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THE APPRENTICE FUND CHARITY. By a bond of the same date as that referred to under the preceding head, the same John Bainbridge became bound to the same parties for securing the sum of £50, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent, payable on the 1st of November, in trust for the poor of the parish of St. Andrew's Auckland, and " to the intent that the interest might be yearly applied in putting out some of the poor children of the said parish as apprentices." From an entry in the Churchwardens' book in 1761, it would appear that the charity owes its origin to a residue of the preceeding charities, and which states that £50 was then lent to John HaU, derived as follows : — ^Mrs. LangstaflFe's money, £23 ; money late in Ralph Walton's hands, £13 ; Newton's money, £lO ; part of James Robson's money, £4 ; total, £50. This sum was secured in the same manner as the sum of £200 before mentioned, and the interest was paid by Joseph Newton, the person who was beneficially interested in the lease. The money is now, however, invested in Government securities, as shown by the accounts appended for the year 1866. In the " Commissioners' Report for Enquiring Concerning Charities," it is stated that there was also a sum of £42 in the savings bank at Bishop Auckland, in the name of the minister and church- wardens, producing £l 15s. 8d. per annum, which in the Parliamentary returns of 1786 is stated to have been given by Messrs. Walker and Robinson, but there is no information given as to who these donors were. The amoimt of thope charities combined was divided by the churchwardens equally between eight or ten poor apprentices, each of whom received a small sum for three successive years. .In the year 1825, nine apprentices received the sum of 8s. 6d. each ; in 1826, nine received 8s. 2d. each; in 1827, nine received 93. 6d. each; and in 1828, nine received 9s. each. Since that time the charity has been regularly dispensed to the various applicants by those in trust. We give the following account, from the churchwardens' books, for the year 1866 : — Statement of the accounts of the Charity Called St. Andrew's Auckland Apprentice Fund, in the Pariah of St. Andrew's Auckland, in the County of Durham, of which the following persons are the trustees, viz.. Rev. Qeorge Howard Wilkinson, incumbent of St. Andrew's Auckland, and the churchwardens of the parish, for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. Income and Revenue foe the yeab ending on the 31st Dec, 1866, whetheb actually pau) ok then due : — Deacriptioii of Properly. Tenantfl of Beal Property, or penons in whose names Personal Property is inrested. Gross Annual Income. Net Annual Inoome. Sum reoeiTed. £91 6s. invested in Government Securities ) bought® 97 / In the hands of Official Trus- ) tees of Charitable Fund... j £ 8. d. 2 18 10 £ B. d. 2 18 10 £ 8. d. 2 18 10 2 18 10 2 18 10 2 18 10 Receipts and Expenditure foe the yeab ending on the SIst December, 1866 : — BB0BIPT8. BXPBNDrrUBB. Balance from last year ... Interest on Stock £ 8. d. 3 1 2 2 18 10 To one Apprentice Balance » £ «. d. 10 5 10 6 6 Balance Sheet containing a Statement of the Balance of the fobegoing accounts: — Balance in Treasurer's hands £ •. d. 6 10 Digitized by Google