awarded by the committee, and free passages to
Scotland are given to such as require them.

"The charity of the Scottish Hospital is applicable to the poor
natives of Scotland and their children resident in the
Metropolis and its immediate neighbourhood, who, not being in
receipt of parochial relief in this country, would in age and
poverty, in sickness or distress, or when in want of employment,
be exposed to the utmost wretchedness, or to discreditable
beggary, but for the fostering relief afforded them by this
institution. Those natives of Scotland resident in London who
may desire to spend the remainder of their days in Scotland have
free passages granted to them by the corporation. From the
accumulation of a subscription which was raised in India thirty
years ago the corporation is also enabled to allot L120 a year
to the ministers and Kirk Sessions of the several congregations
of the Scottish churches in London and Westminster, for the
purpose of affording education to the children of Scottish
parents at the schools attached to these churches.

"I am happy to say that the Scottish Hospital is in a more
prosperous state this year than at any former period. But at the
same time further demands have been made upon its funds. The
claims during the past year have been in excess of any previous
year, and several of the cases relieved have been of a very
pressing and urgent nature. Pensions of L6, L12, L15, and L25
per annum have been granted to nearly 200 respectable men and
women, whose means of support have been greatly increased by the
timely aid afforded. Nearly 300 monthly applicants have had sums
given to them by the directors, in several instances amounting
to L5 at one time. In addition to these, more than 1300 persons
have had casual assistance at the office of the corporation.
Passages to Scotland have been granted to about 200 deserving
persons. But for the intervention of this corporation many would
have been compelled to apply to an English parish for relief,
and by doing so would have lost that feeling of independence
which every Scotsman cherishes and desires to maintain. Upwards
of 208 children of Scottish parents resident in the Metropolis
have during the year been educated at the expense of the
corporation. Soldiers and sailors, natives of Scotland, to t