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ALMS FUND.
An account of Stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols, on the 9th May, 1867:— £ s.
Mrs. Wood's Legacy, 3 per Cent. Consols 9,100 0
Renewal Fund, ditto 2,714 13
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cents 1,792 5
£l3,606 19
Memorandum.— The fall establishment in the Alms Houses consists Of Seventy Widowsand Unmarried
Women, who have been Housekeepers in th Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 36s., and 42s. 6d. per Calender
Month, according to the several Foundations to which they have been elected Those, labouring under
sickness, or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the charge of tin- Funds. A Chaplain attended
at Chapel on Sunday ami Thursday in each week, to perform Divine Service; they arc also attended be
an eminent Medical Gentleman, and are furnished with Medicine free of charge. The Out-Pensioner
consist of Ten Married Couples, each Couple receiving 30s. per Calendar Month; Twenty Single Persons
receive 20s. per Calendar Month each; they have been also House Keepers in the Parish. The Vestry
having found that several applicants for the Alms Fund preferred reiving the Out-Pension and living
with their friends, instead of residing in the Alms Houses, have during the list few years, elected the mo???
deserving 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 Mard
18G8, were as follows: 57 Alins women, 10 Married Couples, and 41 Single Persons Out-Pensioners. 7
Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Colterell and Airs. Susan Grahme.
Sir Chari.es Coterkll, in
1G8G, gave for 8 Alms
Women in the Alms
Houses on his Foundation )
and
£ s. d.
20 0 0
per annum arising from the Manor of Drayton and
Westover, in the County of Somerset.
Mrs. Susan Grahme, in
1G8G, for 4 Alms Women
in the Alms Houses on her
Foundation
50 0 0
per annum arising from the same Manor. Thesi
sums are paid to those twelve Alms Womel
monthly, by the Vicar, or his Deputy for the timt
being, and who form a part of the 70 Alms Woroet
in the Alms Houses. This fund is independent
of the monthly pay they each receive from the
Parish Foundation.
8 19 7
The residue of the Rent-charge purchased by th
Vestry with £179 Parish Stock.
£78 10 7
Smith's Charity.
Henry Smith, Esq., bequeathed
by will, in 1G26, to 24
parishes the Rents, &.c., of his
Manor, and the amount of their
respective shares vary from £12
to £30 per annum, according to
the declarations of the Will.
The proportion of the Kent received by tins Parish varies
from 420 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.R. This Charity is kept separate and distinct from the
General Alms Fund.
Trustees of the Lamp Acre Estate.
1. Mr. R. Cobbett, Northumberland
Street.
2. „ R. Hawkks, Kilburn.
3. ,, J. BoWen, Panton Street.
4. ,, W. B. Hudson, Haymarket.
5. J. Jackson, Highgate.
Trustees of the Cockspur Street and
Holborn Estates.
1. „ W. II. Dalton, Cockspur Street.
2. ,, R. T. Pugh.
3. „ R. Cobbett, Northumberland
4. „ R. Havvkes, Kilburn.
5. ,, P. Palmer, St. Martin's Lane.
G. „ J. Bowen, Panton Street.
7. „ S. Barton, Strand.
8. ,, John Jackson, Highgate.