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HARRIOTT SMITH'S GIFT.
Mrs. Harriott Smith, by her Will, dated 23rd September,
1808, gave and bequeathed to the Vicar, Churchwardens,
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Giles, Camberwell,
the sum of £1,000 Three Per Cent. Reduced
Annuities in trust “to pay and divide the dividends thereof
to ten of the oldest poor housekeepers of the towns and
villages of Camberwell and Dulwich equally, for ever."
The Dividends of this sum (now transferred to New
Consols 23/4 per cent.), £27 10s. 0d. per annum, form one of
the Special Gifts, and are distributed according to the Will
among ten poor housekeepers.
MRS. JONES' GIFT.
By Will, dated 21st March, 1842, Mrs. Susannah Jones
gave and bequeathed to the Trustees of the Charity Estates
the sum of £100 Three Per Cent. Reduced Annuities, "the
interest to be paid annually at Christmas, equally to six
poor persons residing in the Liberty of Peckham."
The Dividend, £2 15s. 0d., per annum, forms one of the
Special Gifts, and is distributed according to the Testator's
Will.
MATHEWS' GIFT.
Mr. William Mathews, by his Will, dated the 30th
October, 1750, gave the interest of £150 "to the Minister,
Churchwardens, and Overseers of the Parish of Camberwell,
to be laid out in Bread, and distributed to poor communicants
of the Church of England on Sacrament Sundays."
By a decree of the Court of Chancery, in a suit AttorneyGeneral.
Osmond, this sum was invested in the purchase