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be rented for you ; the needy and distressed among you 

 shall be relieved. 



" Three shillings per year means a trifle more than one 

 halfpenny a week. Many of you must have been struck 

 with the wonderful penny's-worth offered. Cheap tra- 

 velling, good sport, pleasure and charity for one half-penny 

 per week. Small as this sum is, it would produce 617 us. 

 The donations and annual subscriptions to the Benevolent 

 amount to 6$ i?s. 8d., making our gross income 683 Ss. %d. 

 Out of this sum we must pay our secretary and bailiff, vote 

 a sum to the Benevolent committee, and provide for printing, 

 stationery, stamps, and general expenses. 



" Much will depend on our getting a good 



practical secretary, whose salary I fix at 



^"150 per annum, payable monthly, not 



yearly 150 o o 



Head bailiff, 30^. per week . . . . 78 o o 



Benevolent vote (the amount expended 



last year) 50 o o 



Present amount paid for printing, station- 

 ery and stamps, 133 15^. $d. ; proposed 



amount, 33 15^. $d. (This sum 



would be found ample, if not more than 



sufficient, when augmented by the 



numerous advertisements which a fully 



paid secretary could get) . . . . 33 IS 5 



Incidental expenses 20 o o 



Total .. 331 15 5 

 Which leaves us an available balance of 351 13 3 



" What are we going to do with this handsome sum of 

 money ? Why, give it to the Preservation Committee, 



