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1 he llospita/ of Inverness. 247
The interest of ;^2000, the redemption of
half-coble,at Martinmas, 1726, and bond,
Baih'e James Dunbar, on land security 2,666 13 4
Also a balance of annual rents due b}- him 507 2 8
Two mortifications apparentl)- belong to his period of
office, \iz., one b)- William Mackintosh, senior, treasurer, of
£2^ sterling, seemingly of date 1726, and one by the Laird
of Mackintosh and Lad}- Mackintosh, of ^2000 Scots, for
educational purposes, but neither of these appear in (jilbert
Gordon's accounts, so particulars will be gi\'en under those
of his successor. Provost Hossack.
The committee appointed to examine these accounts,
besides appending a docquet at the end of the charge side
and another at the end of the discharge side, presented a
report, which is entered in the account book, and is dated
3rd and 6th da\-s of April, 1731. They find, inter alia,
that the treasurer has added to the hospital stock " a house
and office houses taken off b\" compriseing from ^lalcolm
Mackenzie, a tenant upon , valued at £100
Scots, and which is rentalled to the possesser at £^ Scots
yearly." The blank should have been filled up with
" Gallowsmuir." The Committee also " find that he charges
himself with ^^666 13s 4d Scots, the mortification of the
deceased David Fraser, merchant and baillie of the said
burgh, for which he received bond from Alex. Fraser of
F^airfield, his son, dated the i6th day of February, 173 1,
bearing interest from Martinmas, 1730, the preceding
interest of that mortification having been applied b}' the
said Fairfield to charitable objects b\' order of the Session,
and for distinct stateing thereupon, the said Fairfield has
granted a separat obligation." The principal i^5 5 lis \\d
sterling seems to ha\-e been paid up long afterwards, on 4th
Februar}-, 1752,
tc) Treasurer Hossack.— J^ide Kirk Session
minutes, 14th Ma\-, 1776.
With regard to the Treasurer's disbursements they find
" that the said Baillie Gordon has paid out the sum of
^^5449 I IS lod, as is particularly set down in the accompts