March 21, 1891. 



OUR COLUMNS. 



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with recitations ; to Dr. Willmer Phillips, for his lecture on the " Great Epidemics of 

 History " ; to Mr. Elger for his lecture on " Recent Archasological Discoveries at 

 Kempston " ; to the Rev. Canon Haddock for his lecture on " The Disposal of the Dead" ; 

 and also to Mr. Tyerman, Mr. Rowland Hill, Miss Phillips, and Miss Kirwan, for readings 

 from the works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 



The thanks of the Institute are due to the Corporation of the City of London for the 

 " Calendar of Letters from the Mayor and Corporation of the City of London, circa 

 1350-1370," edited by R. Sharpe, 2 vols.; to Mr. W. S. Hall, for "Mitchell's History of 

 Ireland," 2 vols. ; to Mr. H. M. Dymock, for a first edition of Robert Browning's 

 "Asolando"; to Mr. E. Ransom, for the "Report of the British Association, 1889," the 

 " Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society," and the " Journal of the Royal Geographical 

 Society" ; to Mr. A. Ransom, for the Northampton and Buckingham newspapers; to the 

 proprietors of the Agricultural Economist^ Canadian Gazette, Midland Counties Herald, 

 Metropolitan, The Colonies and India, for free copies. 



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 1890. 



Receipts. 



Balance at Bank 



420 Subscriptions at 25/- 

 112 ,, 10/- 



98 ,, 10/6 



43 „ 5/- 



£ s. d. 



per annum 525 o 



,f 56 o 



51 9 



10 15 



905 

 43 



2/6 per quarter 113 

 3/6 per month . 7 



Letting- of Rooms 



Sale of New spapers 



Bonus on Fire Insurance... 

 Miscellaneous Receipts ... 

 Balance due to Bankers 



763 17 o 

 86 18 10 

 6 6 lo 

 4 13 9 

 2 15 9 

 2 3 10 



17 10 



Expenditure, 



d. 



Interest on Debentures 



Two Debentures paid off 



Furniture and fittings 



Repairs 



Books 136 10 4 



Bookbinding 50 8 2 



Newspapers and Periodicals 117 16 8 



Librarian 



Attendance 



Gas, coal, and coke 



Printing and stationery 



Rates and taxes 



Insurance 



Stamps 



Miscellaneous 



£ s. d. 



239 2 4 

 50 o o 



13 13 10 



37 5 8 



- 304 15 2 



110 o o 



16 o o 



52 12 4 



14 13 II 



22 16 4 



4 13 9 



2 16 I 



21 8 5 



;^889 17 10 



/ he7-eby certify that I have audited the foi-egoing Account, and have examined the vouchers with the amounts set 

 forth, the whole of which are correctly stated. 



ALFRED L. FIELD, 



22nd Jatmary, 1891. Chartered Accountant. 



BALANCE SHEET 



Of the Bedford Literary and Scientific Institute and General Library, on 31st December, 1890. 



Liabilities. 



£ s. d. 



Debentures at 4J per cent 5400 o o 



Due to Bankers 2 3 10 



Balance i20i 14 i 



£6603 17 II 



Assets. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 



Freehold property in Harpur Street 5100 o o 



Furniture and fittings 361 o o 



Less depreciation at 5 per cent.... 18 o o 



343 o o 



Books,about 15,000 volumes, nominal 



value 1000 o o 



Subscriptions in arrear 117 8 o 



Sundry debtors 43 911 



;^66o3 17 11 



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

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



ALFRED L. FIELD, 



22nd January, i8gi. Chartered Accountant. 



