236 Charitable Repository. 



because of the default in the weekly instalments, 

 been called in, or have been voluntarily paid by 

 persons whose improved circumstances enabled 

 them to do so. 



<c The decrease in the sums latterly lent out, 

 being the consequence of fewer applications for 

 loans, testifies the effectual relief already ex- 

 tended by this institution : and whilst it is sa- 

 tisfactory to be assured that the fund has not 

 hitherto sustained any diminution, it must be 

 highly gratifying to perceive that the balance in 

 the Treasurer's hands is likely to prove abund- 

 antly competent to meet the increased demands 

 which must arise, should the great number of 

 persons at the first relieved (on their discharg- 

 ing the loans made to them) renew their appli- 

 cations for assistance. 



" Co-operative, though not connected with 

 this institution, a Charitable Repository has 

 been established (under the auspices of the 

 Hon. Mrs. Wm. Knox), and is now open at 

 Derry ; which, in addition to the benefits such 

 institutions generally confer on the industrious 

 and ingenious, it is hoped will enable many per- 

 sons of that description to apply to advantage 

 those means with which the Charitable Loan is 

 ready to supply them. 



