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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
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CLAN DONNACHAIDH SOCIETY.
Instituted 1893.
Chief — Alasdair Stewart Robertson of Struan.
President, Lord Robertson of Forteviot ; general clan
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Robertson Matheson,
Glendevon, by Dollar; hon. secretary for Glasgow
district, W. D. Robertson, solicitor, 243 W. George St.
The objpcts of the society (which are non- sectarian
and non-political) are — The fostering of clan senti-
ment ; the cultivation of social intercourse among the
members; the rendering of assistance to deserving
clansmen ; the encouragement of education, and the
collecting and preserving of records and traditions
bearing on the history of the clan.
Those eligible for membership are persons claim-
ing to be of the clan Donnachaidh — namely, Robert-
sons, Duncans, Duncansoos, Donnachies, M'Don-
nachies, M'Connnchies, Skenes, and certain families
of Reids, &c. The membership is of three classes,
viz : — Life members, £3 3s. ; extraordinary mem-
bers, 10s. 6d. annually ; ordinary members, 2s. 6d.
annually.
MAXWELL AND HUTCHESON CHARITABLE
TRUST.
Founded in 1877, under the will of Miss Ann
Maxwell Graham of Williamwood, for the benefit of
necessitous persons, chiefly gentlefolk, of the name
of Maxwell or Hutcheson, and husbands or wives
of, or descendants of, these names. The Trustees
are : — H. Brown, mercht., J. H. N. Graham, merchant,
Graham Hutchison, of Balmaghie, Castle Douglas,
Hugh Brown, junr., C.A., and Wm. Graham,
writer; treasurer, Hugh Brown, junr., C.A., 58 St.
Vincent Street, Glasgow; secretary, William Graham,
198 West George Street, Glasgow.
LOYAL VALE OF CLYDE LODGE, No. 1098.
N. I. 0. 0. F.
The above Lodge meets every alternate Monday
at 8 p.m. in the Blacksmiths' Hall, 172 Buchanan
Street. Contributions, from lO^d. to Is. 5d. per
fortnight; initiation fee, 2s. 6d. Benefits — 10s.
first twenty-six weeks, 7s. 6d. for next twenty-six
weeks, and bs. per week during remainder of illness,
with doctor's attendance and medicine free. Further
particulars may be had from the secretary, John
Clark, 10 Belgrave Street, W.
TOLLCROSS NATIVE BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.
Object — To assist the native poor, and with
power to the Committee, in cases of severe or acci-
dental distress, to grant relief to others. President,
Mr. John K. Deans, 157 Trongate, Glasgow.
Treasurer, Mr. Walter Buchanan, Dunclutha, Toll-
cross; secretary, Mr. James Mair, B.Sc, Braedale,
ToUcross.
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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.
INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF
THE DEAF AND DUMB.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton,
president; The Hon. the Lord Provost and Sir James
King, Bart., vice-presidents; R. Gow, chairman; Rev.
Dr. Corbett, T. Binnie, R. Gourlay, David M'Cowan,
Rev. Dr. Donald Macleod, Robert King, J. Pirrie,
Wm. Ker, Alex. Sinclair, Kenneth Thomson, Francis
W. Allan, Wm. Mitchell, Rev. And. Laidlaw, Rev.
M. B. Hutchison, M. A.. SherifFScott- MoncriefFPenney,
directors ; B. B. Macgeorge, 24 George Square,
secretary ; J. Tasker, 28 Bath Street, treasurer and
collector; Professor T. M'Call Anderson, M.D., 9
The College, consulting physician ; Dr. E. Duncan,
Queen's Park House, Langside Road, surgeon; Dr.
J. K. Love, 4 Matilda place, Strath bungo, hon. aurist ;
James M. M'Cash, 3 Balmoral Crescent, Queen's
Park, hon. dental surgeon ; W. H. Addison, head-
master ; Miss Heyworth, matron.
THE GLASGOW RENFREWSHIRE SOCIETY.
(Founded 1838).
Patron, Lord Blythswood ; president, Hon. James
C. Bums; vice-president, H. R. B. Peile, Esq.;
hoD. treasurer, D. MacDougall.
Objects. — To provide means of education, and to
aflbrd pecuniary relief to members or their families,
or to other parties connected with Renfrewshire
whose circumstances are necessitous, by (1) Bursaries
(two) of £15 per annum, tenable for three years at
Glasgow University; and (2) Pensions of £5 per
annum to each of seventy-two or more persons.
Membership. — Open to ladies and gentlemen natives
of county, owners of landed property, residents of
three years' standing, or connections by marriage,&c.,
of members or persons qualified to be members.
Entry Money. — £2 2s. and no further payment.
Hon. Secretary, Joseph Watson, Writer, 225 West
George Street, Glasgow.
INCORPORATION OF BAKERS OF
GLASGOW.
OflSce-bearers for the year from September, 1904,
to September, 1905 : — Deacon, William Beattie,
Dennistoun Bakery, Paton Street ; collector, John
G. Ure, 67 Hope Street ; late deacon, Robert N.
Johnston, 5 Hanover Street ; late collector, James
Dnnlop, 25 Fisher Street; master court, William
Primrose, Alexander Bilsland, John Currie, Peter
M. Hamilton, Dr. Alexander Munro, Thomas W.
Morrison, and Wm. Bannerman ; honorary members,
Ex-Deacon Convener James T. TuUis and Ex-
Deacon Convener James Macfarlane; clerk, James
Ness, LL.B., 216 West George Street; officer,
Andrew Granger, 9 Lyndhurst Gardens, Wilton St.
ASSOCIATION OF DEACONS OF
THE FOURTEEN INCORPORATED TRADES
OF GLASGOW.
Entry money, £1 Is. ; tlie present capital is
£2868 10s. 6d., the interest of which is apportioned
amongst decayed members and their widows. Clerk,
H. Lumsden, M.A., LL.B., writer, Fyfe Chambers,
105 West George street.