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CHARITABLE AND FEIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW BROWN'S SOCIETY.
Members of this society must bear tbe name of
Brown, or be connected with persons of that name,
as hnsb ands, or sons, or sons-in-law, or grandsons,
Each entrant shall contribute at least two guineas
on becoming a member, but a larger contribution
may be given by any one so disposed. Donations are
received from persons of any name, and every contri-
butor of one guinea, at least, shall be considered an
honorary member. The annual General ]\Ieeting is
held on the second Thursday of March; Managers'
meetings on the first Thursday of March, June,
Sep., and Dec. The annual produce of the capital
stock is from time to time applied towards relieving
necessitous members, or their widows or children, and
may be employed in placing the children of indigent
members at trades or schools.
Patron, Peter Clouston, Esq., 1 Park Terrace ;
President, Provost Browne, Crossbill; Treasurer,
Thomas W. Brown, Esq., 72 James Watt Street;
Secretary, William MacLean, Esq., writer, 157 St.
Vincent Street.
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; Hon.
the Lord Provost, Principal Caird, Rev. Dr. Smith,
Cathcart, R. Dalglish, Esq., Ales. Whitelaw, Esq.,
M.P., P. Clouston, Esq., vice-presidents ; W. Kerr, A.
Hannah, N. Sinclair, Rev. R. S. Oldham, G. Thomson,
Jas. White of Overtoun, Thomas M. Fergusson, Robt.
Gow, Wm. Millar, Walter Paterson, A. Arthur, John
N. Cuthbertson, Rev. Dr. Walter C. Smith, Rev. Dr.
J. Logan Aikman, David M'Cowan, Rev. D. Macleod,
Sir J. Watson, Rev. Dr. Jamieson, Sir Peter Coats,
J. Muir, directors; B. B. MacGeorge, 16 St. Vin-
• cent Place, secretary ; Duncan Macmaster, 29 St.
Vincent Place, treasurer ; Dr. T. M'Call Anderson,
14 Woodside Crescent, consulting physician ; Dr. E.
Duncan, 4 Royal Crescent, Queen's Park, surgeon;
J. Thomson, teacher; Mrs. Thomson, matron; Wm.
Crawford, 11 West Nile Street, collector.
GLASGOW HIGHLAND SOCIETY.
James Templeton, president ; E. H. Robertson,
secretary and treasurer ; P. Clouston, Dr. G. H. B.
M'Leod, E. Collins, L. Mackay, J. R. Macarthur,
Neil Sinclair, James Hannan, James Rodger, James
L. Mackie, John Neilson Cuthbertson, Matthew
Bulloch, James A. Wenley, directors ; J. M'Call and
J. Bell, box-masters; Rev. R. Blair, chaplain; English
and commercial departments — head master, D. Mur-
ray ; teachers, T. Lindsay, Alex. M'Laren, William
M'Adam, George Macmorran ; industrial department,
Mrs. M'Artkur, Miss Boyd ; music, J. Robson ;
drawing, W. Stewart; janitor, H. K, Miller.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.
The Hon. James Bain, Lord Provost,hon. president ;
the Magistrates, hon. directors; James Robertson, 22
Renfield Street, hon. treasurer ; T. Haig, 14 Robert-
son Street, and J. S. Hatfield, 97 Buchanan Street,
hon. secretaries. Chapel, 9 Brown Street. The Rev.
J. M. Campbell, chaplain ; H. Burt and J. Morrison,
missionaries ; William M'Lagan, church officer and
librarian; Wm. Crawford, 11 West Nile Street, col-
lector. Reading Room and Depositary, 146 Broomie-
law. Mission Station at Mavisbank.
Divine Service in chapel on Sabbaths, at 11, 2,
and 6.30 o'clock; and on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, at 8 o'clock. Services in Institute every
week day from 11'15 a.m. to 12, and Friday even-
ing at 8 o'clock. South-side Bethel services at 2
p.m. and 7 pm. on Sabbaths ; and Wednesday and
Saturday, 8 p.m.
The above society, instituted to promote the tem-
poral and spiritual interests of seamen, supports a
chaplain and missionaries, educates seamen's orphaa
children, supplies libraries to ships, and offers the
advantages of the Seamen's Institute free to sailors,
is entirely supported by voluntary contributions. Lega-
cies, donations, and subscriptions earnestly solicited.
GLASGOW ANGUS AND MEARNS
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Its object is to afford temporary relief to natives
and widows of natives and their families who have
fallen into distress, resident in or near Glasgow.
It has two scholarships at Glasgow University,
value £15 a year, tenable for four years, for the arts
classes, open to natives and sons of natives.
A contribution of £3 3s. constitutes membership,
payable either at entry or in three annual instalments
of £1 Is.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore, patron ;
D. Tullis, president; J. Z. Kay, vice-president; Jas.
Irons, 49 Virginia Street, treasurer ; Stuart Spence.
49 Virginia Street, secretary.
GLASGOW NORTH BRITON'S FEIENDLY
SOCIETY.
This Society has for its object the relief of its
Members who may be incapable of attending to busi
ness through sickness &c., and for securing at deatl
a payment for Funeral Expenses. The Sick Allow
ance after one year's probation is 10s. weekly fo
thirteen weeks, 7s. 6d. for thirteen weeks, 5s. fo
thirteen weeks, and 3s. weekly while theindisposi
tion continues, and Ten Pounds for funeral expenses
Thomas Jeffrey, 320 Montgomery Place, Cathear
Road, president ; Neil Macnish, 141 North Dunda
Street, treasurer ; H. F. Miller, M.D., F.F.P.S., 29.
Bath Crescent, Bath Street, medical officer; B. 1
Macfarlan, writer, 13 St. Vincent Place, secretary.
INCORPORATION OF WEAVERS OF
GLASGOW.
Office-bearers for the year, from September, 1876,
to September, 1877 : — Alexander Begg, 268 Argyle
Streat, deacon; Matthew Fairley, 10 Woodlands
"Terrace, collector; Master Court; William MacLean,
writer, 157 St. Vincent Street, clerk; William Speirs,
2 St. Andrew's Square, officer.
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Diocesan Council of Glasgow and Gallowa;
consisting of the Bishop, all the clergy instituted (
licensed in the diocese, the chancellors, auditors, an
registrai's of the diocese, and a lay representative froi
each incumbency and licensed mission elected by tl
congregation, co-operates locally with the Repr
sentative Church Council. Hon. secretary, Lowsi
Walker, accountant, Greenock.