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from the Secretary of State for the Home Department was
to the effect that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive
the Address very graciously.
In response to a communication from the Rt. Hon. the
Lord Mayor of London, a committee was appointed for
carrying out the necessary arrangements in connection
with the provision of a meal for the outcast poor, and as a
result the sum of £300 was received from the fund for
providing food for the following number of persons
2,126 adults and 2,139 children, and the following
quantities of food were distributed; for adults, 1,930 l1b.
packets of sugar, 2,003 4oz. packets of tea, 2,021 plum
puddings, 2,150 meat pies, 5521bs. of Cheshire cheese in
4oz. packets, 96 tins of condensed milk, 168 21b. tins of
golden syrup, 721bs. Australian boiled beef in 61b. tins.
For the children, 800 meat pies, ll,2601bs. of cake, 1,997
boxes of sweets.
The balance of the fund unexpended amounted to
£9 6s. 4d., and was returned to the Rt. Hon. the Lord
Mayor of London, and was with other unexpended sums
devoted partly towards expenses, and the residue paid
over to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund.
The Board, on receiving a report of the operations of
the Committee, unanimously adopted the same and approved
of the vote of thanks which had been passed by the
Committee to their Chairman, Greorge P. Willoughby, Esq.,
J.P., and to the Clerk to the Board and the Engineer,
and the Staff for the manner in which they had given
effect to the wishes of the Committee.