The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY

The annual meeting of the friends and subscribers to
this eminently useful institution, the advan'ages of which
are universally acknowledged, was held on Friday last, at
one o'clock, in the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street.
There was a highly respectable though somewhat limited
attendance, amongst whom we observed the Rev. Thomas
Bold, the Rev. Hugh Mr/sTeile, the Rev. Dr. Hume
(head master of the English department in the Collegiate
Institution), the Rev. R. L. Townsend, the Rev. Dr.
Iliff; W. P. Hutchinson, George Grant, Joshua Edwards,
Charles Tayleur, W. Mann, jun., George Crosfield, H.
Crosfield, William Brown, E. W. Jackson, Frederick
Hull, E. T. Kearsley, &c. &c.
The Rev. THOMAS BOLD took the chair, and men-
tioned that the business of the meeting would commence
by the treasurer communicating a statement of his ac-
counts.__

Mr. H. CROSFIELD, as treasurer, then proceeded to
lay the customary financial statement before the meeting.
He was happy, he said, to be able to state that !he charity
was out of debt (hear); but, though its position in that
respect had in some degree been retrieved, he must men-
tion that there was still a balance of £24 against the insti-
tution, besides some outstanding accounts, which would
increase that amount to upwards of £7O. (Hear, hear.)
The accounts would show that during the last year there
had been an increase in the expenditure of about £4O;
hut, on the other hand, there had been an increase in t le
number of patients to the extent of upwards of 1500.
(Hear, hear.) It was very pleasant and gratifying to him
to see so many influential gentlemen now present, willing
a portion of their time to attend the meetings
oft this excellent charity ; and, he would take the liberty of
o
give up
impressing upon the the necessity of not allowing the
i
feelings of interest n it that now pervaded their minds to
pass away when they left the room—(hear)—but that, in
their respective places, they would mention the claims of
this charity to their friends, in order to see whether they
might not be able to induce some to put down their names
as subscribers. (Hear, hear.) The subscription-list had
never come within £lOO of the current expenditure (hear),
which was rather a large sum to depend upon the preca-
rious income derived from donations. (Hear, bear.) He
would now read his accounts. Last year commenced with
a balance due to the treasurer of £44 Is. 4d., and there
had been expended since £302 4s. Bd., which, it must be
borne in mind, had procured relief for upwards of 16,000
cases. (Hear.) The subscriptions amounted to £222 7s. ;
donations, £97 Is. 6d. ; received from the charity-box,
£2 3s. ; making a total income of £321 Ils. 6d., and,
therefore, still leaving a balance due to the treasurer of
£24 14s. 6d. He might further state that since the
accounts had been made up, be had received from the
executors of the late James Heyworth the sum of XlOO,
which that gentleman had bequeathed to the institution.
Mr. E. W. JACKSON moved, and Mr. FREDERICK
HULL seconded, the first resolution, to the effect that the
Treasurer's accounts be received and passed. Carried
unanimously.

Mr. NEILL, surgeon to the institution, ti-n read the
following surgical report, which, he observed, had been
submitted to and approved by the Committee :

REPORT

The committee, in presenting the following report, con-
gratulate the friends of the charity on the immense
amount of good which has been accomplished with such
small means.

The increasing usefulness of the Liverpool Eye and
Ear Infirmary could not perhaps be more clearly shown
than by comparing the proceedings of 1844 with those of
1833, including a period of eleven years.
In 1833, of eye-patients there were admitted to
the advantages of the institution
I 1844, new eye patients....

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