 
600 
0 
0 
6. Income Tax repaid for year to 5th April 1917 .... 
# 
# 
128 
2 
10 
7. Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume: — 
Donations and Receipts from Sale of Volume 
36 
7 
2 
Amount of the Charge 
^2118 13 
1 
DISCHARGE. 
1. Taxes, Insurance, Coal and Lighting 
Inhabited House Duty ........ 
£0 
6 
3 
Insurance ......... 
22 
16 
11 
Coal, etc., to 10th May 1917 . . . ’ . 
30 
14 
0 
Gas to 9th May 1917 ........ 
2 
8 
4 
Electric Light to 19th September 1917 . 
5 
12 
7 
Water, 1916-17 • . . . . . . 
4 
4 
0 
£66 
2 
I 
2. Salaries : — 
General Secretary, 1916-17 ....... 
£100 
0 
0 
Librarian .......... 
120 
0 
0 
Assistant Librarian ........ 
50 
0 
0 
Interim Assistant Librarians ....... 
88 
10 
0 
Office Keeper .......... 
94 
10 
0 
Treasurer’s Clerk ......... 
25 
0 
0 
478 
0 
0 
Carry forward 
£544 
2 
1 
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