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Miss Rye's Emigration Home for Destitute Little Girls,
Avenue House, High Street, Peckham.
Instituted 1869. Object:—To receive destitute little girls
and send them to Canada, where they are placed out in families
to be trained for service, the younger ones being adopted by
patrons and brought up as their own children. Admission:—
Girls between 9 and 14 years of age are received if really
destitute. Application should be made at the Home. Management
by Council. Council:—Sir Rutherford Alcock, Chairman,
14, Great Queen Street, Westminster; Canon Erskine-Clarke,
Vicar of Battersea; Miss Rye, Avenue House, Peckham, London,
S.E.; Miss E. Rye, Avenue House, Peckham, London
S.E.; Mrs. Vaughan, The Temple, E.C.; Miss Alderson, 14,
Beaufort Gardens, S.W.; Mrs. Rashdall, 3, Eccleston Square,
S.W.; A. Gordon, Esq., Seend, Melksham. Treasurer:—Francis
Buxton, Esq., 62, Threadneedle Street, E.C. Income for 1891:—
£3,217 10s. 9d. Expenditure for same period:—£1,862 11s. 5d.
Number admitted to the Home:—100—87 sent to Canada.
Secretary:—Miss Lizzie Still.
Church of England Society for Providing Homes for
Waifs and Strays, Lampson Home, Overhill Road.
Object:—To provide Homes to which clergymen may refer
cases of children in their parishes who are left unprovided for.
Admission:—Utterly destitute children of both sexes will be
received. Candidates will be judged on their own merits, no
system of voting being adopted. Management:—By Local Committee.
Income:—Charitable contributions, collections, &c.
Inmates:—30 girls. Secretary:—T. Douglas, Esq., Belfort
House, Underbill Road, East Dulwich, S.E.