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CHARITABLE AND FEIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW CABMEN'S MISSION.
Lady Bums, Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay,
treasurer ; Mr. Robert Wilson and Mr. Thomas Neil,
missionaries, under the superintendence of the Glasgow
City Mission.
THE NATIONAL ANTI-GAMBLING LEAGUE
(SCOTLAND).
President, The Right Hon. The Earl of Aberdeen ;
hon. secretary, Wm. E. Bogle, 21 Cochrane Street,
Glasgow ; hon. treasurer, E. Calderwood, Esq., British
Linen Co. Bank, Union Street, Glasgow.
CHARITABLE AND FEIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.
Instituted 1822.
The Hon. Sir James Bell, Bart., Lord Provost, hon.
pres. ; the Magistrates, hon. directors; George Smith, 75
Bothwell street, chairman ; John Smith, 64 Gordon
street, deputy chairman; J. P. Maclay, 123 Hope
street, hon. treasurer and secretary.
Seamen's Institute, 200 Broomielaw; Seamen's
Chapel, 11 Brown street ; Seamen's Bethel, reading
and recreation rooms, 11 Eaglesham st., Govan rd.
For seventy-four years this Society has been seeking
the spiritual and temporal welfare of the sailors who
visit the port of Glasgow. Seven paid agents are
constantly at work, and the following summary, ex-
tracted from the current year's report, gives an idea
of the extent and character of the work : — Summary
— religious services held, 1327; seamen and their
friends attending the indoor gospel meetings, 89,518 ;
tea meetings and lime-light entertainments, 116 ;
visits made by seamen to Institute, 202,070; visits
made by seamen to reading-rooms, south side, 39,870;
letters written by seamen, 4584 ; number who have
signed Total Abstinence Pledge, 631 ; tracts distri-
buted, 202,100; libraries, bags and parcels of read-
ing placed on board ships, 2860 ; visits made by
agents to ships, 4856 ; visits to families, 3296 ; visits
to boarding houses, 1599 ; lodgings given to destitute
seamen, 3036.
There is also in connection with the Society, a
Ladies' Auxiliary Society working for the benefit of
the widows of seamen, and at present there are about
200 widows under its care.
The expenditure of the Society this year will be
about £1400, and a further sum of £600 is required
for the relief 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.,
J. P. Maclay, 123 Hope street.
GRAHAM CHARITABLE.
None are eligi'ole 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
5s., and to sons and other lineal descendants and
sons-in-law of members, £3 3s.
Patron, His Grace the Duke of Montrose ; preses,
George Gray; treasurer, A. Bulloch Graham, 68
Bath Street ; managers, William Graham of Erines,
Geo. Graham, C.E., Ai-ch. B. Graham, Charles H.
Smith, J. H. N. Graham of Larbert, James Graham,
jun., A. Graham Service, and Alexander Sweet ;
representatives on the Glasgow General Educational
Endowments Board, William Graham of Erines, 6
Eoyal C!-escent, and Mr. W. L. Brown ; clerk, James
Graham., LL.D., writer, 198 West George Street
WEST OF SCOTLAND CONVALESCENT
SEASIDE HOMES, DUNOON.
This Institution is designed for the necessitous and
deserving of the industrial classes who have been in
illness, in order to give them the benefit of the restora-
tive influences of a short residence at the seaside, dur-
ing the period of convalescence. Since the Homes were
opened twenty-sis years ago, 62,845 patients have
been restored to health. There is accommodation for
250 persons; and, added to a generous diet, there is
afi'orded the benefit of the best medical advice and
medicines, as also the use of superior hot and cold
water baths. The Board of Management earnestly
appeal for annual subscriptions and donations, these
being the only source of revenue. It may be well
to mention that each donor of £20, or annual sub-
scriber of £1, is entitled to recommend one person
annually for admission to the Homes.
Board of Management. — President, Sir James
King, Bart, LL.D., of Bothwell Castle; vice-
president, T. Jenkins, Esq., Woodlands, Cross-
hLlI; hon. treasurer, John Gray, Esq., 1 Eton
gardens, Hillhead ; hon. secy., W. MucLean, Esq.,
writer, 115 St. Vincent St.; medical officer in Glasgow,
Robert Perry, Esq., M.D., 11 Queen's Terrace, W.;
consulting surgeon to the Homes, J. Ritchie, Esq.,
M.D., Fairy Bank, Dunoon; superintendent, Mr.
And. Wilson, Homes, Dunoon; matron. Miss Malcolm,
Homes, Dunoon; secretary and collector, Mr. Eobert
Hillhouse, 4 Hanover Street, Glasgow.
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, nom-ishing diet, and cheerful
surroundings, and who are entirely without the means
of secm-ing 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 27,000 poor people
have had the benefit of it free of charge. J ames Airlie,
secy., 134 Wellington St.
EAST PARK HOME FOR INFIRM CHILDREN.
382 Gairbraid Street, Maryhill Road.
President, James A. Campbell, Esq., M.P., LL.D. ;
directors. Sir J. N. Cuthbertson,LL.D., T. Wharrie, W.
Mitchell, Hugh Brown, J. Pirrie, J. Gumprecht, W.
Wilson, J. Millar, J. Cleland Burns, D. M. Crerar-
Gilbert, J. H. Kerr, Thomas Russell, Rev. Wilham
Boyd, LL.D.; convener, W. Mitchell ; hon. secretary
and treasurer, W. Mitchell, 134 Wellington Street;
medical adviser, Dr. R. W. Bruce, 306 St. George's
Road ; lady superintendent, Miss Bowser, East Park
Home.