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CHARITABLE AND FEIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW PROTESTANT INSTITUTION FOR
ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE GIRLS.
7 York Street, Little Govan.
Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Munsie, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Richardson, Mrs. Maeewan, Mrs. R. Smith, Miss
Blyth, Miss Kerr, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Russell, Mrs.
Gow, and Miss Anderson, committee of management;
Mrs. Munsie, 16 Royal Terrace, secretary ; Andw.
P. Reid, 29 St. Vincent Place, treasurer; Mrs. Wil-
son, sub-treasurer ; Mrs. Sliman, matron ; Miss
Sliman, teacher ; Hugh Brown, John Bain, J. D.
Bryce, William Kerr, J. A. Campbell, John Cabbell,
Hugh Heugh, George Younger, Joshua Paterson,
M.D., Peter Ferguson, William Euirig, Michael
Honeyman, David Richardson, Andrew P. Reid,
Robert Munsie, gentlemen's committee; Robert
Munsie, 82 West Nile Street, secretary.
WESTERN FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF
GLASGOW.
. Instituted 1832.
Wis. Rae Arthur, president; Thomas Menzies,
vice-president; George Wood, late president; Quin-
tin Dick, W. B. Torrance, Alex. Paterson, George
H. Gibson, John H. Patterson, Alex. C. Hunter,
Robert Paterson, Hugh Campbell, John Arthur, jun.,
James Louden, Francis G. Dougall, James Buchanan,
directors; James M'Clure, James Stoddart, and
John A. Ferguson, trustees ; Dr. James Morton,
199 Bath Street, medical adviser; Wm. Anderson,
30 John Street, manager. This society now possesses
a capital of upwards of seven thousand pounds. Its
members (after one year's probation) are entitled to
10s. 6d. per -week sick benefit, for whatever length
of time they may be unable to attend their usual
avocations. Immediately after the entry money is
paid, the society becomes liable for the funeral money
■of £10. For the year ending 30th December, 1865,
£886 8s. 6d. was paid on account of sick benefit and
funeral money from the funds of the society. The
entry is one quarter's contribution (which ranges
from 4s. lOd. at 19, to lis. 7^d. at 45), and 2s. 6d.
for certificates, &c.
INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF
THE DEAF AND DUMB.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll, patron ; the Right
Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, president ;
Rev. Dr. W T illiam Muir, Edinburgh, Dr. A. Dunlop
Anderson, honorary vice-presidents; Hon. the Lord
Provost, Principal Barclay, Walter Buchanan, Robt.
Dalglish, M.P., John Jamieson, Andrew Tennent,
John Henderson of Park, William Euing, vice-
presidents; Rev. Dr. Robson, Rev. Dr. Henderson,
Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, Rev. Dr. Alexander
M'Ewen, Sir Andrew Orr of Harvieston, James
Reid, H. L. Schwabe, Michael Connal, James
Scott of Kelly, Andrew Galbraith, George Martin,
J. C. Bolton of Carrbrook, A. Ronaldson, Peter
Clouston, David Barr, A. Orr Ewing, Lord Dean
of Guild, John Cabbell, W. Graham, M P., Lance-
field, Anthony Hannay, James N. Fleming, direc-
tors; S. M. Penney, 16 St. Vincent Place, secretary ;
Duncan Macmaster, 71 Queen Street, treasurer;
Dr. A. Dunlop Anderson, Dr. T. M'Call Anderson,
physicians; Duncan Anderson, teacher; Mrs. R. G.
Kinniburgh, matron ; James Lawrie, John Thomson,
James Bryden, assistant teachers; Alex. Banner,
Government School of Art, drawing-master.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY OF
SCOTLAND.
Office, 8 Prince's Square, Glasgow.
President, the Hon. the Lord Provost ; vice-
president, Geo. M'Leod, 69 Ingram Street ; treasurer,
James Gourlay, banker ; secretary and deputy-trea-
surer, John C. Reid, accountant, 8 Prince's Square ;
actuary, William Spens, 39 St. Vincent Place;
surgeon, Dr. Wm. Leishman, 7 Blythswood Square ;
surgeon for Edinburgh and its vicinity, Douglas
Maclagan, M.D., 28 Heriot Row; directors, David
Mitchell, Alex. White, Allan M'Kenzie, John Web-
ster, John Simpson, George Hodge, John Moffatt,
William Wight, Walter Scobie, Moses Provan,
Henry Murray, John Stirling; law agents, M'Grigor,
Stevenson, and Fleming, 136 St. Vincent Street.
A member of this society, who has been 12 months
enrolled, on being incapacitated bj r disease, accident,
or infirmity, from following his usual avocations, is
entitled to receive £1 per week. On the death of a
member, who has been 12 months enrolled, the
society pays £10 to the nearest of kin, or other per-
son taking charge of bis funeral. Annual meeting
in Glasgow on the second Friday of January. The
directors meet on the first Tuesday of each month.
Number of members, 884 ; annual contributions
of members, £1860 4s. 7d. ; total annual income,
£2600 ; amount of funds invested or in bank,
£16,219 lis. Ojd, benefits paid since the formation
of the society, £12,952 18s. 4d. Forms of appli-
cation and other information may be had of the
secretary.
GLASGOW SOCIETY OF SONS OF MINIS-
TERS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,
Was instituted 1790; incorporated by a Charter
from the City of Glasgow, 1791. Their annual
meeting is held on the last Thursday of March.
Duncan James Kay, merchant, London, president;
Adam Paterson, secretary; William Auld, treasurer;
Rev. Dr. Hill, Rev. Dr. Sym, Thomas Carr, Rev.
James C. Lees, the Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, John
Smith, Archd. Glen, Dr. George H. B. Macleod, and Dr.
Irvine, council — stated according to official seniority.
The stated meetings are on the last Thursdays of
July and November, and on the Thursday before the
annual meeting. They grant no permanent pension.
Applications for pecuniary aid must be made every
year, and lodged with the secretary before- the 1st
of March. The following facts must be distinctly
attested on personal knowledge by respectable per-
sons to whom they are known: — 1 That the appli-
cants are children of a minister of the Church of
Scotland, whose fathers are dead. 2. Tbe age, pro-
gress in education, destination, prospects, er employ-
ment of each child in the family, old or young.
3. How they have hitherto been supported, and the
means of their present subsistence, of whatever kind,
whether certain or preearious, and generally that
the facts set forth in the petitions are truly stated;
in all respects. Applicants to appoint some person
in town to ca'H on the secretary, 45 West George
Street, on the tfsst Tuesday of April, for answers to
their petitions.
The society are also trustees on the Me- Miss
Janet Paisley's Trust Fund, for the benefit of the
daughters of deceased dergytr ieis of t&e Church of
Scotland.