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Sir William Eden amounted to £409 12s. Od., and a sum of 

 £450 was paid this year on this account, there being a slight 

 deficiency on this head. 



In 1882-3 the subscriptions to the Hunt, including dona- 

 tions to hound fund and deficit account, amounted to £2,134, 

 the largest sum ever collected in the South Durham country, 

 and this result was due in a great measure to the untiring 

 energy of the Hon. Sec, Mr. Thomas Appleby of Greatham, 

 who was an indefatigable " whip," and the generosity of the 

 late Marquis of Londonderry and Sir William Eden, Bart., 

 without whose aid the Hunt affairs might not have run so 

 smoothly. In the spring of 1884, owing to the very bad 

 times and other causes, the subscription list was consider- 

 ably decreased, and Sir William Eden having intimated his 

 readiness to take on the mastership of the hounds a second 

 time, should it be so desired, he was re-appointed master of 

 the South Durham Hounds with a guarantee of £900 per 

 annum as before. 



