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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 THIRD ANNUAL REPORT V — OF THE- ■v » -1 N ■^.4^- Hssociateb * Cf^arities ',.. . . ^ A^:-' "1 - -: ^ i .. _ >i ■ ■ ■ J ; •v ■- — OF — ' ■>:■; ;■-, \ *^* ■ 1 .•»-- '^ »-'.■.. ' ■ ■■'"■■'^. " . -":':>■:;■-, --.-ivf/ OTTHifliH ,* •-•-,., :'-'j^ 'X- \ : V , >;. '.,0; From 28th Oct., 1897, to 1st Dec, 1898. • '.A-^ • .' j(-=' ; .>. . _'■ N y ^'> V . V Ottawa: James Hope & Sons, Printeks 1899. vO- --->.( -> (■ -'^^^ -^.±^- :~^\ .*t$! y ■^? ■•■--■<■>■ .-^- '•C t^ H' ■^f ^ ,w r**- *'_ ' f h V V ^ ■ v *^ . J-*-v, *ri >- t ."A -» *• w ^ ' - *''■<.. •j.^ i^ 'n - :n -^*C3v-r^>^ -r'^ /^ \ V ,u <>• . Cv ■< ^ // - ( "N. "^sS-^J t -, i^-f >- ^-^^ ^.■' -..V '-vJ^^ ■ (*^ 'X I '1 f" ' 'V '•'h 4 ' '"^ '-* pi . .W V'' - ■*- + ^ - . ^,^ V ^j. ,. ■% ^ ''' £- ^ ^,.^ > - s - ^ .'^- .'^ M-' ^- . • ' '^ ^- ' ^ - M K*^ '\ -y - '?':;->. " - r r^-,-/" ' ^-'^■^ '!?'-*"^U■_ -s C-'' ■y- ^ . -,i-(' ■ \\>< y. ,.i- - f %^^: *'■■'■ ''T" .?■ ■■'!.■■ .'"■ 'J-i Jr-- ■ ■■ •J . r;c.^"'' %' -> i 1?- V ■:■:'■ ANNUAL REPORT — OF THE — H880ciate6 * Cbarities — OF — OTTKJAiK •-"Y .'< -X- ,^ I '>' >-.- From 28th Oet., 1897, to 1st Dee., 1898. Ottawa: Jambs Hope & S(»tb, PiaiNTEBs 1899. *!.* i*VT3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. Officers: 1898-99, PATRON: Hi8 Excellency the Eabl of Minto. President: Mr. Sheriff Sweetland. Vice-Presidents: John M. Courtney, Esq., C.M.G. John Gorman, Esq. Lady Ritchie. Mrs. E. H. Bronson. ♦ Secretary-Treasurer : John Keane, Life Members : ^ Hon. E. H. Bronson, Mrs. H. F. Bronson, T. C. Keefer, Esq.; Peter Whelen, ififeq., J. B. Fraser, Esq., j! Roberts Allan, Esq. Members Ex-Officio : His Worship the Mayor, the Sheriff, Thomas H. Kirby, Isqi^ €% 'Rrea^rer j John Henderson, Esq. , City Clerk r^Tohn Gait, Esq., C^ty Engineer ; A. Robil- lard, Esq., M.D., City PhysidMi. I The City Clergy : ALPHABEnCAL LUT. Rev. Dr. Armstrong, Rev. Jos. Blackstock, Rev. T. Bailey, Yen. Archdeacon Bogert, Rev. A. Beausoliel, Rev. A. A. Cameron, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. M. A. Fallon, Rev. Thomas Garrett, Rev. J. F. Gorman, Rev. Canon Hannington, Rev. Dr. Herridge, Rev. F. McAmmond, Rev. D. J. Herbison, Rev. H. I. Horsey, Rev. D. Jacques, Very Rev. Dean Lauder, Rev. W. M. Loucks, Rev. Wm. Moll, Rev. A. M. Mac- kay. Rev. J. W. H. Milne, Rev. Dr. Moore, Rev. N. A. McLeod, Rev. Canon McCarthy, Rev. Wm. Mc- intosh, Rev. Canon Pollard, Rev. Dr. Rose, Rev. John Scanlon, Rev. J. 0. Routhier, V.G. ; Rev. J. M. Snow- don, Rev. W. Timberlake, Rev. M. J. Whelan, Rev. W. J. Wood, Rev. G. de Zocher. List of Members of Council Nominated by the Mayor and by the Several Churches AND Societies of the City : W. F. Boardman, Esq., A. P. Brad%, Esq., P. Brankin, Esq., Mrs. E. H. Bronsoh, Mr. Justice Bui*- bidge, Mrs. Capreol, R. L. Grain, Mrs. R. J. Davidson, Ormond Doherty, Esq., H. Fillman, Esq., Mrs. C. G. Frith, Mrs. Gwynne, W. Kearns, Esq., Hon. Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Arthur Lindsay, Mrs. J. A. Macfarlane, Edward May, Esq., Robert McGregor, Esq., A. T. Mc- Kinnon, Esq., H. A. F. McLeod, Esq., Mrs. Pollard, Geo. E. Preston, Esq., Miss M. Frances Scott, Mrs. C. S. Scott, M. 0. Scott, Esq., Mrs. Seylaz, J. Hervey Spencer, Esq., Robt. Stewart, Esq., Mrs. J. Tilton, Richard Tobin, Esq., Capt. C. F. Winter, A. S. Wood- bum, Esq., Wm. Young, Esq., Mrs. James Young. Elected to Council at Annual Meeting. ' Dr. H. M. Ami, John R. Armstrong, Esq., N. A. Belcourt, Esq., M.P., S. Bingham, Esq., W. Borthwick, Esq., H. H. Brennan, Esq., F. P. Bronson, Esq., F. R. E. Campeau, Esq., A. Chisholm, Esq., J. M. Courtney, Esq., John Gorman, Esq., John Heney, Esq., Col. Irwin, James Hope, Esq.. W. Hutchison, Esq., M.P., Mrs. E. a Laverdure, Mrs. F. McDougal, W. L. Marler, Esq., W, L. Moreland, Esq., A. R. Mac- donald, Esq., Geo. O'Keefe, Esq., A. Pratt, Esq., W.. H. Rowley, Esq., W. L. Scott, Esq., A. P. Sherwood, Esq., H. B. Small, A. H. Witcher, Esq. .* Vs.f^^ mmmm^i:-'')^ % FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Associated Charities was held this evening, at 8 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall. The President, Mr. Sheriff Sweetland, m the chair. Among those present were : — Lady Ritchie, Mrs. Bronson, Miss Nicholson, Miss Read, Mrs. Court* ney, Mrs. McLaughlin, Rev. Father Whelan, Rev. Canon Pollard, Rev. Thomas Garrett Rev. W. Mcintosh, Rev. A. N. Frith, Mayor Bingham, J. M. Courtney, Esq., C.MG.;Col. Irwin, J. J. Kelso, Esq., Toronto; John Gorman, John Heney, Patrick Brankin, Captain C. P. Winter, W. F. Boardman, A. H. Whitcher, A. Chis- holm, weorge, McLaughlin, George Preston, H. B. Small, George Hawkins, H. H. Bligh, J. Hardie, etc. Communications were read from His Excellency the Governor-General, regretting his inability to be present at the meeting, but extending his patronage to the Society; Dr. Ami also regrettied his inabihty to be present. ,. , Sheriff Sileetland opened the proceedmgs by con- gratulating those present upon the continued progress of the work undertaken by the Society, and the fact that such an association was required for our rapidly- growing city. He would ask the Secretary to read the Minutes of the last annual meeting. These were taken as read. The Secretary was then called upon to read the An- nual Report of the Council. He also read the Report of the Convention of Charities and Corrections di^ripg the previous month in Toronto. A Report was also submitted with reference to the Garden Plot and Fuel Fund scheme. The latter was particularly encouraging. ■ w 8 The Financial Statement was also submitted, certi- fied to by the Auditors, showing a balance of $125.92 in the bank ai the close of the year. Moved by J. M. Courtney, Esq., C.M.G., seconded by Rev, Father Whelan, That the reports just read be received, adopted, printed and circulated. In moving the adoption of the report Mr. Courtney thought it was unnecessary to speak of the work which had been done as it spoke for itself in the energy and vigilance exercised in its prosecution. Rev. Father Whelan thought an effort should be made to correct false impressions that were prevalent in the country districts that work was plentiful in the city, and that this Society w6uld take care of those who came to seek ^nployment. He had great pleasure in seconding the motion. Mayor Bingham supported this resolution with a forcible address in which he advocat^ ihfi claims of the Society, and, furthermore, suggested the idea of having an industrial farm within a reasonable distance of the city, where poor and ablebodied indigents might be properly employed during the season of the year when work was slack. He thought that a deputa- tion might be sent to the County Council towards that end, to fix a location at a reasonable distance from the city to be Used as an institution for the poor and where available land could be had for cultivation. It was moved by Rev. Wm, Mcintosh, seconded by Mr. John Gorman, That we record our satisfaction at the evidences of progress made towards stimulating and encouraging self-help amongst the poor, and would strongly recommend some well-considered steps to be made further in the same direction. Both gentlemen spoke briefly in support of this re- solution which was carried. Mr. J. J. Kelso, of Toronto, Provincial Superinten- dent of the Children's Aid Society, delivered an earnest and interesting address on the necessity of taking steps during the earlier ages of children to prevent them 9 growing up into paupers, and so swelling the ranks of the needy, which have a tendency to increase in all our large cities. He gave an account of the work undertaken by the Provincial Government in this respect, and also the re- ports culled from various sources as to the work among the poor in larger cities. The third .resolution was moved by Mr. H. B. Small, seconded by Mr. John Heney, That we strongly com- mend the work undertaken by this Society to the liber- ality of the citizens of Ottawa ; that it be supported by material aid of sympathizing friends, and that as many as possible give aid in work to the poor as far as practicable during the coming year. — Carried. ' The election of Officers was then taken up, with the following result : — Sheriff Sweetland, re-elected President ; Vice-Presi- dents, J. M. Courtney, Esq., C.M.G. ; John Gorman, Esq., Lady Ritchie and Mrs. E. H. Bronson. The other members of the Council were re-elected with the addition of Mayor Bingham, Col. Irwin and Mr. H. B. Small, for which see pages 4-8 of Report. Moved by Mr. Arthur Chisholm, seconded by Mr. Whitcher, That the thanks of the meeting be tendered Mr. Kelso for his able and instructive address. — Car- ried. ' On motion of Col. Irwin the meeting adjourned. JOHN KEANE, Secretary, '■^ REPORT OF ASSOCIATED CHARTIES. 1897—1898. The year that has just closed has heen one of some advance in the work of our Society though not marked by any unusual circumstance. The winter was not ex- ceptionally severe and the work brought about by snow storms was very opportune and acceptable to large numbers of the labouring class. The result was seen in a considerable falling off in the nutaber of applicants compared with that of the previous year. There did npt appear to be that severe suffering which calls for extra effort or expenditure. As our city grows in population and importance it is an increasing attraction to the poor of the surrounding counties to come in and swell the ranks of the needy and so add year by year to the burden placed on the 'charitable public. To discrimina;te against professional pauperism on the one hand, to encourage and stimulate self support on the other, are objects kept constantly in view. In the past year there have been more casual work available than, in preceding years. About 250 persons obtained temporary employment through our office, some of them several tifnes and a few got permanent jobs. About 720 families and single persons applied at the office during the year, being 100 less tSian the previous year, As no name is entered twice on our books and large numbers called many times some idea may be formed of the numbet of office interviews ; this is entirfeljr outside of personal visits to the homes. Itis found impossible to treat these cases other than individually dealing with each on its own merits, avoiding the error of anything' like wholesale dealing with applicants. We try to have an accurate knowledge of the circumstances we are asked to improve and to ascertain the causes that Ivi 11 have brought about the present need. We have in- sisted upon the duty of relatives helping each other where it is at all practicable rather than appealing to outside aid. 'We have striven to encourage thrift and self help by urging all who could to contribute during the earning months of the year, to the Fuel Fund on promises to double the amount of their contribution in fuel this coming winter. We have also enlisted a number df our poorer families in the task of cultivating our garden plots so as to enable them to assist themselves 'with vegetables during the winter. As in previous years among the majority of appli- cants the gre^t want is that of work. A working man with a large family earning on an average a dollar or a dollar and a-quarter a day during the earniiig season is almost necessarily brought, to straits when thrown out of employment for a considerable length of time and that, too, during the most inclement season of the year when extra depaands are made upon him for fuel and clothing. Whilst trying to distribute fairly the limited amount of casual work placed at our disposal by the kindle . goodwill of our citizens, it is a matter of pain and regret that large numbers could not be employed simply because there was no more wwk to be had. It, may be visionary but if the work question could be solved a large portion of the poverty in our city would disappear at a stroke. There is, of course, another very considerable class the or^n of whose poverty lies in intemperance, lethargy, waste, or want of management. As long as money comes in somehow, just sufficient for the passing hour, they are thoroughly happy, taking no more thought for future need than the lilies of the field. This is the class, that in all our benevolent societies is the most vexatious and trying. Although mature in years, they are in effect the minors of society. Others have to advise, to stimulate, to think for them, to en- 12 courage, and help in the same manner as we do children. It is a great point gained when they are got to think and act for themselves. Of the class of professional beggars, imposters and tramps, during the year there were not a few, but yet even here we need to be cauti- ous for there are some seemingly belonging to that class that are not necessarily of it. Some four or five turned out to be genuine cases of temporary distress and three were caused by slight mental derangement. It is the safest as well as the most humane plan to take a man's statement for truth when he says he is without a meal. There seems to be no other recourse than to provide him with one or offer him immediate work to earn one. GARDEN PLOTS. The Council of our Society were not able to secure as large an area of ground for, our garden plots for this season as that of last year. We had about half as much. The St. Andrew's Church Glebe Trustees kindly placed again at our disposal the ground cultivated on two previous occasions. Alderman J. Davidson, on First Avenue and Alderman Hastey, on Nicholas Street, also kindly lent lots for the same purpose. The uncertainty of having the Glebe plots a^in made it impossible to enrich ^esoil inrtimefor the planting in the spring, being thus three times under cultivation with the same crop it could not be expected that the outcome would be as favourable as formerly. Seventy-one families undertook plots having about one-eighth of an acre each. The returns are, however, fairly successful, be- ing a good deal better than was at first anticipated. As in former years about one-fifth of the families either neglected or insufficiently attended to their plots with the results, a poor return. They were the first, how- ever, to announce their disappointment. The total amount actually ascertained from all parties are a litUe over 750 bushels of potatoes, besides com, pumpkins and other vegetables in smaller quantijiies. Contrary to ^4 4 f-M ■P 13 first reports the great majority, whilst admitting they were somewhat small declared their potatoes were very dry and good. It will thus be seen that about $250 worth of vegetables were secured at a total cost of $88.40, the details of which will be seen in our financial statement. This is not a discouraging result. It is sincerely hoped that the ground for next year's oper- ations will be forthcoming in other localities and in larger area. FUEL FUND. Acting on a report submitted at a meeting in the latter end of April last the Council of the Society de- cided that it would establish a fuel fund to be con- tributed to by the poor thcMnseives during the earning season in snaall sums of five cents and upwards. Cards, circulars and personal visits were made to a large num- ber with the result that some 86 families responded and in small sums of varying amounts and at different times contributed $166 in round numbers which with interest now amounts to over $167, thus making on the whole a highljr successful showing. It will now be in order to considet ways and means to supplement to the poor the amount thus contributed out of their poverty. FRESH AIR FUND. ««;# 9 (k f-i>€ This fund started by the enterprise of the Evening Journal to afford the poorer families of the. city and chiefly to women and children an opportunity of a fresh air outing during the trying heat of summer was largely taken advantage of by those classes. The months of July and August were about as busy in the office as in the winter during the rush of the wood applicants dur- ing January and February. There still remained an un- expended balance of $168.61. Fifty dollars of this was donated to the Children's Aid Society and $118.61 to 14 5S» ; ',■ our Society. This amount came in very opportunely at the beginning of a season when most requned. There are always a number of people placed temp- orarily in difficult circumstances, not seeking help or charity, but advice and guidance in something they are aiming at or have in view, who resort to our office. These are generally the most satisfactory in results. They are making a genuine effort to Help themselves and merely seek hints or suggestions in the furtherance of their objects. We have to thank our many friends in this city for their sympathy and generous support. We will have to rely upon them for a continuance of their kid, per- haps even more liberally than formerly. Or, if the projected civic improveiAent* are not entered upon this winter to a considerable extent, there would appear to be hardship in store for the working man. The out- look at present is not encouraging. • To His Worship Mayor Bingham we are indebted for his kindness and consideration shown to us at all times: To the Corporation for their grant to the Society. We have to record our regret at the departure of Lord and Lady Aberdeen who, from the first, were the honoured patrons of our Society. Their sympathy, encouragement and steadfast appreciation of our work were most cheering and stimulating in its nature. It is gratifying to be able to announce that His Excellency Lord mnto has kindly consented to occupy the same position and become Patron of the Society. Gratified as we are at the amount of success that hag attended the efforts of our Society we should not be content with present achievements but steadfastly go for- ward and attempt other things towards teaching self- help and independence which is the truest and best possession of those who might otherwise sink into the hopeless depth of agathy and dependence. <■:;> ii> 4> REPORT ON CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND (CORRECTIONS.— Condensed. ) At the request of the Local Council of Women and with the approval of our President and the President of the Children's Aid Society, your Secretary had the privilege of attending the first meeting of the Catiadian Conference of Charities and Corrections which convened in Toronto on the 10th and llth^ of November last The meetings were held in the Normal School and were attended by representatives from all classes of charitable and philanthropic societies in Toronto and other parts of Ontario. The Conference opened with a public re- ception and addresses in the afternoon of the 10th. Judge Macdonald, presiding, Mayor Shaw and lead- ing citizens addressed the meeting. Mayor Shaw took a pride in the fact that the corporation of Toronto con- tributed from $35,000 to $40,000 annually to philan- thropic work in the city. Hon. G. W. Ross, Hon. E. J. Davis, Rev. Father Ryan, Rev. Dr. Torrance, Mr. S. H. Blake and Hon. G. W. Allan, gave addresses, each dealing with some special subject to be considered by the conference during its sessions. Mr. iCelso began the practical work of the Convention by outlining the various subjects which were to be taken up 4md' dealt .with. A committee was struck on motion of Mr. J. J. Kelso to report on organization and nomin- ation of officers. At the next meeting Dr. Crothers, of Hartford, Ct., discussed the scientific treatment of inebriety. He claims about 35 per cent, were permanently cured under hi^ system. He declared drunkeness was a disease and all his theories were based on that conclusion. The drunkatrd wflfi to be quarantined, placed in hospitals or farms in the country and nursed back into a normal physical condition of life. These farms could be had "A 16 for 18,000 or $1 0,000 a piece. He epoke of other build- ings in conneiion with his system costing much larger sums of money. Dr. Crother's plan seems to be too ex- pensive and Dr. Richardson, Jail Physician of Toronto, advocated the probation system and indeterminate sentences and the utilizing of our county jails. He thought that by this the same end might be reached. He differed from Dr. Crothers in treating drunkeness as a disease, at least in its first stages. Dr. Barrick thought that these hospitals should be founded first by philan- throphy and then subsidized by the province. Mr. Kelso then gave an interesting address in the evening joined with an exhibition of stereoptician views illustrating child saving work in Ontario. Next morning this section was continued. Judge Macdonald in the chair. Rev. James Lediard, of Owen Sound, Sheriff Cameron of Middlesex, ex- Warden Massie and other delegates took part, when experiences and methods were talked over. Tributes were paid to the generally good results of the Children's Aid Societies of Ontario. DESTITUTE POOR. Mr. K. W. McKay, of St. Thomas, was chairman of this section and read a paper in which he strongly advocated a refuge or house of industry in each county. He stated that 40 per cent, of the inmates were mentally defective and 20 per cent, were brought there through intemperance. It should be supported by a. general tax. The paper by Miss Machar, of Kingston, was by far the most beautiful, sympa- thetic and suggestive, and must have touched every heart. .She dealt with the destitute poor who do not get into institutions, but dwell in families and who, through drulk, improvidence, uncertainity of employ- ment and ^misfortune, were brought face to face with want, leading the most cheerless lives of squalor and suffering. She advocated cottage industries that even •" »t f V ■I-.? ■.:':; ^^•,\... 17 in Russia, supposed, in some respects, to be an un- civilized state, is done during the long winter months. Other European countries were enumerated where this had long prevailed. The commitment to jail of aged poor waii then dealt with by Dr. Roseburgh in a letter to the Conference. He strongly deprecated this system as did Mr. John Hall, of Toronto. Mr. Fred Almy, General Secretarv of the Associated Charities, Buffalo, then gave an ad- dress on charity organization and stated the great public benefit, the discontinuance of outdoor relief by the municipal authorities had been productive of the most beneficial results. Mr. Goldwin Smith presided at the afternoon meeting. Mr. Fred Almy, of Buffalo, was the principal speaker. The disease of poverty was con- tagious for when people saw wood orcofl being de- livered ^t a house it wad a strong temptation for the neighbours to apply for similar aid. The wish of charity should always be not to* dispense a^ms but to dispense with alms. He compared their Buffalo Society to Bradstreet's or Dunn's agency to which people could apply as to the circumstances and standing of any ap- plkants in the same way other societies applied to the Central ofi[ice as to the condition of any family. But his society did not dispense relief itself, leaving that to the other societies. He declared that beggars in New York could make five dollars a day and that charity given at the door was nearly always misdirected. Miss Moore, assistant Secretary of the Buffalo Society spoke a word in favour of the traiisp. She favoured a municipal lodging house to which tickets of admission might be given bv citizens. She gave the most interest- ing details regarding the svstem of enquiry, registration and reh^ followed in Buffalo. Mr. John Ross Robertson, M.P., showed how fraud and imposition are practised at the hospitals and particularly in connection with that for sick children. Ladies in th6ir carriages have applied to the Children's 18 Hospital. The Masonic Relief Association had saved 80 per cent, in the first year when they adopted the system of registration and interchange of information. IMBECILE PERSONS. Dr. Beaton, of Orillia, Superintendent of the Asylum there, introduced the question of the necessity of having imbecile persons cared for in institutions lest it might lead to a long line of imbecile descendants. Mrs. Tilley, of London, read a thoughtful paper on this sub- ject, which was discussed by Mr. Leidiard of Owen Sound. They all coincided in Dr. Beaton's views. The Special Committee reported on the Constitution of the Conference and nominated the following officers for the year, which was ratified by the meeting : President, Judge MacDonald, Brockville ; Vice- Presidents, Judge Woods, Chatham, Mr. J. J. Kelso, Toronto, and Mr. Herriman, Lindsay ; General Secre- tary, Dr. A. M. Rosebrough, Toronto ; Assistant Secre- tary, Mr. John Keane, Ottawa ; Treasurer, Mr. James Massie, Toronto ; Executive Committee, Sheriff Cameron, London, John Armstrong, Owen Sound, Hon. Chas. Drury, Barrie, J. J. Murphy, Toronto, Dr. Gilmour, Toronto, Mrs. Willoughby Cummings, Toronto, Mrs. E. H. Bronson. Ottawa, Mrs. Tilley, London, Mrs. Forsyth Grant, Toronto, Mrs. Cox, Montreal. The annual fee was placed at one dollar. * PRISON REFORM. The evening meeting on the above subject was pre- sided over by Hon. G. W. Allan and was addressed by Judge Macdonald of Brockville, Warden Gilmour, Mr. James Massie, Rev. James Lediard, Rev. Dr. TorrAnc and others. Owing to the lateness of the hour when the meeting commenced your delegate was not able to remain. The conference as a whole was a benefit to those engaged in it. The sympathies and inteit^hange 19 of views in discussion brought out some points very vividly. Throughout the whole of the meeting the most earnest desire of all was for the fullest knowledge and exact and beneficial conclusions dealing with each sec- tion. The conference thus launched will, it is hoped, prove the harbinger to many useful reforms in philan- thropic work in Canada. /* M^^ ^^° ASSOCIATED CHARITIES O 9 SuBBORiPTiONs, Etc, Frok 28th Oot., 1897, TO 80th, Nov. 1898. Sheriff Sweetland, Cartier St $10 00 P. D. Ross, Journal Office 10 00 Miss M. Sinclair, 333 McLeod, St 1 00 Col. J. Tilton, 37 Gloucester, St 1 00 J. B. Fraser, 74 Nepean St 25 00 St. Andrew's Ch. Relief Society per E. H. Gibson 10 00 , Thomas Ridout, 332 Somerset St 5 00 •A Friend (for the poor) 5 00 John Shearer. 105 CatherineSt 5 00 • J. Roberts Allan, 192 Daly Ave 26 00 Charles Magee, Canal St 10 00 N. Charles Sparks, 160 Cooper St 6 00 J. M. Courtney, C.M.G., 460 Wilbrod St 6 00 N. A. Belcourt, M.P., 416 Theodore St 5 00 Col. Lake, 21 CUff, St ,' 6 00 Export Lumber Co., Central Chambers 16 00 Geo. I. Dewar, Central Chambers 10 00 Col. A. P. Sherwood, 81 Maria St 6 00 WilUam M. Hutcheson, 276 Maria St 6 00 Peter Whelen, 300 Somerset St 10 00 C. B. Taggart, Wellington St 2 00 A Friend (per A. S. W., special case) 1 00 H. C. Ellis, (donation of goods) Concession St. 1 00 C. H. Carriere, Metcalfe St , 6 00 Geo. Forde, (donation) of goods, RideaU St .... 3 00 Mrs. David McLaren, Frank St ,.;.... 10 00 Miss Drummond, 364 Cooper St 2 00 James Hope, Sparks St . ; . . . .1 10 00 Geo. Hay, Sr., Sparks St , , 6 00 John Heney, 66 Daly Ave. 6 00 H. A. P. MacLeod, 340 Cooper St 2 00 Thos. C. Keefer, Rockliflfe House. . ........... 20 00 Mis. Jas. Rochester, 722 Wellington St'. 6 »00 > 1 ►• , ^ ^- * h r^ 9 t 1 21 W. F. Boardman, (2 meals for trampe) 80 ThoB. Workman, (special) Rideau 8t 6 00 J. M. Musgrove, Bank 8t 2 00 W. F. Boardman, (to pay for meals) 20 Michael Casey , 26 Excess of payment (form L. A. ) New Edinburgh 60 Balance (from Mr. J. R. A.) 60 Misses Read, Lyon 8t 6 00 Thos. Macfarlane 5 00 Corporation Grant 600 00 ... . . 1761 76 Audited above and found same correct. H. H. Brennan. J. M. CoH^RTNEY. 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