| Description | Account book of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society relating to specific funds such as the benevolent fund. Front cover: 'Medical Society. Library of Reference, Repair of Buildings, Clerk and Librarian's Salary, Aberdeen Bank, Abstract of Balances'.
The volume begins with a statement of the account of the Library of Reference as of the 22 July 1822, but records donations and disbursements on books and other expenditure from 1813-1831. The first entry notes a donation from Sir James McGrigor of £15 on the 5 November 1813. A statement of the account of the benevolent fund is included for the period 1840-1861, as is the account for the carpet and other furnishings for the hall for the period 1844-1847 when the balance was carried over to the building account. A statement of the account for repairs carried out to the building begins on page 16 and covers the period 1844-1862. There follows several blank pages before the account for repairs to the building begins again (on page 51), but starting from 1823 and ending in 1844. There follows:
Account of the fund for the payment of the Clerk and Librarian's salary, 1823-51
Statement of the account with the Banking Company in Aberdeen, 1824-62
Statement of fund for Clerk and Librarian's salary, 1851-62 (p.68)
Abstract of the balances of the Medical Society, 1825-1862 (p.76). Includes note of fund for ordinary purposes, Library of Reference fund, fund for repairs and fund for salaries as well as payments to the Aberdeen Bank. |