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 HISTOKT OF BIBHOP AUCKLAND. 127 for Inquiring Concaming Charities," published in the yeax 1825, it is stated that few applications had been made on behalf of bo3rs wishing to be placed out apprentices, but during the year previous ten boys had received a reward of £2 each, for good conduct for three years from the time of their leaving school During the earKer part of this period the Bishop himself took great interest in this charity, and the application of its funds was under his own immediate direction, he examining the accounts annually. The management of the funds subsequently fell into the hands of Thomas Henry Faber, who was the Bishop's steward, and to whom the sum of ^436 was transmitted annually. He followed the same system as was first adopted under the Bishop's directions, and the accounts then were audited by the trustees. ^ When Mr. Faber began to keep the accounts of this charity, in 1814, he received a balance of £220 from his predecessor, Mr. Emm. This balance was in the course of the next five years increased to upwards of £500, when, by direction of the Bishop, he paid the sum of £400 to Messrs. Drummond, to be laid out in the purchase of stock Mr. Faber still continued to receive the above sum as hitherto, the amount of which was still found larger than was required for the ordinary expenses of the school, and at the end of the year 1827 there was a balance in Mr. Faber's hand of £678. By way of throwing some light upon the working of this charity during its early days, we append the following summary of the accounts for the respective years named : — • 1821 1822. 1823 1824. 1826. 1826. £ a. d. £ 8. d. £ B. d. £ a. d. £ ■. d. £ a. d. Schoolmaster's Salary 100

100 126 0* 100 100 100 Assistant's ditto ... ... ... ... ... 23 2 Housekeeper's Salary 27

27 6 33 15

27 91 14 9t 27 Ditto Allowance for Board, <kc. 84 17

82 2 105 6 66 15 66 15 Servants' Wages, Coals, ^. ... 18 1 9 17 2 9 26 4 6i 18 14 8 20 18 2 19 12 3} Stationery 15 4 n 36 14 5 14 14

20 6 13 5 10 10 9 Repairs 14 11 21 5 9 13 11 14 3 8 34 17 8 22 4 3 Presents and Rewards 28 4 4 15 7 27 Oi 33 12 1^ 23 4 13 12 3 £3q)enses at Examination • •• 7 11 6 18 10 6 22 8 6 ... ... Medical Assistance 3 14

3 14 1 15

2 6 2 6 2 9 Insurance ... ... ... 2 18 4 6 2 5 2 5 Clothing 12 16 2J ... 5 5 2 6 13 6 4 19 8 7 14 6 Sundries. 1 14 1 3 3 Hi 3 10 7 3 7 6 9 7 4 16 4} Mistress's Salary ... N| House and Garden Rent 1 '^ Coals, Stationery, &c. >lg 26

25 32 15

28 28 28 6 15

6 15 8 8 9 6 16 6 15 6 15 12 3 5 7 11 8 10 11 8J 7 6 1 11 9 7 5 14 9 Pension to late Housekeeper ( -g Accountant's Salary J ) | ... ... ... ... 7 10 ... ... ... ... ... 40 349 11 4 353 1 7^ 428 10 oj 352 6 11^ 348 17 6 373 19 6 In addition to the regular expenses, £100 was given in 1823 to the Diocesan School Society, and in 1824 the sum of £200 was ordered by the trustees to be paid for building a school-house at Sedgefield. Prom the published accounts of the charities of Lord Barrington, in the possession of the Clerk of the Peace, it would seem that in the year 1853 the income and revenue of the Bishop's funds for the establishment and maintenance of schools and for other purposes amounted to the sum of £900, being the amount of the dividends arising from the investment of the £30,000 t A temporary hoiuekeeper was provided at two periods in the year 1824-5, and the acconnts do not altogether distingnish the saluy from the ailowanoe for boarding. X Mr. Faber acted gratoitoasly for Bishop Barrington, bat upon his death the trosteee agreed to allow the above salary. Digitized by Google
 * Salary for fifteen months.