Abstract of Accounts. 
795 
STATE OF THE FUNDS BELONGING TO THE ROYAL 
SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 
As at 1st October 1909. 
1. GENERAL FUND— 
1. £2090, 9s. 4d. three per cent. Lien Stock of the North British Railway 
Company at 82§ per cent., the selling price at 1st October 1909 
2. £8519, 14s. 3d. three per cent. Debenture Stock of do. at 85^ per cent., do. 
3. £52, 10s. Annuity of the Edinburgh and District Water Trust, equivalent 
to £875 at 172 per cent. , do. ......... 
4. £1811 four per cent. Debenture Stock of the Caledonian Railway Company 
at 113| per cent. , do. .......... 
5. £35 four and a half per cent. Arbitration Debenture Stock of the London, 
Chatham and Dover Railway Company at 117| per cent., do. . 
6. Arrears of Contributions, as per preceding Abstract of Accounts . 
£1732 7 7 
7284 7 10 
1505 0 0 
2060 2 0 
40 19 10 
269 17 0 
£12,892 12 5 
Deduct Floating Balance due by the Society, as per preceding Abstract of 
Accounts ............ 628 8 2 
Amount . . £12,264 4 3 
Exclusive of Library, Museum, Pictures, etc., Furniture of the Society’s Rooms at 
George Street. 
2. KEITH FUND— 
1. £896, 19s. Id. three per cent. Debenture Stock of the North British 
Railway Company at 85 \ per cent., the selling price at 1st October 1909 £766 18 8 
2. £211, 4s. three per cent. Lien Stock of do. at 82§ per cent., do. . . . 175 1 2 
3. Balance due by the Union Bank of Scotland ...... 56 9 9 
Amount . . . £998 9 7 
3. NEILL FUND— 
1. £355 four and a half per cent. Arbitration Debenture Stock of the London, 
Chatham and Dover Railway Company at 117^ per cent., the selling price 
at 1st October 1 909 .......... £415 15 5 
2. Balance due by Union Bank of Scotland . . . . . . . 45 14 3 
Amount . . . £461 9 8 
4. MAKDOUGALL-BRISBANE FUND— 
1. £365 four per cent. Consolidated Preference Stock No. 2 of the Caledonian 
Railway Company at 104^ per cent., the selling price at 1st October 1909 £381 8 6 
2. Sum on Deposit Receipt with the Union Bank of Scotland .... 135 0 0 
3. Balance due by do. on Current Account . . . . . . . 62 4 2 
Amount . . . £578 12 8 
5. MAKERSTOUN MAGNETIC METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION FUND— 
Sum on Deposit Receipt with the Union Bank of Scotland at 1st October 1909 £214 16 11 
6. GUNNING-VICTORIA JUBILEE PRIZE FUND— Instituted by Dr Gunning of Edinburgh 
and Rio de Janeiro — 
1. £1000 three per cent. Consolidated Lien Stock of the North British Railway 
Company at 82-| per cent., the selling price at 1st October 1909 . . £828 16 0 
2. Balance due by the Union Bank of Scotland on Current Account . . 131 6 3 
Amount . . . £960 2 3 
Edinburgh, 20th October 1909. —We have examined the six preceding Accounts of the 
Treasurer of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for the Session 1908-1909, and have found them to be 
correct. The securities of the various Investments at 1st October 1909, as noted in the above 
Statement of Funds, have been exhibited to us. 
LINDSAY, JAMIESON & HALDANE, 
Auditors. 
