The Together Trust Archive The Forty-Second Annual Report of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes and Children's Aid Society [1912] Reference number: DA/2020/1/8 (1911)
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'I Kindly circulate this Report as widely as possible ANNUAL REPORT
Extra copies may be obtained at the Central Refuge. OF THE Strangeways. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD THOS. R. ACKROYD, Hon. Sec. Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes Strangeways, Manchester, AND April, I9II. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
1911. "$till w!reresoeVer pit}] shareo Its bread vlith sorrow', want arrd sin, Jlnd love the beggar's feast prepares, :the urrinVited Guest comes irr.
Vrrheard, because our ears are dull, Vrrseen, because our e}]es are dim, cJfe walko on earth, :the ·WonderfJ.l1, Jlnd all good deeds are dorre to cJfim."
"These Homes are based upon Christian principles. they are managed by practical methods, and are doing a great work for all the Churches. They are doing the work of ten Societies, and are in danger of only receiving the support of one."-THE LORD BISHOP OF MANCHESTER (Dr. Moorhouse) a.t the rlnuua.l Meeting, 1892.
\ Manchester and .5altord BOYS' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES AND CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, STRANGEWAYS, MANCHESTER.
Trl/stees: LORD ROTHERIIAM. - ALDERMAN JAMES FILDRS, J. P. -HENRY CHARLTON, Esq., J.P. HARRY E. GADDUM, Esq., J. P. W. A. ARNOLD, Esq. BRIAN CROSSLEY, ESQ. THEODORE CREWDSON, Esq.,J.P. ROBT. N. BARCLAY, Esq. •Property Tmstees of the Institlltioll.
Committee: ALDERMAN J. FILDES, J.P., Chllirl1um. JAMES BOYD. COUNCILLOR ARTHUR TAYLOR. THOMAS R. ACKROYD. WM. C. DUNKERLEY. MRS. LEONARD K. SHAW. GEO. LEADER WILLIAMS. HARRY E. GADDUM, J.P. BRIAN CROSSLEY. Honorary Sec: THOMAS R. ACKROYD, Centl'lll Rejuge. HOIl. Treasurer: HENRY CHARLTON, ESQ., J .P,
Honorary Medical Officers: Central Refllg'e \,yorking Youths' Home Street Emigration and \~'orkshops. ANDREW BOUTFLOWER, ESQ., M.R.C.S., Kersal. and Institute. Bo)'~' Home. Training Home. EDWARD J. WALKER, ESQ., M.D., Strangeways. ANDREW B. FULTON, ESQ., M.B., C.M., Cheetham Hill. Gl'OUp of Homes at Strangeways. J. HOWSON RAY, ESQ., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.C.S., Victoria Park. THOMAS YOUNG, ESQ., M.D., C.M., Ardwick. HOllorary Dentists: WILLIAM SIMMS, ESQ., L.D.S. HAROLD SIMMS, ESQ., M.D., L.D.S. A. T. SPAVEN, ESQ., L.D.S. HOl10rary Solicitors: MESSRS. FARRAR & CO., Fountain Street. Honorary COlillsel : A. C. MABERLY, ESQ. EDMUND SUTTON, ESQ. Secretary,' WM. EDMONDSON. Sup6rilitellliellts oj Celltral Rejllge: MR. & MRS. F. A. WOOD. Ba'lkers: The UNION BANK OF MANCHESTER, Limited. Summary of Annual Meeting.
Tlte Forty-Seco1ld Ammal Meeting of tlte Mallchester alld Salford Boys' alld Girls' Re/lt~eS alld Homes, (Llld Cltildren's Aid Society, W,tS held ilt the Towit Hall, Manchester, all Thursday, ApYil lIth, 1912, at 3-30 0'clock. The chair was taken by the Lord Mayor, (Coun. S. W. Royse, J.P.), who was supported by Mrs. Archibald Mackirdy, The Rev. Canon Edwards-Rees, M.A., D.D., Rev. Frank Y. Leggatt, Rev. Robl. Wallace, E.R. Li~htwood, Esq., B.A., J.P., E.J. Broadfield, Esq., J.P., Alderman Fildes, J.P., Theodore Crewdson, Esq., J.P., Geo. H. Charlesworth, Esq., W. A. Arnold, Esq" Dr. Boutflower, and others. The Rev. T. Edleston offered prayer. The Annual Report and Balance Sheet were presented. The Han. Sec., Mr. Thos. R. Ackroyd, gave a summary of the Report, which was taken as read, and also an abstract of the Financial Statement in the absence of the Han. Treasurer, Mr. H. Charlton. It was then moved by the Lord Mayor, seconded by Mrs. Archibald Mackirdy, supported by the Rev. Canon Edwards-Rees, M.A., D.D., and resolved ;-
" That the Report togetlt,er with the Finallcial Statemeltt be adopted, "rillted and circnlated, ltllder tlte directioll oj the Committef.' , It was also moved by the Rev. Frank Y. Leggatt, M.A., seconded by Rev. Robl. Wallace, supported by E. R. Lightwood, Esq., B.A., J.P., and resolved:- , "TlII/,t tlte Committee tor tlte ensllillg year be M,'. James Boyd, AldermanJallles Fildes, Mrs. L.K. Shaw, COltnC. ArthllY TayloY. Messrs. I Har'YY E. GlIddltllt, W. C. Dlmkel'ley, Geo. Leader Williams, alld Briall Crossley, The Han. Secreta'Yy, Tltos. R. AckYoyd ; The HOlt. TrMsllrer, Mr. HCltry Cltarltoll ; a1ld tlte A u.ditors, Messrs. JOlles, Crewdso1l, alld YOltatt. " A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for use of his parlour and to the Lady Mayoress for kindly providing hospitality, proposed by Alderman Fildes, and sllconded by H. E. Gaddum, Esq., closed the proceedings. FORTY-SECO D
OF THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes,
AND CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY,
POR THE YEAR 1911.
NDER whatsoever figure we seek to present our work on behalf of poor, neglected, homeless children, it U must have an added significance when it is realised that it has stood as an integral part of the city's agencies for social amelioration for forty-two years. If we think of it as a battle in the interests of these distressed children against conditions of poverty, degradation, cruelty and neglect, it is surely one element of worthiness that it has been no mere skirmish but a steady, organised, persistent campaign, with ever extending operations, for that long period. We may therefore be allowed perhaps to indulge for a moment in the legitimate pride of baving served the highest intere..ts of the community for more than a generation. Beginning of the Work. The work was conceived in a spirit of pure pity for the homeless street lad whose existence in those days was by no Mr. JAMES BOYD, mealls an uncommon fact in the life of the city. Member of ommittee since r886. 6
The founders of the Institution, Mr. Leonard K. Shaw and NIr. Richard B.Taylor, relate the incident which led them to take action. They were both connected with St. Ann's Ragged School, Queen Street, Deansgate. One Sunday night in the winter of 1869 the school had been dismissed, but two boys, ragged, cold, and hungry looking still lingered behind. On being questioned why they did not go home their reply was "V\!e've got nowhere to go." Investigation afterwards proved the truth of their statement, and it was found that one had been sleeping under a railway arch in Salford, and the other up an old staircase in a Deansgate entry. It was proved also that these were by 110 means isolated cases, and it was there and then decided that at least shelter for the night should be provided for these little waifs of society-nobody's children.
The work steadily grew from the rented house with a few hammocks for homeless lads to the various branches now sheltering nearly 500 poor children.
Value to the Community.
An Institution such as ours has now come to be 1 thought of as an es ential part of the social fabric of a modern community, for it is felt that the children who have I lost their natural guardians or who are living under conditions of moral degradation must be cared for if the community, of which they form a part, is to retain a true self-respect and I~.~~ protect itself against the menace of increased pauperism and crime. First Home: And yet it is 111 comparatively recent times that the Opened ill Example to the State. It is remarkable in the history of legislative enactments on behalf of children how they have followed as a result of public opinion formed by the labours of individual philan thropists. This applies of course to other phases of social legislation but has perhaps been more marked in relation to children. It is therefore gratifying to reflect upon the fact that not only has the Institution been active in rendering aid to tens of thousands of children since its establishment in 1870 , but that with many other societies it has been at the same tirme a factor in generating a national concern for poor neglected children which has crystallised into permanent State help in many forms. The Voluntary Agency in dealing with necessitous children has not only educated the State but it has also called into being a new spirit in those who come into direct contact with the children and have the responsibility of their training. Mere officialism is largely becoming lost in a true desire to develop the )'Olmg life on the natural lines of home influence From Elist to West. Jgos-Living in dangerous surroundings. L. lind E. C. 19lI-Five years ill Ci.lllada, doing splendidly 8 as far as possible, and to enable it to take a worthy part in the life of the community. The Cottage Homes of Poor Law Unions in many cases bear eloquent testimony to this fact. We think that however far the State may, in the evolution of the social conscience, go in caring for its poor it will do well to enlist all along the active co-operation of those who have been its mentors in the school of a higher citizenship and have taught it a nobler conception of national obligation. The discreet voluntary worker adds a quality which is of great value as is demonstrated in other spheres of corporate activity. Those who work for the highest interests of the children serve the State best, for, adapting an old adage, we might say-Take care of the children and the State will t::l.ke care of itself. Foundation Principles. Though many of our friends are quite familiar with the foundation principles of our work, as expressed in the Trust Deed, it is well for the sake of those who read our Report for the first time that we should restate them here. To recet:ve Homeless alld Destitttte Children f01lnd in Manchester alld Salford and District. To give immediate admission to such without distinction ofCreed. To provide Sitch with suitable food, clothing, alld IndttstriaZ Training. To ed1lcate s1Ich in Clwistian principles based on the Bible ouly In the Army C. JV\cQ., all Old Boy. In the Navy-W. E., an Old Boy. 9 For children and young people up to sixteen years of age without friends, our doors are wide open day and night, for as an Institution we hold ourselves responsible that no destitute child in our city need be without food and shelter. The Year's Activities. The features of the work during the yea r under review have been necessarily in a large measure similar to those of ....: recent years, it may, however, be well to give a brief summary :c of the work during the year. E Fifty-six youths have been resident at the Young Men's " .c.... Institute where they have had a good home and have been ClJ ClJ .c provided for in every way. They make a weekly payment U ..; according to their ability. ClJ ....ClJ.. Eighty-four boys resid€nt at the Central Refuge have Seventy-three elder girls have been resident at the Rosen Hallas Girls training Home and have been under training, the younger ones at School and the elder girls in the laundry and in domestic work. Seventy-seven little cripple or incurable children, boys and girls, have been resident at, and have had the benefits of the Bethesda Home, receiving the particular attention they need as invalids; they come from surroundings of deepest poverty. Several delicate children, as their cases required, have been cared for at the Convalescent Cottage in connection with these Homes. Foul' hundred and twenty-three destitute, neglected or suffering children from two to eighteen years of age have been received at all hours of the day and night at the Children's Shelter in the city. Three hundred and seventy weak, ailing children from the slums have been sent to the Sea-Side Home at Lytham for a stay of seventeen days on the average. Three thousand foul' hundred and fifty-two poor city lads have had a week's holiday at the Summer Camp, Birkdale. Sixty children, 44 boys and 16 girls, have been sent out to the receiving home in Canada and placed with respectable farmers in good homes. One hundred and seventy-seven of the children received at the Shelter were received on remand from the Police Courts instead of being committed to prison or workhouse. Two hundred and eighty-seven young people charged at the Police Courts have been advised and helped. One hundred and thirty-six lads in very poor circumstances have been employed in the outside Messenger, Parcel, and Shoeblack Brigades earning from 5/- to 8/- per week. Eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine discharged prisoners have been received at the Mission Hall, provided with a simple breakfast, and in many cases otherwise helped. New Applications. The applications received during the year reached the number of 70I-boyS 538, girls 163-and these came from all parts of Manchester and Salford and the district. Most of these children had lost one or both parents, some had been deserted and the whereabouts of father and mother were unknown. Some were children of widows with large families to support,whilst others had parents totally unfit to have charge of them because of drunken or immoral habits. The Year's Admissions. Four hundred and four of the above applicants were admitted in all stages of destitution and need to some branch of the Institution. These, with the 447 in the Homes at the beginning of the year make a total of 85J under the care of the Committee during the twelve months. In addition to these there has also been a large number of cases not eligible for admission, to whom temporary help and advice have been given. The following table shows the average number resident and the total number of children dealt with in the various Homes and agencies during 'the year. F. F., in Canada doing well. 12 AveraKe Dealtwitll Xl1mbel' durin~ Itc~ldcnt thrYc:u' Central Refuge and Home .. ~ 104 177 Working Youths' Home and Institute ··(i 49 56 Street Boys' Home .. ) ~ 21 34 Boys' Emigration Training Home •• (f) 40 7 0 Elder Girls' Training Home and Laundry. , 34 73 Orphan Homes for Little Children .. 88 106 The Langworthy Home for Olrls J The Garnett Home for Boys i ,8 The Cro....ley Home for Boys I'".c The Atkinson Home for Boy.. The Schoolgirls' Home for Girl.. \~ Home for Crippled and Incurable Children .. 65 77 Q. The Higgins Home for Motherless Little Girls 22 23 E co Open Day-and-nlg'ht Sheltel", Piccadilly 4 2 3 u Sea-Side Home. Lytham 370 .....o Summer Camp, southport "" 3452 Messeng-er and Shoeblack Brigade 136 Police Court Mission to boys:and girls 287 Emigrated to Ontario 60 Prison Gate Mission, chiefly adults 8869 E Of the 851 children before referred [0 as under care and training during the year, the following shows the results at the close of the year. Placed in ..ituations in the United Kingdom 34 Placed in Farm Homes In Canada 60 Placed with friends 8. Sent to other Institutions :>4 R.emand Case.. returned to the Authorities 177 Other Ca..es 20 Left without cause 9 Died (Three at the Bethesda Home) 6 Adopted Leavinjt retained onder our care and training in the Cent",1 R.efujte and Branch Home.. ... 439 5' If we gather together the numbers of children in the various branches to whom thought and attention were gi ven in one form or another during the year,~we get a total of 5344. For the sake of new friends who may not know the extent of the work, as well as for the sake of old friends who .... are liable to forget it, we would briefly name the vanous C Street Boys' Home and Emigration Training Home. These two Homes, which are' also at Strangeways, are occupied by younger boys who attend day school regularly, ... and when they reach working age are transferred to the Central. Refuge. The Working Youths' Horne and Institute. This branch is one of the most useful of the Institution, and has been full all the year round. The advantages offered here to our older boys-and when there is room, to youths ~ who may be strangers in Manchester and are in need of E o lodgings-are very great indeed. Each resident has his own :c separate cubicle, the use of reading room, games room and gymnasium, and is encouraged and helped to attend some continuation school in the evenings. The maximum charge here is ten shillings per week which covers board, lodgings, etc. .... Rosen Hallas Girls' Training Horne. os "J This Home receives homeless and friendless girls, and i: o also those found in grave moral danger. They receive an '0 excellent training in all household and laundry work and are (3 fitted either for domestic service, or for emigration to ...o 011 Canada. The decided Christian influence exercised in this l: 'i: Home has been owned of God in the salvation of many who oil ..c: were in terrible danger of ruin when received here. Very ....os o beautiful is it to see on the first Sunday in the month, former inmates of this and all the other Cheetham Hill Homes, gathering back to have tea and a talk to "Mother," and then attending the big family service held at "Bethesda." Our hearts have often been greatly stirred and cheered, as we have seen the hand of God owning and blessing the loving self-denial and faith and prayers of all our "Mothers" and their helpers. The Orphan Homes. These Homes-six in number-situated side by side, yet each distinct from the others, and situated at Cheetham Hill, have been occupied throughout the year with the particular class for whom they are intended. The children are brought :: up in a very true and natural family life, the mother with her OJ ... helper and the children dwelling together as one happy family. ~ All the children here as well as in all the other homes do not U QJ wear any distinct uniform, and attend the ordinary day school .D in the locality, and mingle naturally with other boys and girls III... ::l <.) in the neighbourhood. t:: '0 c III The Convalescent Cottage. '0 QJ Q. This adjoins Rosen Hallas and fulfils a very Q.... useful purpose. It is here that any weak and ailing ones u / ... amongst the large family at Cheetham Hill are received and .I .e are given the special nursing and nourishment they need. QJ " E 0 I: Bethesda Home for Cripples and Incurables. III '0 I6 MA CHESTER Open Day and Night Shelter. This most useful and important branch has been an active Summer 8amp centre of work among children of all ages throughout the year, ..: o receiving 423 young people between the ages of I and I8 o years under its sheltering roof. Of this number no less than FOR Cl C 108 4l have been brought in by the police and others between Q. C the hours of 10 o'clock at night and 4 o'clock in the morning, ...I 4l proving the need as well as the blessing of this Ever Opm Door. Poor City Boys. ;> This branch also serves the purpose of a Remand Home W for young people brought up at the Children's Court, and the police authorities have found it invaluable to them in dealing with the delinquent children of the city and district. No fewer than 177 young people have been remanded here by the magistrates during the year. ilnnual fileport The Industrial Brigades. 1910. These exist to provide useful employment for poor boys who have parents and a home of some kind, and who are therefore not eligible for the Refuge, but having passed school age are in want ofwork, which if notobtained puts them in danger BI:::t\NCIi OF 'I'll E of drifting on the streets and becoming loafers and hooligans. During the year 136 lads have been employed in the Boys' and Girls' Refuges, Messenger, Shoeblack, and Parcel Brigades, and the depart ST1~I\Nr.E\VAYS. i\lA;,\,CIIESTEH. ment has once more been very successful. A very gratifying feature of the year's work has been the placing of 56 boys in good permanent situations. The lads have delivered 72,334 PnnllnR Department, messages, and distributed 10,570,000 circulars and handbills. Slrnngcways. Manchester, 1911 A Bible Class is held every week and the attendance of the lads, which is quite voluntary, has been most encouraging. Manchester Summer Camp FOR POOR CITY BOYS (Branch of the Boys' and G iris' Refuges. Strangeways.) ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1910. 1883 In issuillg the reIJort of the 27th year to of the Summer Camp for Poor City 1910 lads, the committee feel that they have great cause for encouragement in their effort to provide a week's holiday by the sea, for those li\'ing in the poor districts of our great city and neigh bouring borough of Salford. Although fully confident of the need The Growth of uch a work, the founders of the of the Work. Camp hardly reali d that the [\\'0 second-hand tents they purchased for the experiment in I 83, 3nd in which 20 lads were housed for a fortnight at Morecambe Bay, were the begi nning or foreshadowings of uch mag nilicent results as have been achieved. For in the suc eding yeal s that -I- 5 ha\'e elapsed about +0,000 children ha\'e had the lesson pract ically taught them thal " Poor and needy though able to provide it themselves, And yet it is pleasing to they be " there are many hearts beating in sympathy for {ind that so many of them are able, by what must mean them and anxious alld \\'illing to "lend them a'~helping a big sacrifice sometimes, to sa\'e up through the winter hand," months, the odd pennie they may have been given, fer errands performed for ome neighbour or other, to pay the shilling that each schoolboy is required to brin cy towards the expenses of the hoi iday (working boys pay two shillings), The Weekly The boys are sent down to Birkdale Contingent each Monday afternoon in batches of an averag of 200 per week, returning the following Monday moruing. In slJi te of the unseasonahleness of the The provision ing of such large numbers The Season weathel for camping purposes the Feeding is no small task as can readily be of 1910, numb I' of boys wbo had the holiday of the understood, and the very sight of the reached the grand total of 3,821, Multitude. lad at their meals, has oft-times sati - 'Many of the cases were pathetically interesting, the fled the onlook rs, of the great blessing details of which would have touched l'he ,toule~t of the week from the standpoint of the feeding alone. heart. Jo one but tbo e who come into personal con 'Vhat must it mean, four cyood meals a day and of the tact witb the poor can realise what such a great change best, when compared with tbe scantiness and the quality means to the e little fellows as they indulge for a whole tbat is necessitated by the meagrene of the income at week in the perfect freedom of it " week at th' Camp," home? Between meals the time is spent in all The popularity of the work, both among Recreation kinds of recreation. Besides the many No Question th lads themselves and the supporters at Camp. games of lad life, such as footballing, of Creed or or it, is the fact that the only qualifica cricketing, and the like, they have tion r quired is" the need of th rest Nationality. their bathing in the sea daily, weather and tide permitting and change" and the impossibility (always under the care of the superintendent and officers). through the p verlY of their 0\\'11 surroundings of being I'requently tbey have also ramble on the sandhllls 6 (accompanied by the staff) in addition to which they pay visits to the fairglound where they are treated by some lady or gentleman to many of the attractions there. Hardly a day passes without some such interest in the enjoyment of the lads being di played by one or other of our many supporters. For several years now an educational Kindness side of the holiday has been much to Animals. appreciated by the boys, nam ly the writing of essays on kindness to dumb animals. For these, fou I' prizes are given by IV! r. R. V. Glover, of Southport, who is interested in the Society for the Prevention of ruelty to Animals. Two prizes, a first and second are given for the best essays, and a first and second also for the two best drawings of an animal. Some-indeed many of these papers and draw ings have evidenced considerable skill and acquaintance with the subject dealt with, and reflect credit upon the schools attended by the lads. The absence of sickness of any serious Health kind during all the many years of the at Camp. camp's existence is attributable to the precautions that are taken by the COIll mittee both before the lad' are taken to the camping ground and during the holiday. Every boy is medically examined on the evening he brings his application form to the rooms at the Eefuges in Strangeways, Manchester, by Dr. Walsh, who satisfies himself thoroughly of the "fitness" of the applicant. In addition to this, those who recommend the boys are expected to fill in answers to important question which appear on the application forms, as to the deserving character of the cases. Then, after arrival at the Camp, Dr. lVlewburn Brown, of Birkdale, pays frequent vi its and interests himself a to the health of the boys durin a their stay. The Committee feel deeply indebted to both these gentlemen for the many years they have acted as honorary medical officers of our work The outdoor life of the boys, 'spent amidst such healthy sllfroundings, and the pure air of Birkdale and Southport, must tend Lo physical advantages of great value to their future years. \iVhilst as stated in the earlier part of Moral Side the report we know no creed Il1 our of the effort to help the poor lads, we feel Holiday. we should fail in our duty if wedid not try and help to make them morally as well as physically better for the holiday. vVe can teach them to be honest, ober, truthful, industrious, both at home, at business, and in the world generally. We can show them how they may be of service to their fellows, and thus become useful citizens in their day and gener ation. The Committee feel thoroughly in the Sundays wisdom of urging the boys to observe at Camp. the Sabbath as a day of rest and worship. On Sunday momina a short service is conducted by the vicar or curate of the parish 10 on the Camp around, from 9-+5 to ro-30' and the Com mittee would here expres their appreciation to the Rev. Canon Hodgins, and his Curate the Rev. \iV. Marriott for their kindness in conducting these most helpful meetings during the past eason. Provision is made for the boys of the Roman Catholic persuasion to attend the Church of their own choice and they are taken each Sunday morning and evening to St. Joseph's Church, Birkdale. The cosmopolitan character of our work is shown in the fact, that it is only after the boys have been with us a whole week, and they are brot.wht out [or Church parade on the Sunday morning, we know who are Catholics and who are Protestants. In the aft r noons a short servi e is held on the Camp ground (conducted by a m mber of the ommittee, or other friends .... o interested in young [eople) to which visitor and s:: o residents, are always invited and welcome. In the ~ evening the boys are taken to one or other of the Churches ;:l .>;.0 or Chapels in the neighbourhood by arrangement, and .... rn where generally a colle tion i taken on behalf of the work i:5 (either during the ervice or as the congregation i retiring). By these collections at the churches some £65. 5S. 5d. were added to our funds last year. It is at the Sunday afternoon meetings th'lt the prizes for the Essays and Drawings before mentioned are di ·tributed, asarealso ilver Medals (gen rously given by our old friend Mr. J. Rayner Batty, J.P., for so many years,) to the best conduct d boy at the Camp for each week. \Ve are much indebted to !VIr. Batty [or these medal, and also to !VIr. Glover for the Essay and Drawing prizes. 12 The success of the holiday has been Many Ways very considerably increased by the of Helping many friends who have in a variety of the Work. ways shown their practical interest in the lads. Gifts of all sorts of games, cast-off clothing, fruit, flower, vegetables, etc. All these things have added to the week's programme of enjoyment and many times have been a source of in spira ;;., tion to tbe Committee and workers. :.. o ::: For the coming season a splendid addition to E ..o New the Camp equipments has been made Cl Dormitory. in the gift of a new dormitory from a number of gentlemen in connection with the Manchester Royal Exchange. This building will afford accommodation for 40 beds and will form a very valuable adjunct to the work. The cost of the whole building and the necessary furnisbing and decora tion has been entirely defrayed by these genllemen, and will be a permanenl evidence of their desire lo further the efforts made by the Committee, in helping the poor street lads of the city to bave a week at the seaside. Words fail us in expressing our appreciation of this beautiful and useful gift. \Vhilst it is impo sible for u to mention the names of all tbese generous donors, we feel that we ought at least 1.0 record the names of the g ntle men wbo at great co t of thought and labour, brought their wishes to such a successful consul1lma lion, namely:- The Executive Committee. J. E. C. Lord, Esq. E. F. Stockton, E q., Chairman. S. Bristol, Esq. Arthur Taylor, Esq. A. Norris, Esq. Ed. Graham \tVood, Esq. Oswald Simpson, Esq. J. B. Wilkinson, Esq. Hon. Sees. :-}-I. A. Hoyle, Esq. and H. Oldroyd, Esq. It will be ready for inspection on the day of the opening of the Camp, but a special ceremony for its presentation has been arranged for the \Vednesday following, namely the 17th of May. Many of the tents it will have been Gifts of noticed, bear some distinctive name. Tents. These have been the gifts of various friends and institutions who have borne the cost, £5. There are the "Saxenholme," "Salford P.S.A.," "Radcliffe Congregational Brother hood," "Lest we forget," "Gorton Brotherhood," and the (Endo\\"ed-for-all-time,) "Bank Street, Altrincham, Men's Bible Class Tent." These and others, form part of our 2+ army bell tents which occupy the ground and along with the original dormitory provide sleeping accommodatioll for 200 boys at a time. For many years some lady or gentle Sunday and man has contributed the beef, Week-day vegetables, and pudding, required for Dinners. the Sunday dinner, and so lIumerous were the friend desirous of doing so, that \Vednesday dinners were also made special gifts. 16 17 The season of IgIO will be remembered for the initiation It is of course needless to say that a of Friday dinner 5, consequently one of our friends hinted Finances. work of such magnitude cannot be "why not let every day's dinner be the gift of some one succe sfully carried on without a willing to help." And so this season we areanticipati ng that can id rable expenditure. E\'ery boy costs the sum of this suggestion will naturally beccme an established six shillings, covering railway far and maintenance. custom. vVe shall he very pleased lo add to the lisl of Towards this the boys themselve conti ibuted last year those who have for so many years "entertained the boys the sum Of£I53 gs. gd. each schoolboy payingone shilling to dinner," others who may desire to do so. Th se "gifl and working boys twO shillings lowards his expenses. dinners," are made the more enjoyable to the lads when the About £2,000 \I;ill be required to meet the season's donors can make it conven ien t to he present al t he meal expenses and the COlllmittee make a very earnesl but and so act as hosts to thei r en thusiastic gnesls. confident appeal to all friends of the poor children, so that they may be able to give the holiday lo every The opening of the CaIII pis always a needy applicant. The work belongs to Him who is the The Season very pleasing ceremony as will heseen Lover of the ch ild ren, and esp cially of the poor li(tle of 1911. from the account given by the helpl ss ones whose lot in lif is one of sadness and lVIallcliesler Guardian of the opening in IgIO which we l,ave privillion. To help to bles such IllUst ;lppeal especially ventured to reprint in this report. The COillmittee to those whose circumslances have been favoured so have pleasure in announcing that the Lord Mayor of much abo\'e their fellows. The \..-omll1iltee deem it a Manchester (Charles Behrens, Esq.), has very kindly great honoul to be identified wilh such a Christlike work, consented to perform the opening ceremony this year, alJd are willing to de\'ote their tillle and energy for the fay 13th, accompanied hy the Lady Mayoress. The CilU e so d ar to the heart of all interested Il1 the welfare chair will be taken al o'clock by Mr. Councillor Austin, + of lhe poor city child. Mayor of Southport. Friends are cordially in vi ted to be present. Throughout the year that has past \Ve are glad to be able to announce Words of many new friends and supporters have The Camping that through the great kindness of the Thanks, been added to Ollr list, a matter for Ground. lor I of the manor, Cha;;. J. \\'eld- sincere appreciation and stimulus. \Ve Blundell, J~sq., we are ao-ain permilted have r ceived many practical proofs lhat the work ha to occupy the same ideal spot fOI" onr camp and greatly lost none of its charm to those who have been our warm appreciate this long continued privilege. est friends ever sillce the tents were first pitched at 18 Birkdale 17 years ago. It will easily be seen, that to attempt to mentIOn names is an exceedingly difficult task, but we feel we cannot refrain referring to the aift of the Shelter by Mr. and Mrs. Hiomers on behalf of their two sons, Masters \iV. and J. Hinmers. Our hearts were deeply touched by this noble gift. Will all those who have in any way whatever assi ted the work accept the heartfelt aratitude of the Committee for all they have done, allowing us once more to use the oft repeated but appropriate words of the Master Himself " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto Me." J.I.E. On behalf of the Camp Committee, THOMAS R. ACKROYD, Hon. Sec. N.B.-Our report would be incomplete without a word in reference to the retirement of the late tation master of the Birkdale 1: alace Station. Mr. Fair has always taken such a real interest in the Camp. His cheery words to the lads as they have arrived or departed from Birkdale will never be forgotten by them. Vve shall all miss his kindly smile and word, and we wish him every bles ing in his retirement. 20 boys left Manchester at nine o'clock, and before eleven they were at the Camp exchanging their coats and caps for the jerseys and headwear provided for their u e. Some of the lads corne so poorly clad that other articles Manchester Children. of clothing have also to be found for them, and there are clogs for little chaps who lack boots. Before visitors BOYS' HOLIDAYS BY THE SEA. arrived for the opening ceremony the lads had had their [l;"()~1 TilE Mal/chesl,., CI/(//(lil/J/oJ dinner, and they were all smiles as they saluted the Mayor of Southport and the Mayor of Salford. It was " a bit parky," as a blue faced boy said at this time, and Th~ e:--cileillenl of of}ening the Mancbester SUmll1er Mr. T. R. Ackroyd, the Refuge'S Secretary, had the Camp for poor 'ity hays al Hirkdale on Saturday was lads brought into the partly sheltered dining shed for subdll d hy the all-pervadillg' l(JlOwledge of tb death of the speech-making. All the Southport and Birkdale King I":dward. The speeches at the ceremony held speakers-ane! tbey included the Mayor (Mr. T. Gregson), during the aftelnoon were saddened by words f 'ir George Pilkington, and Canon Hodgkins-said it was reference to the Nation's loss, and later in the day a good to have the boys at Birkdale, and bow well-bebaved little group of lads holdillg aloof from a ganle of Football, the boys had been in previous summers. were heard to say that they were ,. playil1' Cjuiet, 'cos the Tbe Mayor of alford (Alderman Snape), who l\:ing's dead'o Hnt sorrow even of tbe most personal declared tbe Camp open, contrasted tbe conditions of kind, ca,lnol slay long ill a child's heart, and the 18+ life 50 years ago with those of to-day. Cbildren he said youngsters galhered f, Olll the meanest streets and alley required an entire cbange in tbeir environment, if they of ;\lanchester and Salford \\'ho have beell taken to thc were to be properly reared. It was impossible for boys sand-dunes of the I ancashire coast will revel in their and girls brought up in slums to become hard-working holiday during the wcek under canvas. and honest citizens. Improvements were going on, and \\'ith the wind whirling tbe °and about and bring in Mancbe ter and alford many slums had been swept ing the task of salt spray a mile on it wings from [b away. Housing conditions were better, and Education wa\Oes which far ,lway 'ould bc seen breaking white Acts had done a great deal. The work, bowever, was along the shor', il seemed arly to open the Camp. Bnt still far from finished. lads used to roughing it at home will not complain of The visitors later had a look round the Camp. stiff breezes alld chill air, whcn:games in tbe open are Meanwhile the band of the Refuges from Strangeways Ii nked wi th good III als and freedom from Ie ·sons. These 22 played selections of music. \iVhen all the tents are put up the Camp will accommodate 300 boys, although it is only during the school holidays that full complement of lads are taken to Birkdale. For the very young boys there is a wooden dormitory, but among the boys it is thought a finer thing to sleep under canvas. The kitchens, storerooms, evening recreation room, and other parts of the Camp are admirable, and one got the impression that the place i admirably managed. The Camp, it is perhaps well known, is a branch of the work of the Manchester and Salford Boys' & Girls' Refuges, Strangeways, and this is the 27th year this These are sent to clergymen, special department has been carried on. Last year 3,I89 Forms of ministers, ragged school teachers, city poor lads were given a week' holiday, and before the Application. missionaries, members of the ladies' Camp closes in Sept mber it is probable that a larger health societie, and all workers number will benefIt this year. The boy's need of a amongst the poor, and may be had on application to the holiday, and the absolut impos ibility of his parents to Hon. Sec. of the Boys' and Girls' Refuges, Strangeways, provide it themselve are the only qualifications nec Manchester (i\1 r. T. R. Ackroyd). The object of the essary for applicants. No question of creed or belief is committee i to give a week's holiday to every poor lad allowed to be a barrier. The cost for each child is only needing a change of air and 'cene who cannot afford to 6s. a week, and the COll1mittee ought not to be in want provide it themselves. of money for so good an object. Friends have already guaranteed the Sunday and \Vednesday dinners for the present season. SEA-SIDE HOME, LYTHAM. 01 In addition to the Camp at Birkdale, we have a E o permanent Sea-Side I-lome at Lytha1l1, where all the X year round, needy and deserving cases of girls and young boy may have a week or a fortnight's stay. Last year 349 children had the benefit of a holiday there. For particulars as to admission, application should be made to Mr. Thos. R. Ackroyd, I-Ion. S c., Boys' and Girls' Refuaes and Homes, Strangeways, Manchester. RULES and REGULATIONS. 4.---Any boy found Swearing, Smoking, Gambling, or Begging from any of the residents or visitors, will be sent home immediately. It is needless to say that to secure the thorough success of the organisation it is necessary to have a code of rules and regulations 5.-Boys must be respectful to visitors to the Camp, and strive to which the lads are ohliged to pay the strictest attention. These to maintain the good name of the Institution. rules, while strinaent, are not in any way severe, and are con B.-The boys must instantly obey the Superintendent and Officers, formed to by the boys willingly and respectfully. and any breach of rules will be severely dealt with. The following- are the rules referred to;- 7.-The Committee particularly wish the boys to feel that they have in them and the Superintendent and Officers, friends who B-O a. m .-Bugle call for rising. are anxious to make their holiday a happy one, aud trust that the 7-' 0 -Dress Parade, Drill and Inspection. boys themselves will do all they can to help each other to do right, 7-55 " -Prayers. and to enjoy themselves whilst they are at Camp. 8-0 ,,-Breakfast. 8-30 " -Tents to be swept out, elc. DIETARY TABLE. H-30 -Parade for bathing (according to state of tide). 12-30 p.m.-Dinner. BREAKFAST. 5-15 " -Drill. Sunday Coffee with Bread and Butter or Marmalade. 5-30 " -Tea. Week-days Milk Porridge, Coffee with Bread and Butter or 9-0 -Supper. Marmalade. 9-20 " -Prayers. 9-30 " -Bed. DINNER. SUNDAYS. Sunday Roast Beef and Potatoes, Rice Pudding Monday (No dinner required, change of boys). 9-45 a.m.-Parade for Church Service. Tuesday Hashed ::I1ulton, Carrots, Onions, Potatoes, 2-45 p.m -Parade for Camp Service. and Boiled Pudding. 5-45 " -Parade for Chapel Service. Wednesday Hot Pot and Rice I udding. I.-Two Orderly Boys are appointed from tbe occupants of each Thursday I-lashed i\Iutton, etc., Boiled Rice and Preserves. tent, who are held responsible for the cleanliness and tidiness of Friday Hot Pot and Rice ludding. the tents. Orderlies are also appointed to assist in the kitchen aturday Hashed Mutton, etc., Bread and Butter Pudding. and in promoting the cleanliness and general order of tbe Camp. TEA. .2.-:-No boy allowed outside the Camp Ground without per Sunday Tea with Bread and Butter or Preserves. nllSSlOn of the Superintendent. '''leek-days Tea with Bread and Butter or Preserves. 8. -Bathing strictly prohibited unless the Superintendent and !lkers are in charge of the boys. SUPPER. Biscuits and Cheese. June 25 ... 1\I[r. & Mrs. Batly. Alexandra Road, Pies & Cakes list of Gifts received during the Season 1910. Southport. ... Mrs. A. ChadwiCk, May 9... Mr. T. Scholes, 14, Searisbrick July 2... Mrs. C. Ryan, lD,-Gloucester Road, New Road. Spades, Buckets, Games. Birktlale. Cal<€s. " Io l\Iiss Smith, 38, Westcliffe Road. i\'lagazines. " 3... Mr Harrison, 21, Lancaster Road, " I2 1'vfr. Harrison, 22, Lancaster Road. Birkdale. Magazines. q Sir Geo. Pilkington, Lord St. \·Vest Footballs & Games. ...lIIayor of Southport. Cakes. ... i\Tessrs. \"Im. Batty & SOilS, Ltd., II 6... 1\[r5. V. K. Armitage, 13, \.veld Hd . Birkdale. Flowers & Papers. 7 & 9, Market St. i\lanchestcr. Silver 1IIeda!s. , 11 S... Mr. & Mrs. '·V. H. Nichols, Beech ... i\lr. H. PUle, Corn Exchange, M/c. 2 Boxes Sweets. f- Priory, Birkdale. Cakes. Henry Shaw & Co" Compo \Vorks 9... Mrs.]. Crool, 6, Waterloo Rd. Bk'dle. Lettuce & Rhubarb. DlJidnfield. Box 01 " Compo." ... Mrs Sykes, 34, \V'clilf. Rd. Cabbage. !6 .. 1\fr. F. Johnston, 17, Dover Hoad, Birkdale. Bat., Wickets & Balls. 11 13··· Mrs. Hardman, 18, York Rd. Magazines & Vegetaulcs. .. , i\IJ [s. Armitage, J 3, \.veld Road, Piclures. "l.J ... Miss Richardson, 33, Hiding St., Southport. Parcel of Clothing. " I8 .. I\'Ir. T. Cooke, 4,Bolton Road, Birl ... wh. Hardmall,18,York Rcl13irkdale. Papers & Clothing. 11 17 rvrrs.Arlllitage, 13, Weld Rd . Plowers. ... i'vliss Smith, Westcliffe Rd. Magazines, n IS rVrrs. & rVriss Evans, I, Oxford Road Birkdalc. Oranges & Bananas. ... Mrs. Lyceu, Clair Villa, Rhubarb. ... I'vliss Peet, T'rinity Hall, SOllthport. i\llagazines. •, 22 ... Mrs. Armitage, 13, \,Veld Rd. :2 Plants. II 19... Miss Salisbury, Vv"bourne Rd. B'dle, Books. ... Mrs. J. "Veils, 33 Gro'ven'r Rd, II 51 reamers & Flags. ,,2l... rvJrs. Delbancc, 6, Rutland Hoad, " 23 Mrs. Sykes, Westcliffe Rd. l~htlbarb. SOnlhpon. 4 Boxes Southport l~ock. .. 26 1IIrs. Armitage, 13. Weld Rd. " Magazines. " 22 Mrs. Sykes, W'cliffe Ild. Birkdale. Cabbage. ,. 27 Degwood Seh. W'cliffe Rd. Parcel of Shoes " 23 MrS. V. K. Armitage, 13, \Veld Rd. Flowers. " 28 1'\111"5. F. Williams, Large Cake. Birkdale. 3I... Miss SalisburY,vV'bourne Rd." Parcel of Books. " 25 ... 1IIrS. Hinmers, W'clifre Rd. Birkdale To)'s. June 1...].&1II.Astle,P.0.Challlbers" O"e Ton of Coal. II 27··.i\rrs. Sykes, Lettuce. 2... lIIrs. Speed, 3,·Aughton Rd. Clothing. ... :\Ir I-liscolt, 13, L'pool Rd. Biscuits.. ... Mr. R. V. Glover. 13. Oxford ,,28 Irs. Bastow,49, Eastbank Rd. " i\lagazines. Hoad, Birkdale. Drawing Pencils. Aug. 1 Mr.]. Pointer, I47, L'pool Rd" '1.0/· towards Char-a-banc Drive...... l\IcDol1gall Bros. Port St. ... tr.]. Fair, Palace Station. Flowers. l\Iancbester. Soaps. ...1IIrs. V.I<. Armitage, Weld Rd. " .. 1\1[5. Paisley, 22, \Veld Rd. Fish. 11 Clothing. ...:lIrs. Garnell, 23, \V'c1iffe Hd. l\Iagazines. g... Miss \·Vhittaker, I3,L'caster" " Books. 9..Mrs. Inman, \V'bol1rne Rd. Books. ... Mrs. France, 44, Kent Rd" ... Mrs. Barlow, 49, \N"bournc Rd J1 Flowers. IT .. Mr. Mellor, 199, Lord St., Southport. Tin of Torfee. '. "I t... 111 rs. Heap, 9, Alexandra Rd. S'port. Cricket Bat & Tt::llnis Balls. " Is... Mr. Cartwright, J62, Sefton Hoad, ... Mrs. Rarnsden, 54, St. John's Road, Southport. Papers. Birkdale. Clothing. " 23 MrS. Crabtree,140, 5'bank Rei S'p'rt Clothing. ... Miss Lees, Hawkshead St. S'port. 10/- for Torfee. 2., Miss Count, 16, Talbot St., Dripping. II 12 MissesRill11ner, 21,\¥elbeck Rd. " Bag of Rice. " 25 MrS. Moss, 6, \·Veld Rd" Birkdale. Tennis, Hacquet & Balls. " 21 1'1,111'5. Sykes, \.v'cliffe Rd., Birkdale. Cabbage. ... Mayor of Southport (Councillor T. ... Sisson's Cafe, 31, Chapel St. S'port. Cd} Provided during the Season 1910. SUNDAY DINNERS. May 8.-Mrs. W. N. Heald, 28, Queen's Hoad, Southport. 15·-;'V[r. & Mrs. Hinrners, Westbourne Hoad, Birkdale. 22.-Sir George A. Pilkington, Belle Vue, Southport. 2g.-Mr. '1'. Carver, Ravenslcigh, Birkdale. JUlie 5··-Mr. Arthur Byrom, Aingarlh, Slalybridge 12.-Mr.]. Blackwell, Chambres Road, Southport. ,g.-Councillor]. W, Paton 48, Scarisbrick New Road, Southport. 25.-Mrs. Lamb, Eskdale, Southport. July 3·-;·vlr. J. Mulgrew, 36, Grosvenor Road, Birkdale. lo.-Mr. Thomas Aitken, 35, Weld Road, Birkdale. II 17·--Mr. R. R. Lloyd, 3, Oxford Road, Birkclale. 2.~.·-Mrs. Garner, IS, York Road, Birkdale. 3r.-In Memory, ].M.A" per Ml'. P, S. Abbott, 35, Belfield Road, Didsbury Aile, 7·-Ml'.], E. Willett, 3, Park Road, Southport. q.-Mrs. rdeakin, 28, Weld Road, Birkdale. 2I.-Mr. Edward G. \-Vood, Cambridge Road, Southport. " 'lS.-Miss Swindells, Oxford Road, Birkdale. Sept. {,-Mayor of Southport (Councillor T. H. Gregson), O'I¢:O\\ON WEDNESDAY DINNERS. en l() 0 'f) \0 v 0\ co ('-.. HH ~ 00 May Ir.-Lady Pilkington, Belle Vue, Southport. H II IS.-Mrs. John Taylor, I, vVestbournc Road, Birkdak:, " 25,-Ml'. ].]. Holden, 73, Albert Road, Southport. June I.-l'vlrs. Crook, 44, vVestbourne Road, Birl'dale. 8.-Mr. ]. Wild, 16, Braithwaite Street, Blacl 2.,.-Mrs. VV. Chance, 10 1 York Roael, Birkdale. 3[·-Miss Lees, Hawksbead Street, Southport. FRIDAY DINNERS, July I5.-Mr, Alleyne Brown, Avondale, Southport. " 29·- r'i1 r. W, H. Armitage, \>Veld Road, Birkdalp. Aug. 27.-Mrs. Chorlton 85, vVilldsor Road, SOllthport. 33 £ s. ri. Brought forward £58 13 0 Bailey Mrs...... o 10 0 Bardsley Miss Mabel, per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan o 6 0 S [email protected]{IJ.C>TIO]\l"S-I 9 IO. Barker A., per J .P.E. o 6 0 Barlow H. B. 2 2 0 .. Miss Ethel, per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan o 6 0 Barnes H. R, o 5 0 £ s. d. Miss .. I I 0 Abbott Frank S., per J.P.E. I I 0 Miss Esther .. o 10 0 A.B.C. 060 .. .. Mary .. o 10 0 A.B.M. 200 Basford B. I I 0 Adam J. W., per l~ev. P. K. Batchan I 0 Batchan Jeanie & Enid, per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan o 12 0 00 .. Gerald, o 5 (l Batty J. Rayner, J.P. (Dinner) 3 AddJeshaw H.P. I () .. Mrs. J. G. I 0 0 A few young people .. o 5 () Baynes Miss M. 05 0 Ainsworth Miss Mary S. 5 0 0 Beckett Mrs... o 12 6 Aitken Thos... 5 00 Bee Mrs., per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan 060 " .. (Dinner) 5 00 13 ith Mrs. 2 2 o Aldred Misses, per Rev P. 1<. Batchan o (j 0 Bell G. H., per G. K. Thompson o o Aldridge Gilbert o (j 0 .. J. Carter 2 2 o Allen W. E. o 12 0 " Thos. 7 10 o Almond Alfred H. o 10 0 \'Vm., per G. K. Thompson o 6 o Altham Miss F. M. o 13 0 Bengel' Mrs. " I 0 o Amounts under 2/6 o 13 Bennet Mrs. per Eev. P. K. Batchan o 5 o Anonymous o to 0 ] ennion Ed... o 10 6 o (j 0 Bentley Miss A. E. o 5 o o 2 (j Berisford S. R, per Rev. P. 1(, Batchan II o M. 100 .. Bessie" 10 0 o A.N.W. o (j 0 Bickerton T. E. o 6 o Appleton Percy 05 0 " Big Kiddie" o 6 o A.R.B. o 10 0 Bindloss Mi s ilary o 12 o Armitage Fenton 5 00 Birkbeck Alderman \Y. II o Mrs S. 200 Birrell J. V., per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan o 12 o Miss E. C. 2 0 0 Blackburn G. A., per J.P.E. o 6 o V. K., J.P. (Dinner) 5 00 Blackwell John, J.P. (Dinner) 4 4 o " ,,(Special) 5 00 S. N., per Re\', P. 1<. Batchan o 6 o .. W. H. (Dinner) 5 00 Blair G Beatson 500 Armstrong F. E. rIO James T. 10 0 0 Miss E. o (j 0 Blake James, per Rev. P. K. Batchan 2 2 0 Arning A. W. o Blakeley Miss K. S. 07 6 Arnold VV. A. 2 0 ] leackley Mis 060 A.S.F. o () 0 Bloomer H. 'I'V. I I 0 Ashton Ben. ,per Rev. P. K. Batchan 03 0 Blundell Miles I I 0 Ashworth E. Lewis .. 1 I 0 Boardman The Misses o 18 0 Boddington R. S., per J.P.E. o 10 0 Baguley Matthew per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan 060 Bolton 11. H. I I 0 Bahin Mrs. o 7 Boston Herbert I I 0 John .. 2 2 0 arried forward £ 58 13 0 Carried forward £[29 15 6 3+ 35 £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 12 15 Brough t forward £1 0 0 6 £ 9 6 ~'Jary Bottomley J. .. .. 100 Carmichael Donald & 100 Bottrill Miss per Miss Elli on 060 Carr Mrs. I J 0 i\J iss Dora, " 060 Carroll Dr. 8:. i\Irs. 060 i\Iiss Elsa Bowen G. o TO 0 020 Miss Ida Miss Gertrude o 12 0 o () Bradburn E. 220 Carter R. 1 2 2 0 Brassey Miss .. I I 0 Carver Tho ., J.P. (Dinner) .. 5 0 0 Brayshay Arthur 13. In Memory of 660 Casket 'igarelle Co., collected by Miss Derbyshire 05 0 Bridge i\Iiss Madge .. 060 hadwick i\Iiss Edith G...... o In 0 i\Jrs. F. Briggs Wm... 5 0 0 [ I 0 Brightmore Miss A. C. o 6 0 W., per J.P.E. o .5 0 Miss E. o 6 0 Chambers G. A. o 10 0 hampness \Vm Miss F. o 6 0 I r 0 " Mrs. 060 Chance Mrs. (Dinner) 3 0 0 Bristow I-I. per J.P.E. J 6 0 Chatterton \Vm. Jos., B.A. o 6 0 Broady Mrs. o 12 0 Cheetham 1\lrs 066 I3rocklehurSI Mr. 8< III rs. per G. K. Thompson o () Chesters Brewery Co., per J .P.E. r () 0 ~lrs. " Eric & Harold per Rev. I'. K Batchan .. o TO 0 Chorllon 2 10 0 Brookes Miss (\,yhaley Bridge) o (, u (Dinner) J 0 0 " City News" " ,,(;-.Jonhendell) o .5 0 o 2 6 Brooks Jos. per J .1'.£ o 2 (, CJaremont i\J I' E. "'0 6 " Brown II o Io 0 Clarke Miss Jessie 060 Claye 1(. 13ro\\n Alleyne (Dinner) 33 0 o .5 0 Ceo. A. I I 0 Clayton Mrs. o () 0 J o 10 0 Clemmev Mrs. o 6 () Jack, l~essie, Agnes, Ethel, Alma & Willie, Coittes AI iss .. 060 per Rev. P. K. Bittchan 1 16 0 II 1\ll's. .. 060 H.obert o 6 () Cockillilitrry (Treat) I JO 0 Thos., J.P. 200 Colles A. II...... o 10 0 13ruton F. A. o 10 6 " 1\1r. 8:. i\lrs. T. O. o 10 0 Buckle E. () 18 0 Collin Mrs. "d. o 0 Buckley Robert \,y. .. \Villiam " 6 6 060 Burditt Stanley, Nita, Phyllis & Edmund per Rev. ollinson Rd. o JO 0 Coney i\Irs. P. 1<. Batcban I 4 0 060 Burgess i\J rs. 060 onstantine J. A. o 6 0 Burgon & Co. Ltd... I I 0 Consterdine G. 1I 026 Burns Robert 200 Cooper G. II. o 6 0 i\Iiss .. Burrows Mr. & Mrs. Miles F. & Fitmily .3 0 0 20 0 0 ~I Burtles, Tate & Co., per J .P.E. .. .. o TO 0 iss Amanda 10 0 0 Byrom Arthur (Dinner) 0 [(obt., J.P. (Dinner) 3 0 0 44 i\lr~ i\liss .. 220 Cop Alice 060 ~ Bythway J. E. o 10 0 Costeker 1rs. I 0 0 M. I-I. 100 oulborn Mr. 8:. i\Jrs. \V. Vii. I 0 0 Cowburtl J. [(. 060 ain Tholllas o 10 0 Cowley H. B. per JI'.£. o 10 6 andlin Lieut.-Colonel too Cowper i\ Iiss (:. ] o 6 0 Carlow Ceo. B. TOO Cox Owen \V. I 0 0 Carried forward £ 180 0 6 Citl ried forwarc. £248 IO 6 £ s. d. 37 Brought forward £248 10 6 s. d 100 Craig Mrs. Brought forward 18 0 reeser Harold, per G. K. Thompson o 6 0 o 10 0 Fielding Mrs. 4 0 Crick Mrs. ~I. 11 0 Crighlon Miss o 12 0 T. Fish T. (lg09-IO) per J.P. E. o Crook Mrs. (Dinner) 5 a 0 Fisher ~I r. 8;. ~I rs., per G. 1\:. Thompson 060 Crossby Mrs... 5 00 Fitton .. per G ..K. Thompson u 1 0 umming W. A. 33 0 ~j o 10 6 I I 0 rs. James Curnick H. D. 2 o 0 00 F.L.C. C. W.M.G... 5 I 0 0 Fletcher Ernest 110 Da\'ies Miss E. M. o ro 6 " For Five Children .. 1 In 0 " Leslie L. 060 " For One 'Veek" .. o 6 0 Dawson J., per G. K. Thompson I a 0 .. For Summer Camp .. 060 deFoubert Mrs. I 0 a Foster Herbert o 10 6 ,. Devonian" o 10 0 France Jas. I I 0 Dochard Mrs. 3 a a Frevillier Mrs.. per G. 1\:. Thompson 0611 Dodd W. Edmund 060 "Friend" 100 Dook Geo. o 10 0 o 5 a Dunkerley Frank B. 2 2 0 o lO 0 Dyson Mrs., per G. K. Thompson () 6 0 a 5 a at 1301 ton IUU E.A. 2 2 11 per Mrs. Fulton a 6 a Eaton W., per J.P.E. 05 0 Pre!>twich a 6 a Edminson L. Oswald 060 II Friends 11 I 0 a " Edmund" (Sidcup) I 0 a From a Friend 060 (Hale) 3 00 From a \Vellwisher roo E. H. B. 060 Furniss Miss, per 0. K. Thompson () 0 Ehrenbacb, Brumm & Co. I 10 0 Ellam Elsie & Geoff. 0]2 0 Gaddum Harry E., J.P. 200 Elliott Chas.... o 10 0 Galloway Henry. J.1'. a 0 J. M., J.P. o 10 6 Mrs. ppr G. 1,. Thompson 2 0 Elvy 1\lrs. 14 0 Gardner Mrs. 5 0 () E. M. W. 060 Gardom Miss S. E. I a Entwistle Wm. o 6 0 Garner Mi-s per G. K. Thompson a a Ermen Henry I I 0 ;'1'1 rs. 8;. Frank E (Dinner) 3 a a Evans Miss .. 060 Gamptt Hugh o :- 0 " l~. L. o 0 Gatenby ~I rs. a a 0 I'airbrother Mrs.. per G. K. Thompson 14 Gally Victor E. I 10 0 o 10 0 Farrow Ed\vin Geeling Fred o '4 a o 10 0 Mrs. " Gibbon 1\lrs. (Hale) r) 6 0 Feamley M1'. & Mrs. I I 0 (Chapel Walks) o 6 () & I I 0 Ferguson Kathleen, Jack Margaret ,illison Mrs. o 12 0 ITO "Vm. Gilman John VV. U 6 6 Ferris Robert S. 060 Gleave J. J. a 10 0 Fielden Miss .. a 2 6 " Miss .. o 10 (l Helen .. 05 0 Godlee Francis 5 00 Godley Miss .. () 6 Carried forward £298 18 Q Carried forward £344 10 a 3 ) f s.' d. 39 Brought forward £34-1 18 -0 £ s. d. {426 2 6 Godson i\'1ollie, I ellie & Enid o 7" 6 Brought forv.ard Goodfellow Benj. o 10 0 Heyworth Mi s E. .. .. o 12 0 () 10 6 Graham A. M. I I 0 Higginbotham J., per J.P.E. .. Gralitude" I I 0 Higginbottom C., per J .P.E. o 5 o Greener VI r. & Mrs. Herbert 2 2 0 Higgins John II o 2 2 o Greenhalgh R 15 6 0 Higson Col. John .. Greenhough Chas. H. I o 0 Hilditch Miss, per Rev. P. 1<. Balchan o I 6 Frank I o 0 " Mrs., ,. I I 0 Greg'[-I. S. I I 0 Hinchlif!e Miss 060 Gregson Chas H. o 6 0 Mrs. o 12 0 " CouncIl[or & Mrs T. [1. (Dinner) 5 00 Hinmers Joseph r80 0 0 Gresham fames, J. P., C. E. I I 0 H.M.W. 1 5 0 Miss M. o 10 6 r-Iorlgkinson Ed. M, o 12 0 Mrs. [ 0 0 Hodgson iII'S. W. 2 2 o Grogan \IVm. o 5 0 R. E. 3 3 o o 12 o Groves W. G. 10 0 0 Hodson 1, Wignall Grundy Misses 200 Holden John J 1 o Mrs. Jas. I I 0 " (Dinner) .1 3 0 Norman N, 3 0 0 H. 100 Hollings Miss Eva .. I 1 0 "H"A vVellwisher o 10 0 Florence G. o 10 0 Hailwood A... [ I 0 " Sarah G. o 10 0 [-Ia[e Miss Ada o 6 0 Hollinwonh Mrs. &. Miss o 12 () Hall Miss 2 2 0 HoltA. H. o 5 0 Lucy & a Friend, per h.ev P. K. Batchan . o 12 0 W. H., per J.PE. 060 .. Mrs. o 10 0 Hope M iss Katie 060 Hammers[ey Rev. John 060 Hopkin Mrs... o 0 Hancock Mrs. & Miss, per Rev I'. 1<. Batchan o 10 0 Hopkinson Miss o 10 0 Hardcastle iI'£. J. 200 Hornby Mrs. 100 Hargraves G. H. I 0 Horrocks Fred 1 eel. .. 1 I 0 TO 6 Hargreaves John H. 5 0 0 Hubner 1. o Hartwig A. H., per . K. Thomp on o 10 0 HuffJ. S. & Family o 15 0 Harvey W. E. I I 0 ., Huoh" 200 Harwood C. E. 2 0 0 Hulr:e G E., per J.PE. o 7 6 John 060 Wm.,J.P. 1 I o Mrs. John 060 Huntley Mrs. 1 I o Mrs. I 0 0 Hurrell Miss Louie .. o 10 o " Hastings" .. 066 Hurst Miss 2 2 o [[alton Vernon 060 Hutton Mrs. J. A. I o Haworth Mrs. o 12 0 Huxley Miss Muriel I o Hayes F. J... I 0 0 I-layton Rev. W. o 10 0 " Inchmarlo' , o 15 0 Heald W. N. 10 0 0 .. In Memoriam" 060 Heap Miss Isabel 14 0 .. In Memory of E,\-V." 5 0 0 Hellawell T. H. 05 0 of J. M. A." (Dinner) 55 0 Hertz Gerald B. 060 of J. R." 7 10 0 Hewitt J. 1. .. 2 2 0 Innes R. S. 020 Irene &. Helme o 12 a Carried forward £426 2 6 Carried forward £664 II 6 f s d Brou ht forward 06 £ t 4 It G £755 I o James Edward . 100 LlO\'d R. R ... I I o Jameson \Ir. 6: :\Irs. John \\'. J G: 0 ,: ,lis I o o .. :\Ir . \\' E. o 3 tJ Lomax .Ii s .. o 12- 0 Jarratt \) rs. .. o Lon den. Ii o 12 o John 'on C .Ionel H A 5 o o Lord :\Ia\ or of :\Iaoche ter Clarke 6: :\larshaL s J \\. o 5 0 Chari ie 10 0 0 :\Ii s .. o 6 0 Lord, J. E. C I I 0 :\Irs. \\' H. I o Lord ,Ir I I 0 iohnston Jamts, per Rev. P K. Batchan o o Jones E. & R, per J.P.E o 10 6 \IcCulloch . Ii . Agne o 6 o 2 0 0 " \Ii s Amy .. .lcDougall Arthur, per J P.E. II o J Jpson \Ir. & \Irs. o J2 0 Chas. o 10 o 026 Joyce Children of \Irs Roben 2 2 o · IcGill :\Ii.s.. I -1 o Ka\' Thos. 10 0 0 :\lcGo\'ern :\Ii" o 6 o Ke;u',lev .Ir per I{e\' P. K. Satchan. U 10 0 :'Ilackenzie Ceo :'II o o Kemp l:-rancis 2 0 .lcLard\' . Ii"s :\1. o 6 o Kenvon \li,s G. E. o 5 0 \Ic:\lichael D collected by o , :\Irs. G. R I I 0 7 ° \Iagg H E. o 6 0 j~ersba \\ Ianlev o 10 6 \Iarchanlon 13 I o Kessen :\1 rs .... I I 0 \Iarriotl \\' K I o Ke\'mer :\Irs., per G. K Thompson 060 · larsden B. .. I o Kirb\' F. t I 0 C L. o 5 o 1(lrkman \\. \\'., per G K. IBompson I 0 0 :\lr o 6 o KnJwlson \Irs. 6 17 :\Iatlhew Henry, J.P. o 10 ') H. \\. o 6 o Lad\' Visitor 026 \1 axwell . Irs I o Lamb D., per Re\·. P 1\ Balchan o 6 \Ia\'or \Ir & .Ir . Fred J. o 12 o :\Irs. (Dinner o o , l' R. 3 o I" o Lambert G. L. I o :\Ieade :\Ii. E. o 5 o .. J., per G. K. Thompson I o \leakin . Irs (Dinner) o o Lan Ity Edward, .-\nnie . George o 6 o :\1 EH o 10 o Laxton \\·m. A. I o · lidgle\' :\Irs o 10 o Leach \Irs. I -1 0 , Dons .. 5 o o Ledward :\Irs. fhos o 6 0 . Iitchell J l' I I o Leeming H. H, o o 5 \Ioor:om :\1 r 6: :\lrs C \\'. :\1. I I o Lees \1 i s (Dinners) I I o o :\Ion'ille :\1, o 6 o \\'m., J.P 3 0 o :\Ii .-\. o 6 o LeHuray James E. I J o .10 ele\' :'IIi F. 3 o o Leigh \Iiss 10 o o \Ioss \ii.s Gertrude H. o Ii o "'Iiss Edith 0 o 5 .. :\Irs o 10 o \Irs. James 5 0 o \\'. o ( .. Lest we forget .. .. o 5 0 o ·I Iher"ill \1 r er C. K. Thompso o o Letberbrow Louis 2 o \10 ershead F. J. I -1 o Livesey Thos. I 10 o Jos, Junior. per Re\·. P. K Ba,c"an o 2 o Li\'esley :\Iiss ( II o \luckelI \Iiss o (, o \Iul'rew J., Junior,. o 6 o Can ied forward . 755 0 \Inrra)' :\Ir ... I o Carried forward 1.806 3 6 +3 t, s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward £806 3 6 Brought forward £852 8 6 o 6 a "N n Piggott A. W. a 10 6 aylor-Leyland Lady [ 0 Pilkingtvn Sir George A.. J ,P. 5 a 0 " Netherside" 14 0 " H.E. o 12 0 Nettleton, Woolley & Co. Ltd. ., 026 Plummer J. Humphrey T l a Newman H. E., per G. K. Thompson a 6 a Pointer J. I a a I a 0 1 ichols G. poole Mrs. Edgar II a " Geo. VV. II a "Poplar" o 10 6 Nicholson Mrs. a 10 6 "Popple" 2 a 0 ickson Misses, per G. K. Thompson ITO Porter \,V. H. 1 0 0 Nightingale Jeremiah .. 060 Poyser Chas. F. II a TO 0 1 orquoy William, per J.P.E. a " Geo. H. I 0 0 Norton W'. H. 2 2 0 Preston Mr. & Mrs. T. L. C, per G. K. Thompson a T2 a Novelli L. W. 2 2 a Mrs. a 6 a Nuttall Dr. I a Price The Misses o T2 a Prince Miss .. I a O'Brien Mrs., per G. K. Thompson a 0 Pritchard A. J. 060 Ockleston Mrs. II a Purdy Mrs. T. E., per Eev. I . 1<. Batchan [ a 0 Ogden G. H. 026 Miss M. Beatrice 2 0 a Radcliffe G. per J.P.E. o a Misses a 12 a Ratcliffe H. S. a 7 a Mrs. o 12 0 amuel 05 0 "O.G.H," .. 100 Rawson Mrs. E. 2 0 a a 12 a Okell A. E ... Redfern S. 3 0 a Oldfield H. N. lOa Renshaw Arthur a a " Mrs. E. 2 a a Mrs., per G. 1<:' Thompson 060 Oldham Hugh a 5 a R.H... o 12 a Oliver Edwin 3 a a Rhode Chas. o 10 () Oppenheimer Chas. a TO 0 Richards Miss M. o 12 a 0 Osborne G. F. 14 l{idge Norman, per He,·. P. K. Batchan 020 Ottley Robert _ 220 Rigby Chas. 060 060 Owen i\liss per Rev. P. 1\. Batchan , Higg vVilliam 060 Oxley Alice & Thornton, per Rev. P. 1\.. Batchan a C a Riley R. J. 1 0 Ritchie Mrs., per I{ev. 1-'. K. Batchan 060 12 Palmer Miss Lucy .. a a Roherts i\liss (Ansdell) I 0 026 Parke Miss Annie Miss (i\lanley) 05 0 220 Mrs. Herbert .. Robertson Jas. I I 0 II a Parker Mrs. Robinson VV. r. I 10 a 2 2 (Dinner) a Robson VV. G. 060 I a a Parmee Jesse Rogerson J. T. .:l a 0 0 Paton J. W. & Mrs. (Dinner) 44 Rose Mis Mary E. a 12 0 Pattinson Mrs. a 10 0 .Rothwell J. a 6 a Payments for special cases a T6 a Howbollom R. o 10 0 I a Payne Mrs. Howland Re,·. A. Norman, 1\1.A. a 10 0 a 5 a Payton Mrs. E. .. Roylance i\liss I 10 a a 6 u Phillipson Arthur L. Mrs. I 0 a I 16 a Pickering J. H. Roy.LOn Miss 026 a Pidduck J. C. Ruscoe Chas. A. o 10 6 Carried forward £852 8 6 Carried forward £894 18 6 ++ 45 I, s. d, £ s. d, Brought forward £894 I 0 Brought forward £939 17 6 Stancliffe F .... 0 Ruscoe Mrs. M. J. I I 0 44 Stanley Henry o 6 0 Russell Edwin S. o 6 0 o 10 0 " 1'.ichard 04 0 Misses 060 Dr. Vv'. B. o 10 6 Stevenson C. P" per J .P.E. " Phyllis & I Impedal Hotel 0 5 9 Travis T. A. 0 1 3 Irish Linen Co. 0 I 6 Turner & Son 0 0 4 Jackson Mrs. 0 2 7 Victoria Cafe, Blackpool 0 9 8 Joye J. 0 II 2 Vint Mrs. I '5 2 Kenyon C. o 7 "Vaverley Holel 0 [ 0 0 Il Ladies' Cloak Room ',Verrelt Mis Florrie E. o I 9 0 6 0 Lands End Hotel White J. G o 2 5 0 0 8 Leigh & Son .. 'Volstenholme Bros. o 2 3 0 12 Lindley A. vVoodhead's Creamery 9 o 0 ro Woosnam M iss Monica 0 19 2 Carried forward £1097]7 0 Carried forward £II08 5 4 5° 51 £ s d. Brought forward £III6 5 II Collecting Cards. Radcliffe Congregational Brotherhood .. 5 0 0 £ s. d. 50uthbank Rd. Wesleyan Church, Southport ... 4 15 II Brought forward £IT08 4 Hoghton St. Baptist Church, Southport 4 8 10 Anderson Buller T T[ 3 Portland St. P.S. A., Sourhport .. 4 6 3 Trinity \'Vesleyan Church, Southport 3 15 3 Carter M iss Elsie 0 7 5 " "Kitty 0 T4 6 Mornington Rd. vVesleyan Church 3 12 0 Crompton Miss Dorothy 0 12 0 Christ Church, Southport.. 3 6 St. Paul's Church, Somhport 2 16 9 David Miss Marjorie 0 [I 0 Dearden Miss F. 0 I Chapel Street Congregational Church. Southport 2 14 3 51. Philip's hurch, Southport 2 13 9 Evans Arnold W. 0 0 5 Holy Trinity hurch, Southport 2 13 -f Friends at Imperial Cafe, per Miss Blundell 1 10 0 Birkdale Congregational Church 2 9 0 5t. Andrew's burch, Southport 2 5 5 0 6 McArthur Miss Nana Aughton Rd. \'Yesleyan Church, Soulhpol t 2 2 4 Mellor S. 0 3 3 51. Peter's hurch, Bi, kdale r '7 10 Robinson M iss HiIda 0 6 0 Methodist Free Church, Duke Sl. Suuthport [ 17 9 Rushworth Miss vYinifred .. 0 6 0 West End Congregational Cburch, Southpurt I lU 3 Portland SI. Congregational Church, outhport 6 Silcock R. C. 0 6 0 9 Stewart Roy .. 0 6 0 All Saints' Church, Southport 2 0 Trinity Sunday School, Buxtou ... 3 \Yerrett Miss Florence E. 0 0 3 Joseph'~ \'Yhittingham Harold 0 6 0 51. Vincent de Paul Society, SI. Conference, Birkdale 0 Herbert 0 6 0 Chapman SI. Hall .. o '5 0 I I Carried forward £Il16 5 Trinity \Yesleyan unday School, Patricroft o IO 0 Cavendish I .S.A. 0 10 0 Chinley Chapel Sunday School, Senior Girl Cia s 0 7 0 Fakenham Baptist Christian Endea\'our 0 6 0 ------Carried forward £1222 18 0 ellurcll &- ~unday ~cf{ool 19jfertories etc Collection at Camp & Sand Services T5 15 C) Leyland Rd. Wesleyan Church, Southport 7 18 3 St. James' Church, Birkdale 7 6 Gorton Brotherhood 6 4 2 :iJazaars, ~ales Of WorG, fITleetings, etc. Salford P.S.A. 5 TO Primitive Methodist Church, outhport 5 0 0 Proceeds of Cricl £65 5 5 ..: o o Q ..; lI) ...... lI) if} E 01 .c ...01 .c U -j 17 Summer Camp for Poor Lads. This is a branch of the work which is carried on for the benefit of the vast number of boys dwelling in the poorest parts of our great city and district. Its aim is to give a week's holiday by the sea, and during the season,-which lasts from May to September,-3,452 lads were sent to the camp at Southport. The boys are sent each Monday in parties of an average of 200 per week, and return the following Monday. Whilst at Camp the time is fully occupied with games, bathing, .",... o and walks along the shore. Every day four good meals are oJ provided. Needless to say such a holiday to these lads, taken from the slums and alleys of the town to the bracing air of the Sea side, is of immense physical benefit. There are also other blessings which come to the boys, moral and spiritual, for whilst in Camp they are taught lessons of discipline, honesty, truthfulness and purity. The simple service g of morning and evening prayers, the observance of c. o the Sabbath as a day of rest and worship, the attendance at one of the Churches or Chapels in Southport every Sunday have left their influence for good in the lives of these lads. There was a possibility that our occupancy of the ground at Birkdale, so kindly lent by Chas. J. Weld Blundell, Esq. c.a for many years, would have to cease owing to proposed ~ building operations. We are glad and relieved to know, u ... however, that we can retain it at least for another season. If 41 a we are compelled to remove there may be difficulty III a ::s obtaining a suitable site, and in any case considerable expense til in taking down and re-erecting the permanent buildings. An interesting and valuable addition to the equipment of the Camp was made during the season by the gift of a new rS dormitory for the use of the younger boys. We ~are indebted to Mr. H. A. Hoyle and Mr. H. Oldroyd and other friends, who by an appeal to members of the Manchester Royal Exchange provided the £300 necessary. There are forty beds and the Dormitory is a great boon to the little boys especially to those who go to Camp for the first time. In addition to this handsome gift the same friends arranged a cricket match, Royal Exchange v. Stock Exchange and sent us as the result a cheque for £80 towards the maintenance account for the season. Our hearty thanks are ...>, o tendered to all the friends through whose earnest efforts these ~ special undertakings were brought to so rich a fruition. E... o The Institution is under a great debt of gratitude to the o ~ members of the Sub-Committee resp0nsible for this branch of in view of the large number of applications, especially in the summer months, of really deserving cases. The need of larger premises more suitable in every way has been long felt by the Committee. The present premises, as shown in the photo, are very limited and are not the property of the Committee. It is very desirable that in the new scheme the property should be our own and that a home adapted to the E o:i special requirements of the work should be erected and a ..:.: u playground or good sized garden attached. The cost would o U probably be £5,000 to £6,000. The Committee are glad to o announce that through the generosity of a few friends a sum t: Prison Gate Mission. .., Police Court Mission and Probation Cases. With a view of helpinl{ children and young people who may be brought before the Magistrates our agents attend the three police courts of the City, Borough, and County each morning, and are ever ready to do all they can to help the young delinquents who have got into trouble or are in grave moral danger. The Committee are gratified to know that this work of our agents is greatly appreciated by the magistrates. In connection with this Mission 263 cases of children brought up at the Courts on various charges have been dealt with by our representatiYes. Our inspector is a probation officer for the city police court, for boys up to 16, and from a long experience in u l e dealing with juvenile offenders, speaks with great appreciation e of the probation system as seen in operation during the past a. l- three years. While the gravity of the offence is brought .E 0. home to the delinquent his self-respect is not destroyed, as E ~ was often the case under the old system, but saved and u I fostered under a kindly yet authoritative oversight. QJ E The figures for the four years in respect to the cases E ::l referred to our officer are eloquent testimony to a method that tJ) is a step in the direction of a wise and humane application of reformation principles, rather than those of mere repression so often only expre!'lsive of a social vengeance :- On probation. Satisfactory. Un-satisfactory. 1908 13 8 5 19°9 19 17 2 1910 24 ::1.0 4 19 1I 24 19 5 21 The misdemeanour in 74 of these cases was stealing, in SIX cases it was a minor offence, begging, obstruction, etc. Committal to prison would have probably resulted in confirm ing any criminal tendency in the lad and in making moral recovery very much more difficult. Emigration. \Ve have so often referred to the principle that underlies our emigration work that it may seem unnecessary to name it again, but as new friends become interested in our work we desire that they should und~rstand the considerations which lead us to send out some of the boys and girls to our Canadian .; c Home each Spring. o E Every year we receive among the children admitted some who come from degrading connections and surroundings, the evil influence of which is sometimes reasserted when the child is older and may be of value from a wage-earning point of vIew. Our matron can tell of sad cases of girls who, after being cared for and trained in the Home for years, have been induced to return to the old environment, and in the end all the care and monetary cost seemed wasted. For these boys and girls there is no safeguard but entire removal from the old locality, and this is effectually done by emigration to Canada. .... The children are received by Rev. R. & Mrs. Wallace, who are in charge of the Home in Ontario, and cared for / until a suitable situation is arranged. They are placed out in good farm homes, each employer or foster-parent is re quired to produce satisfactory credentials of character. After I Y , I I. wards the children are visited regularly, and reports sent on " \ ~ to the Committee in England. A boy or girl in any difficulty 22 can always return to the .care of Mr. vVallace at Belleville. This year 60 children, 44 boys and 16 girls were sent out. An important decision was arrived at during the year III respect to the Marchmont Home at Belleville, Ontario. Our young emigrants sent to Canada each spring on the principle named elsewhere, have been received by the Rev. Robt. Wallace at this Home by agreement and placed out with the farmers of the district under his supervision. Children have been received from other agencies, but the great majority have been from our Institution, so that "Marchmont" has come to be considered a branch home. Circumstances have arisen recently pointing to a change of Trust under which the property is held and realising the value of this Home in respect to the effici nt discharge of the responsibility attached to our emigration work it was decided to secure it on the very favourable terms offered. o Finance. We commenced the year with a deficiency of£678 14S. Id. which we are glad to report has been reduced to £128 14s. 7d. This reduction of the adverse balance is very gratifying specially in view of the large yearly income required to meet the many operations of the Charity, and we highly appreciate the generous help of so many friends as shown in the list of contributions. VVe would venture, however, to call attention to the fact that this result has only been attained by the application of certain legacies, which were received during the year, to the ordinary maintenance account. It is earnestly desired that our assured income should be more equal to our needs, and we should much esteem the kindly interest and help of friends in o~r endeavour to increase the number of regular subscribers, for we cannot, of course, depend upon this special source of income every year. We have to deplore the loss through death of several generous friends during the year. One item of income is of a specially interesting character as it represents the amount contributed by the young people of working age towards their own support. It consists of payments towards board and clothing together with profits in the various industrial departments. This year it amounts to the sum of £2,837' This will be appreciated by all who value the principle of self-help inculcated in the motto of the work shops "We help those who try to help themselves." Contributions are received during the year from old boys and girls, and are very welcome expressions of their gratitude for help in days gone by. These are shown in the subscription list as ,e Thankofferings." In Memoriam. The heavy shadow of a great loss darkens the record of the closing months of the year. Sir vVilliam Crossley, Bart., the Chairman of the Institution, passed away after a few days illness on October 12th. He had been a generous supporter for over 30 years, a trustee since 1883, and Chairman of Committee from the year 1890. His deep and practical interest in the supreme object of the Institution, the rescue and care, of poor, distressed children, was always in evidence and manifested itself continually in acts of personal service and generosity. He had a true and tender solicitude for the welfare of the children, s>pecially those most in need, the cruelly-treated, the cripple, the incurable one. The Late Sir '\fm. Crossley, Bart. His good judgment in matters of business and wise leading in the affairs of administration were highly appreciated by those with whom he was associated. He never looked upon his official positions as merely nominal ones, but year after year carefully performed the duties involved. Indeed his service to the Institution was not limited, even to the personal attention and generous help, great as these were and given so willingly. Beyond, or in addition to these, he rendered inestimable service by character alone, for his name so esteemed and honoured in the city, stood as an absolute guarantee of -< ..,c worth and efficiency, a guarantee so important to a public c.. institution. o ..,... :; If we might presume to indicate from our point of View one of Sir WiJliam's fundamental characteristics it would be to say that he saw the basal fact, the essential element, the ultimate object,whatever term we may use, of any great work c.. E 01 to which he gave his support, and kept it in view. His was U not a mind that delighted in the means as a thing in itself. ..,... In the case of our Institution, it was the rescue of the child E E from conditions of abject poverty or moral degradation; in :::l til other connections it was the real ennoblement of the youth of the city; or the restoration to health of the poor consumptive. Means to these ends were controlled by a sound and active judgment, but the end was ever in sight, the object and inspiration of the effort. In such an estimate we measure in some degree the sense of our own loss which will deepen as future days bring their inevitable burdens and problems. It would, however, be untrue to our deepest feeling to allow this to be the pre dominant note in this reference to our late Chairman. His T. t callie to our care under circumstances of the saddest description. Several years aKO she was before the Police COUrl as a child when our Vice·Chainnan, Ald. Fildes, happenf'd to be Oil the Bench. Both parents had been in pri~oll and the girl had evidently been reared in dellloralising surroundings. She was remitted to the care of OUf Children's Shelter. The whole story cannot be told, but we may say that throughout a long ex perience few Cases gavp. rise to more fears as to the ftuure. She C.W. IN CANADA. remained at the Shelter for some time and was afterwards trans From Poverty to Plent.y. fen'ed to Rosen Hallas Girls' Home. Gradually the past was overborne by the patient inculcation of better things. and it was indeed gratifying to see a response to the influence of the new environment. To Cllt the connection with former associations absolutely she went to Canada with tbe party of girls ill May, 1908, and now our Matron who saw her a few months ago in her Canadian home says 'I She is still in her first situation and much respected; she has grown a fine young woman." devotion and generosity throughout so many years are a reason for devout thankfulness, and his memory will always be associated with the conviction that he and all he was to the Institution were the direct gift of a Divine Providence. There are other losses sustained during the year which we record with deep regret. Several friends closely connected with the work and generous supporters for many years have passed"away. Mr. Isaac Hoyle had been a trustee for 28 years. He took a deep personal interest in the Institution when resident t: in Manchester, and later when living in the South he sent a handsome subscription on his birthday with a kindly letter of sympathy and encouragement. During the preparation of this Report we learn the sad news that Mr. Louis M. Hayes has passed away. In the early days of the work he took an active part in the administration of the Institution, and was a ..t: member of Committee for 24 years. He was keenly U d.l interested in the welfare of the children, and in his oversight Q, Q, of one of the Homes won the confidence and esteem of the .;: u.. youths there and of those in charge. In later years as a ....o trustee he was always glad to be of service, and continued to have a warm interest in the object of the Charity. Among other old friends whom we have lost during the year we may name Mr. Thos. Carver, Mrs. Christie, Sir A. Marshall, Ald. Gibson, Ald. Trevor, Mrs. Hertz, Mrs. Rawson Mr. J. Dawson, Mrs. Chorlton, and Mr. J. Stanier. All these friends had shewn a deep and kindly interest in the work for twenty or thirty years. While deeply regretting their loss we gratefully record our appreciation of their sympathy and generous help. Mr. Alderman Fildes, who has been deputy Chairman for some years, has kindly accepted the invitation of the 26 Committee to occupy the position of Chairman as successor to the late Sir Wm. Crossley. We are also glad to state that Mr. Brian Crossley has intimated his willingness to serve on the Committee to which he had been unanimously elected. Retrospect. Looking back in the history of the Institution memory gathers up her material along different lines, and we might ..: think of the devotion of those who, hearing the bitter cry of On behalf of the Committee, THOS. R. ACKROYD, Han. Sec. Strangeways, Mrf,1/chestel', April, 1912. J. C. Admitted tram dl?grading surrounding-s, 19 02 . To Canada in 190~. Doing well. APPENDICES. The Committee are deeply sensible of their great obligation to the Honorary Solicitors, Messrs. Farrar & Co., and to the Honorary Medical Officers, Doctors Boutflower and Walker, Strangeways; Doctors Fulton and J. Howson Ray, Cheetham Hill; Doctors Barlow and Fisher, Lytham; to Mr. W. and Mr. H. Simms as Dentists for the Homes at Strangeways; and Mr. A. T. Spaven, Dentist, for the Cheetham Hill Homes; also to Dr. Walsh and Dr. Brown, who have specially helped u in the work of the Summer Camp; and to Dr. Young for services rendered at the Children's Shelter. We are also under a debt of gratitude to the Board of Management of the Salford Royal Hospital, who are always ready to admit cases requiring hospital treatment: several cases have been received from our Homes during the past year. The Governors of the Thomas Porter ""I: ::l Equipment Fund have again most generously helped in o.. providing the outfit of children passed on to situations o at home and abroad, and we gratefully recognise their valuable assistance. We would assure all our Collectors, the Teachers of the Sunday and week evening classes, the members of Working Parties, and all those who took part in the Annual Sale of Work, that their interest in the Institution and the practical help they have rendered are highly appreciated by the Committee and are thankfully acknowledged. To all who in any way, either by gifts, active service, loving interest, prayerful sympathy, have contributed to the success of another year's work, the Committee, in sending forth this report, tender their heartfelt thanks. MEDICAL REPORTS. Strangeways Homes. N I consider that the Medical Report for the four Strangeways Homes during the past year is extremely satisfactory. There has :- been little or no sickness, and entire freedom from infectious or 'tl contagious disease. Two grave cases have occurred, one, a boy from the Refuge, went through a dangerous operation at the Ear ..c:" Hospital, and has made a good recovery. The other case was t/) that of a young man from the Institute, who died suddenly at the Salford Royal Hospital, from a very obscure disease. 011 c" So far as I have observed, the food, clothing, and sanitary arrangements have been excellent. i, "Ol ANDREW B. FULTON, M.D. May 3rd, I9I2· Half. MediclJl Officer. . ~ , .- -- - ...... - -- - - ...,... ------_.~.~ ...- ...... --..-_--..=~.-.-..-~._- - ... '~- ..-" •. - _.....--...-... -- --..., --;:".. ----- '" ....._< - -;; ...-r.",,-._ •••__~_~_-_-:--•• -_• .,..""....__••• - _ _ __~______ Saved to Save! OUf Canadian Boys and Girls EARLY ten years ago E. H. was brought to us a little fellow N between eight and nine years of age. The report of our visitor ran as follows :-" I ha"e visited the case and saw the boy and an old woman who gave the name of S-. She said that T is always a pleasure and a matter of deep interest to have news about four years ago the mother of tbe boy brought him to her and I of the boys and girls who have been placed out in good farm promised to pay four shillings per week if she would take charge homes in Canada in previous years. It is specially interesting of him. The money was paid for about 12 months, for about when one of our own workers on this side of the sea pays a visit to another year it was paid "ery irregularly, and during the last two many of these young emigrants and is able to report from personal years the mother has not been seen or heard of. Her last place of observation on their position and prospects. Miss Pickford, who service was at a beerhollse." took out the party of girls in May to our Home in Ontario, has just returned and gives a very interesting account of her visitation, for she saw several of the girls whom she had known at the time of their admission to the Home at Cheetham Hill, neglected, untrained and sometimes wilful. We have not space to give the reports of all the boys and girls visited, but we may say a word generally. Miss Pickford was able to see over sixty of our young people in their own homes. The visit was in most cases quite unexpected and the children were fonnd in their ordinary every day life and surroundings, and it is very gratifying to know that almost without exception they wera happy and contented and spontaneously expressed a decided preference for the new land. They would of course like to visit the old country but not to stay. In the few cases where there was anything unsatisfactory it was a result not of harshn6!ss or unkindness on the part of the master or mistress but rather the opposite-a too-indulgent employer losing, in some measure, control of a boyar girl of high spirits. There was no evidence of neglect or unkindness, but in most cases a real sense of responsibility for the child and desire to promote their highest He went to our anadian Home in 1906, and now writes to our welfare. Our matron is convinced from personal knowledge of the Matron under the date Nov. ith last year :-" Mother, bere is my conditions on both sides of the Atlantic that emigration to Canada, photo, I hope you will like it, you will see that there is quite a as carried out by the Committee, is of incalculable benefit, specially change in me, the badge I am wearing on my coat as you will see to a certain class of young people-those who have degrading is a Salvation Army Badge. I am a Salvationist now, and some day connections in this country. Our readers will be glad to have this I will be a Salvation Army Officer. I expect to go to the Toronto further testimony to the efficiency and success of this branch of Training College in April for training. I feel that God wants me the Institution. Childt'm's Hav81t to go and preach the Gospel to others, so I want you to pray for me that God will help me along in my experience." ..... - --.. -. - ',------'---"'~"~-~-~-~--~-~-~.'- ... ----. A Question of Environment, A Typical Story in Three Chapters. CHAPTER 1. 1902. Application. W.H., aged 13. Report :-The boy is in rag-s, sells papers in the streets, lodges with an elderly woman off Oldham Road, house filthy, father dying of consumption in workhouse. Brought to our notice by one who says, "He is practically a derelict on life's ocean, no one cares for him and nobody would mind if he died to-day." Admitted to Central Refuge. CHAPTER II. 1905. Emigration. Reports of W.H. from Canada :-Mr. Ashley wben in Canada visited him and asked if he was ready to return to England. He answered "No, I am very comfortable and like my place, they are very good to me." He attends Church and Sunday School. The farmer said W. was a very handy and a good lad. A later report says :-He is getting fair wages. He seems a nice. steady boy and is quite able to do all that is required of him. CHAPTER III. 1911. These children were recently brought to our Children's Sheller, Satisfaction. Chatham Street, Piccadilly, by the police who had found them in Letter from W.H. dated Ontario, January 9th, 19II : "Just a few short hiles hoping that my letter finds you and all the a house of ill-repute. They are members of two families: the boys and girls of the Homes in the very best of health as it leaves father in one case and the mother in the other were sent to prison. me at present. I am very pleased to say that I am getting along fine out here now. I am pretty nearly a Canadian myself now but The conditions under which these children lived were shameful and I shall never forget the old Home in Manchester. I often long to see it again and if God spares me I will see it again. I will come calculated to add them in due time to the criminal classes. The just for a visit but not to stay, as I don't think I could get along with the old country after being out here so long. photo only partially conveys the state of neglect in which they were received by our matron. Messenger Brigade Fruits. N connection with the I"i.e-union of old Messenger Brigade I boys the Superintendent received several letters expressive of gratitude for help given in bygone days. We give a few extracts. H.S.R.-It is with very pleasant memories that I look to tbe time when I was in the Brigade. I have been in my present situation five years, I am very pleased to say that I have got on splendid, and am still further improving my position. It was at the age of 12 that I commenced working at the Brigade, so you will understand I did not get much education. However, I took to studying in the evenings, and have greatly profited by so doing. My chief duties are attending at the different courts with principal, and also shorthand and typewriting. I trust you will excuse my troubling you with this letter, but .. A.V.-I wish to thank you for your invitation, and also for the good principles which were instilled into me during my two years as a member of the Messenger Brigade. Since leaving the Brigade I have been employed by the Corporation Gas Dept. over 13 years so I have been able to look back with pleasure on all the good teachings I received at Chatham Street. W.H.-I am sure you will feel proud that you have done so much good for the old Brigade Boys, and hope you will long be spared in health. I spend many a bright day when at the Brigade. ~ - -- ~ - - ,~. -- - Prison Gate Mission Experiences Mr. Horne gives the following interesting cases in a monthly report of this branch:- .. The work of this mission has been carried on during the month as usual. 838 discharged prisoners have been met at the Prison and invited to breakfast at the mission hall, 701 accepted and during the meal were spoken to and advised for their good. A goodly number of the prisoners on their discharge had homes and work open to them to go to and consequently had no need of our help. But a friendly shake of the hand, a kind word, a comfortable room, and a drink of warm coffee meant something to them. Many of this class sign the pledge with us, and we do our best to get them introduced to workers in their own district so that they may have an opportunity of making new friends who can help them to go straight. About twelve months ago a man of this class signed the pledge with us and was spoken to about his future. I heard no more of him for some time. Lately I have received a letter from ... him saying he was in Canada with his wife and family doing well. ...o He said it was the best day's work he ever did when he signed the /)IJ pledge at our mission hall; he thanked God for the welcome he c received and the words spoken to him that morning. .... A young man aged 20 committed for one month for theft from his employers. It was his first offence and we think ought to have been given the benefit of the First Offenders' Act and put on probation. However, I met him on discharge by appointment c o with the Governor of the Prison. I found he was a bright, Number ot Children resident in the various Homes. COlIIl/li!tee: STRANGEWAYS HOMES (Boys) :-- CHEETHAM HILL IIo~lEs(Boys & Girls) THOMAS R. ACKROYD Coun. ARTHUR TAYLOR Rosen Hallas (Elder Girls Home) 33 PEERS ELLISON Central Refuge...... 89 " Langworthy" Orphan Home.. 20 J. HAROLD ELLISON Working Youths' Institute .. 50 d HENRY GEORGE I REGINALD GEORGE Street Boys' Home...... 22 ,. Garnett" .. .. 0 IS STANLEY ELLWOOD_ . l' .. H .. Crossley" do IS EmigratIOn ralt1JUg ome.. 39 "Atkinson" do 13 The object of the Messenger Brigade is to provide employment SEA SIDE HOME 20 " School Girls' do_ IS for poor boys (who otherwise might drift on to the streets) and OPRN-ALL-NIGHT SHELTER 12 • Higgins" (for Motherless Glr],) 21 " Bethesda" Home ;- after probation, to pass them on to permanent situations. T RAINING SHIP - (Cripple & Incurable Children) 62 Offices: Chatham Street, Piccadilly Manchester. Total number of Children resident 429 Brigade Sllperilltendmt : Mr. GEORGE JONES. Workshops: To whom application for Messenger Boys should be made. TAILORING, SHOEMAKI1>G, JOINERY. PRINTING, FIREWOOD, employing 70 boys. The object of the Camp is to give a week's holiday by the sea II Boys admitted to the Strangeways Homes. to the poorest lads of Manchester and Salford. I Child admitted to the Cheetham Hill Orphan Homes. 3 Cripple Children admitted to the" Bethesda" 66 Children cared for at the Children's Shelter. 43 Delicate Children admitted to the Sea-Side Home. Lytham. Sea-Side Home. 35 Children's cases investigated by personal visiLation and corre~- pondence. FOR WEAK AND AILING CHILDREN, 37 Applicants given temporary help in one form or another. 2 & 4. WARTON STREET, LYTHAM. 9 Children admitted while on remand from the Police Courts Treasl/./'trs: Mr. & Mrs. E. R. LIGHTWOOD, Pembroke House. pending police investigation. Holt. Medical OiJi-c~l's: Drs. BARLOW and FISHER. 90 Poor outside boys employed in the Messenger and Shoeblack Matron: Mrs. GOODE. Brigades. 580 Discharged Prisoners met at the Prison Gate and given break This Home gives a few weeks' fresh air, rest, and nourishing fast at the Mission Room. diet, to weak and ailing children. 1017 Poor City lads sent to Camp, Birkdale, for a week's holiday. Two cots endowed-" Brougham," "Styan." 16 Youths helped at the Police Courts by our officers who attend Four cots supported-" Catherine," " Rigby-Paine," daily. 18 Youths committed by the Magistrates at ciiflerent times to our II Wollaston," .. Thos. Taylor." representatIve as Probation Officer are doing well. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Treasurers Average cost per month £1,100. or by the Hon. Secretary, Thos. R. Ackroyd, Central Refuge, Children's Average earnings per month £250. Strangeways, Manchester, from whom forms of application for admission may be obtained. Subscrlpt.ions are earnestly lloUcited. ~...... ------...... - --. .------_...... ~ ----~-=-.-_=__""Ir'7"'__= ...- 37 ENDOWED COTS. .-' -----...... BETHESDA HOME. A S it was felt that many might desire to endow a cot either as a AND thankoffering or as a memorial of some loved member of their family, the Committee have fixed £600 as the cost of such mdowmmt. Bethesda Home. .. OAKLEY COT" Mr. & Mrs.H.T.GadduUl, A tbankollerinl( George Street. "WILLIE GALLOWAY COT" Mr. & Mrs. Jobn Galloway, Junr. Cheetham Hill, " BISHOP FRASER COT" Mrs. Fraser, The late .. ELLEN COT" The Misses Tbompson. "DANIEL PROCTER COT" D. Procter, Executors of tbe late .saturday IHternoon "HIGH BANK COT" Mr. James Chadwick. .. GRANNIE'S COT" The Grandchildren of Mrs. l3ellhouse. June 22nd. 1912 . "FYNNEY COT" Mrs. Fynney, The late "CHARLES & FLORENCE CROMPTON" The Misses Gaskell. "BARNES-SLACKE COT" Rev. W. S. Barnes-Slacke. "BARNES COT" The Misses Barnes. Friends are invited to attend on this occasion when .. OLIVER HEYWOOD COT" Mr. Oliver Heywood, The late "ELIZABETH BARLOW COT" Mrs. Barlow, The late the useful and fancy articles made by the 'GERTIE'S COT" (In memory of) Alderley Edge Friends, per Miss Holliclay THOMAS PRICE COT" Misses Elizabeth and Emily Price. Crippled and Incurable Children • GEORGE & ABIGAIL COT" Mrs. Abigail Green, The late " Mrs. ISAAC HOYLE COT" Mr. Isaac Hoyle, The late at this Home are offered for Sale, the proceeds being "Mrs. LANGWORTHY COT" Mrs. Langwortby, The late • Miss HEAVEN COT" Miss Heaven, The late applied to the maintenance account. .. LOSH-CROSSBY COT" Mrs. Crossby. "FRANCES COT" A Friend. "MARY ANN WHITEHEAD COT" Mrs. Mary Ann Whitebeacl, Tbe late "SNOWDROP COT" A Friend. 12 "ABERYSTWYTH COT" Anonymous. Sale of Work, December 6th, 19 . .. CULCHETH HALL COT" Per Miss Joan Haworth. " MANASSAH GLEDHILL COT" (4)· Manassab Gledhill, The late REFUGE HALL. STRANGEWAYS. .. BENGER COT" Mrs. F. B. Benger. "HARLING COT" The Harling Trustees. "CARIE COT" Mrs. Armitage. The Annual Sale of Work will be held on the "Mr!. JAMES ORR COT" Miss Orr. "GAUTHORP COT" Miss Gautborp. First Friday in December. " PEACOCK COT" Mrs. Peacock, The late "ARNOLD COT" Mrs. Mary Seaton, Tbe late ,. MARY SEATON COT ,. The proceeds of this Sale are a valuable addition II II II "JAMES HOLDEN COT" James Holden, Executors of tbe late. to the income of the Institution, and the Committee "SARAH ANNE HOLDEN COT" "UGHTRED COT" IlA.G."" appreciate very highly the efforts of the ladies who have " Wm. CHAMPNESS MEN'S BIBLE Members of Class. CLASS COT" made it such a marked success. "THE WILLIAM & MARGARET HARRI- SON COT" Miss Harrison. "WILMSLOW COT" (yearly support) Friends per Miss Foxcroft & Miss Wedd May they call the attention of all interested to the "ASHLEY ROAD, (Hale), Congregational Sunday School Cot" (yearly support) date, and ask them to bear it in mind in their working "MARGARET COT" (yearly support). A Friend. " EMMA ELIZABETH WARBURTON COT" (yearly support) E.E.W. arrangements during the year. Friends desiring to endow a cot will please c01Jmmnicate 011 the subject with the Hon. Secretary, The Refuge, Strangeways. SHAW, Mrs. L. K., Broom Holm, Cheetham Hill. Maga:lines, Reports, Circulars, Posters and all CARTER, Miss, Holland House, Hr. Crumpsall. prlnUng. LEE, Mrs. Harold, Fairfield, Broughton Park. classes of General Printing executed with BOUTFLOWER, Mrs. Stenecourt, Higher Broughton. neatness and despatch. HURST, Miss, Osborne House, Higher Bronghton. CHARLTON, Miss, Tytherington Hall, Prestbury. FOXCROFT, Miss, Ed~e View, Wilmslow. in all its branches. WEDD, Miss, Ladyfield, Wilmslow. Sbo¢maklng ALDRED, Miss, Lacy Oaks, Wilmslow. Repairs promptly attended to BICKHAM, Miss May, Alderley Edge. SCOTT, Miss Marguerite, Rookwood, Alderley Edge. BLllS, Miss Cicely, Underwood, Alderley Edge. BUTTERWORTH, Miss Mabel, Bollin Towers, Alderley Edge All kinds of Plain and Fancy Tables. HEYWORTH, Miss, Woodbrook, Alderley Edge. GADDUM, Mrs. H. T., Green ''Valk, Bowdon. General Joinery Work, etc. CLEGG, Mrs. Neville, Oldfield Brow, Bowdon. Estimates given. ARMITAGE, Miss Mary, Dnnham Lodge, Bowdon. CLEMSON, Miss Edith, Parkside, Altrincham. ELLISON, Miss, 18, Keppel Road, Charlton-cum-Hardy. Style and Workmanship guaranteed. GLEAVE, Miss, 31, Withington Road, Whalley Range. ~anOrlng. THOMPSON, GEO. 1<., Greenbank House, Altrincham. LADIES' WORKING PARTY. ;Ir¢wood. ORDINARY BUNDLES 5/- per hundred Dipped in Resin 6/- .. SHAW, Mrs. L. K. CaLLES, Mrs. T. O. ARCHER, Mrs. LITTLE, Mrs. A. Mrs. MACDONALD. Enquiries and Orders addressed to F. A. Wood, General The Ladies meet at the Rejllge on the last Thursday of each Superintendent, Central Refuge, Strangeways, for any of these month at Three o'clock, live departments, will receive prompt a tention. bow to belp tbe 'UUlork. ~trF you think you can collect £15 to support 46 a child, or £12 to cover the Emigration expenses of one child, write to the Secretary, and he will send you the photograph of one. It would be a happy thing to feel that you were thus the means of the rescue of "one such little child." Or, send us any article that you can spare, andthat can be turned into money for the benefit of our work; such as jewellery, pictures, articles of virtu, &c. But not least; when you see or hear of a poor, wretched, neglected child, don't give it HE nbove is an illustration of a Monk's Bench made in ourwork a copper and pass on; stay a minute and enquire T shop, in n::spect to which the followin1l is a Testimonial received into the case, and if you cannot bring it to the front the purchaser. Refuge, send us the name and address and the case shall be visited, and, if possible, per COPY OF TESTIMONIAL. manently helped. 1I \Vf> are greally pleased with the Monk's Bench. it looks well in the Hall, and shall certainly recommend you to Above all, when enjoying the comforts of OU1" friends." M.F. your own happy home, breathe a prayer for This Bench is useful as a BOX, TABLE, or SEAT poor, homeless children, and for those who are and can be l1\ade in most fashionable woods and sizes. working among them. THOMAS R. ACKROYD, Ho,/. Sec. At our Canadian Home, Ontario. SUBSCI~IBERS AND FRIENDS Are cordially invited to visit any of the Branches of the Institution: the most interesting time for visitors is CENTRAL REFUGE, any week-day before the workshops close at 5-30 p.m., Saturdays, 12 o'clock; BETHESDA AND ORPHAN HOMES, Saturday afternoon, when the children are at home. "THE CHILDREN'S HAVEN" Nlonthly Organ of the Institution. This is an interesting monthly record of the various operations carried on by the Institution, and is forwarded to subscribers free. We should be pleased to send it to other frienrls with a view to enlisting their interest and help, if their carnes and addresses are given by any of our present contributors. J. M. 43 Financial Statement of the Boys' and Girls' Refuges & Homes & Children's Aid Society. JD r. For the year ending VeCilllber 31st, IgII. crt'. [ s. d. [ s. d To SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS:- [ s. d. £ s. d. General Fund . 8,574 6 By Balance being deficiency at December 31st. 1910 . 678 q 1 Orpban Homes . 281 I 8 " CENTRAL REFUGE :-Expenses including Stock at Home for Crippled aud Incurable Children . 470 15 II 31St December, 1910...... 2,796 q 8 "" " " (Endowment) 600 0 0 Less Boys' Earnings...... 890 19 7 ~~~i%~~~Ofl~;;;~·::::~:::::::~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. 559 13 0 " Sundry Sales 16 11 5 168 10 3 II Stock December 31St, IgII I78 13 5 Sea Side Camp . 1.507 6 1 ------1086 4 5 Cbildren's Sbelter . 39 8 9 ------1,710 10 3 Training Sbip . II 0 0 " ''''ORKING LADS' INSTITUTlc-Expenses including Prison Gate and Police Court Missions . 41 18 9 Stock at 31st December, 1910... 1.684 6 4 New Canadian Home .. 500 0 0 Less Payments by Residents...... I I19 7 10 ----12.754 2 II " Sundry Receipts...... 10 17 5 INTERE:ST ON INVESTMENTS:- II Stock December 31St, I9lJ 4+ 0 7 Interest on [6,338 Manchester Corporation Loan ------1,174 5 10 at 3~% (Cbarles Leigh Clare Fund) applied to ------510 o 6 Administration Expenses . 208 17 10 n STREET Boys' HOME :-Expenses including Stock Interest on £1.300 Oldham Corporation Stock at at 31st December, 1910 .. 643 7 3 te~~/o~l~ lf~1,~1~2H °c1~; '~f' ~;;t;e~'i" 'p~~~; '~~~'I;'t Less Stock Dec. 31St, 1911 7 19 9 In . .M -----635 7 6 Debenture Stock a13% lor Orphan Homes . 30 0 0 E1'ollGRATION TRAINING Ho~n: :-Expenses including Interest on [1,425 Cape of Good Hope Consolidated Stock at Dec. 31St, Igro . 840 6 11 Stock at 4% for Orphan Homes .. 53 13 6 Less Stock at Uec. 31St, 19II . 48 6 11 Interest on £1,934 lOS. Victoria Government ------792 0 0 Inscribed Stock at 4% (Lucy Oram Clegg Fund) ,. FlV!!: ORPHAN HOMES AND COTTAGI1::-Expenses I92I 12 8 applied to Administration Expenses . 72 17 6 " GIRLS' TRAINING HOME, II Rosen Hallas," (for Emigration and Interest on [93 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Perpetual Situations) :-Expcnses .., 556 19 Consolidated Debenture Stock at 4% applied to " HOME FOR MOTHERl.ESS CHILDREN :-Expenses...... 455 3 Administration Expenses . 3 10 0 " BOllI!': FOR CRIPPLED AND INCURABLE CHILDREN, ------4r7 18 2 CarIied forward...... [498 6 7 13.227 8 7 STATEMENT-Contil/ued. To Interest on Manchester Corporation Bond for £',300 ,t GENERAL EXPENSES:- at 3!% for Cripples' Home for 6 months ...... 1 6 Taxes, Chief Rents, and Insurances 371 12 II Interest on £1,250 New Zealand Government Con Less Income Tax repaid 83 12 9 solidated Inscribed Stockat4% for Cripples'Home 47 2 a 288 a 2 Interest on Salford Corporation Bond £1000 at 3!% for Auditors' Fee and Legal Expenses . 2~ II 6 Cripples' Home . 32 19 • Magazine Expenses, Printing, Postage, etc . 162 13 0 Interest on £600 Loan Bolckow, Vaughan & Co . 22 12 0 Special Repairs, Painting and Renewals .. 58 12 I 109 Ig II " [1,900 II 49 • 4 Inspection and Visitation Expenses .. 671 TO 7 Meetings and Sales of Work Expenses .. 48 S 9 " Interest on £400 Manchester Ship Canal Co., Second Hospital, Surgical, and Funeral Expenses . 29 5 2 Mortgage Debenture Stock at 4% for Sea-Side \<\fhitsuntide. Christmas, and Holiday Expenses 69 19 8 Home...... 15 1 Recreation, Prizes, Technical School Fees, &c .... 54 '9 II Interest on £379 9s. ad. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Sundry Expenses, Outfits, Remand Cases, etc. T3 13 3 Preference Stock at 4% for Sea-Side Home...... 14 6 a ------29 7 5 860 3 5 II Interest on £1,829 lIS. Sd. South Australian Govern Less Stock December 31St, '9" .. 14 18 I me~t .Inscribed Stock .t 3~% for Emigration ----845 Tral\lmg Home...... 60 6 a '1 LAUNDRY EXPENSES :-Wages, Soap, Coal, Engine, " Interest on £',874 lIS. 9d. New South Wales Govern- Repairs, etc . 363 2 I !nel~t 3~% Inscribed Stock, at for Emigratlon II ADMINISTn.ATION EXPEt\:sEs :-Office Salaries, Postages frawl\lg I-lome...... 61 '5 Printing', Telephone, etc .. 83 17 ----- 122 I " BRASS BAND, AND l'vIuslc EXPENSES :- .. lOS 0 ~ Interest on £46 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Prefer- Less Earnings . 43 17 a ence Stock at 4% for Summer Camp .. I 14 -----64 3 " Interest on £500 Gt. Northern Railway Co. Preferred Boys' Bank Balances extinguished . 24 8 II Converted Ordinary Stock .. 18 16 " Pensions & Grants . 74 17 0 Interest on 80 £10 Crossley Bros., Ltd., 5% Cumu- " Bank Interest charged . 3 2 9 lative Preference Shares for Pension Fund . 37 14 2 Less Allowed . I 3 8 " Interest on [86 Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 4% -----llg I Perpetual Consolidated Debenture Stock for Prize I, TRAINING SHIP EXPENSES . 09 6 3 " Loan. with Bolc! Examined and found correct, JONES, CREWDSON & YOUATT, Chartered Accountants, April 9th, '9'2. Manchester. £1.\,962 lJ 8 December 31st, 1911. IDe. BALANCE SHEET £ s. d. f s. d. £ s. d. By £6,338 . Loan Manchester Corporation 3~% (Chas. To Investment Fund .. 4".88 0 6 LeIgh Clare Fund a/c) 6,338 0 0 II Industrial Departments Depreciation Fund . 164 I 6 .. £',300 Stock 01dham Corporation 4% (Charles ,. Boys' Bank Balances ...... 1I 5 9 Leigh Clare I IJ [1 1934 IDS. Victoria Government 4% Inscribed Stock 1885 (Lucy Oram Clegg Fund a/c) 1,999 IS 9 .. £93 Canadian Pacific Railway 4% Perpetual Consoii- dated Debenture Stock 100 19 I ----12,112 19 9 ,,[1,000 Stock Manchester Corporation 4% (GirlS' Home Fund a c) ,...... 1,000 a a .. £470 Stock lldham Corporation 4% (Girls' Home Fund a/c) . 502 18 a --- -1,502 18 a [1,750 New Zealand Government 4% Consolidated Inscribed Stock (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) ...... 2,017 17 [1400 Manchester Ship Canal Co. 3~% First Mort- , gage Debenture Stock (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) 1,413 IS 6 £500 Manchester Sbip Canal Co. 4% Second Mort gage Debenture Stock (Cripples Home Fund a/c) 500 0 0 II £,r,540 75. South Australian Government 4% In· scribed Slock (Cripples Home Fund a/c) ...... 1,500 0 9 11 £832 I4s. rod. Victoria Government 4% Inscribed Stock 1885, (Cripples Home Fuud a/c) .. 900 8 0 £14'5 17S 7d. Victoria Government 3~% Inscribed " 'Stock, 1889 (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) .. 1,500 0 0 " £331 7s. 4d. C':lIlsols .~% (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) 354 5 8 II £500 CaledoI1lan Ry. Co. Preferred Converted Ordinary Stock 3°'" (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) ... 506 12 .. £.,270 Canadian Pacitlc Railway Co. Perpetual 4% Consolidated Debenture Stock (Cripples' Home Fundale) . 30 Crossley Bros., Ltd. 5% CUlllulative Preference ~OTE.-II1 addition to tll<: Investmellts herein I1dllU.:d the Sbares £10. (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) . 397 8 6 Trustees GWI1 certain land and buildiilgs. £864 os.•d. Cape ofGood Hope Consolidated 4% Stock (Cripples' Home Fund a/c) . 90. 18 0 " [205'1 lIS. C~nadian Pacific Ry. Co. 4% Preference Stock (Cnpples' Home Fnnd a/c) . 2,203 10 6 " [1,250 New Zealand qo.vernment 4% Consolidated Inscribed Stock (Cnpples' Home Fund a/c) ...... 1"P4 2 ., £1,000 Loan Salford Corporation3~%(Cripples' Home Fund a/c) .. o 0 " £'.500 Bolckow,Vaughan & Co.,Loan at 4%(Cripples' Home Fund a/c) . o 19,694 12 II " £400 Manchester Ship Canal Co. 4% Se~ond Mort- age Debenture Stock (Sea-Side Home Fund a/c) ... 400 o 0 .. t379 9s od. CanadIan PacIfic Ry. Co. 4% Prefer- ence Stock (Sea-Side Home Fund a/c) .. 399 9 799 4 9 " £1,8'9 lIS. Sd. Soutb A~stralian Government 3~% Inscribed Stock (EollgratlOn Tralllmg Home Fund a/c)...... ',000 0 0 £1,874 us. 9d. New Soutb Wales Government 3~% Inscribed Stock 19[8 (E. T. Home Fund a/c) ',000 0 0 ----4,000 o 0 £46 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 4% Consolidated ,,- Debenture Slock (Camp Account)...... 49 15 6 IJ 80 Crossley Bros., Ltd. 5% Cumulative Preference Shares £10. (Pensions Fund a/c) . .. £86 Canadian Pacific Railway. Co. Perpetual 4% Cons Deb. Stock (Nadm Pnze Fund a/c) ...... 98 19 .. £1,000 Great Central Ry. Co. 5% Preference Stock (General Fund alc).. 1.331 6 0 " £500 Great NortheI11 Ry. Co. Preferred Converted Ordinary Stoci' (General Fund a/c) .. " Sou thport and Churchtm\'11 Botanic Gardens and !VI useulTI Co., Ltd., General Fund a/c .. '4 0 0 -----1,983 0 6 " St0.ck of Clothing, Wood, Paper, etc .. 1,743 4 I " Umon Bank of Manchester, Ltd. . . 819 4 I 'I Balance . 128 14 7 £43.979 3 3 £43.979 3 New Children's Shelter Account. For year ending December 31St, IgII. £: s. d. !. To Gerrard & Sons, Ltd., Bnilders...... 265 18 5 By Balance brought forward from 1910 . " Architect's COUlmission and Sundry Expenses 237 14 6 49 " Balance transferred to New Sea-Side Home " Contnbullons during 19 U :. 7°i ': Account 263 19 6 $ubacrtptiona an~ JDonationa. Any amount contributed for a special branch of the work Is so designated by the fund placed opposite the amount, viz :-Orphan Homes. Home lor Crippled and Illcurable Children, Sea-Side Home, Motherless Children's Home, Emigration, Training Ship, SutnLU~r Camp, Police Court Missioll, Prison Gate Mission. Children's Shelter, Sea-Side Home (Extension). Where there is no designation the amount has been placed to the General Fund of the Institution. See end of Report for Contributions from Collecting Boxes and Cards, Churches and Sunday Schools, Bazaars, Entertainments, Meetings, &c. Fund £ s. d. Abbey Mr. (Victoria, B.C.)... 04 2 Abbott Frank S. 5 5 0 I I 0 £767 12 5 Camp o 10 6 " N. A.B.C. Shelter o 4 6 Sea-Side HOllie o 10 6 " Camp 060 Abercrombie" A. 200 A.B.M. ') 0 0 Camp 4 00 Ack~oyd Harold .. 05 0 " Acomb St. go" Sea-Side HOllie 060 New Sea-Side4Home·;Account. Adam Lady Forbes 100 J. W., per Rev. P. K. Batcban Camp I I 0 6 For year ending December 31St, IgII. " Gerald" .. 04 Affleck & Brown, Ltd. I I 0 £ s.l [ s. d. Agnew T. H. & Bro. 220 To Balance in hand...... 2015 15 6 By Balance transferred from New Childrell's Miss I I 0 Shelter Account 163 19 i Camp I I 0 " Com">""00'..... "" "'1 .. M·,:s. Ernest, per Miss Bickham o 10 6 Aikman Misses Shelter 05 0 Ainsworth Miss Mary S Camp 5 0 0 Aitken Mrs. 220 Thos. Camp 5 0 0 5 00 " ,,(Dinner) .. Sh~ltel' Aitken, Campbell & Co. I I 0 Aldred Misses, per Rev. P. Ie Batchan Camp 060 Alexander Mrs. Sea-Side H01H' 3 00 Calllp 3 0 0 II " Alison Henry .. I 0 0 Allan Mrs., per Miss Scott .. o 2 6 Allen J. E. T. ... 33 0 Miss Barbara Sea-Side HOlHe o 5 0 Miss Edith 07 0 [2015 15 6 50 Fund £ s d. Fund s. d. I I 0 £ Armstrong T. & Bro. Allen Robert I 0 0 Arning A. W ..• Calllp 2 2 0 Mrs. C. C. 5 0 0 5 0 0 " W.H... Arnold Alfred, Senior (Whalley Range) I I 0 .. Alfred L...... 5 00 Almond Alfred H. I 0 0 10 10 0 Calllp W.A... M;~s 100 Camp 2 2 0 Aliham .." o 13 0 'I I' I 0 0 Arrowsmith Mrs. Amounts under 2/6 I 16 5 2 2 0 Arthur Andrew T. Camp 066 Camp 060 Cripples Home o I (; A.S. A Servant 060 Extension o I 0 Fri~od O;pha" Bomes 5 0 0 An 'Old Camp 2 0 0 Ash R. R. Ashmore A. o 10 6 Anderson Mr. & Mrs·.·D E" I I 0 A. C. o 10 6 " Mrs., per Mis~ C: H. Bi~s o 2 6 Miss 020 Andrew W. E. .. o 10 o Anonymous .... Ashworth E. L. Camp o 10 0 o 5 o Francis, J.P. I I 0 o 5 o Mrs. E. 05 0 o o 5 .. Philip o 10 0 o o 5 Aston Misses .. I I 0 o 2 6 0 .. Mrs. Edward 33 Ca.mp o 2 6 o 3 0 (Southpo'ri) o 6 o Asquith Mrs. Atchedey Miss Cl'ip"!es Homc o 5 0 (Stockpor0 .. .. " 15 0 o I I 0 Atherton A. A. " per Miss Charlton Orpllall Homes o 10 (9 I 0 0 Anson Geo. E., per Miss Armitag~ . .. Mrs. 5 0 o Atkinson Alfred J., per Miss Hurst I I 0 A.P. Cam) o 6 o Cripples HOlIIl I I 0 II •• o 6 o Orpha" Homcs I I 0 Appleton Percy o 5 o P. G. Missioll I I 0 .. Mrs. J. I 0 o Cyril. . 2 2 0 A.R.B... o 12 o 0 Ardern Mrs. .. .. Leonard \Y. 33 1 0 o Cripples Home 2 2 0 Armitage G. F., per Miss Ar'mitag~ 2 2 o Miss .. 05 0 Mrs. Rigby, .. 2 :a o Mrs. S. 05 0 Mrs. ''Vm. " o 10 o A.W.F." P. G. Missiox o 5 0 Fenton I 0 o Camp :a 0 o Mr~. Samu~i Baguley Fred per Rev. P. K. Batchan Cn.lnp 05 0 3 o o 060 Camp 2 o o Miss Edith" M'iss E. 'C. Bahin Mrs. M. o 7 0 I I o o 10 0 Camp Bailey Chas. A. Mi~s M~ry 2 2 o I I 0 .. o 5 0 Mrs. & Rigby .. " Calllp o 10 6 5 5 0 I I 0 V. K. Exors of the late " Sir Wm. B., J.P. 500 o 0 0 Bain W. B... .. r 6 Calllp 5 o 0 fO 0 .. W.H. Baird Benjamin Cox o 5 o 0 Camp 05 0 Armstrong F. E. I 0 Baker James .. Miss E. Baldock S. 060 I I 0 03 0 Camp o 6 0 Baldwick Mrs. Mi;~ Jane B. Balmforth A... I I 0 (> 10 o 100 Thos. .. II o Bancroft James, per Mrs. Harold Lee Miss Sea-Side Home 100 Sea-Side Home I 4 0 53 Fund £ s. d. Bannerman Mrs. 220 Fund £ s. d. Bannister G. ... a 2 6 Batty W. D., per Miss Ellisoo a 5 a I 0 a Barber Miss, per Miss Bickham a 5 a Baxendell Miss Miss .. Extension a 5 a Baxter Mrs., per Miss May Bickham a 5 a 2 2 a Miss G. E. II a Bayley Francis S. Ca.lltp 2 2 a Barbour R. & Bro. 2 2 a "" Cripples Home II a Barclay J. W., per Miss Hurst 5 5 a Mrs. C. H. P. C. Mission II a " R.N.,,, " II 2 10 a 1 I a " Robbie, Margaret, J aim & Betty .. Camp 14 0 Wm. II a Bardsley Miss Mabel ...... Cl'ipples Home a 10 a " 't Camp " "per Rev.P.K.Batchan Camp a 6 a Baynes Miss Shelter a 5 a Ca.lllp a 5 a E. H.. a 6 a B;~ley Miss Amy" a 6 a Si;'Tbos. 5., Bart 5 5 a Bean William .. II a S. II"" a 6 a " Mrs., per Miss Bickham •• a 5 a Beckett Mrs. .. I 10 a Camp a 12 a Barker John L. I I a " " " Mrs., per Mrs. Neville Clegg 2 2 a Beddie Mrs., per Miss Hayton a TO a Barlow Frank, J.P., C.A. .. .. 2 2 a Bedell Mrs., per Miss Aldred a 5 a H.B... Ca.lIIP 2 2 a Bee Mrs., per Rev. P. 1(. Batchan a 6 a MissA. a 5 a Beech Percy .. I I 0 II a Miss A. E. F. 2 a a .. Rowland Miss E. a 5 a Behrens Sir Charles .. Callip 5 a a Miss, per Miss Carter Orphall Homes a 5 a The Brothers (5. L. Behrens& Co.) Shelter 2 2 a Olphal/ Homes 220 Thos. & Bro. 2 2 a " II a " William a 2 6 W.L... P. C. Mission Barnes H. R. .. Camp a 5 a Beith Alexander Cripples H()''IIIe I I a 2 2 a Miss .. II a Mrs. J. A. Miss Esther 10 a a Calllp 2 2 a Stevenson & Co. 0 ., " Camp a 10 a 55 Miss Mary 10 a a Bell Rev. Benjamin a 5 a Camp GM.H... II a " a 10 a Mrs. 04 6 Henry a 10 6 2 2 a Barningham Tbos. 3 3 a J. Carter .. Camp Barnsley John (Victoria B. C.) .. 220 Mrs. a 5 a Barratt ';Yalter E., per Miss Hurst II a Thomas .. Camp 7 10 a Barrelt Mrs. H. a 10 a Mrs. Thos. 5 a a II a Barritt Miss 05 0 Wm. Barrow Mrs. Orphall HOl/lts a 10 a " per G. K. Thompson Camp a 6 a Miss Annie a 5 a " Miss a 6 a Frank .. a 5 a Bellhouse Miss per Mrs. Neville Clegg I a a Hy. Newton, J.P. Shelter" a 5 a Mrs. E. II a Barton Mrs. .. 026 Mrs. K. C. 100 Basford B. Camp I I a " Mrs. per Miss K. Heyworth a 5 a Batchan Misses Jeanie & Enirl a 12 a Bengel' Mrs. II a Bale Miss a 6 a Camp I a a Sea-Side HOllie 100 Bathe Miss E ... <) 6 a " to Shelter a 10 a Bennett Miss, per Rev. P. K. Batcban Camp a 6 a B;ttersb~ J ~h~ 'Wilson a 10 6 Mrs., per Miss Clemson .. Ol-phall HOllies I a Batty J. Rayner, J.P. Calllp 3 a 0 " "S. A. a 5 a Mrs. J. G. I a a Benson Daniel a 5 a 55 54 Fund i- s. d. Fund £ s. d. Blakeley Mrs. R. P ... I o 0 Bentley Alfred T. 200 Bleackley Miss E. A. Camp o 6 0 James & Co... 2 2 0 .. Miss Fanny o 5 0 Miss (CrowborouglJ) 2 2 0 Bles Jos., per Miss May Bickham .. I I 0 I I 0 Orphan Homes Boys 220 " Mrs., tI Orpl, an Homes G£I'ls 2 2 0 Bloomer H. W. Camp I I 0 M otherl~ss Child,'w 220 Blundell Miles I I 0 Cripples Home 5 0 0 Blunt Mrs. J ... I o 0 Sea-Side Home 2 2 0 Boardman The Misses Orpha.n Homes 2 2 0 .. Prison Gate Mission 220 Cripples Home 2 2 0 (Church Stretton) Camp o 5 0 Camp o 18 0 .. Mi:s S. I 10 0 Bodd'ington R. S." ,. .. o 10 0 T. Percy & Mrs. o 10 6 Boddington's Breweries Ltd. 2 2 0 " William O,'phall Homes o 10 0 I I 0 II Bolton H. H ... Berisford S. & W" Ltd. I I 0 .. J. J. 2 2 0 "Bessie" 10 10 0 Booth Geo. J., J.P. 1 I 0 Ctlmp 10 0 0 Miss. per Miss N. Ellison o 5 0 Bett~ G. Orphan E-1omes 05 0 Miss E. C. (Southport) Orphan HOllies I o 0 Bevel'idge Mrs., per Miss May Bickham .. o 2 0 Miss E, C. (Hove) I I 0 Bewley W. F., per Miss Ellison .. o 10 0 .. Miss Ellen o 2 6 Bickerton Thos. H, .. o 5 0 Boston Herbert Camp I o 0 060 2 2 0 " " Camp Jobn ,. Bickham Mrs., per Mrs. H. T. Gaddum I I 0 Botsford Mrs... o 10 0 .. Miss May .. I I 0 Bottrill Miss Dora. per Miss Ellison o 15 0 Biesty John 05 0 Bourne Samuel o 5 0 Bilsborough Miss, per Miss Scott .. 02 0 Boutflower Mrs. Orphall Homes 12 o 0 Bindloss Miss Mary .. o 12 0 Bowden Miss .. o 10 6 Birch Herbert T. I I 0 .. Robert I I 0 Mrs. H. T. o 10 6 .. Bowdon" I o 0 Sea-Side Home 050 o 10 0 " II BowenG. Birchall Chas. E. 220 Christmas o 10 0 Bird H. 07 6 Miss Gertrude o 10' 6 Birkbeck Alderman W. Camp I I 0 Camp o 6 0 Birley Rev. H. H. o 10 6 Bo~es A.'P. 2 2 0 " Philip A. CripPles Home 15 0 0 Bowker Mrs., per Miss Charlton Orphan Homes I o 0 Birrell J. V., per Rev. P. Ie Batchan Camp o 12 0 Bowman Mark S. I o 0 .. Birth,'ay the 21St" 10 10 0 Boyd James 5 o 0 Blackburn G. A. Camp 060 Boydell J. H ... I I 0 .. Mrs., per Miss May Bickham I 0 Bradburn E .. , Camp 2 2 0 Blacklock H. & Co. Ltd. 220 Bradbury Mrs., per Mrs. H. T. Gaddum 1 o 0 Blackstock & Co. I 0 Bradshaw Frank & Arthur...... I I 0 Blackwell John, J.P. I 0 .. 1\11'. & Mrs. James I I 0 Camp 0 I I 0 p~r 44 Bradwell S. J ... .. s. 'N., Rev P. Ie Batchan 060 .. Bramhall" o 5 o Blair G. Beatson 5 0 0 o 2 6 Camp 00 Brass'~y I I 0 " " 5 Miss Jas. T ... 10 0 0 Camp I I 0 II ., II Camp 10 0 0 Br~~ks Mi~~ o 3 0 Blake James, per Rev. P. Ie Batchan 2 2 0 Brett Alfred o 10 0 Blakeley Miss .. o 7 6 Bridgford Miss M .. per Miss Charlton Orphan Homes o 10 0 Miss K. S ... 07 6 ) 57 Fund £ s. d. Fund £ s. d. Bridgford Frederick 5 a 0 Burge's Ed...... a 10 6 Brierley Edgar II a " Irene & Helme Camp o 12 0 Briggs Miss A .. o 2 6 " Mrs. S. 060 Mrs. II a Burgon's Ltd... 2 2 0 Cripples Home II a Calnp II a William 220 Bur~an M';s. Fred 05 0 Sea-Side Home 2 TO a Burnley Councillor W. P. .. .. I I 0 Camp 2 10 0 .... &Mrs.W.P... Christmas I I 0 220 Burns Robert .. 10 0 0 Camp 060 Christmas 100 o 6 0 Orphall Homes 3 0 0 060 Cripples Home 3 00 060 Sea-Side Home 200 I 0 Camp 200 o 5 a Extmsiolt 25 0 0 Camp 060 Bl;~rows 'Mr. & Mrs. Miles F. I 0 0 2 2 a "& Family Camp 2 10 0 a 10 0 Bu;;les, T~te & c:o. o 10 0 Camp a 12 a I I 0 " II " Burton Mrs. M. J. Brocklehurst Mrs., per G. K. Thompson 026 Butlin Miss o 5 0 E.& H.per Rev.P.K.Batchan o 12 0 Butler Mrs. Orphan Homes 03 0 Miss A.. Camp a 6 a Butterworth Alfred I 0 C Bromley Miss 079 E. & Son. Ltd. 1 I 0 Brookes Miss .. o 5 a H. S. I I 0 Camp 060 " Mrs. per Miss Bickham o 10 0 Cripples Home a 5 0 Byrom Arthur.. Camp 44 0 .. .. G. Camp a 5 a " Miss M. W. 2 2 0 Brooks Jos. Camp a 2 6 Bythway T. E. o 10 0 Broughton Copper Co. Ltd. 220 M.H. I I 0 "Blown" Camp 100 Camp I 0 0 Brown Dr. A. 220 Geo. A. Camp I I 0 Caine Rev. Thomas .. Camp o 10 0 2 % a Mi ,. II per Miss Ellison Christmas 0 5 0 Hom, Humphries Mrs. 0 10 6 J.A. Cripples IS 0 0 Camp 0 10 0 Huntley Mrs... II 0 " Jack, Jill, & Derrick" I 0 0 .. Camp II 0 Jackson Frank B. .. .. Hurrell" i\Iiss" Louie 0 10 0 .. Mrs., per Miss Ellison 0 2 6 Exors. of Daniel S. 1 14 0 Hurst Miss 5 5 0 9 9 Camp 2 2 0 James 0 5 0 .t " Mrs. Francis M. Camp 0 Hutchinson James 0 5 0 5 5 W. Cripples HOllie 0 10 0 P.G. MissiOtl 5 0 0 Huthwaite" Mrs. P.C Mission 0 Taffe & Sons r 1 0 3 3 0 10 6 Hutton Mrs. J. A. Calllp II 0 J. & K. .. Camp I 0 0 Huxtable J. (Victoria, B.C.) 0 4 2 James Edward Cripples Hom e I 0 0 Hyde'S Queen's Brewery II 0 Jameson Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Camp I 10 0 Illingworth Mrs. per Miss Bickham II 0 " InZlSmuch " .. Camp 0 6 0 Ivlr. 'k: Mrs. W. E. 0 6 0 Camp 0 0 " Inchmario " .. I 6 0 5 " " 2 2 0 "In loving memory" .. I 0 0 Jarratt Mrs. E. G. 0 6 0 of F. M. Booth " Shelter I I 0 J.B.R. .- a dear sister & brother" O,'phan HOllies 0 10 0 Jeanneret J. F. (Victoria, B.C.) 0 10 6 .."In M~mori'~m " 0 0 Jefferis Frank H. I 0 5 II 0 A.ER." .. 0 7 6 Jennison J. & Co. per Henry Hiller" Camp 0 6 0 " John 0 10 0 II 0 March 25th" Orphan Homes I 0 0 Jepson Tllos.... J. Hindley," per Rev. J.F. T3 0 0 Camp 0 0 P. K Batchan Camp I I 0 Johnson Colonel Herbert A. 5 Lane) II 0 Jane" I 0 0 .. James (China J.W. Camp 0 0 Kathleen" Cripples Home 0 4 0 " 5 Mrs. Pasley" 0 10 0 Miss 0 6 0 Mr. & Mrs. Hy. Lowe" 0 10 0 Camp 0 6 0 0 Ethel A. Tooley" I 0 0 Mrs., 5 0 W. H. (Whalley Range) 2 2 0 S.D." 5 0 u Cripphs H01/le I I 0 tl It September 20th" Sea-Side HOllie I 0 0 Camp II .. In memory of E. W." 2 0 0 0 Sell-Side Hom, 0 10 6 Mrs Backhouse" .. I 0 0 Shelter 0 10 6 A. B. tlrayshay " .. Camp 6 6 0 ,. ,. II " .. Mrs. W. H.,per Mrs. Neville Clegg 2 2 A.E.S." I 0 0 0 Chris ,. Cripples HOllie 0 10 6 Johnston Jas., per Rev. P. K. Batchan Camp 0 6 0 Jack" 0 10 6 Johnstone C. A. 5 5 0 H.B." I I 0 Jones Bros.. Ltd 5 5 0 Camp 6 James Jackson" II 0 E. Herbert 0 0 J.R." Camp 10 0 John 2 2 0 " " 7 E. &R... 0 10 6 .. "J.M.A." (Dinner) .. 5 5 0 .. In memory of Little Ethel" .. Cl'ipples" Home 0 10 0 Miss, per Miss Scott " 0 5 0 I " my husband's birthday" •. II 0 Miss Amy 0 0 .. Charlie McMillen" 0 10 0 Cripples Home I 0 0 .. Rev. T. Taylor" .. Sea-Side Home IS 0 0 Cil1np 2 0 0 74 75 Fund £ s. d. Fund £ s. d. Jones Mrs. (Southport) I I 0 " ,,(Hale) .. o 5 0 Knowles Miss, per Miss Scott o 2 0 Mrs. Tom Cripples HOllie o 10 0 Emigratioll 220 P.G. KolpN. 060 Kullmann & Co. I I 0 W.C. I I 0 Lake Miss C ... Camp o 2 0 Jopson Mr. & Mrs. 200 Lamb r.lrs. (Dinner) .. 33 0 Calllp o 12 0 Jo~ce Mr~. Lambert John, per G. K. Thompson I I 0 & children o 6 0 Lang Mr. & Mrs., per Miss Charlton Orphan Homes 2 2 0 Judell Miss 10 0 0 Langley Edward, Annie, and George Camp 060 Kauntze S. Ca.mp 200 I I 0 Kay Mrs. (Victoria, B.C.) " W. N. I I 0 Langworthy Bros., & Co., Ltd. 5 00 " Thomas.. .. Camp 20 0 0 Larkworthy Miss Camp 05 0 Kearsley Mrs.. per Rev. P. K. Batchan .. o 10 0 .. Laurels" Children, per Rev. P. 1<. Keeling Miss .. o 10 0 Batchan .. Camp I 16 0 " Misses Orphan Homes 05 0 Laverack George H ... o 10 0 Keevil Mr. & Mrs. C. P. 220 o 2 6 Kemp Francis.. Lawson Mrs., per Miss Ellison 550 Laxton Wm. Allison .. Camp I I 0 Christmas I I 0 Cripples Home I I 0 Camp 220 Lay;itz Ni;. (Vict~~'i~" B.C.) 220 Sea-Side Home 3 3 0 Calllp I 16 0 " The Misses .. Leach Mrs. 800 Leak Mrs. Sea-Side Home I I 0 Kendal, Milne & Co., Ltd. 2 2 0 220 Kendall Lewis B. Leaver Henry .. 330 Phil, per Rev. P. 1<. Batchan Camp 060 Kenyon James I I 0 I I 0 Miss G. E. Camp " Thos.. o 5 0 Ledward H. Davenport 10 0 0 Cripples Home I 0 0 05 0 H.L." Mrs. 026 Lee Frank I 0 0 P. S. o 10 0 10 0 0 Mrs. G. R. Camp " Harold, per Mrs. Harold Lee.. I I 0 Mrs. Harold I 0 0 William 200 o 10 0 Kerr Richard J. .. " Mrs. (Sale) 2 2 0 (Wilmslow) .. I 0 0 Kershaw E., per Miss Scott .. o 2 6 Orphan HOllies I 1 0 Mrs... " per Mrs. Freston .. 026 Leech Mrs. 1 0 0 Stanley Camp o 10 6 I I 0 Kessen Mrs. Mary A .. Lees J. D. 2 2 0 Miss I I 0 Keymer Mrs. J. H., per G. 1<. Thompson o 6 0 Christmas o 10 6 Kidd J. C., per Mrs. Boutflower " Orphan Homes o 10 0 " Calllp 7 17 0 King Miss, per Miss Bickham 020 E~ors. Cripplrs Home 100 0 0 Kirkland H. G. of the late Miss 100 " Mrs. Hartley 5 00 Kirkman Miss .• o 10 0 026 Kitchin F. S. " Shelter Mrs., per Miss May Bickham o TO 0 Wm.J.P. 200 Knott Herbert 20 0 0 Camp 00 EricW. 3 04 0 L~;'gh J." ., .. 03 6 Roger B. o 10 0 200 Miss Doris S. " Miss (Swinton) 020 (Bramhall) C 106 SUMMARY OF CO TRIBUTIONS. fHil'isfmas fTamily Collections. 191 r. s. d. Alexander Chas. T. £ 3 6 6 Barclay Mrs. R. N. I 6 0 Baynes Miss .. I 18 6 £ s. d. " Broom Holm" a 10 0 Bushill A. General Fund, including Subscriptions. o 3 5 " Chaseley" House Donations, Collecting Cards and Boxes, o 13 0 Cowcill Jas. I 17 6 Bazaars, Entertainments, Christmas Curnick H. D. o 12 0 Offerings, and Church and Sunday Farmer S. 090 School Offertories; for Refuges, Fergie & Ratcliffe 03 6 Gillison, J. Homes, and Orphanages ... 8855 10 2 080 Hayward Miss N. 100 Home for Crippled and Incurable Children ... 47° IS II Hertz Miss Olga o 15 a Lee Frank do do Endowment 600 0 I 10 0 ° McGovern Miss Kathleen 056 Emigration Fund 559 13 0 Mofflin F. C. 026 J68 10 Muckelt Miss Sea-Side Home Fund 3 05 0 Orr Miss 6 I o 13 0 Sea-Side Camp Fund 15°7 Ray Miss Dorothy M. o II 6 Prison Gate and Police Court Missions Fund 1 IS Saxelby Miss B. N. 4 9 o 10 0 Silcock Ralph C. Children's Shelter Fund 8 9 o I 9 39 Smith Mrs, J. o 16 0 II 0 0 . Watson C. ]. Training Ship I 12 3 Whittaker Miss Gertrude E. New Children's Shelter Building Fund 2 0 0 o 15 0 Williams J. D. 2 12 0 New Sea-Side Home Fund 175 1 16 0 Wood Walter .. 053 New Canadian Home ... 5°0 ° 0 ------£14,507 18 11 .,\ ----- SUBSCRIPTIONS. FORM OF MONEY LEGACY. Subscriptions are NOW due and will be thank I bequeath to the .. NIANCHESTER AND SAl.FORD Boys' AND fully received by any of the Committee, the Treasurer, GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES AD CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY," or at the Union Bank of Manchester, Limited. established in Manchester, the sum of £ free of legacy dUly, to be applicable for the General purposes of such Society, and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or olher propel' officer for the time bing of the said Society shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. £200 Is required every week to carryon the various operations of the Institution. Form of Gift of Freehold or Leasehold Property. [May now be given by 'Will to a Charity under Statute 54 and 55 Vic. cap. 73)· I give to the persons who at the time of my decease shall be the GIFTS. Property Trustees of tbe !{ANCHESTER AND SALFORD Boys' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES AND CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY Donations of clothing, new or second-hand. or of established in Manchester (my freehold 01' leasehold) propert)' useful articles of any description. will be most thank consisting of (s1lOl I/y describe it) situate at fully received. As the children from three to sixteen in county of free of succession 01' legacy years o~ age, both ~oys and girls, come to us needing duty (which duty I hereby direct shall be paid out of my general estate) and I direct that such property and all moneys arising everythtng, there IS hardly any limit to the way in therefrom shall be applicable [or the general purposes of the whIch the work can be helped forward. Society.