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LE QUA INTER'S CHARITY.
The only Charity which is administered by the Vestry is
that known as Le Quainter's. It arises from a bequest in
1782, by Mr. Peter Le Quainter, formerly a resident in
Piccadilly, who directed that the income should be "equally
distributed at Christinas amongst twenty poor persons who
are or have been housekeepers in the Parish of St. James,
Westminster, and such as the Hector and Churchwardens, and
the other gentlemen lor the time being who shall compose
the Vestry of the said Parish, shall deem to be proper
jects, and the most deserving to partake of the same." The
property of the Charity at present consists of £9,969 2s. 9d.
New Three per Cent. Annuities, but the Vestry are in communication
with the Charity Commissioners on the subject
of investing the Fund in some more remunerative manner, so
as to increase the income of the Charity.
A statement of the accounts for the past year is given on
page 124
OTHER PAROCIAL CHARITIES.
A list of other endowed Charities in which the Parish is
interested is given on page 128 to 135 and statements of the
accounts on pages 123 to 127.
ANCIENT CHARITIES OF ST. MARTIN'S.
In the month of September, the Vestry received a communication
from the Charity Commissioners, stating that
they had given careful consideration to the various suggestions
made by the Vestry and other interested in the administra-