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V.— GORDON'S MORTIFICATION.
Bailie Charles Gordon, Elgin, on the 22d October, 1733, bequeathed the sum of
£200 Scots (£16 13s. 4d. sterling) to the poor of the town. The money also lies in the
town's hands, and the interest (16s 8d sterling) is annually divided among the poor
at Christinas.
VI.-CRAMOND'S MORTIFICATION.
Bailie Craniond, merchant, Elgin, of date the 9th February, 1737, bequeathed the
sum of 500 merks Scots (£27 15s. 6|d. sterling) to the poor of the town. The money
also lies in the hands of the town, and the interest, £1 7s. 9\d., is annually divided
among the poor at Christmas, along with the other mortifications.
VII— DR. GEDDES' MORTIFICATION.
The late William Gedries of Laurelbank, M.D., H.E.I.C.S., who died at Elgin on
the 8th November, 1861, by his will, dated 8th February, 1859, bequeathed £250 to
the Provost and Magistrates of Elgin, to be allowed to accumulate until the principal
and interest together shall amount to the sum of £500, or thereby, and to be then
invested in the name of the said Provost and Magistrates, and their successors in office,
who, out of the interest derived therefrom, "shall annually, at Christmas time,
provide with shoes the niGst necessitous and deserving poor residing in Elgin."
VIII.— GENERAL ALVES' LEGACY.
The late Major-General Alves, 74th Highlanders, a native of Elgin, who died 10th
September, 1862, by his will, dated 17th July, 1860, conveyed "to the Magistrates
and Town Council of Elgin in perpetuity, the sum of £500, in the three per cent,
consolidated annuities, to be called ' General Alves' Legacy,' in trust that the said
Magistrates and Town Council may apply the annual interest thereof in equal shares
to the relief of five poor persons, resident in the town of Elgin, of the age of sixty-five
years and upwards, and who are not at the time in the receipt of parochial relief,
such poor persons to be nominated by the said Town Council from time to time, and
to enjoy such annuity for their respective lives, the said Magistrates and Town
Council having a discretion at any time to deprive either, or any, of such annuitants
of the benefit of such relief in the event of subsequent misconduct, and to substitute
others in the place of those annuitants so misconducting themselves."
ELGIN ACADEMY.
Established in 1800.
Patrons— The Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council.
Departments. Masters. Appointed. Salaries.
Classical Gavin Hamilton 1859 £60
Mathematical William M 'Donald 1856 25
English and Writing. . . (Vacant. ) Assistant, Chas. Anderson 50
Singing James Allan 1857 15
Janitor — James dimming.
The annual examination usually takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday
of June. There is a vacation of six weeks after the examination, and two weeks at
Christmas. Prizes are provided from the following sources :—
Interest of £200 left by the late Mr. M Andrew £8
Interest of £400 left by the late Dr. Allan 16
Donation by the Town of Elgin 5
Donation by the Hon. George Skene Duff, 5
£34
EDUCATIONAL BEQUESTS.
MAISONDIEU ENDOWMENT.
The particulars of this Royal Grant we have already given in pp. 88 and 89, to
which we refer our readers.
LESLIE AND BRANDER'S BEQUESTS.
The above bequests were both made to the Grammar School, as noticed in the
minutes of the Town Council. On the 24th May, 1794, there is a state of accounts
entered, showing that a sum of £4£0 sterling had been left to the seminary by James
Leslie of Jamaica, which had been duly recovered, with interest, by Mr. Ross of
Main ; and on the 1st February, 1796, we find it stated that a sum of £50 sterling,
bequeathed by Mr. Brander of London, had also been received.