Alms House Fund and Mr. John Atkinson’s Charities.—The Court of Assistants, by a resolution dated 7th August, 1855, established a Fund for the Erection and Endowment of Alms Houses for Decayed members of the Company and their Widows.
Mr. John Atkinson, by Deed dated 4th November, 1856, and enrolled, conveyed to the Company Ten Freehold Houses, situate in Cross Keys Court and Half Moon Alley, Cripplegate, London, upon trust to apply the rents and profits thereof in aid of the Alms House Fund. These houses have been taken by the Metropolitan Railway, and the purchase-money was invested in the purchase of £998 12s. 3d. Consols. The Consols have been sold and the proceeds invested in the purchase of Freehold Houses, Nos. 53, 55, and 59, Lansdown Road, Notting Hill. In addition to the above, there is an accumulated Fund consisting of £1,095 2s. 6d. Consols, £419 15s. 7d. New 21⁄2 per Cent. Annuities, and there is a cash balance to the credit of the Fund of £84 12s. 4d.
Mr. John Atkinson, on the 5th February, 1861, presented the sum of One Hundred Pounds Consols to the Company, the interest thereof to be employed in the purchase of Bibles and prayer books for distribution amongst the poor members of the Company.
Mr. John Atkinson, by his Will, dated 30th of August, 1858, bequeathed the residue of his personal estate to Trustees therein named, upon Trust, after the death of his wife, daughter, brother, sister, and nephews, to transfer the Stocks, Funds, and Securities whereon the same should be invested to the Masters and Governors of the Company, upon Trust, to found and establish an Institution to be called “The Barbers’ Asylum,” the interest thereof to be applied for the lodging, maintenance, and education of the poor Members of the Company and their Widows and Children.
INVENTORIES.
