Parochial Board Minutes

The minutes of the last meeting having been read an approved, the Inspector's accounts were examined and found correct, leaving a balance of £3 in his hands.

Mr Nairne was appointed Chairman of the Board for the next year.

The Inspector reported to the meeting that Widow Bruce who had formerly been living in Dundee had neither called personally nor sent to the Dundee Inspector for her allowance since last November and that the Dundee Inspector does not know where she is.  Her name had therefore been struck from the Roll.

The Inspector laid before the meeting an application from Widow McIlroy for some allowance for house rent.  

The meeting agreed to allow her another sixpence weekly in the meantime expressing the hope that as the children are coming of age that they will be able to discontinue this ere long.

The Poor's Roll was examined and the present allowances authorised to be continued.  

The Inspector laid before the meeting an estimate of the expenditure for the next half year in the following terms:

Poor per Roll £28 - coals £5 - Rents £6 - Sanitary Insp £1 

Percent £5 - cleaning Church 15/- Common Exp £1 - Presbytery £2   Casualities £2.5  

Less Church collection £6  = £25

from which it appears that the sum of £25 will be required in addition to the Church Collection, and the meeting agreed to assess the Heritors accordingly in the sum of Twenty Five Pounds and authorised Mr Tweedie to collect same.