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CHAEITABLE AND FEIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S FEIEND SOCIETY.
Instituted 1822.
The Hon. John Muir, Lord Provost, hen. pres.;
the Magistrates, hon. directors; A. Allan, 25 Both-
well street, chairman ; John Smith, 54 Gordon
street, deputy chairman; E. H. Hunter, 27 Jamaica
street, hon. treasurer and secretary.
For seventy years this Society has been seeking the
welfare of all the sailors who visit the port of Glas-
gow. The agents of the Society meet vessels on their
arrival, and direct the sailors to respectable lodgings ;
attend at the pay office and try to get the men to
hank their money ; invite the sailors to the social and
religions meetings conducted by the Society, and
correspond with seamen on long voyages. Libraries
are placed on board out-going vessels, and bags of
illustrated periodicals, scrap books, &c., of an in-
teresting character, are regularly supplied. The
New Seamen's Institute at 200 Broomielaw, erected at
a cost of £7650, is free to all sailors, and contains read-
ing room, recreation room, smoking room, lavatories,
officers' room, and a temporary home for distressed or
shipwrecked seamen; also a coffee tavern. Daily papers,
books, games, &c., are all provided free. In 1891
69,788 visits were made to it by seamen, and 3071
letters written. A daily prayer meeting is held there at
11.15 a.m. On the South Side the free reading and
recreation rooms in Eaglesham street, Govan road,
have been largely used; during 1891 21,915 visits
were made to them by seamen. Every facility is
provided for the sailor spending his time happily
when on shore.
At the Seamen's Chapel, 11 Brown street, five
services are held every week, the Saturday night one
being a social free tea meeting ; and at the Seamen's
Bethel, Eaglesham st., Govan rd., six services are held
weekly, the Saturday night one being also a social
free tea meeting. Seats are all free, and books
provided for the sailors.
Seamen's families are all regularly visited, and the
widows of seamen who have been left unprovided for
by their husbands — and in many cases with large
families — are helped by money, clothing, work, &c.
Eight agents are constantly employed, assisted by
a, band of voluntary workers.
The expenditure of the Society this year will be
about £1400, and a further sum of £600 is required
for therehef of the widows of seamen— in all £2000.
There is no endowment, but it is entirely supported
by voluntary contributions. Help is earnestly solicited.
Donations or legacies to be sent to the hon. treas.,
E. H. Hunter, 27 Jamaica street.
HAMILTON'S ANNUITY FUND.
Trustees — The Hon. the Lord Provost and the
two Senior Bailies of Glasgow, the Ministers of the
parishes of Govan and Gorbals, and the Chairman of
the Govan Combination Parochial Board, all for the
time being; T. Smith, clerk, 32 Main Street, Gorbals.
Under the Act the trustees pay the sum of £2 per
annum, to be given in clothing as a prize to the suc-
cessful competitor at the Annual Ploughing Match in
the parish of Cathcart; and annuities of £4 each to
decayed natives and residenters of forty years and up-
wards in the Barony of Gorbals of Glasgow, such
persons being not under the age of sixty-five years.
Said Annuities may, under certain circumstances, be
increased until the same shall amount to £8.
HUTCHESONS' HOSPITAL.
The funds are designed for citizens of Glasgow, or
of persons who, in the estimation of the patrons, may
be considered needful and deserving of aid, and who
shall have carried on business or trade in Glasgow for
some time and to some extent, on their own account,
or who shall have been in any way the means of pro-
moting the prosperity of the city, who by misfortune
have been reduced in circumstances ; • and also in
favour of the widows and daughters of persons of
the above description whose circumstances the patrons
may consider call for such assistance ; a preference
to be given, cceteris paribus, to persons enrolled as
burgesses of Glasgow previous to the 13th January,
1871. Persons receiving aid from the parish or ses-
sion are not eligible as pensioners. Applicants ought
to be at least 60 years of age. Widows having two
or more children dependent on them may, however,
be enrolled at 40 years of age. The claims of appli-
cants resident within the distance of one mile from
Glasgow are preferable to those resident at a distance.
Preceptor, Alexander Waddel ; Patrons, the Lord
Provost, Magistrates, and Council ; the ministers of
the ten Established Chmxhes of Glasgow ; three per-
sons to be annually elected by the Merchants' House ;
three by the Trades' House ; and six ministers,
to be elected by the patrons, from among the ministers
of religion officiating in Glasgow not being ministers
of the Established Church, and to hold office dm-ing
then* incumbency ; not more than two ministers of
any one denomination to be elected to hold office at
one time; chamberlains. Hill and Hoggan, 194 Ingram
St. ; master of works and baron officer, A. M'Donald.
EWING BEQUESTS.
Founded in 1860 by James Ewing of Strathleven.
The total amount of the bequests is £30,000, of which
£16,500, less legacy duty, has been paid. The in-
come is divisible — one-third among decayed Glasgow
merchants, one-third in educating, &c., their sons,
and the remaining one-third among their widows
and daughters. Income at present, about £660.
Patrons, The Merchants' House.
M 'ALPINE'S MOETIFICATION.
Founded in 1811 by Mrs. M'Alpine, who conveyed
to trustees her property for the maintenance of poor
men and women of the description given in her will
— the former receiving annually £10, and the latter
£5. The trustees are the Deacon Convener and the
Ministers of eight of the Established Churches.
D. & A. Cuthbertson, Provan, & Strong, C.A.,
110 West George Street, factors.
KILMUN SEASIDE HOME.
A sea-side home at Kilmun for invalid poor,
whose health is likely to be restored by a couple of
weeks or so of fresh air, nourishing diet, and cheer-
ful surroundings, and whoare entirely without the means
of securing such for themselves. It is capable of
accommodating about 100 persons, and is entirely
supported by voluntary contributions. Poverty and
infirmity are the sole qualifications of admission.
Since its institution close on 21,000 poor people
have had the benefit of it free of charge. James Airlie,
secy., 134 Wellington St.