1827.] Public Chanties. 365 



tics ; and the dividends amount to 1 55/. To the ten maids and bachelors 

 4*. 6d. a week each is given, which comes to 1.J7/. ; the elder brother 

 receives 25*. a year more than the rest ; and 1 4/. is distributed at Christ- 

 mas among the poor leaving thus about 22/. for repairs, &c. 



ALMSHOUSE IN MILK STREET. Mrs. Elizabeth Blanchard also left 

 six houses for this endowment in favour of three old maids of the baptist 

 meeting, now held in King Street, and . two from the country. The 

 deacons of the chapel act as trustees, though no regular appointment was 

 ever made. The annual income is now 95/. Five women reside in the 

 almshouse, and one at Sodbury, receiving each 2*. 6d. a week,. and the 

 five in the almshouse 10* 6d. each at Christmas. The expenditure 

 amounts to 44 /. ; but the houses have lately undergone thorough repair, 

 and one rebuilt, which will exhaust a balance of 200/. in hand, and the 

 surplus income for some time. 



SCHOOL AND ALMSHOUSE BELONGING TO PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, 

 in Lewins Mead The school and almshouse consist of a large stone 

 building fronting the street called Stoke's-croft, instituted in 1726. 

 Four thousand pounds, though not all paid, were subscribed originally 

 for the building and endowment. The funds were, however, from time 

 to time augmented, and now produce a dividend of 283/. 17*. 4d. The 

 school and almshouse accounts are separately kept. In the almshouso 

 there are eleven women and one man, each receiving 12*. 1 1 d. a month 

 the man something more. In the school, thirty boys are instructed in 

 reading, writing, and arithmetic books and stationery found by the 

 trustees. The master has 120/. Prayers morning and evening. In 

 1794, Dr. John Wright left 700/. three per cents., for different purposes 

 connected with the interests of the congregation all carried into effect 

 according to the donor's wishes. 



THE INFIRMARY. The income of this institution arising from volun- 

 tary subscription, exceeding that which results from the permanent pro- 

 perty precluded the Commissioners from entering into any inquiry as to 

 the management. 



ELBRIDGE'S SCHOOL. This school was instituted, in 1738, by John 

 Elbridge, who left 3,000/. for its maintenance. It is in the parish of St. 

 Michael's, and the rector has the entire management. It is now 

 confined to girls, and twenty-four are clothed and educated. The income, 

 arising from South Sea Annuities, amounts to 78 8*. 6d. The property 

 has manifestly not been well taken care of and money has been lost for 

 want of due control. 



REYNOLDS'S CHARITY, 1809. Richard Reynolds, of Bristol, left lands 

 in Wales, now producing 240Z. a year, for the benefit of all, or one, or 

 fnore of seven institutions supported by voluntary subscriptions the Bristol 

 Infirmary Bristol Samaritan Society Strangers' Friend Society Asylum 

 for Orphan Girls Society for discharging Small Debts Bristol Dispen- 

 sary and Bristol Female Misericordia. The property, and the disposal 

 of it, are placed under eleven trustees the donor expressly excluding the 

 clergy, lawyers, and medical men, and any president, treasurer, or person 

 holding office of profit in the institutions to be benefited by his property. 

 These institutions are well supported by voluntary subscription and 

 therefore Mr. Reynolds's charity is considered to be taken out of the 

 jurisdiction of the Commissioners. 



WESLEYAN GIRLS' SCHOOL, for the benefit of the members assembling 

 at Ebenezer Chapel, Old King Street. The founder left 700/., but con- 



