[44] The first instalments due under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 1 and 2 have been already paid.
| Viz., | 25,000ℓ., | being the aggregate of the two half-yearly instalments under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 1; and |
| 291,000ℓ., | the same under the 9 & 10 Vic. c. 107 | |
| Total | 316,000ℓ. |
[46] The proportions in which the expenditure was made a local or general charge in the following unions, were—
| Loan to be repaid. | Grant in aid of rates. | ||||
| County of | Mayo | Ballina | £13,716 | £43,610 | |
| Ballinrobe | 12,183 | 27,997 | |||
| Castlebar | 7,282 | 19,813 | |||
| Swineford | 6,620 | 31,797 | |||
| Westport | 5,624 | 37,993 | |||
| ” | Galway | { | Clifden | 3,228 | 8,868 |
| Gort | 7,663 | 18,475 | |||
| ” | Clare | Scariff | 6,406 | 10,943 | |
| ” | Cork | { | Bantry | 6,079 | 12,294 |
| Skibbereen | 13,451 | 21,627 | |||
| ” | Kerry | Kenmare | 3,359 | 10,956 | |
[47] The following are some of the most remarkable contributions:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen | [A]2,000 | 0 | 0 |
| H. R. H. Prince Albert | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Her Majesty the Queen Dowager | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| His Majesty the King of Hanover, as Duke of Cumberland and Chancellor of the University of Dublin | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| His Imperial Highness the Sultan | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The East India Company | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The Corporation of the City of London | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The Bank of England | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The Duke of Devonshire | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The Worshipful Company of Grocers | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| ” Rothschild and Co. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| ” Baring Brothers and Co. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| ” Truman, Hanbury, and Co. (including 50ℓ. from their clerks, and 8ℓ. 10s. from their workmen) | 1,163 | 10 | 0 |
| ” Smith, Payne, and Smiths | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| ” Overend, Gurney, & Co. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| An English Friend, two Donations | 1,004 | 0 | 0 |
| An Irish Landlord, for Skibbereen | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester and Salford Relief Committee | 7,785 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle and Gateshead ditto | 3,902 | 0 | 0 |
| Hull ditto | 3,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeds ditto | 2,500 | 0 | 0 |
| Huddersfield ditto | 2,103 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolverhampton ditto | 1,838 | 0 | 0 |
| York ditto | 1,700 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge University and Town, including 617ℓ. 10s. from Trinity College, and 500ℓ. collected at the Baptist Chapel in St. Andrew Street | 2,706 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford University and City | 1,770 | 0 | 0 |
| Proceeds of a Ball at Florence given by the Prince de Demidoff at San Donato, besides 500ℓ. from the Florence Relief Committee, and 9ℓ. 13s. 9d. from the English servants at Florence | 891 | 17 | 2 |
| St. Petersburgh | 2,644 | 0 | 0 |
| Constantinople | 620 | 0 | 0 |
| Amsterdam; collections in the English Church | 561 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark; partly collected by Parish Priests in the provinces | 504 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta and Gozo | 720 | 0 | 0 |
| Remittances from British Guiana, the result of public subscription | 3,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nova Scotia, including a vote of 2,250ℓ. by the House of Assembly | 2,915 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbadoes Relief Committee | 2,575 | 0 | 0 |
| South Australia £1,000 in money, and an equal value in Wheat | 2,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaica, including a vote of 525ℓ. by the House of Assembly | 1,537 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinidad | 1,350 | 0 | 0 |
| Newfoundland | 868 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Lucia | 614 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 564 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Christopher; vote of the Legislature of the Island | 505 | 0 | 0 |
| Bermuda; vote of the House of Assembly | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobart Town | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Bombay | 9,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Madras | 2,150 | 0 | 0 |
| Remittance from the Mauritius, including 111ℓ. 16s. 11d. from the Seychelles Islands, and 16ℓ. 7s. from Rodrigues, and in addition to 2,211ℓ. 13s. collected by the Vicar Apostolic and sent direct to Ireland. (The amount subscribed at the Seychelles Islands, and at Rodrigues, is very remarkable, when the poverty of their inhabitants is considered.) | 3,020 | 0 | 0 |
| Collection at Basseterre, St. Kitts, from Negroes belonging to the Congregation under the charge of the Moravian Missionaries, per Rev. G. W. Westerley | 15 | 17 | 10 |
| Officers and crew of Her Majesty’s ship “Hibernia” | 167 | 17 | 11 |
| Contribution by the Governor, Commissioner, Lieutenant-Governor, and officers of Greenwich Hospital, being the sum allowed them for a festival dinner in commemoration of the battle off Cape St. Vincent | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| The 2nd Regiment of Life Guards | 156 | 4 | 6 |
| A diamond cross from a lady (realized) | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Workmen employed by Sir John Guest at the Dowlas Iron Works | 176 | 17 | 10 |
| Metropolitan Police | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| Proceeds of two amateur performances at the St. James’s Theatre | 1,413 | 0 | 0 |
| Collected on board the British and North American Royal Mail steamer “Hibernia” for Ireland | 51 | 12 | 8 |
| Wesleyan Methodists; part of the first distribution of collections in various chapels | 5,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Members of the London Daily Press, chiefly Reporters and Compositors, in addition to other Contributions | 88 | 18 | 0 |
| Proprietors of the “Morning Herald” and “Daily News,” each | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| “Punch” | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Many of the smaller subscriptions, such as 800ℓ. from the Town of Bridgewater, and 747ℓ. from the Bahamas, are more remarkable in proportion to the means of the contributors, than many of those which have been mentioned.
The officers and men of the Coast Guard raised a fund amounting to 429ℓ. which was expended by the members of the force in Ireland in giving relief in the neighbourhood of their respective stations. From the commencement of the distress, the Coast Guard has been distinguished for its active benevolence.
The National Club in London collected a sum of 17,930ℓ., 1000ℓ. of which was from various congregations at Brighton, 500ℓ. from an anonymous contributor, and 500ℓ. from the Wesleyan Irish and Scotch Relief Committee. This fund was intrusted for distribution to the clergy of the Established Church in Ireland, acting under a committee appointed for each diocese, headed by the bishop.