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London, England, 1804-05-16 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1304.

so(! ET \ • 1- SU: Li) .:; t. c NLCESSITY
Cl-11,i13INi; 110‘ a iiew Method of
LE,OING CHVIINI ES, anj lot' improving the CON-

1)t1 I()tsi of CH I L R E 14, and others chiilloyed by

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.
AT a General Meeting of this S-lciel‘,•,.lield at
the London Coffee-House, on TuesLlay the tst Day of
May, 1804. •
WM. TOOKE, Esci Treasurer, In the Chair ;
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the last General
Meeting. . •
Read a Retort made by the General Committee, of the
Proceedings of the Society, during-tire preceding -Twelve
Months.

Resolved, That the Report of the Conimittee be:adopted
by this Meeting, entered on the Minutes, anal piinted for
dittribution among the Members of this Society. •
ResolVed, That •the Thanks of this Meeting he presented
to R. M. Foster,.Esq. for the Zeal and Philanthropy which
has been displayed by him, in promoting the Comfort and
flappiness of the unfortunate Objects of this Instittition.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be giVen to
James Hebdin, Esq. the first Promoter of this Society, for
his benevolent exertions tovyards its institution for the pur-
pose of abWishing the inhuman Practice of employing Chil-
dren in cleaming of Chimnies, which has long been the-dis-
graceful Prattice of this Country.
Resolv-d, That the Thanks of this t -yen 10
Steprien to 'h', rr•
idertn..n .
at Oxford, in promoting the PtaLtice of S
in that City with Machines.
ReSllved, That the Committee be empowered to discon-
tinue the System .of Inspeetion, or cOntinne the same, la
such mani*r, and by such Persons, as they . may judge
- expedient.
Signed WM. TOOK E, Chairman.

Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to
Wm. Tooke, EsQ for the pains takeb by him in drawing up
the very able Report which has this day been read ; and for
the Attention which he has paid to the ,',.eneral Concerns of
this institution, from its first Establishment to the present
Time.

By Order of the Meeting,
WM. !ON ES, Secretary.

By the Rules and Orders of this Society, the Donations to
it may be either occasional, or annual, and the continuance of
the latteris merely optional ; but no Member shall be con-
sidered to continue as such any 'longer than •while his Annual
Supscription, of not less than One Guinea, shall be regularly
paid within six months after the sst day of January in each
year. ...The SubscriptioLs due the tat day otjanuary last, are
received by Messrs. Elo re. Banker's, Fleet-street ; and by. Mr.
Wm. Tooke, the Treasurer, No. so, Gray:s-inu-square.
N. 13. Subscribers of Ten Guineas, or Upwaras, are deem-
ed Members during the continuance o'ol4 Society.

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