Page:Notes and Queries - Series 11 - Volume 5.djvu/200

 NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. v. MAR. 2, 1912.

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 58. <2d. for Three Months; 10g. 3d. for Six Months; or 20s. 6d. for Twelve Months, including the volume Index. J. EDWARD FRANCIS, Note* and. Queries Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane. B.C.

^ O T E S AND QUERIES. SCALE OP CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.

5 Lines, pearl type

Sixpence per Line beyond.

Half a Column 110

Column 220

A Page 440

In the measurement of Advertisements, care should be taken to measure from rule to rule.

JOHN 0. FRANCIS and J EDWARD FRANCIS, Aotei and Queries Office, Breim's Buildings, Chancery Lane, B.C.

NOW READY.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

THE VOLUME JULY TO DECEMBER, 1911,

With the Index, price 10s. 6d.

The Index separately 6d. ; by post 6Jd.

Also Cases for Binding, price Is. ; by post Is. 2d.

JOHN C. FRANCIS and J. EDWARD FRANCIS,

Notes and Queries Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.G.

BACK VOLUMES OF

T^OTES 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.

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.

PEDIGREES. Evidences of Descent from Wills,

JL Prerog. Probate Court, London, 1650-1750 period, ten years searched for 5s 6i. ; 1750-1800 period, ten years for 7s. 6rf (except names beginning with B, H, M, B, or W. for which special rates). Other London Probate Courts and all Provincial Probate Registries searched by arrangement. Abstracts of wills from 2s. Sa. each. Researches in Puhl c Kecord Office, Diocesan Registries Parochial and Non-Parochial Registers and other archives. Foreign searches. L. CCLLETON, 92, Piccadilly, London.

/GENTLEMAN, having large experience of

v7~ GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, and with exceptional facili- ties for obtaining information from Parih Registers and Probate offices in nearly every county, offers his assistance in compiling Pedigrees or solving problems of Kinship or Descent. Apply Box 1813, Athenaeum Press, 13, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.G.

' BENEVOLENT AND

1-1 PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.

Founded 1839.

Funds exceed 34.000Z.

Office: 15 and 16, Farringdou Street, London, E.G.

Patron : The Right Hon. THE EAKL OF ROSEBERY, K.G. K.T.

President : Col. The Hon. HARRY L. W. LAW.3ON, M.A. J.P. M.P.

Treasurer : VHE LONDON COONTY AND WESTMINSTER BANK, LTD.

OBJECTS. This Institution was established in is:i9 in the City of London, under tlie Presidency of the late Alderman Harmer, for granting Pension* and Temporary Assistance to principals and assistants engaged as vendors of Newspapers.

MEMRKItSHIP.-Kvcry 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 nmiuallv, 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 aiil from the Institution.

PENSIONS. The Annuitants now number Fifty, the Men receiving 257. and the Women 1 M. \>er annum each.

The " Koyal 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 Six Widows of Newsvendors.

The " Francis Fund " provides Pensions for One Man. 25J.. and One Woman, 20Z., and was specially subscribed in memory of the late John Francis, who did on April 6, 188-2, and was for more than fifty years Publisher of the Atheiiifmn. 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 emiiluuei of that firm have primary right of election to its benefits.

The " Herbert Lloyd Pension Fund " provides 25?. per annum for one mm. in perpetual and grateful memory of Mr. Herbert Lloyil. who died May 12. 1899.

The principal features of the Rules governing election to all Pensions, ire, that each Candidate shall have been (1) a Member of t.ie Institu- tion for not less than ten years preceding application ; (21 not leu 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 Newsvendors 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.

A THEN^EUM PRESS. JOHN EDWARD

XX FRANCIS, Printei of the Athenaeum, Notes and Queries 4c is prepared to SUBMIT ESTIMATES for all kinds of BOOK NEWS and PERIODICAL PRINTINGIS, Bream's Buildings, Chancery l.-inc. E.G.

THE AUTHOR'S HAIRLESS PAPER-PAD. (The LEADENHALL PRESS, Ltd., Publishers and Printer*.

5), Leadcnhall Street, London, E.G.) Contains hairless paper, over which the pen slips with perfect

freedom. Sixpence each. 5. per dozen, ruled or plain. New Pocket

Size, 3. per dozen, ruled or plain. Authors should note that the Leadenhall Press, Ltd., cannot bt

responsible for the loss of MSS. bj fire or otherwise. Duplicate coniei

mould be retained.

THE BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. Founded 1837. Patron HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

Invested Capital 30.000Z. A UNIQUE INVESTMENT Offered to London Booksellers and their Assistants. A young man or woman of twenty-five can invest the sum of Twenty Guineas (or its equivalent by instalments), and obtain the right to participate in the following advantages :

FIRST. Freedom from want in time of adversity as long as need exists.

SECOND. Permanent Relief in Old Age.

THIRD. Medical Advice by eminent Physicians and Surgeons.

FOURTH. A Cottage in the Country (Abbots Langley, Hertford fhire) for aged Members, with garden produce, coal, and medical attendance free, in addition to an annuity.

FIFTH. A contribution towards funeral expenses when it is needed.

SIXTH. All these are available not for Members only, but also for their wives or widows and young children.

SEVENTH. The payment of the subscriptions confers an absolute right to these benefits in all cases of need. For further information apply to the Secretary

Room 58, 6, Terminus Chambers, Holborn Viaduct, F.C.