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Area & Income
of Estates.
The College Estates had in 1668 an area of
of 1059a. 2r. 17 p. and produced an income of
£562 0 8 per annum.
The area has been since increased by purchase, by
exchange, and by inclosing Dulwich Common (an area of
about 130 acres) to about 1500 acres and diminished by
gifts, sales, and exchanges by 177a. Or. 6p., exclusive of the
land taken by the railways traversing the estate for which
there was no survey, to 1167a. 3r. 18p., this being the area
now under the management of the Estates Governors.
The income of the Foundation was in 1890 as follows—
Receipts.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
From Endowment:—
Rents
20,217
9
0
Turnpike Tolls
250
0
0
Dividends on Government
Stock
142
18
4
Interest on Cash at
Bankers
59
7
7
Special or Casual Re-
153
8
0
ceipts
20,823
2
11
Sewer Contributions
77
19
9
Total Receipts for
the Year
20,901
2
8