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General v. Osmond, this sum was invested in the purchase
of £187 5s. 11d. Three Per Cent. Consols, in the name of
the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, and the
Dividends, £5 12s. 4d. per annum, belong- to the "Special
Gifts," and are distributed according to the Will. (Vide
Distribution Account.)
HOWLETT'S ACRE.
By Will of Sir Edmund Bowyer, dated 11th July, 1626, a
piece of land situate at Half Moon Lane, Dulwich, known as
Howlett's Acre, was given to the Poor of "Camberwell,
the rents to be paid yearly on Good Friday.'
In the year 1858, this land was sold to Mr. George
Keen, of Heme Hill, by the Trustees, with the consent of
the Charity Commissioners, and the proceeds invested in
the purchase of £350 Three Per Cent. Consols.
The Dividends of this sum form part of the General Fund
paid to the Distribution Committee.
In addition to the foregoing Rents and Bequests vested
in the Trustees under the Local Act of Parliament a sum,
averaging £17 per annum, is receivable by the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Camberwell,
under the Will of Henry Smith, dated the 24th
April, 1627, arising from the Rents of certain Freehold
Estates in the County of Kent, " to be laid out every winter