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534 'i-'J^^ Highland Monthly.
manner of applying it, and considering that, from the fall
in the interest of money and the rent of the Session lands,,
the sum to be distributed among the poor this year will be
considerably less than usual, resolve to consider this bequest
of Mrs Watson as part of their income for the year, and
instruct the Treasurer to state it so in his account." The
whole income, if all rents, &c., were paid, for that year
appears to have been only £197, and by 1833 it fell to
;^I27 5s id; and this included, for the weigh-house, i,6 ;
the Hospital garden, £}) ; Library,
£y ys ; and
for a ladies'
school, £^. The following year, £'^ additional was got for
a " mechanic's apartment."
The accounts for the year 1833-34 are made up to 30th
April, 1834, and show a balance due to the Treasurer of
^50 15s 5d. The Rev. Thos. Fraser died early in February
of that year, and on the nth of that month Mr John Ross
was appointed his successor as " Kirk Treasurer," which
evidently included on this occasion the office of Hospital
Treasurer. The following week the Treasurer's books were
handed over to him, with instructions to prepare a statement
of the accounts from date of last settlement up to
the day of Mr Fraser's death. Mr Ross entered upon his
office on nth February, 1834, and held it until his death,,
in July, 1835. The state of the Hospital fund at his entry
was
—
^^2400 deposited in bank most of the year
at 2 per cent, yielding per annum ... ^^49 16 9
The lands of Broadstone, rent £4.^ ;
lands of
Crotterton, rent ^15 3s 9d ... ... ... 60 3 9
Hospital Garden, ^3 ; Library, £"/ ys ; weighhouse,
£6 ... ... ... ... ...
Ladies' school, £4 ; Mechanic's apartment, ^5
1670
900
Access to Maryfield ... ... ... ... o 10 o
£i3S 17 6
There was also brought into the account an item
" Catechist's share of the dues of baptisms and marriages"
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