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    • 188 Fleet Street : August 1, 1885.
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      682 The Publishers' Circular August^^Pi

      682 The Publishers' Circular August _^^ Pi

      188 Fleet Street : August 1, 1885.

      188 Fleet Street : August 1 , 1885 .

      Jtthere Is No Evident Reason Why The Boo...

      _JTTHERE is no evident reason why the Book-J- sellers' Provident Institution should not

      in every respect be in as healthy a condition as the best of similar organisations . It enjoys

      the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen , and shows in its list of office-bearers many of the

      most familiar names associated with different branches of the book trade . There is not the

      slightest doubt , however , that the Institution is far from being what it ought to be . It does

      not get a quarter of the support that it ought to get from the general body of the trade .

      Nowadays every profession and nearly every mercantile and industrial body supports an

      institution of a similar nature . Some of these , encouraged by spirited support , have taken a

      high position among benevolent organisations . To make such institutions successful , nothing

      is required so much as union . Without union the best of them must decay . What

      we would like to see in connection with the Booksellers' Provident Institution is a

      widespread movement among all classes of the booksellers themselves to give' a practical

      support to the society with which they are identified , and which is always performing

      laudable work amongst the unfortunate of their own trade . The advantages which

      might accrue to themselves is a matter in itself worthy of consideration . They are

      relieved in cases of sickness , want of employment , or other misfortune . They are

      permanently supported when incapacitated by age or infirmity . Orphan children are

      provided for up to the age of fifteen years . Under all these circumstances a good deal

      must necessarily depend upon outward support , as the actual subscriptions of members

      are not adequate to secure the advantages offered to members . The directors have

      therefore recommended that some other means should be adopted to increase the income , and

      we can only hope that their endeavours will meet with success . We extract from the

      Report for 1884 the following particulars : — - ' The income of the Institution during 1884

      arising from subscriptions , donations , and the interest on the capital invested , including a

      legacy of £ 100 by the late Mr . Henry G . Bohn , and a grant of £ 160 from the

      Booksellers' Provident Retreat , has amounted to £ 1 , 622 1 Th . is 0 s . amount 2 d . includes a donation ( the

      second ) of £ 20 from Her Majesty the Queen , Patroness of the Institution .

      ' The disbursements have been as follows : — In relief , temporary and permanent , granted

      to 27 members and 52 widows of members , £ 1 , 455 . 10 s . ; and £ 71 . 16 a . 6 cL for the salary TT . ' ¦ _¦ " . ' ¦ . " ¦ "" ii i in ' « _'" _' , ' ' . '' i ' ii _mm-m-qm ii _—m— -m _^ mmmm _^^ mmm _** _mmmimmm _**

      _¦—^^———„ ¦ ¦¦ _ — _w _^^ ¦ V . J and £ 54 as comm an annuity ission of to the the former assistant assfetant secretary . _*

      retary ; and £ 70 . 18 s . for printing last _se expenses report , rent , making , stationery a * total , stamps of £ 196 , and . 14 sundry * years 6 d

      ture showing over an income _excess . of £ 30 . 4 s . 4 d . of _expend . I I j

      seek trade _« In assistance , several consequence members from of the the have funds great been for depression the obli support ged to of 1 1

      of themselves and their families . 1 J ' The number of members on the books at" I

      the present time is 380 beneficiary and 44 I honorary . I

      ' During the past year three members have I joined the Institution , and fourteen have died- I

      amongst the latter your directors regret to I record the name of Mr . Joseph Johnson I

      Miles , one of the oldest and most sincere I friends of the Institutiona member whose I

      personal influence was widel , y felt , and who I always manifested the greatest interest in the I

      Institution and its affiliated Retreat , which he jl visited within a few days of his death . His I

      memory will long be cherished by the inmates I of the Retreatas well as by the members of I

      the board , where , his presence was ever wel- I come . The : house furnished by him as a I

      sanatorium will remain a lasting memorial of jl his generosity . I

      ' The decease of Mr . Henry George Bohn , jl another of the earliest members and con- I

      tributors to the funds of the Institution , has I also to be recorded . These gentlemen evinced II

      their practical interest in the Institution by I

      leaving legacies of £ 100 each . ' ' I

      At The Booksellers Usual Meeting ' Provi...

      At the Booksellers usual meeting ' Provident of the . directors Institution of the . — jl I

      above Institutionheld at 56 Old Bailey , I Mr Thursday £ 133 . George 17 , 6 Jul _d Cox y , 16 in , granted the present chair in , 15 relief the directors sum to 70 of , I I I

      . s . . was rectors members of and the widows Booksellers of members ' Provident . The JJWti < u- - I I

      a tution donation have of great fifty guineas pleasure from in acknowledging John | Murray , J Institution _m I

      resp Esq behalf . onse , the to of president a the call funds they of of are the the making Institution to ¦ the . trade , '

      on the Stationers Stationers' ' Company Company . — held At the on Saturday Court elect of , I I

      Jul Master Mr y John 4 , , and Mr Snow . Mr . Edmund Thomas Wardens Ourson Waller for Hansard was the year ana **

      . , , enSuing Book - Canvassing in Australia . -- * The II I

      following of The Melbourne letter is reprinted As of from Thursday _« w _^ , " j «« _r I rgu

      8 th , 1885 : — this Editob of thb Amu J * the II II

      privilege Sir , — - of Some appearing timo ago in your you columns _•*{**•* ro _"L ufcion _^ Jl mmmmmmmmm

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1885, page 682, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081885/page/2/