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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
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ST. MATTHEW'S HOME FOR ORPHAN AND
DESTITUTE CHILDREN.
114 Hill Street, Garnethill. — Instituted 1854.
Committee of Management — Rev. Alex. M'Quis-
ten, president; Alexander Ronaldson, treasurer; Jas.
Dale, secretary.
Gentlemen visitors — Win. Muir, Archibald Robert-
son, William Gillespie, David Dickie, William Easton,
James Hannan, John Mitchell, Frank Baird, Robert
Edmiston, David J. Penney, T. G. Buchanan, John
Finlay, Dr. Scott Orr, Matthew Brown. Meeting at
the " Home" every Tuesday at a quarter to 10 a.m.
Lady visitors — Mrs. Hannan, Mrs. Robert Edmis-
ton, Mrs. A. Robertson, Mrs. R. Paterson, Mrs.
M'Quisten, Mrs. Ronaldson, Mrs. Frank Baird, Mrs.
John Monteith, Mrs. J. P. M'Quisten, Mrs. Scott
Orr, Mrs. Macmoreland, Mrs. William B. Watson,
Mrs. Edward Alexander, Mrs. Dickie, Miss Paul,
Miss Penney, Miss Isabella Dale, Miss De Munnick.
Visiting the " Home" as often as convenient, Mon-
days excepted.
The children are clothed, fed, educated, and pro-
vided with medical attendance in sickness. Their
ages vary from 5 to 14 years.
Medical attendant — Dr. J. M. Pagan.
HOUSE OF SHELTER FOR FEMALES.
4 Hill Street, Garnethill.
The "Shelter" was instituted in 1850 ; its object
being to provide a home for females, on their libera-
tion from prison, who are desirous to reform and to
support themselves by honest industry. '1 he average
number of inmates in the " Shelter" is about forty.
They are employed in needle work, the institution
receiving the proceeds of their labour, in return for
which, the inmates are lodged, fed, and clothed.
J. D. Bryce, A. A. Fergusson, James Dale, J.
Paterson, M.D., Michael Rowan, James Graham,
directors; Dr. Robert Scott Orr, Albany Place,
medical attendant; Mrs. Mackay and Miss Stevenson,
secretaries ; Miss Dale, 5 Somerset Place, treasurer.
Mrs. Fergusson, Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Mathieson, Mrs.
Findlay, Miss MTntosh, Miss Croorn, Miss Murdoch,
Miss Whitelaw, ladies' committee; Mrs. Rintoul,
Miss Scouller, Miss Dymock, Miss Paterson, visitors;
Miss Macdonald, matron.
Contributions received by Miss Dale, 5 Somerset
Place, treasurer; Miss M'Kay, 90 Buccleuch Street,
or any of the other ladies of committee. Needlework
bv Miss Macdonald, matron, at the institution.
AGED WOMEN'S SOCIETY.
Instituted 1814.
Mrs. M'Call of Ibroxhill, president ; Mrs. Ander-
son, 159 St. Vincent Place, vice-president ; Mrs.
Buchanan, 4 Athole Place, treasurer ; Mrs. Pollock,
7 Prince's Street, West, secretary. This society has
for its object the relief of indigent females above 60
years of age. Before receiving assistance they are
visited at their houses. Any person subscribing 20s.,
or 10s. for two years, is entitled to recommend a pen-
sioner. Seventeen ladies act as visitors, who, with
the office-bearers, meet the first Monday of every
month, in the Religious Institution Rooms.
AYRSHIRE.
Patrick Boyle of Shewalton, president ; Charles
Gairdner, Union Bank, vice-president; James Ander-
son, 57 West Nile Street, treasurer; John B. Dill,
54 West Nile Street, secretary.
GLASGOW SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION
OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Patron, the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow; the
Lord Provost, chairman ; David Dreghorn, deputy-
chairman ; Peter Clouston, J. H. Young, John Ure,
John Matheson, jun., James Brown, William Whyte,
Alex. Ronaldson, James N. Fleming, J. C. Wakefield,
William Euing, Hugh Baird, Peter Whyte, Alex.
Crum, John Coulter, Rev. David Runciman, D.D.,
Rev. Gustavus K. Flindt, Rev. James Fraser, M.A.,
Rev. Alex. M'Ewen, D.D., Rev. Walter C. Smith,
Rev. David Brown, Thomas Hill, William West
Watson, Archibald Colquhoun, John Wilkie, Wm.
Wordie, Donald Matheson, general committee; D.
Dreghorn, Peter White, John Matheson, Wm. Whyte,
John Coulter, acting committee; secretary, Alex.
Scott, 138 Hope Street; treasurer, Donald Mathe-
son, 32 Exchange- Square ; inspector, John Ander-
son, 73 South Wellington Street; assistant, Robert
M'Broom, 12 North Woodside Road ; collector,
Robt. Neilson. Subscriptions and donations thank-
fully received by the secretary and treasurer. Com-
munications in reference to cases of cruelty, addressed
to the inspector as above, will meet with prompt
attention.
THE FIFE, KINROSS, AND CLACKMANNAN
CHARITABLE SOCIETY,
Instituted December 15, 1837;
Incorporated therewith is
THE GLASGOW FIFESHIRE SOCIETY,
Instituted in 1759.
James Gourlay, banker, Glasgow, patron ; David
T. Maelay, president ; Geo. Robson, late president ;
Wm. R. Crombie, banker, treasurer; John C. Reid,
C.A., secretary; Alexander Birrell, Archd. Crombie,
and Wm. Blackwood, vice-presidents; David Stewart,
William Forsyth, Dr. Robert Grieve, Andrew Allan,
Thomas Blyth, Mungo Lauder, Thomas Keay, Adam
D. Fotheringham, George Heggie, Councillor John
Burt, James Taylor, John Bald, Alex. B. Henderson,.
Alexander Selkirk, and R. Donaldson, directors.
The principal object of this society is to afford-
pecuniary aid to indigent natives, or widows or chil-
dren of natives, of these counties resident in or near
Glasgow. The subscription of £1 Is. per annum for
four years, or £4. 4s. in one sum, constitutes mem- •
bership to parties eligible by connection with any of
these counties; and gentlemen willing to be enrolled
are respectfully solicited to communicate with the
treasurer or secretary of the society, or any of the
directors.
GLASGOW ANGUS AND MEARNS
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore, patron ;
Henry Campbell, president, William Crockatt, vice-
president; James Martin, insurance agent, 136
Buchanan Street, treasurer; Stuart Spence, sta-
tioner, 13 Virginia Street, secretary.
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