II. All contributors to the general funds of the Society to the amount of ten guineas, and who also subscribe ONE GUINEA annually.
III. All subscribers of two guineas and upwards per annum.
So successful have been the efforts of this Society in protecting the charitable from the depredations of begging-letter writers and other mendicants, that now almost every public man whose prominent position marks him out for their appeals, contributes to the Society, either by subscriptions or donation. The Queen herself is the Patron; the President is the Marquis of Westminster, and among the Vice-Presidents may be counted three dukes, three marquises, eight earls, one viscount, a bishop, and a long list of lords and members of parliament. Altogether the Society has about 2,400 subscribers, whose donations and subscriptions range from 100l. and 50l. to 2l. and 1l. The total amount of the Society’s income for 1860 was 3,913l. 14s. 2d., of which 3,010l 13s. 9d. was derived from subscriptions and donations, the remainder being derived from legacies, interest on stock and the profits of the Society’s works. The expenditure for the same year was 3,169l. 16s. 10d., and the amount expended in the relief of mendicants, 906l. 9s.
The meals given in 1860 to persons who were found to be deserving were 42,192.
The unregistered cases (that is, those not thought to require a special investigation) were 4,224, and the registered cases 430.
The vagrants apprehended were 739; of whom 350 were convicted.
The following Table sets forth the whole of the cases that came under the notice of the Society in 1860.
| Number of registered cases in 1860 | 430 | |
| Of which there appeared to belong— | ||
| To parishes in London | 151 | |
| Country | 142 | |
| Ireland | 82 | |
| Scotland | 0 | |
| Wales | 8 | |
| France | 2 | |
| East Indies | 7 | |
| West Indies | 2 | |
| America | 1 | |
| Italy | 5 | |
| Africa | 1 | |
| China | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 2 | |
| Germany | 2 | |
| Poland | 1 | |
| Unknown | 7 | |
| — | 430 | |
Alleged causes of distress.
| Want of employment | 395 | |
| Age and infirmity | 1 | |
| Failure in business | 1 | |
| Foreigners and others desirous of returning home | 22 | |
| Sickness and accidents | 2 | |
| Want of clothing | 3 | |
| Loss of stock, tools, &c. | 1 | |
| Loss of character | 1 | |
| Loss of relations and friends by death, desertion, imprisonment, &c. | 4 | |
| — | 430 | |