Series 3 > Court book of the Burgh of Kirkintilloch 1658-1694

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Miscellany Volume IX was issued to members in October.
Its items, which were described in the last Annual Report,
include one from each of the fourteenth to the eighteenth
centuries. The Society is again indebted to the Carnegie
Trust for the Universities of Scotland for a grant towards
publication. The next volume will be Wigtownshire
Charters edited by Dr. R. C. Reid, to be followed by
John Home’s Survey of Assynt, to be edited by Mr. R. J.
Adam, and a volume of Scottish Supplications to Rome,
on which Mrs. Annie I. Dunlop is engaged. It is hoped
to issue to members in the near future in two volumes the
Acta of the Arts Faculty of St. Andrew’s University,
which Mrs. Dunlop is also editing, and Kirkintilloch Burgh
Court Book, edited by Professor G. S. Pryde.
Members of Council who retire in rotation at this time are
Professor W. L. Lorimer, Professor J. D. Mackie and Sir
Thomas Innes of Learney. The Council recommend their
re-election and the election of Miss I. F. Grant, LL.D., in
place of the late Mr. Paton.
In consequence of a judgment given in the case of the
National Book League, which came before the English
law-courts, the Inland Revenue has now withdrawn from
the Society the right to recover income tax on covenanted
subscriptions. This means a loss to the society of some
£60 annually. On the other hand individual members
may in certain cases claim their own subscriptions as a
deduction from their emoluments assessable to Income Tax
under Schedule E. This concession, however, which is
made under Section 16 of the Finance Act 1958, in no
way benefits the funds of the Society.
During the past year 12 members have died, 8 have
resigned and the name of one has been removed on failure
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