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the Governors are elected by the Vestry. A vacancy
occurred during the year by the expiration of the period for
which Mr. T. H. Elam had been elected, and that gentleman
was unanimously re-appointed for the usual term of office.
A statement of the Accounts of the School for the year
1885 is given on page 127.
THE CRAVEN PEST-HOUSE CHARITY.
Five Parishes participate in the benefits of this Charity, viz.,
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. George, Hanover Square, St.
Clement Danes, St. Paul, Covent Garden, and St. James.
Four of the Trustees are appointed on the nomination of the
Vestry, the present representatives of the Parish being Mr.
F. Crane, Mr. J. Bonthron, Mr. R. W. Burgess and Mr. W.
Winnett.
The income of the Charity is applied, under an
order of the Court of Chancery, to the maintenance
of beds in King's College Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital,
for the reception of poor patients from the five parishes
mentioned. The hospitals are also required to afford out
treatment to all poor persons resident in any of the five
parishes, who may be sent by the Trustees.
A copy of the Accounts of the Charity for the year 1885
is given on page 128.
MRS. ANN NEWTON'S CHARITY.
This Charity for the apprenticing of one poor boy of St.
James's annually from the Union School, is administered by
the Board of Governors and Directors of the Poor.
A copy of the Accounts for the year 1885 is given on
page 131.