General Abstract of the Accounts of the Association for the Year 1881.

Edinburgh, 10th February 1882.—I have examined the foregoing Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1880, and have found the same correctly stated and vouched; the balance due on the Capital Account being £200, 11s. 7d., and that on the Ordinary Fund, £86, 1s. 5d., of which sums £100 is lodged on Deposit Receipt with the National Bank of India (Limited), £150 on Deposit Receipt with the National Bank of New Zealand (Limited), and the balance, £36, 11s., at the credit of the Association's Account current with the Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.