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58 GREENOCK REGISTER.
important duty. The necessity of an accurate registration of births
ought to be impressed upon all heads of families, the advantages of
which must be obvious to every one, while the disadvantages which
often result from the omission are grievous and annoying.
SEXTONS.
No. 1. West (Old) Church Burying Ground, Nicholson Street —
Daniel M'Intyre, house, 65, Nicholson Street.
No. 2. Innerkip Street Burying Ground, Innerkip Street — Donald
M'Farlane, house, 52, Innerkip Street.
No. 3. New Burying Ground, Duncan Street — Charles Campbell,
house, 48, Innerkip Street.
List of interments in the various burying-grounds, from the com-
mencement of the register, 1st January, 1841, till 7th June, inclusive:
Males. Females.
West Burying- Ground, 51 58
New do. - 49 45
Innerkip St. do. 75 70
&EX.XGXOUS SOGSETXS8.
GREENOCK BIBLE SOCIETY— Instituted 31st October, 1807.
Claud Marshall, President — John Ker, Vice-President.
Rev. John James Bonar, Treasurer — R. D. Ker, Secretary.
GREENOCK BIBLE ASSOCIATION— Instituted 1827.
William Rodger, President.
James Fisher and Alexander Shearer, Vice-Presidents.
James Darroch, Treasurer — James Kerr, Depositary.
Daniel M'Arlhur and Charles P. Hunter, Secretaries.
With a Committee of twenty-one.
GREENOCK WEST PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
ASSOCIATION.
The objects of this Association are the encouragement and support
of Sabbath Schools, the distribution of religious tracts, the increase
of the library for the classes of young people under the care of the
minister, and the furtherance of those schemes designated, " The
General Assembly's Great Schemes."
The Rev. Patrick M'Farlan, D.D., President.
COMMITTEE.
James Tasker, Archibald Wilson, Thomas Turner, James Walkin-
shaw, John M'Cunn, N. Campbell, John Hislop, John Munro, John
Black, P. M'Intyre, P. Gardner, John M'Naughtan, S. Paterson,
C. Grey, P. Murray, J. Angus, A. Rodger, George Williamson, jr.,
A- Steel, R. Hunter, and J. Jessiman.
John M'Farlane (Customs), Treasurer.
Rev. Frederick F. Anderson, Secretary.
Sub-Committee for Sabbath. Schools— John Munro, John Black,
and George Williamson, jr.