April, 189^. 



OUR COLUMNS. 



67 



Mr. Mayes, Financial Secretary, produced the accounts as follows : — 



RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 

 Of the Bedford Literary and Scientific Institute and General Library, for the year 1891. 



Receipts. 



Subscriptions, viz. : — 

 439 Subscriptions at 25/- per annum 548 15 

 95 ,> 10/- 47 10 



99 „ 10/6 „ 51 19 



38 „ 5 - „ 9 10 



1179 ,, 2/6 per quarter 147 7 



50 3/6 per month. 8 15 



Letting of Rooms 



Sale of Newspapers 



Sale of Oiir Coluiims 



Sale of Stove 



Cash from Archaeological Society 

 Miscellaneous Receipts 



d. £ s. d. 



813 



log 

 9 



2 16 



;^963 4 II 



Expenditure. 



£ s. d. 



Balance due to Bankers, Jan. i, 1891 



Interest on Debentures 



Furniture and Fittings 



Repairs 



Books 153 17 ( 



Bookbinding 93 18 ( 



Newspapers and Periodicals 125 11 ! 



Librarian 



Assistant 



Attendance 



Gas, Coal, and Coke ... 

 Printing and Stationery 



Rates and Taxes 



Insurance 



Stamps 



]Miscellaneous 



Balance at Bank 



Balance in hand 



£ s. d. 



2 3 10 

 236 18 6 

 48 17 o 

 II 3 5 



16 13 

 o 7 



-373 7 5 



110 o o 



14 6 o 



16 o o 



53 12 9 



7 15 II 



37 10 7 



4 13 9 



3 16 3 



25 19 I 



— 17 o 5 

 ;^963 4 II 



/ hereby certify that I have audited the foregoing Accoiiuf, and have examined the Vouchers with the arnotcnts 

 set forth, the -whole of which are correctly stated. 



ALFRED L. FIELD, 



Z'jth January, 1892. Chartered Accozmfant. 



BALANCE SHEET 



Of the Bedford Literary and Scientific Institute and General Library, on 31st December, 1891. 



Liabilities. Assets. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 



Debentures at 43 per cent 5400 o o Freehold Property in Harpur Street 5100 o o 



Balance 1283 12 4 Furniture and Fittings, ist Jan., 1891 343 o o 



Additions 40 16 6 



. . 383 16 6 



Less depreciation, 5 per cent 19 3 



^6683 12 4 



Books (about 15,000 volumes) nominal 



value 



Subscriptions in arrear 



Sundry debtors 



Cash at Bank 



Cash in hand 



f6 13 5 

 070 



- 364 12 



IIOO o o 



87 7 6 



14 II 9 



— 17 o 5 

 ^6683 12 4 



/ hereby certify thai I have verified the Cash Balance at the Bank, and examined the foregoing Account and Balance 

 Sheet which, in my opinion, exhibit a full, t7-ue, and correct view of the state of the affairs of the Institute. 



2-]th January, 1892. 



ALFRED L. FIELD, 



Charte}'ed Accotmtant. 



Council Meeting, February 4, 1892. — Present : Rev. Dr. Poole (in the chair), Mr. 

 Bates, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Mr. W. Jackson, Mr. Rowland Hill, 

 Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. Mayes, Mr. J. S. Phillpotts, Rev. P. W. Wyatt. 



After the confirmation of the minutes, the Rev. P. W. Wyatt proposed a vote of thanks 

 to the Rev. Dr. Poole for his services as president for the past year, which was seconded 

 by Mr. Mayes, and carried unanimously. 



