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LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, ETC. 

 WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND OR SOCIAL SOCIETY. 



Established, November 18, 1845. 



Objects. To raise from time to time by subscriptions among the 

 members or by voluntary contributions, or by donations, a stock or 

 fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the members and 

 a Burial Allowance for the members. The Society is under the 

 management of a Committee, consisting of a President, Treasurer, 

 Secretary, and four other members, three of whom retire annually 

 by rotation, but are eligible for re-election. 



A general meeting to be held quarterly, when the accounts are 

 submitted for inspection. 



The anniversary of the Society is held on the i8th November, on 

 which occasion the members attend Divine Service. 



BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 



Founded in 1814. 



Patron .... His Excellency the Governor. 

 Vice-Patrons . . . The Honble. Members of 



Council. 



President . . . The Bishop. 

 Committee . . . Rev. Canon A. Porter, Rev. 



Harry Gibbons, Mr. H. 

 W. Solomon, Mr. Thos. C. 

 Barker, Mr. G. Liddy. 

 Hon. Secretary and Trea- 

 surer ; Mr. T. Broadway. 

 Clerk .... Mr. H. J. Broadway. 

 Mistress of Town School . Miss Burchill. 

 Mistress of Country School Miss Barker. 



The capital in the year 1883 was 3 ,000 but it is greatly diminished, 

 and is, according to the report issued in 1901, ^1,887 os. lod. 



PUBLIC MARKET. 



This was opened to the public in May, 1865, under ordinance 

 No. 5 of 1865. 



The Committee of Management is elected at an Annual General 

 Meeting of the inhabitants convened by the Sheriff, and held in 

 the Market each year in the month of May, and is composed of five 

 members, of whom three form a quorum and two retire annually. 

 This Committee has the power to frame Bye-Laws and Regulations 

 for the proper conduct and management of the Market and to 

 impose rents, dues and charges subject to the approval of the 

 Governor. They appoint a market clerk and apportion the stalls, 

 benches, and public space in the market. 



LIBRARY. 



The Public Library is in the Government Gardens and contains 

 a number of valuable books of reference. Under the present 



