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disposable funds were insufficient. The object of 

 this Fund is set forth in the following memorandum 

 and it has fully met the want it was intended to 

 supply. 



THE CONTINGENT FUND. 



This Fund was established to relieve members 

 from the constant applications for subscriptions to 

 special cases, and to take the place of appeals by 

 means of public entertainments, such as concerts, 

 lectures, readings, etc. 



The following facts are presented to the mem- 

 bers, and through them to all Englishmen, who take 

 an interest in a well ordered charity : 



The whole of the fund is distributed, all expenses 

 being paid out of the regular income of the So- 

 ciety, 



It enables the Committee to relieve extraordinary 

 cases beyond the limit of the Constitution. 



It provides for cases not strictly recognized by 

 the Constitution. 



It ensures a careful enquiry Into all applicants for 

 its bounty, and thus relieves the subscribers of this 

 trouble, as well as anxiety arising from indiscrimi- 

 nate almsgiving. 



