The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). Parochial Board.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    This proposal of 30th July 1841, having been approved of by the Council, and communicated, along with the relative states made up by the city’s accountant, to the charity managers, was accepted by the workhouse managers, who, on 2d June 1842, approved of the draft discharge, and authorised the chairman of the Finance Cojnmittee to sign it in behalf of the managers. On 28th June 1842, the charity managers and the city settled accounts to that date, in terms of the accepted pro- posal, the managers receiving from the city six bonds of <£100 each ..... £600 0 0 Cash . . . . . 1 15 0 Dividends . . . £91 0 8 Interest to date . . 2 12 9 93 13 5 £695 8 5 and granting a mutual discharge, by which the workhouse managers discharged the city of the annuity per £200, and of the sum and bonds received, but nothing else; and, on the other hand, the Council discharged the charity managers of the debt due to them for compensation paid to St Cuthbert’s parish under the Eoyalty Extension Acts, and in this dis- charge the city creditors joined. On same 28th June 1842, the city, in farther implement of said accepted proposal, paid to the charity managers, on tlicir receipt, the dividends due on the mortified moneys before speci- fied, with interest to date of settlement, and five years arrears of feu-duty due by them for Forglen’s Acre. This settled up the revenue to that date, leaving due, Capital Sums “ invested on behalf of the Edinburgh Charity Workhouse in city bonds for Paul’s Work Mortification” . . . £2920 0 0 Mortification per ranking for the kirk treasurer, 600 0 0 For behoof of charity workhouse, . . 200 0 0 £3720 0 0