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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
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LADIES' AUXILIARY OF THE ASSOCIATION
FOR THE RELIEF OF INCURABLES IN
GLXSGOW AND THE WEST OF SCOTLAND.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of this Association was
organised in 1884, for the purpose of making door-
to-door collections in different districts, and so supple-
ment the larger subscriptions of the Association.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF
INCURABLES IN GLASGOW AND THE WEST
OF SCOTLAND.
Office— 101 St. Vincent Street.
This association has for its objects the establishment
and maintenance of one or more homes for the relief
of persons in Glasgow and the West of Scotland
There are 61 superintendents and upwards of 300 suffering from incurable diseases, and the aiding of
collectors connected with it. This is only one branch
of its operations. There are lady almoners, who carry
monthly pensions to the out- door patients ; lady
visitors, who visit the patients in Broomhill Home,
Kirkintilloch, from week to week ; and a ladies' work
committee, formed to help the patients to dispose of
their work by an annual sale in May, and so pro-
vide themselves with clothing, which the inmates are
expected to supply themselves. President of
Auxiliary, Lady Chisholm ; vice-presidents, Mrs. Gow,
Hayston, Kelvinside, and Mrs. John Stephen,
Domira, Partickhill ; honorary secretary. Miss
M. E. Jamieson, Randolph Terrace, 156
Hill Street. President of work committee. Miss
Galbraith, Strouel Lodge, Rosneath ; vice-presidents,
Mrs. Cameron, Meiklehiil, Kirkintilloch, and Mrs.
Buchanan, Cawder House, Bishopbriggs ; honorary
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Macnab, Lillyburn,
Milton-of- Campsie.
COLQUHOUN BEQUEST FUND FOR
INCURABLES.
Founded in 1873 by the late Archibald Colqnhoun,
Esq., of Riddrie 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 £22,700, and the income is administered by
a body of trustees, assisted by a staff of lady visitors.
The sum distributed for the year 1902-1903 was about
£760, 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, 190 St. Vincent
Street, Glasgow, who will also fm-nish information
as to the terms of the Trust Deed.
THE MASTER BAKERS" FRIENDLY SOCIETY
OF GLASGOW.
This society, instituted in October, 1795, under
the name of The Blaster Bakers' Friendly Society of
the Suburbs of Glasgow, was founded for the purpose
of giving its members while incapacitated from work
a sum of aliment weekly, as also for paying the repre-
sentatives of deceased members an allowance for funeral
money. In 1858 the name of the society was altered
to its present designation, while recently its rules
have been revised, and the scope of its membership
enlarged. The interest of the members is held in
shares.
President, William Morrison, 160 Crookston St.;
treasurer, James Nairne, 16 Aitkenhead Road ; secre-
tary, Jas. Robertson, writer, 104 W. Regent Street.
such persons in their own homes. The association
has at Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, an institution
known as Broomhill Home, with accommodation
for 112 patients, and a cottage home for incurable
consumptives, known as the Lanfine Home, with 18
beds. It also assists over 200 incurables in their own
homes. The association is maintained by volun-
tary contributions, and its affairs are managed
by a board of directors consisting of not fewer
than fifteen members, in addition to eight ex officio
members. Chairman of the Association, Sir John
Ure Primrose, Bart., Lord Provost; vice-chairmen,
Leonard Gow, Esq., and G. Munro Kerr, Esq. ; hon.
treas. , D. Campbell, Esq., Clydesdale Bank, 14 Miller
St. ; examining-medical officer. Dr. J. W. Anderson,
23 Woodside Place; visiting medical-officers, Drs.
W. Whitelaw, and W. T. Blakely, Kirkintilloch;
matron. Miss Margaret Whitecross ; secretary, Henry
MacLeod, 101 St. Vincent Street.
GLASGOW-MAUCHLINE SOCIETY.
Hon. president, Mr. James Baird Thorneycroft,
of Hillhouse, Netherplace, Mauchline ; president.
Rev. Joseph Mitchell, B.D., Mauchline; vice-president,
Wra. M'Adam Sharp, Clyde Rubber Works, Glasgow;
hon. treasurer, Thomas Killin, 168 West George
St., Glasgow ; hon. secretary Wm. Campbell, 166
Buchanan St., Glasgow.
The objects of the society are — To afford relief to
persons connected with Mauchline who may be in
necessitous circumstances. To promote social and
friendly intercourse among those connected with
Mauchline, and resident in or near Glasgow. To
erect, endow, bold, preserve, and manage the National
Burns Memorial and Cottage Homes, Mauchline.
Life member's subscription, not less than £1 Is.;
ordinary member's subscription, 2s. per annum.
SCOTTISH CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.
(Registered under Act of Parliament.)
Instituted 1886.
Head Office, 81 St. George's Place, West George
Street, Glasgow.
General Secretary, Thomas Berrie, F.C.I.S.
The objects are— To insure members against loss
through want of employment, sickness, old age, and
death ; and to provide medical attendance and
medicine, and to introduce to employers, free of
charge, clerks of good business capacity and character.
GLASGOW SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.
Seamen's Institute, 200 Broomielaw; Seamen's
Chapel, 11 Brown street ; Seamen's Bethel, reading
and recreation rooms, 9 Eaglesham st., Govan rd.
Donations or legacies to be sent to the hon. treas.,
W. G. Gardiner, 24 St. Vincent Place.