| 1876. | Dr. | £ | s. | d. |
| June 29. | To Mrs. Jane Lisle | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30. | To,, Chas. Firth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aug. 7. | To,, G. No. 50. | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 12. | To,, Miss Sargood | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| ” | Miss Christina Allen | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15. | To,, Balance due Mr. Ruskin | 14 | 14 | 5
|
| | | £31 | 10 | 5 |
| 1876. | Cr. | £ | s. | d. |
| June 16. | By Balance due, Mr. Ruskin | 31 | 10 | 5
|
| | | £31 | 10 | 5 |
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The Union Bank of London (Chancery Lane Branch) in Account with the St. George’s Fund.
| 1876. | Dr. | £ | s. | d. |
| March 15. | To Balance | 157 | 11 | 10 |
| May 3. | To,, Cash Paid Mr. John Ruskin | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| 6. | To,, Ditto draft at Bridgwater (J. Talbot) | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| 9. | To,, Ditto draft at Douglas (E. Rydings) | 24 | 18 | 9 |
| June 9. | To,, Ditto Cash | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13. | To,, Ditto, draft at Bridgwater (F. Talbot) | 20 | 12 | 6 |
| ” | To,, Ditto, draft at Bilston (Wilkins) | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 17. | To,, Ditto, Cash | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| July 6. | To,, Dividend on £8000 Consols | 118 | 10 | 0
|
| | | £424 | 3 | 4 |
| 1876. | Cr. | £ | s. | d. |
| July 28. | By Cheque to Mr. John Ruskin | 330 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug. 15. | To Balance | 94 | 3 | 4
|
| | | £424 | 3 | 4 |
II. Affairs of the Master.
It was not my fault, but my printers’ (who deserve raps for it), that mine came before the Company’s in last Fors.[4] It is, I think, now time to state, in general comment on my monotonous account, that the current expenses recorded in the bills of Jackson, Kate, Downs, and David, represent for the most part sums spent for the maintenance or comfort of others; and that I could if need were, for my own part, be utterly at ease in the sunny parlour of a village inn, with no more carriage or coachman than my own limbs,—no more service than a civil traveller’s proper share,—and the blessedness of freedom from responsibility from everything. To which condition, if I ever reduce myself by my extravagance, and, (indeed, just after paying my good Mr. Ellis for [[297]]thirteenth-century MSS.,[5] etc., a hundred and forty pounds, I am in treaty to-day with Mr. Quaritch for another, which he says is charged at the very lowest penny at three hundred and twenty)—it will be simply to me only occasion for the loadless traveller’s song; but as it would be greatly inconvenient to other people, I don’t at present intend it. Some day, indeed, perhaps I shall begin to turn a penny by my books. The bills drawn by Mr. Burgess represent now the only loss I incur on them.
| | £ | s. | d. |
| Stated Balance, July 15th | 617 | 11 | 3 |
| Repayment and other receipts, July and August | 406 | 6 | 5
|
| | 1023 | 17 | 8 |
| Expenses | 427 | 5 | 0
|
| Balance, August 15th | £596 | 12 | 8 |
| | | £ | s. | d. |
| July 16. | Geoghegan (blue neckties) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | Naval School | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 17. | David | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | Downs | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 30. | Jackson | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | Kate | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug. 1. | Herne Hill ground-rent | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 14. | Burgess | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 15. | Ellis and White | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | Lucy Tovey (gift) | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | Self (chiefly gone in black quartz from St Gothard Tunnel) | 15 | 0 | 0
|
| | | £427 | 5 | 0 |