46 GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE irso 



of the sum of £50 bequeathed by her to her nephew 

 Benjamin, to his children £50, and £50 apiece to 

 her nephews and nieces, Thomas and John White, 

 Basil Cane, Mrs. Barker, and Catherine S. Isaac ; in 

 all, a sum of £350, which, at (say) 5 per cent. -£17 

 105. per annum, leaving £92 95. Oo^. as the net in- 

 come from landed property. 



But, as all landowners know very well, and indeed 

 as appears from Gilbert White's accounts, there are 

 other deductions besides land-tax and quit-rent to 

 be made from the rent of land, such as insurance and 

 repairs of buildings, allowances to tenants, etc. 



As regards personal property Gilbert White had 

 inherited and received a sum of £300, in 1746, on the 

 death of his great-uncle, Mr. Thomas Holt. A good 

 '' economist," as his friend Mulso termed him, it had 

 been his habit to put by money all his life, which he 

 invested from time to time in the purchase of '* Long 

 Annuities"; but, excluding this property, which, with 

 the exception of the £300 bequeathed him by Mr. 

 Holt, appears to have been entirely his own savings ; 

 his income from all inherited property, after necessary 

 outgoings were deducted, can have little, if at all, 

 exceeded £100 per annum at this date (1780). 



It remains to ascertain the value (including 

 allowances) of his Fellowship. In some of his 

 earlier account-books the amount received by him 

 **From my Fellowship of Oriel Coll:" is occasionally 

 entered. 



