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are, or have been, housekeepers in the Parish of St. James,
"Westminster, and such as the Rector and Churchwardens,
and the other gentlemen for the time being who shall compose
the Vestry of the said Parish, shall deem to be proper
objects, and the most deserving to partake of the same."
The property of the Charity consists of £9,909 2s. 9d.
New Three per Cent. Annuities, and a statement of the
accounts for the past year is given on page 222.
OTHER PAROCHIAL CHARITIES.
A list of other endowed Charities in which the Parish is
interested is given on pages 226 to 232, and statements of
the accounts on pages 221 to 225.
ANCIENT CHARITIES OF ST. MARTIN'S.
In the month of December a communication was received
from the Charity Commissioners, stating that they were
considering an application for a new scheme for the future
regulation of the parochial Charities of St. Martin-in-theFields,
some of which Charities were founded prior to the
severance of St. James's, and certain other Parishes, from
St. Martin's, and asking for any observations which the
Vestry might desire to offer on the subject of the proposed
scheme. The Vestry thereupon preferred a claim, on behalf
of the Parish, to participate in the benefits of such of the
Charities in question as were founded prior to the separation
of St. James's from St. Martin s in the year 1685,
and appointed a Committee to take steps for watching the
interests of the Parish in the matter. The Committee are
acting in concert with a Committee ot the Vestry of St.