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St James's 1896

Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster

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Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Trustees of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Almshouse and Pension Charity.

From thelst January,to the31st December,1896.

RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
Balance in the hands of the Bankers77486BALANCE due to the Clerk and Receiver (Almswomen Account)44106
Insurance.Rent and Insurance.
Lamp Acre Estate—Ditto (Petty Cash Account)25
£3.d.£s.d.461511½
Orme, G., & Co., for Premises used as a Distillery and 3 Houses in Pocock Street (Rent only)21500Amounts paid to Almswomen097160
,, ,, Pensioners1,853100
2,95160
Less Property Tax734Almshouses Expenses—£s.d.
207168Cab Fares to and from Almshouses1160
Young, F., for 24, Friar Street (Rent only) up to 24th June, 18964000Coal and Coke, Wigan Coal Company1030
Chapel Decorations (2 years)100
Less Property and Land Tax1173Drapery Goods—Shoolbred & Co.784
3829Dust Removal—St. Martin's Vestry1300
Thompson, W., for 26, Friar Street, up to about September, 1896113049130Flowers and Manure6100
Funeral Expenses—
Less Property Tax1100Hastings, E100
4830kerswill M100
Whitbread & Co., for 29, Friar Street28018280200
Less Property Tax5100Gas—Gas Light and Coke Company2468
176180Garden Hose—Britannia Rubber Company4123
Gardner W., tor 1 to 9, and 14, Miniver Street26010260Income Tax—Marshall, C. W.0108
Infirmary Expenses164
Less Property Tax368Insurance—Sun Fire Office426
98194Playing Harmonium—Clubb, F.400
Gardner, W., Collector for 10 to 13, and
Poor Rates—Greenfield, J. Z.32126
15 to 28, Miniver Street399106
Repairs, &c., Hobson, J. D. (from August
Goulden, the late Rev. A., 1 Year's Rent of a piece of land at the rear of 166 to 169, Blackfriars Road100
1895, to May, 1896)12111
Salaries and Wages—
Archer, Mr. and Mrs., Caretaker and
Calcutt, the Rev. A. M., ditto100
Matron6500
Cockspur Street Estate—Bloomfield, Mrs., Superannuation Allowance2500
Commissioners of H.M. Woods, &c., RentClaremont, C. C., Medical Officer3500
Charge on 13, Cockspur Street18000Filby, M., Cleaner3140
Less Property Tax600Lowndes, Rev. E. A., Chaplain6000
17400Wood, M. A., Nurse4000
International Sleeping Car Co., for 14,25640
Cockspur Street52048520Surveyor's Charges-—Mason, C.7176
Less Property Tax1600Sweeping Chimneys-—Pettifer, W.650
46920Water—New River Co.1600
53313
Harborrow, John, & Co., for 15, Cockspur Street8116708116Miniver Street Houses (Nos. 10 to 13, and 15 to 28)—
Less Property Tax2368
Cox, J.—Assessed Taxes11211
685410
Gardner, W.—Repairs (from October, 1890, to August. 1896)56100
Holborn Estate—Ditto, Commission35101
Rogulski, Mrs., for 192, Drury Lane1207120Ditto, County Court proceedings1166
Less property Tax11810Lambeth Water Company—Water1360
6932Page, W.—Rates54811
Symonds, W., for 193, Drury Lane1706670Sun Fire Office—Insurance2139
Less Property Tax2346438Surveyor's Charges—Chadwick & Pilditch220177102
Carr & Horton, for 171, High Holborn20012200Auditor's Charges—Petitt, G. A.440
Clerk and Receiver—Murnane, G. W., 1 Years Salary10000
Less Property Tax400
Cheque Book—Drummond, Messrs.04 A2
11800
Downe's Charity—St. Martin's Parochial Trustees2000
Hamshaw, T. P., for 172, High Holborn110076100
Gratuity to Messenger100
Less Property Tax2100Insurance on various properties Sun Fire Office5316
7400Ditto, 15, Cockspur Street-Phœnix Fire Office6100
Yeomans, T., for 173, High Holborn5508050Repairs at 174, High Holborn—Philips, G.7092
Less Property Tax2100
Carried forward£3,964148
77150
Carried forward£3146£3,47775