LONDON CITY MISSION. Funds urgently Needed. Bankers-Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co., 54, Lombard St., E.Ć. The object of this Society, established 1835, is to evangelise the masses in the Metropolis, by carrying the Gospel to every house, garret, and lodging-house, and beseeching men to be reconciled to God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The number of Missionaries is now 464. Every missionary visits once a month about 650 families, or 2,900 persons. They also meet constantly about Half a Million Working Men in Factories and elsewhere. Special Missionaries have been appointed to various classes, amongst others to the Bakers, night and day Cabmen, Omnibus men, Canal boatmen, Soldiers, Sailors, and the Criminal classes, besides Foreigners from all parts of the world. SUMMARY OF WORK DURING 1885-1886. It is estimated ... ... A large addition to the number of Missionaries is needed at once. that over a Million of the Working Classes in London never attend any place of Public Worship. All Communications to be addressed and Subscriptions sent to the Secretaries, 3, Bridewell Place, London, E.C. F. A. BEVAN, Chairman. [15a LONDON COTTAGE MISSION Instituted in the year 1870. Offices: 44, FINSBURY PAVEMENT, LONDON, E.C. This Society is suppo.ted by Voluntary Contributions, and is established for the Religious, Intellectual, and Social Elevation of the Working Classes, by means of Gospel Services held in Mission Halls, Tents, Chapels or Churches, either rented, purchased, or built specially for the said purpose; Cottage Meetings held in the homes of the poor or otherwise, Addresses to Tramps and others in Lodging-house Kitchens, Open-Air Preaching, Special Services for Children, Sunday Schools, Mothers' Meetings, Maternity Societies, Clothing and other Clubs, Bible Classes, House to House Visitation, Tract Distribution, Working Men's Institutes, with Reading and Coffee Rooms, Lectures on Self-help, Thrift, &c., and other Social and Religious Subjects, Entertainments and Concerts, Temperance Societies, Bands of Hope, and Excursions into the country; also For the benevolent and charitable purpose of Relieving the Sick and Destitute Poor by means of Temporary or Permanent Pecuniary Aid in derserving cases, weekly Irishstew Dinners to poor Children, and gratuitous Distribution of Food, Fuel, and Clothing. Also supports a large Convalescent and Country Home for poor Children, with nearly One Hundred Beds, at Halls Green Farm, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent. And carries on OUTCASTS' HAVEN, a Night and Day Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Girls, at Dod Street, Limehouse, where nearly Two Hundred Beds are made up nightly. FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED to develop the good work the Mission has in view. Subscriptions and Donations will be gratefully received and acknowledged by Miss F. NAPTON, the Lady Superintendent, 304, Burdett Road, Limehouse, E.; the Bankers, THE LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN BANK, 7, Fenchurch Street, E.C.; and by WALTER AUSTIN, Managing Director, 44, Finsbury Pavement, London, E.C. [298 Founded 1655. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1678. Offices: 2, BLOOMSBURY PLACE, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, W.C. Sums Paid in 1885. £4,533 To CLERGYMEN-Temporary Grants in time of need The total number of Grants and Pensions was 1,570. Annual Subscriptions and Donations are urgently needed, Legacies also form a most important feature in the annual receipts of this old-established Charity. W. PAGET BOWMAN, Registrar. [148 ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANNE'S SOCIETY. SCHOOLS-RED HILL AND ALDERSGATE, OFFICE-58, GRACECHURCH_STREET, E.C. OBJECTS.-Orphans and other necessitous Children, born in Prosperity, whose parents (Clergymen, Naval or Military Officers, Members of the Legal, Medical, and other Professions, Merchants or Traders) are now in Adversity. ADVANTAGES.-Home, Clothing, Maintenance, and Education. 400 Children are now in the Schools. Forms of Nomination can be obtained at the Office. Funds are much needed, as the Institution is Unendowed. Children eligible under the rules can be admitted by purchase. Treasurer-Sir R. N. FOWLER, Bart., M.P., Alderman. Life Subscriptions, £10 10s. with Two Votes; £5 5s. with One Vote. Annual ditto, £1 Is. with THE ARMY SCRIPTURE READERS' & SOLDIERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. 4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, London, W.C. Patron-His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY. Treasurer-V. G. M. HOLT, Esq., 17, Whitehall Place. Extract of Rule I.-The Sole object of this Society is to spread the saving knowledge of Christ among our Soldiers. It has now 90 Scripture Readers on the list of the Society, of whom 20 are abroad and 70 at Home. Contributions towards the work in which the Society is engaged will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, V. G. M. HOLT, Esq., 17, Whitehall Place; at the NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, 212, Piccadilly, W.; and by the Secretary, Mr. WILLIAM A. BLAKE, at the Offices, No. 4, Trafalgar Square, W.C.; or by the Hon. Secretary, Colonel J. W. F. SANDWITH. [115 THE SURGICAL AID SOCIETY. Office: SALISBURY SQUAre, fleet STREET, E.C. This Society was established in 1862, to supply Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Artificial Limbs, &c., and every other description of mechanical support to the poor, without limit as to locality or disease. WATER BEDS and INVALID CARRIAGES are Lent to the Afflicted. It provides against imposition by supplying the appliance on the certificate of a Surgeon only. By special grants it ensures that every deserving applicant shall receive prompt assistance. 70,241 APPLIANCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN. per annum, Contributions are earnestly solicited. Bankers-Messrs. BARCLAY & Co., Lombard Street. WILLIAM TRESIDDER, Secretary. [129 THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Formed in 1792. Its present sphere of labour embraces Continental India and the Island of Ceylon, China, Hayti, Trinidad, the Bahamas, West and Central Africa, Norway, France, Italy, and Japan. It also supports an Institution for Training Native Agency in the Island of Jamaica. Besides preaching the Gospel, the Society has been honoured as the instrument of translating and printing the Holy Scriptures, either wholly or in part, in about FORTYSEVEN of the Indian Languages, the Chinese, the Singhalese and the Dualla on the coast of Africa. Treasurer-Joseph Tritton, Esq. General Secretary-ALFRED HENRY BAYNES, Esq., F.R.A.S., to whom all Money Orders should be made payable. Bankers-Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN, TRITTON & Co., 54, Lombard Street, E.C BAPTIST MISSION HOUSE, 19, FURNIVAL STREET, HOLBORN, E.C. [285 DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, OLD KENT ROAD, and MARGATE, KENT. 4,760 Children have been admitted. 310 now in the Asylum: During the last 74 years over 1,840 Children have been apprenticed to various trades, at a cost to the Charity of upwards of £17,000. Deaf and Dumb Children are eligible for Election in January and July, from Seven to Ten years of age. Annual Subscription, One Vote, 10s. 6d.; Life Subscription, One Vote, £5 5s. Votes increased with Subscriptions. Donations and Subscriptions are earnestly solicited. Office-93, Cannon Street, City, E.C. CHARLES FEW, Treasurer. CITY OF LONDON TRUSS 85, FINSBURY SQUARE. [127 SOCIETY. For the Relief of the Ruptured Poor throughout the Kingdom. Established 1807. Patron-H.R. H. The PRINCE of WALES, K.G. The Patients, numbering about 9,000 in the year, are of both sexes and all ages-from Children a month old to Adults over go. Upwards of 420,000 Patients have been relieved since the formation of the Charity. Subseriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by the Society's Bankers, Messrs. BOSANQUET, SALT and Co., 62, Lombard Street; and by the Secretary, at the Institution. JOHN NORBURY, Treasurer. JOHN WHITTINGTON, Secretary. [119 Association for the Oral Instruction of the DEAF & DUMB. (2) To train qualified Teachers on this System. (3) To maintain a Normal School for instructing Deaf and Dumb Children. For all particulars apply to WILLIAM VAN PRAAGH, Esq., Director, at the above address. Personal interviews any morning between Eleven and Twelve. Public Lesson every Wednesday afternoon at Three o'clock. [101 THE ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES, WEST HILL, PUTNEY HEATH. Sea-side House, St. Margaret's Road, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, The work of the Royal Hospital for Incurables is twofold: it affords a HOME for the most necessitous, and grants a Pension of £20 a year in cases where a home already exists. The Charity is National in its character; persons are received as Inmates and Pensioners from all parts of the United Kingdom. Present number of Beneficiaries:-INMATES, 196; PENSIONERS, 507. Total, 703. An ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER has One Vote for each Half-a-Guinea; A LIFE SUBSCRIBER has One Vote for Life for each Five Guineas. The ELECTIONS are held Half-Yearly, in the months of May and November. The Hospital may be visited any day (except Sunday) between the hours of 12 and 6, by the Governors and Friends of the Institution. Bankers.-Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, CURRIE and Co., 67, Lombard Street, E.C. Post Office Orders payable at Queen Victoria Street, E.C. FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary. [124 OF THE HOSPITAL for CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. The pressure for admission has rendered an Extension a long-felt necessity. A NEW BUILDING has been erected opposite the existing Hospital (with its 200 Beds), containing 137 ADDITIONAL BEDS which are fully occupied, The ordinary expenditure of the parent Hospital is about £17,000 a-year, and the Maintenance of the New Building adds about £8,000 a-year to the expenses. The Charity being unendowed, is dependent on Donations, Annual Subscriptions, and Legacies. Contributions are therefore much needed, and are earnestly solicited in aid of the funds. Treasurer-The EARL of LEVEN and MELVILLE. (120 CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Victoria Park, E. Patron: Her MAJESTY the QUEEN. The Hospital contains 164 beds, and affords relief to the Poor and Working Classes afflicted with Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (including Heart Disease). The annual expenditure is more than £10,000, and the reliable income is less than £3,000. The Institution has No Endowment whatever, and the support of the public is therefore earnestly solicited to sustain its operations. THE OLDEST HOSPITAL IN EURope for diseases of the chest, THE ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. CITY ROAD, LONDON, E.C. Founded by H.B.H. the late Duke of Kent, 1814. Rebuilt, 1863. Enlarged and New Wing, 1876-77. New Wing for In-Patients, 1884. Under the immediate Patronage of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Vice-Patrons-H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., &c. H.R.H. DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G.,&c. H.R.H. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, K.G., &c. H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. President Trustees-The Right Hon. the Lord WOLVERTON. The Right Hon. the Lord CHARLES BRUCE. Colonel MAKINS, M.P. Lord ROTHSCHILD. Treasurer-The Hon. PASCOE GLYN, 67, Lombard Street, E.C. The Central Position of this old-established Hospital: The fact that it receives Patients from all parts of the Kingdom: That a New Wing, containing Eighty Beds for In-Patients, has just been added to the Hospital: That it has dispensed its benefits for more than Seventy years: And that it is dependent on Voluntary Contributions: Urge the Council to commend its claim for increased support, especially in the form of additional Annual Subscribers. Donors of £31 10s., or Annual Subscribers of £3 35., may recommend One In-Patient and Eight or Four Out-Patients per annum. JOHN J. AUSTIN, Secretary. Bankers-Messrs. GLYN, MILLS & Co., 67, Lombard Street, E.C. FORM OF BEQUEST.-"I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, City Road, London, the sum of to be applied in and towards carrying on the charitable objects of the Institution; the said sum of * to be paid free of Legacy Duty, out of such part of my personal estate as I may lawfully bequeath to the purposes of the said Institution, and I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being shall be a sufficient discharge to my executors for the same." • The sum to be expressed in words at length. [207 North London Hospital for Consumption AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Mount Vernon, Hampstead, and Tottenham Court Road, W. FOUNDED 1860. Established for the reception of Patients from all parts of the Kingdom. Chairman.-BENJAMIN A. LYON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman.-The Rt. Hon. Lord ROBARTES. There is no disease the ravages of which extend to a greater degree amongst the people of the United Kingdom than Consumption, and the whole community must be interested in alleviating the sufferings of those who have been so unfortunate as to contract this disease. 160,000 Patients have been relieved since the foundation of the Charity. In-Patients are provided for in the Building at Hampstead, commenced in 1880. 350 In-Patients treated annually. The Charity has No Endowment whatever, and is entirely supported by Voluntary Contributions. £8,000 urgently needed at once to pay off Mortgage of £5,000 on Building, Loan due to Bankers, and to meet current liabilities.. Donors of Ten Guineas in one or two payments shall be entitled to recommend one In-Patient during the year in which the Subscription is paid, and are also entitled for life to the same privileges as Annual Subscribers of One Guinea. Annual Subscribers of Three Guineas are Governors, and are entitled to recommend one InPatient and four Out-Patients annually. Annual Subscribers of One Guinea are entitled to recommend four Out-Patients annually. The privileges increasing in proportion to the Contribution. LIONEL F. HILL, M.A., Secretary. Offices:-216, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, W. [254 |