The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

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Ike Highland Monthly.
This note is added, " The sums that make up the
Library Fund is engrossed in the Hospital Stock."
The above statement as to looo merks having been
mortified by Dr Fraser for a Hbrarian's salary, and ;^50 for
the purchase of books, is incorrect. Dr Fraser's instructions
were that •' '
the Trustees were to lay out half the income
[of the lOOO merks] "in the purchase of books and half in
payment of a salary to the Schoolmaster as Librarian,
unless one of the Ministers should be willing to act as
Librarian, in which case the whole of the money was to be
bestowed in buying books, and with regard to the other
legacy out of his brother's estate, he directs that this money
" shall be secured, improven, and bestowed in all respects as
the above mentioned one thousand merks."
His Discharge shows
Principal sums in bonds, bills, securities,
and debts ;^3o86 2 y%
Money paid out in a long list of items,
which, however, includes books bought
for the library, salary to library keeper,
and to bursars on the Laird of Mackintosh's
mortification ... ... ... 1857 8 3
A943 19 ^0%
Note.—^The amount entered in the discharge as paid for
books per receipts is^^iii 6s ST^d, and the Librarian's
salary £,^6 15s 8^d.
We find the following interesting entry on the charge
side of his accounts relative to Provost Dunbar's two
mortifications of 2000 merks each, and the security obtained
for them from James Roy Dunbar in or about 1704 :
— " Bond Baillie James Roy Dunbar for a half coble River
fishing, ^166 13s 4d ; ditto's Bond on the lands of Gallovv
Muir, ;!f222 4s 5>3d, the fishing and lands being redeemed by
George Baillie af Leys for ^^475, to which sum, by appointment
of Session, the Treasurer added £2^ to make the
principal sum amount to £ 500, which was paid into the