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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 60

Shetland Fishermen's Widows' Relief Fund Report, 1884

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Shetland Fishermen's Widows' Relief Fund.

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Shetland Fishermen's Widows' Relief Fund.

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The Directors have pleasure in reporting that they have nothing new or startling to tell. The Fund continues to be administered with care, and a due regard to the wants of all the recipients, so that the amount laid aside, in terms of the Actuary's Report, to meet the allowances made to those rendered destitute by the disaster of July 1881, will be sufficient, it is hoped, to secure the objects the Directors had in view.

The Churches in Shetland, in response to the appeal made to them for an annual collection, have page 3 this year contributed £8 3s 6d. The Directors are disappointed that only seven, out of upwards of fifty, Churches and Chapels in Shetland have given the people an opportunity of contributing to the good cause. The Directors are indebted to Mr John Anderson, Hillswick, for the aid he has given, and the example he has set, in collecting small sums from his fishermen.

The total number of Widows, Children, and Dependents left by the Disaster of July, 1881, and receiving Relief from the Original Fund is at this date 122.

During the year one Widow and three Children were admitted to the benefit of the Permanent Fund, the total number assisted from it during the past year being 26-Widows, Children, and Dependents.

It is with gratitude the Directors have to record that out of the large fleet of Shetland boats engaged in the fishing during the past year, very few casualties occurred, and of these the dependents of only one man have made application for relief. This was William Sinclair, Bouair, Sand, who was struck off his boat by the sail, when coming into the North Entry of Lerwick Harbour in September last.

The Contingent Fund, originally fixed at £500, amounts this year to £450.

Three of the Directors, viz.:—Messrs John Bruce, junior, John Harrison, and Arthur Lauren-son, and the Secretary and Treasurer retire by rotation but are eligible for re-election.

By Order.

Thos. M. Cameeon

, Vice-Chairman.
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Shetland Relief Fund-Original.

Account of Treasurers Intromissions, from 7th December 1883. to 7th December 1884.

Charge.
I.—Balances As Per Last Account
1. Amount in P.O. Savings Bank £1512 10 0
2. Amount on current account with the Union Bank 120 6 7
3. Loan to Major Cameron 3000 0 0
4. Delting District Road Trustees 380 0 6
5. Sandsting District Road Trustees 475 0
6. Yell District Road Trustees 342 0 6
7. J. M. Aitken. 200 0 0
£6029 18
Less balance due to Treasurer 6 13 10½
£6023 4 4
II.—Revenue
1884
April 2—Interest on current account £0 18 10
May 15—Interest on Major Cameron's bond 58 15 0
May 17—Interest on J. M. Aitken's account 5 19 10
June 9—Interest on P.O. Savings Bank account 44 15 0
Nov. 12—Interest on J. M. Aitken's bond 15 1 3
Nov. 412—Interest on Delting Road Trustees' bond 15 4 0
Nov. 12—Interest on Yell Road Trustees' bond 13 13 7
Nov. 13—Interest on Major Cameron's bond 58 15 0
Nov. 14—Interest on Sandsting Road Trustees' do. 19 0 0
232 2 6
III.—Capital Realized
Drawn from P.O. Savings Bank for year £900 0 0
Drawn from Union Bank. 1219 17 6
Sandsting Road Trustees, amount of principal repaid in Terminable Annuity of £44 19s 5d 25 19 5
Delting Road Trustees, amount of principal repaid in Terminable Annuity of £35 19s 6d 20 15 6
Yell Road Trustees, amount of principal repaid in Terminable Annuity of £32 7s 6d 18 13 11
£2185 6 4
IV.—Sanddie
Income Tax repaid by Inland Revenue £3 17 5
Sold A. Sandison Report for 1881 0 0 6
3 17 11
Sum of Charge £6259 4 9
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Discharge.
I.—Investments
Paid into Union Bank for year £1152 16 4
Paid into Post Office Savings Bank 44 15 0
J. M. Aitken, balance of sum in bond 600 0 0
£1797 11 4
II.—Aliment
1884.
Feb. 12—By quarter's Allowances £151 2 6
May. 12—By quarter's Allowances 151 2 6
Aug. 11—By quarter's Allowances 143 6 6
Nov. 12—By quarter's Allowances 144 6 0
April 1—Donation to Laurence Williamson 5 0 0
£594 17 6
III.—Expenses of Management
1883.
Dec. 31—C. Prentice, C.A., for auditing 1884 £1 12 1
Jan. 21—Wm. Peace & Son for printing 0 16 10
June 9—A. Mitchell, salary for half year 12 10 0
Nov. 26—C. & A. Sandison, stationery, &c. 0 8 10½
Nov. 27—A. Mitchell, salary for half year 12 10 0
Dec. 7—Postages for year 3 6 8
31 4
IV.—Funds at Close of this Account
1. In Post Office Savings Bank. £657 5 0
2. In Union Bank on current account 53 5 5
3. Loan to Major Cameron 3000 0 0
4. Loan to J. M. Aitken 800 0 0
5. Loan to Delting Road Trustees 359 5 0
6. Loan to Yell Road Trustees 323 6 7
7. Loan to Sandsting Trustees 449 1
£5642 3
Less balance due Treasurer 9 0 5
5633 2
Sum of Discharge £6259 4 9

E. & O. E. Alex. Mitchell, Treasurer.

Edinburgh, 12th January, 1885.—The Auditor has carefully examined the foregoing account, compared it with the Vouchers, and has found it to be correctly stated and sufficiently vouched. He has also examined the various securities and other documents instructing the Society's Fund, and has found them to be in proper order.

All which is reported by

Cha. Prentice, C.A.

, Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies' Act,
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Shetland Relief Fund—Permanent.

Account of Treasurers Intromissions from 7th December, 1883, to 7th December, 1884.

Charge.
I.—Balances as Per Last Account
1. On Deposit Receipt with Bank £180 0 0
2. On Deposit Receipt with Bank, Contingent Account 240 0 0
3. On Current Account with Bank 28 15 5
4. In Post Office Savings Bank 150 0 0
5. On Loan to Lerwick Town Hall Company (Limited) 2000 0 0
6. On Loan to Lerwick Harbour Trustees 5000 0 0
7. On Mr G. R. Linklater, Draper, Lerwick 350 0 0
8. In Treasurer's hands 3 8 2
£7952 3 7
II.—Members' Subscriptions
John Leisk £0 5 0
A. J. Hay 0 5 0
A. Laurenson 0 5 0
C. Robertson 0 5 0
G. H. B. Hay 0 5 0
J. Harrison 0 5 0
T. M. Cameron 0 5 0
J. Robertson, senior 0 5 0
C. Rampini 0 5 0
A. Mitchell 0 5 0
A. Sandison 0 5 0
A. Macgregor 0 5 0
J. Hunter 0 5 0
J. Bruce, junior 0 5 0
J. Jamieson 0 0 0
A. Jamieson 0 5 0
J. Smith 0 5 0
J. Anderson, Hills wick, Life member 5 0 0
M. A. Tulloch 1 0 0
10 5 0
III.—Interests
1884.
Jany. 9—Interest on Deposit Receipt with Union Bank for £180. Uplifted £4 13 8
April 2—Interest on Current Account with Union Bank 0 12 2
May 15—Interest on G. R. Linklater s bond 7 17 6
May 15—Do on Lerwick Harbour Trust's bond 107 16 3
May 15—Interest on Town Hall Coy's. bond., 38 6 8
June 9—Interest on Post Office Savings Bank deposit 11 1 5
Nov. 12—Interest on Harbour Trustees' bond 110 3 2
Nov. 12—Interest on G. R. Linklater's bond 7 11 0
Nov. 17—Interest on Town Hall Coy's bond 39 3 4
Carry forward £327 5 2 £7962 8 7page 7
Brought forward £327 5 2 £7962 8 7
III.—Interests—(Continued)
Nov. 27—Interest on Deposit Receipt with Bank for £100 uplifted 1 3 6
£328 8 8
IV.—Contingent Fund
1884
Nov. 27—Deposit Receipt uplifted £240 0 0
Nov. 29—Interest on same £5 3 4
V.—Miscellaneous
1884
July 17—Nesting Parish Church £0 19 0
July 17—Wesley an Church, Walls 0 12 0
July 22 Free Church, Weisdale 1 1 0
July 24—Mid Yell Parish Church 2 17 0
July 31—Wesleyan Church, North Roc 1 2 6
Aug. 19—Free Church, Quarff 0 12 0
Aug. 19—Fishermen at Hillswick and Heylor 4 9 0
Nov. 21—Free Church, Conningsburgh 1 0 0
£12 12 6
VI.—Capital Realized
1884
Jany. 9—Deposit Receipt uplifted from Bank £180 0 0
Nov. 27—Deposit Receipt uplifted from Bank 100 0 0
Drawn from Current Account during year 202 5 3
£482 5 3
Sum of Charge £8308 13 1
Discharge.
I.—Allowances
1884
Jan. 2—Quarterly Allowances £16 4 1
Jan. 15—Widow Peter Nicolson 5 0 0
April 1—Quarterly Allowances 18 16 0
May 29—Widow H. Williamson 1 0 0
June 30—Gilbert Gilbertson 4 0 0
July 17—Quarterly Allowances 19 16 0
Sep. 30—Quarterly Allowances 19 16 0
Oct. 25—Widow Wm. Sinclair 2 7 10
£86 19 11
II.—Management
1883
Dec. 31—C. Prentice, auditing 1 12 1
1884
Jan. 21—Wm. Peace & Son, printing 0 16 30
Mar. 4—Sievwright & Macgregor, Law Expenses 0 17 2
Mar. 27—National Guarantee Association 1 10 0
June 9—Alexander Mitchell half year's salary to 7th instant 7 10 0
Nov. 26 C. & A. Sandison, stationery 0 8 10½
Nov. 27—Secretary & Treasurer's salary to 7th December, 1884 7 10 0
Dec. 7—Postages &c. for year 1 4 7
21 9
Carry forward £108 9 page 8
III.—Investments
1884
Jan. 9—Deposit Receipt with Bank £184 13 8
May 15—Deposit Receipt with Bank 100 0 0
June 9—Lodged in P.O. Savings Bank (Interest) 11 1 5
Nov. 27—Deposit Receipt with Bank, Contingent Account 450 0 0
Banked during year 218 10 1
£964 5 2
IV.—Funds at Close of this Account
1. On Loan to Lerwick Harbour Trustees £5000 0 0
2. On Loan to Town Hall Company (Limited) 2000 0 0
3. On Loan to Mr G. R. Linklater, Lerwick 350 0 0
4. In Post Office Savings Bank 161 1 5
5. On Deposit Receipt with Union Bank 184 13 8
6. On contingent Account 450 0 0
7. On current Account with Union Bank 45 0 3
8. In Treasurer's hands 9 8
£8200 3
Sum of Discharge £8308 13 1

E. & O. K. Alex. Mitchell, Treasurer,

Edinburgh, 12th January, 1885.—The Auditor has carefully examined the foregoing account, compared it with the Vouchers, and has found it to be correctly stilted and sufficiently vouched. He has also examined the various Securities and other documents instructing the Society's Fund, and has found them to be in proper order.

All which is reported by

Cha. Prentice, C.A.

, Public Auditor under the Friendly Societys Act.

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