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LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, Etc. 



Widows' and Orphans' Fund or Social Society. 



Established, November i8, 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 \vidows 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 18 14. 

 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. Tho3. 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,ooobut it is greatly diminished, 

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



PUBLIC IMARKET. 



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 



