Whyteleafe Snippets Weekly No 2
By Mr P. Skuse

THE BOURNE SOCIETY celebrates its Jubilee this year and is contributing this 106-yr old account for Whyteleafe's church.

From the Whyteleafe Parish Magazine     
May 1899
Statement of Accounts for the year ending
Easter 1899:

Money received
   £       s      d  
Balance in hand   
  10     12      2
Offertories                                                            
128       3      9
Donations to Churchwardens' Fund                      
    5       9      0
Donations to Churchyard Fund                          
193       9      3
Donations to Parish Nurse Fund                         
  30     15      8½
New Church Plate Fund                                         
    8       8      0
Proceeds of Jumble Sale                                     
   20      6      0
Donations to Poor Relief Fund                              
     9    15      4
Donations to Choir Fund                                     
   14      7    10
Donations to Sunday School Fund                     
   12    15      8
Donations for Bonus to Coal Club                         
     8      8      0
Library Fund, balance from last year       
     1    15      0
Donations to Church Missionary Society            
     9      7      0
Proceeds of magazine                                            
     2      5      9
Organ Completion Fund                                          
     2    11     1
TOTAL RECEIVED                                               
458      9      6½
Money spent                                                           
     £        s     d
Church expenses3                                                  
    88      13    4
Repair of spire1                                                        
    36      17     3
Offertories given away2                                          
    27      19     4
Addition to Churchyard                                        
  299        2     7
Parish Nurse                                                           
    22        0     0
Parish Room expenses4
(met by Jumble Sale)
    20        4     2
Poor Relief Fund                                                     
    22      16     2
Choir                                                                              
      7        2     0
Sunday School6                                                            
      9      15     4
Coal Club Bonus                                                       
      8       8      0
Parish Library, for books                                          
      2        3     1
Paid to the Church Missionary Society                  
       9       7     0
  554        8     3
NOTES
Note  1        The Church Spire
The repair costs were as follows:                              
      £      s      d
Lightning conductor                                                    
      5      4       6
Copper Vane                                                                
      6     17      9
Men's time-3 men, 3 weeks                                     
    19     10      0
Shingles                                                                       
       1    10      0
Copper nails and lead                                                 
       1      5      0
Boards and timber                                                            
              10     0
Smith's work                                                                       
                5     0
Gold Leaf                                                                           
              15     0
Use of tackling                                                             
       1       0     0
TOTAL                                                                    
     36     17     3
To meet this our churchwardens had in hand £26-3s-4d, and the balance will, we hope, be met by the regular offertories before the end of our financial year, that is Easter.
Note  2 details of these gifts are below:                  
£     s     d
to Caterham & Croydon Hospitals                              
       8     6     6
Church Army Van                                                      
       2     0     0  
Rochester Diocesan Society                                  
       3   15   10¼
Rochester C.E.Temperance Society                     
       4   13     0 ¼
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel             
       3     3    11½
Church Missionary Society                                     
       6     0     0
     27   19     4
Note  3  
Details of these Church expenses
follow:                                                                                
       £     s     d
Organist's salary                                                       
      30     0     0
Wages for bell-ringing, stoking, organ-blowing      
      10   13     6
Wages for Gardener                                                   
       12   15     0
Wages for cleaning, and materials                             
         7   14   11
Gas bill                                                                          
         5     8     0
Solid fuel                                                                       
         2   17   10
Washing of surplices                                                   
         1   16   10
Contributions to the organ Flute Stop                             
               19    0
Dr Bunnett's fee                                                            
          2      2   0
Insurance                                                                       
          2     9    3
Repairs                                                                         
          1     4    3
Alterations in the stoke-hole                                        
          4   10    7
Carting chalk                                                                 
          1     3    6
Music for choir                                                                    
               16    8
Candles                                                                                
                 7    0
Churchwarden's Visitition (sic) Fee                             
          1     0    0
Green silk Stole                                                                  
               15    9
Cruet for Communion Service                                       
           1     0  10
Sundries                                                                               
                 18    5
        88     13    4
Note  4 details of the Parish Room Expenses
        £     s     d
Deficit from last year                                                  
        1     7     2½
Deficit on concert, May 8 1898                                       
              19     6
Ground Rent, to Mrs Hunter                                       
         5     0     0
Cleaning                                                                       
         8     8     0
Rates                                                                                 
              14     4
Fire Insurance                                                                      
                5     6
Coal and wood                                                                   
              12     4
Water Rate                                                                         
              10     0
Gas                                                                                     
               15    4
Tuning the piano                                                           
           1     0   0
Sundries                                                                             
                12   0
       20     4     2½
Note  5     details of the Poor Relief Fund:                  
         £     s     d
Receipts:     Balance in hand                                      
         4     3     1
From Mr C.R.Romer                                                    
              10     0
Mrs Tuzo (special case)                                
         2   10     0
Mr A.Herbert                                                        
              10     6
Mr H.Jonas                                                     
         1      1    0
Poor Box                                                                 
         1      0    9
Payments:     Money given                                               
               11     0
Mr H.Clarke for Meat                                              
         3    11     4
For chickens                                                                  
               10     0
Mr King, for milk                                                     
         1    14     5
For help during illness                                            
         2      8     0
For nurse in illness                                                  
         9      3    11
Patient's expenses in Croydon hospital         
         4    10     0
Sundries
                 7     6
DEFICIT                                                                      
       13      0   10
Towards the deficit, Revd. & Mrs Glossop give £3-16s-11d, and
J.Newberry Esq. gives £9-3s-11d
Note  6     details of the expenditure from    the Sunday School Fund:
       £     s     d
Eastbourne Excursion, 12 children                             
       2     0     0
Xmas Prizes                                                                   
       6     6     5
Xmas Tea, and Treat                                                      
       1     6     5
Sundries                                                                                
              2     6
Balance in hand                                                             
       3     0     4

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