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2-FUNDED ESTATES.
ALLEN'S GIFT.
Joseph Allen, M.D., formerly of Dulwich, by his Will,
dated 12th November, 1793, gave and bequeathed to the
Vicar and Churchwardens of Camberwell the sum of £200
Three Per Cent. Consols in trust, for them and their
successors, "to pay the dividends thereof to the Churchwarden
and Overseer for the time being of the Hamlet of
Dulwich every year, to be laid out in coals, and distributed
amongst the poor housekeepers of Dulwich for ever."
The dividends, £6 per annum, form one of the special
gifts, and are at Christmas expended in the purchase of
sacks and half sacks of coals, and distributed acccordin£ to
the Will of the Testator.
BOWLES'S FIVE ACRE.
The proceeds of the sale of a portion of this land (see
Landed Estates), was in the year 1807 invested in the purchase
of £800 Three Per Cent, Consols, producing £24 per
annum.
The dividends are carried to the General Fund paid to
the Distribution Committee.
ARNOT'S CHARITY.
Michael Arnot, by Will dated 20th April, 1823,
bequeathed the interest of £100 Old South Sea Annuities
(subsequently converted into New 2½ Per Cent. Annuities)
to be divided equally—"one half part to charity schools and
the other half part to three poor persons of, and belonging
to, the Parish of Camberwell.