Catherine McCaig Trust

Constitutional objectives

Catherine McCaig's Trust Scheme 1963 - The governing body, after paying the necessary expenses of management and the burdens and taxes affecting the Education Fund in each financial year, including any balance carried forward... (a) they shall pay to the Board of Managers or other body responsible for the financial affairs of the United Free Church of Scotland in the Island of Lismore the sum of £20 to be expended by the said person or body in supplementing the fees paid to Ministers who conduct services in the said Church or perform pastoral duties among the congregation of the said Church. (b) they shall pay to the Town Council of Oban the sum of £20 to be applied in providing coals for such deserving poor people in Oban as the Town Council in their sole and absolute discretion may think best....(d) they shall pay any McCaig Scholarships or Bursaries continued under section17. and (e) they shall meet expenditure incurred under sections 13 to 16, both, inclusive. Section 13 concerns McCaig Bursaries which are open to Protestants and shall be tenable at any Scottish University. Section 14 concerns McCaig Post-graduate Scholarships. Section 15 and 16 allows the governing body to make grants in aid of publication of any contemporary or other work of Celtic scholarships whether written in Gaelic or in another language and allows the governing body to make grants to assist bodies and persons to undertake research or other activities which will encourage and develop interest in Gaelic.