ven as free contributions, for the other
objects, from the commencement of the work up to May 26, 1850, amounted
to 10,531l. 3s. 3 3/4 d.; and that which came in by the sale of Bibles
and Tracts, and by the payments of the children in the schools, up to
May 26, 1850, amounted to 2,707l. 9s. 3 1/2 d.--Besides this also a
great variety and number of articles of clothing, furniture, provisions,
&c., were given for the use of the Orphans.

8. The total of the current expenses for the Orphans from May 26, 1848,
to May 26, 1849, was 1,559l. 6s. 9d., and the total of the current
expenses for them from May 26, 1849, to May 26, 1850, was only 2,665l.
13s. 2 3/4 d., i.e. only about Eleven Hundred Pounds more than the
previous year. To avoid misunderstanding, I would request the reader to
keep in mind that, though there were above 300 persons connected with
the New Orphan-House, on May 26, 1850, and only about 130 in the rented
Orphan Houses in Wilson Street, yet above three weeks of the second year
the children were still in Wilson Street, and five weeks afterwards we
had only those children who came from Wilson Street into the New
Orphan-House; and even when we began to receive fresh Orphans, they came
in only four, five, six, seven, or eight a-week, so that only by little
and little our expenses increased.--It is also needful, in order to
have a correct view of the expenses connected with the Orphans, to take
into account the presents in rice, bread, coals, calico, print, shoes,
&c., worth about 200l., which were given during these two years.

Matters connected with my own personal affairs, from May 26, 1848, to
May 26, 1850.

Dec. 31, 1848. During this year the Lord was pleased to give me--

1. By anonymous offerings in money, put
up in paper, directed to me, and put
into the boxes for the poor saints or
the rent, at the two chapels. . . . . L156 7 1

2. By presents in money, from believers
in Bristol, not given anonymously . . . . 157 14 6

3. By presents in money, from believers
not residing in Bristol . . . 145 0 0

4. By presents in provisions, clothes, etc.,
from believers in and out of Bristol,
worth to us at least . . . . 15 16 0

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L474 17 7

To this is again to be added, for this year also, as before stated, the
free education of my daughter at a boarding school, worth at least 50l.

Dec. 31, 1849. The Lord sent me during this year--

1. By anonymous offerings in money,
through the boxes in t