The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

The Hospital of Inverness.
and fidelity in reducing the affairs of that Fund into so
regular an order.
At the same meeting " the Committee appointed to
separate the doubtful debts from the others in order to
make the present Treasurer's task easy reported that they
did so accordingly, and recommended to recover the money
from, or get Cautioners bound with such as have given the
Session onl}' simple Bonds, and that these Cautioners be
Co-principals."
The accounts of Provost Hossack are the last entered in
the old account book : on the last page of which is written
" Inverness, 22nd April, 1766. As this book is tatter'd and
not large enough in the paper, the Treasurer thought
proper to lay it by as a Record, and not to insert any more
Hospital accounts in it, but to begin a new book well bound
and of larger paper as a second volume of the Hospital
Records." (Signed) "Andrew Murray."
It has been already mentioned that nearly half of the
earlier portion of the old volume is left blank.
Bailie Andrew Murray's Charge in his first account up
to Candlemas, 1766, as per abstract, shows :
Principal sums in bonds, bills,
&c., transmitted to him ...
Interests and rents paid
Balance due to the Treasurer
securities,
The Library Fund account is only entered as a
memorandum at the end of the account, and not included
therein, viz., looo merks mortified by Dr P>aser for
Librarian's salary ... ... ... ... ;^55 n i/^
Mortified by Dr Fraser for purchase of
books ... ... ... ... ... 50 O o
Interest thereof, £12% os 8d, of which £&6
OS 8d expended on books : the balance,
£60, for purchasing books added, making
the latter fund ^ 1 10 60 o o
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