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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GRAHAM CHARITABLE.
None are eligible as members of the society except
persons of the name of Graham and their descendants,
or those married to individuals of that name or their
descendants. The entry-money to strangers is £5
OS., and to sons and other lineal descendants and
sons-in-law of members, £5 3s.
Patron, His Grace the Duke of Montrose ; preses,
A. Graham Service; treasurer, Thomas Grahame,
40 St. Enoch Square; managers, William Graham
of Erines, Geo. Graham, C.E., Geo. Gray, Jas. B.
Fleming, Arch. B. Graham, Charles IT. Smith, J. H.
N. Graham of Larbert, and James Graham, jun. ;
representatives on the Glasgow General Educational
Endowments Board, William Graham of Eiines, 6
Royal Crescent, and Mr. W. L. Brown; clerk, James
Graham, LL.D., writer, 198 West George Street.
COLQUHOUN BEQUEST FUND FOR
INCURABLES.
Founded in 1873 by the late Archibald Colquhonn,
Esq., of Riddi'ie Park, merchant in Glasgow, its ob-
ject being the application of the free income of the
trust in '' the relief of poor persons residing in
Glasgow or its immediate neighbourhood who may
either have been dismissed as incurable from the
Glasgow Royal Infirmary or other hospitals in Glas-
gow, or who are afflicted with incurable disease, and
so destitute and helpless as to be proper objects of
charity." The capital of the trust amounts at present
to about £21,800, and the income is administered by
a body of trustees, assisted by a staff of lady visitors.
The sum distributed for the year 1890-91 was about
^770, which was dispensed in amounts ranging from
£3 5s. to £13 each per annum. Contributions to-
wards either capital or revenue will be received by the
treasurers, J. & J. Boyd & Miller, 95 Wellington
Street, Glasgow, who will also furnish information
as to the terms of the Trust Deed.
THE GLASGOW INSTITUTION FOR ORPHAN
AND DESTITUTE GIRLS,
Home: The Orphanage, Whiteisch,
Has been established for sixty-sis years. Its ob-
ject is to rescue orphan and destitute girls of
tender years, and give them an education and up-
bringing fitting them for good domestic servants.
R. Blyth, 35 St. Vincent Place, Mrs. Gow,
Cairndowan, Dowanhill, and Miss Kerr, 5 Newton PI.,
joint secretaries; J. 0. Mitchell, 69 East Howard St.,
treasurer.
ROBERTSON BEQUEST.
Founded by Miss Isobel Robertson, 5th August,
1844. The funds are to be distributed amongst (1)
ten decayed gentlewomen, who shall have been re-
siding for at least 10 years in Glasgow, who shall
not be less than 45 years of age, and shall never
have been married ; (2) ten females each of whom
shall have, for at least seven years consecutively,
been a hired servant in one family in Glasgow, shall
not be under 50 years of age, shall never have been
married, and at the time of selection shall be out of
service. Amount of Pensions at present (1) £15
and (2) £7 10s.
Factor, J. Roxburgh Strong, C.A., 110 West
George st.
THE GLASGOW NORTHERN HIGHLAND
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Patron, Sir Don. Matheson, K.C.B.; preses, John
M'Leod, Esq., 63 Renfield Street; ex-preses, Alex,
Murray, Esq., C.A., 81 St. Vincent Street; directors,
John M'Leod, Donald JIacDonald, William Sinclair,
James Matheson, Alex. MacLennan, James Miller,
Thomas Ross, Captain Donald Sutherland, Donald
M'Kenzie, Alex. Murray, W. C. Cogbill, and Roderick
MacLennan.
The principal object of this society is to afford
relief to necessitous persons who are natives, widows
of natives, or descendants of natives of the counties of
Inverness, Ross, Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, or
Nairn, residing in Glasgow or neighbourhood : or, to
the natives of these counties travelling through the
city, who may suddenly or unexpectedly fall into
distress.
Treasurer, A. F. MacBean, 140 Hope Street, to
whom all api^lications for temporary relief should
be made. Secretary, J. Martin JIackay, 89 West
Regent Street.
THE DORCAS SOCIETY FOR THE CITY OF
GLASGOW, BELVIDERE, KNIGHTSWOOD,
AND GOV AN COMBINATION FEVER AND
SMALL POX HOSPITALS.
Pres., Mrs. Playfair, 12 Woodside Terrace; secre-
tary. Miss Telford, 9 Clydeview, Partick; treasui-er,
Sirs. Napier, W^oodlee, Windsor Circus.
The aim of the Society is to provide warm clothing
for the poor fever patients when about to be dis-
missed from the comforts of the hospitals to their owu
homes. In too many cases their original clothing is
scanty and utterly insufficient to protect even a
vigorous person from the cold. But for the aid of
the society they would, when divested of the warm
suits provided for use within the hospital, be sent
out in tattered garments, as well as with enfeebled
bodies, almost certainly to the pei-manent injury of
their health. The utmost care is taken that the
articles are given to the needy and deserving onh'.
There is no convalescent home for poor fever patients.
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Diocesan Council of Glasgow and Galloway,
consisting of the Bishop, all the clergy instituted or
licensed in the diocese, the chancellor, auditor, and
registrar of the diocese, and a lay representative from
each incumbency and licensed mission elected by the
congregation, co-operates locally with the Repre-
sentative Church Council. Hon. secretary, Louson
Walker, C.A., Greenock.
CITY OF GLASGOW NATIVE BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.
Its object is to assist natives, and widows and
families of natives, of the city of Glasgow, who have
been in good circumstances, but from reverses of
fortune, or otherwise, are in need of assistance. A
payment of £5 5s., either in one sum at entry or by five
successive yearly instalments of £1 Is., constitutes
membership. President, James Campbell of Tullich-
ewan; treasurer, J. E. Watson, 149 Hope Street;
secretary, J. B. Kidston, 50 West Regent Street.