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ALMS FUND.
Memorandum.—To Cash receivable of The Special Commissioners on
3 Years' Property Tax, ending 20th March, 1865, £ s. d.
on Freehold and Leasehold Properties 170 14 8
An account of Stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols, on the 27th April,1865:-
Mrs. Wood's Legacy, 3 per Cent. Consols 9,100 0 0
Renewal Fund, ditto 2,603 14 4
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cents 1,635 8 10
£ 3,330 3 2
Memorandum.—The full establishment in the Alms Houses consists of Seventy Widows and Unmarried
Women, who have I .(en Housekeepers in the l'avi-h ; they receive 32s. and Jis. C.I. )*r C.il.inlar Month,
according to the several Foundations to whieh they have been elected. Those labouring umltiriickuev*.
or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the Charge of Hie Funds. A Chaplain attends at Chapel
on Sunday and Thursday in each week, to perform Divine Service; they are also attended by an eminent
Medical Gentleman, and arc furnished with Medicine free of charge. The Out-Pensionen consist of Ten
Married Couples, each Couple receiving 30s per Calendar Month; Twenty Single Persona receive 20*.
per Calendar Month each; they have been also Housekeepers in the Parish. The Vestry having found
that several applicants for the Alms Fund preferred receiving the Out-Pension and living with their
friends, Instead of residing in the Alms Houses, have during the last few years, elected the most deaerving
applicants as Out-Pensioners, by which means the Alms' Fund has been distributed between a larger
number of Out-Pensioners than formerly. The number of Pensioners on the Fund in March, l»ti.*>, were
us follows:—65 Almswomen, 8 Married Couples, and 43 Single Persons—Out-Pensioners.
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cottercll and Mrs. Susan Grahrne.
bin Charles Cotterell, in
1686, gave for 8 Alms
Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation
and of
Mrs. Susan Grahme, in
1686, for 4 Alms Women
in the Alms Houses on her
Foundation
£ s. d.
20 0 0
50 0 0
Per annum arising from the Manor of Drayton and
Westover, in the County of Somcraet.
Per annum arising from the same Manor. These
sums are Paid to those twelve Alms Women
monthly, by the Vicar, or his Deputy for the time
being, und who form a part of the TO Alms Women
in the Alms Houses. This fund is independent
of the monthly jiay they each reccivc from the
Parish Foundation.
rhe residue of the Rent-charge purchased by the
Vestry with £179 Parish Stock.
8 19 7
£78 10 7
Smith's Charity.
Henry Smith, Esq., bequeathed
by will, in 1626, to 24
parishes the Rents, &c., of his
Manor, and the amount of their
respective shares vary from XI2
to £30 per annum, according to
the declarations of the Will.
The proportion of the Rent received by this Parish varies
from £-0 to £24 per annum; arises from the Manor and Rectory
of Longney, in the county of Gloucester; Trustees, the
Governors of Christ's Hospital, to whom an annual return is
made of the distribution. The proceeds are distributed by the
last senior Churchwarden, in Clothing, Provisions, or Money,
to poor persons of good character, who have been or are
residents, or who have lived in the Parish at least five years,
either as Housekeepers or Lodgers.
N.B. This Charity is kept separate and distinct from the
General Alms Fund.
Trustees of the Lamp Acre Estate.
1. Mr. R. Coubett, Northumberland
Street.
2. „ 11. Hawkes, Kilburn.
3. „ J. Bowen, Panton Street.
4. „ H. Hutchings, Long Acre.
5. „ W. B. Hudson, Haymarket.
6. „ J. Jackson, Highgate.
Trustees of the Cockspur Street and
Holborn Estates.
1. Mr. II. J. Hall, Long Acre.
2. „ W. H. Dalton, Cockspur Street.
3. ,, R. T. Pugh, Salisbury Street.
4. „ R.Cobbett, Northumberland St.
5. ,, R. Hawkes, Kilburn.
6. „ R. Palmer, St. Martin's Lane.
7. i, H. Hutchings, Long Acre.
8. ,, J. Bowen, Panton Street.
9 „ S. Barton, Strand.
10. ,, John Jackson, Highgate.