THE UNION BANK OF LONDON (Chancery Lane Branch) IN ACCOUNT WITH ST. GEORGE’S FUND.

Dr.									Cr.
1872.		£	s.	d.	1872.		£	s.	d.
Nov. 27.	To Cash	100	0	0	Dec. 4.	By Cheque Book	0	4	2
Dec. 11.	To,, Draft at Peckham	25	0	0	Dec. 27.	Power of Attorney to receive Dividend on Consols	0	5	0
					Dec. 31.	By Balance	124	10	10
		£125	0	0			£125	0	0

1873.		£	s.	d.	1873.		£	s.	d.
Jan. 1.	To Balance	124	10	10	March 13.	By Postage	0	0	3
Jan. 2.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	30	0	0
Feb. 10.	To,, Ditto	20	0	0
	To,, Dividend on Consols, Jan., 1872	29	5	0
	To,, Ditto July, 1872	103	5	0
	To,, Ditto Jan., 1873	103	5	0
April 15.	To,, Draft at Blackheath	7	0	0
June 10.	To,, Draft at Bury St. Edmund’s	13	10	0
July 8.	To,, R. J. Tyrwhitt	20	0	0
July 9.	To,, Dividend on £7000 Consols	103	13	9
July 29.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	20	0	0
July 30.	To,, No. 18	5	0	0		By Balance	579	9	4
		£579	9	7			£579	9	7
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1874.		£	s.	d.	1874.		£	s.	d.
Jan. 1.	To Balance	579	9	4	Dec. 10.	By Postage	0	0	3
	To,, Interest on Current Account Balance	2	13	4		By,, Purchase of £1000 Consols	918	15	0
	To,, Draft at Durham by A. Hunt	25	0	0
Jan. 7.	To,, Dividend on £7000 Consols	103	13	9
Jan. 17.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	31	10	0
Feb. 13.	To,, Cash	10	0	0
July 1.	To,, Interest on Current Account Balance	7	4	8
July 8.	To,, Dividend on £7000 Consols	104	2	6
Dec. 3.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	20	0	0
Dec. 6.	To,, Ditto	[*]40	0	0
Dec. 9.	To,, Draft at Bilston (Wilkins)	5	0	0
Dec. 11.	To,, H. F. Smith	9	0	0
	To,, E. R. Gill	5	0	0
	To,, Mrs. Barnard	1	13	4
	To,, J. Temple	5	0	0
Dec. 28.	To,, Draft at Sheffield (Fowler)	20	0	0		By Balance	50	11	8
		£969	6	11			£969	6	11
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1875.		£	s.	d.	1875.		£	s.	d.
Jan. 1.	To Balance	50	11	8	Nov. 13.	By Cheque to John Ruskin, Esq.	500	0	0
Jan. 7.	To,, Dividend on £7000 Consols	104	2	6
Feb. 4.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	105	10	0
Feb. 8.	To,, Draft at Manchester (Walker)	1	1	0
March 1.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	17	2	0
March 5.	To,, Ditto	8	17	0
	To,, Draft at Bilston (Wilkins)	8	3	4
April 23.	To,, Irvine	1	0	0
May 1.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	20	0	0
July 7.	To,, Dividend on £8000 Consols	119	0	0
July 15.	To,, John Ruskin, Esq.	50	0	0
Sept. 11.	To,, G. Gilbert	5	0	0
Sept. 28.	To,, Draft at Bridgwater (Talbot)	11	0	4
Nov. 23.	To,, By G. Allen	12	14	0	Dec. 31.	By Balance	14	1	10
		£514	1	10			£514	1	10

1876.		£	s.	d.
Jan. 1.	To Balance	14	1	10

[*] The £40 here acknowledged was an additional subscription from No. 8 subscriber, whose total subscription is therefore £60, not £20, as in above subscriber’s account; in which also the initials of No. 38 should be S. G., and the sum £2 2s. These errors will be corrected in next Fors, in which also I will separate the interest from the subscriptions. [↑]

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II. Affairs of the Master.[1]

					£	s.	d.
Balance in Bank, 20th Jan., 1876					527	17	9
Received:	Mr. Allen, on Publishing Account				50	0	0
	Mr. Ellis, on ditto				7	0	0
	Lecture, London Institution				10	10	0
					595	7	9
Jan. 24.	Royal Insurance Company ([a])	37	10	0
27.	F. Crawley ([b])	25	0	0
31.	Taxes on Armorial Bearings, etc.	7	19	0
Feb. 4.	Warren and Jones—Tea for Shop	36	1	0
6.	Buying a lad off who had enlisted and repented	20	0	0
7.	Christmas Gifts in Oxford	14	10	0
7.	Klein ([c])	5	0	0
7.	Pocket Money	10	10	0
7.	Crawley	5	0	0
8.	Miss Rudkin, Clifford Street ([d])	14	14	0
11.	Dr. Parsons ([e])	21	0	0
11.	The Bursar of Corpus ([f])	27	7	3
13.	Professor Westwood ([g])	50	0	0
14.	Mr. Sly ([h]), Coniston, Waterhead Inn	33	0	0
19.	Downs ([i])	25	0	0
20.	Subscriptions to Societies, learned and other ([k])	37	11	0
		———			360	2	0
Balance Feb. 20					£225	5	9

(a) Insurance on £15,000 worth of drawings and books in my rooms at Oxford. [[108]]

(b) Particulars of this account to be afterwards given; my Oxford assistant having just lost his wife, and been subjected to unusual expenses.

(d) Present, on my birthday, of a silk frock to one of my pets. It became her very nicely; but I think there was a little too much silk in the flounces.

(e) My good doctor at Coniston. Had to drive over from Hawkshead every other winter day, because I wouldn’t stop drinking too much tea—also my servants were ill.

(f) About four times this sum will keep me comfortably—all the year round—here among my Oxford friends—when I have reduced myself to the utmost allowable limit of a St. George’s Master’s income—366 pounds a year, (the odd pound for luck).

(g) For copies of the Book of Kells, bought of a poor artist. Very beautiful, and good for gifts to St. George.

(h) My honest host (happily falsifying his name), for friends when I haven’t houseroom, etc. This bill chiefly for hire of carriages.

(i) Downs shall give account of himself in next Fors.

(k)

	£	s.
Athenæum	7	7
Alpine Club	1	1
Early English Text Society	10	10
Horticultural	4	4
Geological	2	2
Architectural	1	1
Historical	1	1
Anthropological	2	2
Consumption Hospital	3	3
Lifeboat	5	0
	£37	11

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[1] My friends (see a really kind article in the Monetary Gazette,) much doubt, and very naturally, the wisdom of this exposition. I indeed expected to appear to some better advantage; but that the confession is not wholly pleasant, and appears imprudent, only makes it the better example. Fors would have it so. [↑]