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uary and 50 more will be admitted in June. The cost of this will, undoubtedly, be very great, the ultimate amount being between L18,000 and L20,000. I am here, therefore, as your chairman, to ask you to contribute as liberally as you can for the maintenance of this ancient and most creditable institution. I am well aware that now and for some years past there has been both agricultural and commercial depression, but I feel convinced that in the cause of charity--and what greater charity can there be than providing for orphan children?--I shall not appeal in vain to my countrymen to do all in their power as philanthropists to support an institution which has been carried out on the best and most economical principles." The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm, and acknowledged by Mr. Capell (the treasurer). The total amount of the subscriptions announced during the evening was L5000, including an annual subscription of 20 guineas from the Queen and 100 guineas from the Prince of Wales. When the foundation-stone was laid by the Prince and Princess of Wales, in 1869, 250 purses were laid on it, containing in all about L8000. For the chapel L5000 was given by one whose early days were spent in the Asylum. The Grocers' Company contributed L3000 to build one house; the Countess of Verulam and the Countess of Essex raised another sum of L3000, as a kind of welcome to the county. The income in 1887 was L15,000, but the invested funds give little more than L1000, so that there is constant need of new "voluntary contributions," to maintain the 550 orphans now in the houses. THE COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. _March 30th, 1887._ The associated teachers who, under the name of the College of Preceptors, have for above forty years laboured to raise the standard of middle-class education, deserve praise and honour for what they have accomplished. Without Government aid or grant, and unpatronized by dignitaries of Church or State, these learned and patriotic men have succeeded, by training teachers, establishing examinations, and granting certificates, in acquiring a reputation and influence now very generally recognized. Their work is truly of national importance, and this His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales declared when he readily assented to formally open the new building of the College, in Bloomsbury Square, on the 30th of March, 1887. This College is self-supporting, a
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