View report page

345
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. (The
Dividends now amount to £5 3s. d., 23/4 per cent. New
Consols.)
HOWLETT'S ACRE.
By Will of Sir Edmund Bower, 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 (now 23/4 per
cent. New Consols).
The Dividends of this sum form part of the General
Fund paid to the Distribution Committee.
WILSON'S CHARITY.
Jane Wilson bequeathed by Will dated 23rd December,
1868, £80 13s. 1d. Consols, the Dividends to be laid out in
purchase of Flannel Petticoats at Christmas for Poor Persons
of Peckham (now 23/4 per cent. New Consuls).
The amount is expended annually by the Churchwardens
as directed.