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Charities of the Parish, and it will be seen, by reference to
the previous subject, that this inquiry has been held, and
that the Vestry are now waiting the report of the Commissioners.
A statement of the Accounts of this Charity for the year
1896 is given on page 160.
St. Martin's Almshouse and Pension Charity.
This Charity is administered under a scheme established
by the Charity Commissioners in 1886, the governing body
comprising ex-officio, co-optative, and representative
Trustees. Two of the latter are elected by the Vestry of
this Parish, the present representatives being Mr. Morle
and Mr. Winnett. The Charity has almshouses in Bayham
Street, Camden Town, and grants pensions in certain cases,
for which persons of good character, who have been
residents in St. James's for live years or more, and have
not received parochial relief, are eligible. Notices are
published when vacancies arise, by the Clerk to the
Trustees, Mr. G. W. Murnane, Town Hall, Charing Cross.
A copy of the Accounts of this Charity for the year
1896 will be found on pages 166-9.
The Craven Pest House Charity.
Five Parishes participate in the benefits of this Charity,
viz.:— St. Martin-in-the-Fields; St. George, Hanover
Square; St. Clement Danes; St. Paul, Covent Garden;
and St. James. The income of the Charity is applied,
under an order of the Court of Chancery, to the maintenance
of 24 beds in King's College Hospital and 16 in
Charing Cross Hospital, for the reception of poor patients
from the live Parishes mentioned. The hospitals are also