NOTES AND QUERIES:
31 jtiMum of Intercommunication
FOR
LITERARY MEN, GENERAL READERS, ETC.
" When found, make a note of." CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
No. 138. [ E s t] SATURDAY, AUGUST IT, 1912. {
PRICE FOURPENCE.
Registered as a A'evspaper. Entered at the A'. Y.P.O. at Second Clogs Hatter. Yearly Subscription, 20*. 8d. imtfrte.
NOTES AND QUERIES is published on
FRIDAY AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock.
NOTES AND QUERIES. The SUBSCRIPTION to NOTES AND QUERIES free by post is 5s. 2J. for Three Months ; 10s. 3d. for Six Months ; or 20s. M. for Twelve Months, Including the volume Index. J. EDWARD FRANCIS, Notes and Queries Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.G.
Ttf O T E S AND QUERIES.
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 1
5 lanes, pearl type
Sixpence per Line beyond.
Half a Column
Column 220
A Page 440
In the measurement of Advertisements, care should be taken to measure from rule to rule.
JOHN C. FRANCIS and J. EDWARD FRANCIS, fiotes and Queries Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, B.C.
pENEALOGY. Mr. T. M. BLAGG, 124, Chan-
V3~ eery Lane, W.C., Hon. Gen. Editor to the Brit. Record Soc., and General Editor of the Northern and Eastern Counties in Mr. Philli- raore's Parifth Register Series, is at liberty to UNDERTAKE RESEARCHES for Private Clients on moderate terms. Wills, Parish Registers, Manor Rolls. Chancery Suits, Heraldry, Ac.
BOOKS. ALL OUT - OF - PRINT BOOKS
supplied, no matter on what subject. Acknowledged the world
over as the most expert Bookfinders extant. Please state wants.
BAKER'S Great Bookshop, 14-16. John Bright Street, Birmingham
BACK VOLUMES OF NOTES AND QUERIES
can be obtained on application to the Office of the Paper,
11, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C., at the uniform price of
10s. 6d. each.
A THEN^UM PRESS. -JOHN EDWARD
LX- FRANCIS, Printer of the Athenamn, Notes and Queries ftc is
^TSli 1 ,, 1 , , S V BM , IT ESTIMATES for all kinds of BO\>K. NKW3 Sn. VO PKINTIVG.-is. Bream's Buildings, Chancery
THE AUTHOR'S HAIRLESS PAPER-PAD.
- - (The LEADENHALL PRESS. Ltd., Publishers and Printers,
5). Leadenhall Street, London, E.G.) fr.H n n tainS a- hairle88 paper> 0?er which the Pen sl'l* with perfect
SESp^rr^JkSS: doien ' riued or plai " New rocket
restiln?h? f bo ?L d , note that the I*adenhall Press, Ltd., cannot be Kid r r ined * MSS " by fire or otherwise - Duplicate copiei
CLIFFORD'S INN.
For View of CLIFFORD'S INN, taken in 1692, see
NOTES AND QUERIES, April 2, 1892.
The same Number also contains Sketches of the
ROLLS CHAPEL, OLD SERJEANTS INN,
THE GATEWAY, LINCOLN'S INN, Ac.
Price 4jd., free by post, of
JOHN C. FRANCIS and J. EDWARD FRANCIS,
Notes and Queries Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C.
\TEWS7ENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND
1.1 PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.
Founded 1839.
Funds exceed 34.0001.
Office : 18 and 16, Famngdon Street, London, E.G.
Patron: The Right Hon. THE EARL OF ROSBBERY. K.G. K.T.
President : OoL The Hon. HARRY L. W. LAWSON M.A. J.P. M.P.
Treasurer : THE LONDON COONTY AND WESTMINSTER BANK. LTD.
OBJECTS. This Institution was established in 1S39 in the City of London, under the Presidency of the late Alderman Harmer, for granting Pension* and Temporary Assistance to principals and assistants engaged as vendors of Newspapers.
MEMBERSHIP. Every Man or Woman throughout the United Kingdom, whether Publisher, Wholesaler, Retailer, Employer, or Employed, is entitled to become a Member of this Institution, and enjoy its benefits, upon payment of Five Shillings annually, or Three Guineas for life, provided that he or she is engaged in the sale of Newspapers, and such Members who thus contribute secure priority of consideration in the event of their needing aid from the Institution.
PENSIONS. The Annuitants now number Fifty, the Men receiving 251. and the Women 20Z. per annum each.
The "Royal Victoria Pension Fund," commemorating the great advantages the News Trade enjoyed under the rule of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, provides 201. a year each for Sis Widows of Newsvendors.
The "Francis Fund' provides Pensions for One Man, 251.. and One Woman. 202., and was specially subscribed in memory of the late John Francis, who died on April 6, 1882, and was for more than fifty yean Publisher of the Atheiutum. He took an active and leading part throughout the whole period of the agitation for the repeal of the- various then existing "Taxes on Knowledge." and was for very many years a staunch supporter of this Institution.
The "Horace Marshall Pension Fund" is the gift of the late Mr. Horace Brooks Marshall. The employes of that firm have primary rifthtof election to its benefits.
The "Herbert Lloyd Pension Fund" provides 25/. per annum for one man, in perpetual and grateful memory of Mr. Herbert Lloyd, who died) May 12, 1899.
The principal features of the Rules governing election to all Pensions are, that each Candidate shall have been (1) a Member of the Institu- tion for not less than ten years preceding application ; (21 not less than fifty-five years of age ; (3) engaged in the sale of Newspapers for at least ten years.
RELIEF. Temporary relief is given in cases of distress, not only to Members of the Institution, but to Newsveudors or their servants who may be recommended for assistance by Members of the Institu- tion; and. subject to investigation, relief is awarded in accordance with the merits and requirements of each case.
W. WILKIE JONES, Secretary.
