CHAPTER XXVI. TRADES' HOUSE OF GLASGOW.-STATE OF ITS FUNDS AND OF THE FOURTEEN INCORPORATIONS. THE Constitution of the Trades' House has been given in Chapters IX. and XI., but it may be desirable or appropriate now to give some information respecting the House itself, seeing that the Cordiners send six representatives to the House. The House has much important work to do, and, from the following annual appointments made by the House of representatives out of its own number to public bodies, it will be seen that it has a deep interest in the successful working of these public institutions: 1. A Deacon-Convener and a Collector annually, who are generally reappointed for a second year. 2. Four Dean of Guild Councillors of the craft rank. 3. Two Trustees of the Clyde Navigation, for two years, one going out of office every alternate year. 4. Four Patrons of Hutchesons' Hospital. 5. Four Directors of the Buchanan Industrial Institution. 6. One Director of the College of Science and Arts. 7. Two Trustees on Glen's School. 8. Two Directors of Haldane's Trust. 9. One Director of Gardner's Free School. 10. Two Trustees on M'Millan's Bequest. 11. Two Managers of the Royal Infirmary. 12. Two Directors of the Western Infirmary. 13. Two Managers of the Lunatic Asylum. 14. Two Directors of the Blind Asylum. 15. One Director of the Maternity Hospital and Dis pensary. 16. A Manager of the Lock Hospital. 17. A Director of the Convalescent Home. 18. A Director of the Home for the Relief of Incurables. 19. Two Assessors under Coulter's Mortification. 20. One Director under Muir's Trust. 21. One Director under M'Alpine's Trust. NOTE.-There are four Directors also sent by the Hammermen annually to the Johnston and Logan School, the appointments being simply intimated to the House. The House has a vast deal of work of its own to do. The following committees are appointed by the House for carrying on its business : COMMITTEES OF TRADES' HOUSE. 1. On Kelvinbank and Sandyford Lands. 2. On Public Business. 3. On Finance. 4. On Pensioners. 5. On Bye-laws. 6. On Education. NOTE. There is a Committee on Hall Buildings. That committee is composed of representatives sent by the Incorporations. These representatives must be members of the House. There is likewise a Committee on the Gorbals Lands, composed of the convener and the collector of the House, as representing the House, and of delegates from the Incorporations having an interest in the lands. STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, AND STOCK ACCOUNTS OF THE TRADES' HOUSE AND INCORPORATIONS OF GLASGOW, AS AT SEPTEMBER, 1882, AS GIVEN IN TRADES' HOUSE ACCOUNTS. |