BENEVOLENCE. 
Savings Bank .—There is a savings bank at the mayor’s private office, which isopen from 7 
to 8 on Saturday evenings. 
ACCOUNT. 
1832. 
1833. 
1834. 
Remarks. 
Sums received of depositors within the year,' 
ending on the 20th November,. 
Sums actually paid to depositors in money,' 
1 
f 
£. s. d. 
2,419 4 11 
2,680 8 2 
11,257 13 5 
20 19 31 
£. s. d. 
3,264 11 7 
2,866 13 2 
12,034 0 11 
21 15 2§ 
£■ s. d. 
4,319 1 3 
3,315 4 2 
13,460 6 7 
22 1 3§ 
* This increase 
of disbursements 
above deposits 
was caused by 
emigration, 
1832. 
Total amount of deposits on the books, on 
the 20th November,. 
Average of deposits on same date, a fraction 
more than. 
Total number of depositors, whose accounts' 
were open on 20th November,. 
537 
553 
610 
The following classification is for the year ending- on the 10th of March, 1827:— 
279 Domestic servants, 
36 Mechanics, &c. 
18 Children, 
14 Small Farmers, 
11 Small Shopkeepers, . 
9 Teachers, Shopmen, &c. 
6 Agricultural labourers, 
5 Persons employed in the Public 
5 Sailors, 
1 Friendly Society, 
1 Apprentice, . 
384 
Average of deposits within a fraction 
Total amount in Bank. 
£ s. d. 
3,793 4 0 
835 10 1 
340 2 6 
734 3 4 
284 2 4 
527 9 2 
115 0 10 
ventive Service, . 219 12 5 
52 1 0 
197 12 6 
3 0 0 
£7,101 18 2 
£18 9 10} 
Charitable Loan .—The charitable loan was instituted by bishop Knox. Up to 1829, the 
corporation contributed 30 guineas a-year. The institution was without support from this period 
until 1833, when a representation was made to the Irish Society, who granted £10 a-year towards 
the annual expense of management. The donations not being sufficient for the current expenses 
of management, the capital is on the decrease. On the 31st of July, 1835, it amounted to £423. 
Ladies’ Penny Society .—The ladies’ penny society derived its name from the original limi¬ 
tation of the subscriptions to 1 d. a-week. They now vary generally from 5s. to £1 a-year, but 
some are much higher. 
In 1827, the society received a bequest of £30, and a like sum from the Irish Society, 
which has been since continued annually. The average income from these resources, aided by a 
few occasional donations, is about £200 a-year. The management is vested in a patroness, a 
president, and a committee of ladies. The visitors, who inspect the habitations of the poor, are 
also ladies, and mostly distinct from the sitting committee. To each of the four city wards, 
three collectors are appointed, of whom two are gentlemen, and of these one, at least, is a 
clergyman. 
The committee meet weekly to consider petitions, and receive the reports of the inspectors. 
In case of urgent distress the visitors grant immediate relief, and usually in kind. 
Previously to 1831, no Report was issued, but only a yearly abstract of the finances. In the 
first Report the relief specified is food, ( i. e. meal), clothing, and comforts. The visitors distri¬ 
bute at their discretion orders for 2}lbs. of meal; however, the quantity distributed seldom ex¬ 
ceeds 500 pecks annually, in value about £30. Clothing is given out in October and November, 
on the recommendation of a subscriber. Being the only kind of relief originally contemplated, it 
is the chief source of expenditure. In 1830 above 1000 garments were issued. The comforts 
consist of soap, straw, bread, groceries, and turf. The first two have indeed become regular items 
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