, 1860-07-21

OUR BOSTON LETIEIs.
TIE cuARI1iEs OF BOSTON.
tcn,.,popdepes Of thu P1tss aud Ts!bune-l
Boa4os, Jelly l7th, lasa
Til, N,r,h ..m riedn Rsie.o for July contains
An art;c1. on H.: Glariti:.. Of Boston, the cub
stance Of which Propose to lay bel"re the
readers Of the Pass AND TRIBUNE, For tue
last fifteen Years the average expense oil our
public schools Gas amounted to $324 ,263.l5 per
annum. OF this, sle4 GEO 97.has been the an
nual cost Of the grammar schools; es3,4s7 .35 OF
the primary schools, and $7G.e04 So Of the
school houses, making total for Is years OF
$4.ses, ,pt7.as. For the House Of Industry there
has been spent in Is years the sun of 1871 .l5o;
and for The Lunatic Hospital &84.841.as. Tho
Oyerseers Of the Poor have distributed to tue
moor in their own houses $44l .56s.77; and
s13o43.o3 have been given to support the pau
pers in the State Lunatio Hospital These four
sums amount to ,S2o,do3.l2 spent in what
may be called the corporate charity Of the city
during Is years. The great and rapid increase
in these expenditures is startling fact as it is
fact both in Boston and other large cities.
The aggregate contributions Of the hundred
parishes of Boston for foreign and domestic
missions amount to $5s,21+ per annum aimee
1915. For the specific charities Of parishes to
the poor within their own limits, tie sum Of
$4,000 per annum is spent by these hundred
parishes. In addition to open aud organized
beneyolence, there are many private channels
of CHARITY through which large amount of the
benefactions Of our people dows-
Far RELIGIOUS obiects Boston has contributed
,-:. * .-. q, ooo -oc71 0f 4h;. ,m
curing ~ 'ea's S'- ,: ~ ."a >, 'r. 49,
$l3.Go7.o7 went 70 ths Ahoians; *lo'o9s - 'os
promoting Christian kno~ledge; s55, 1912 IS for
so s:""as. ca"a,v. @ x;5 or tn tha American Trnc.
slonaty oos'es' eo"- ~ ~ ~
Society; x32..o4a-lo 1or roreen l1sa'ons
through the A.. 3. c. F. H.; s95.0s4 CT to the
American Home Missionary Society; ss5, 900 to
~ a. .s.s-;s.a ~ n,nt;.t u;,.;on.,r 1Tn;s.
x3o,3sl for tue Foreign and Domestic Missions
of the Episcopal Church; $l4,a7O for the EMS.
80, c;tx mission a, nm n i'm n e..
eop~' =, ~ -. M ~ - - ooci'
ety; $l'ooo ZOE 'he massachusetts Convention
Of Congregational ClerRymen; tl3, 800 for Epis-
American Educatlon Society; $lG,Uoo to St. |
Marv's Free Church for Sailors; tl02 SO Ia
the Benevolent Fraternity Of Churches: said
1ol.l6 for the Foreign Missions and church
building Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
For charitable objects cur city has spent in
fifteen yearr, &, 4s2,7as.43. or this s357 .5305o
was spent by the Massachusetts General las,
ptal and Asylum for the Insane; $46. 6.51s.75 by
The Massachusetts Eye aud Ear Infirmary:
S13,GsO % for the Schoo for ldiotic and Feeble
minded Youth; 10000 for the Temperance
;ntr fart hal
$50. .267, III for the Boston Female Asrlum.
x3s 5Y3. .00 for the Boston Port SOCIETY,". S1l a1n
ior tie Boston M4riue Society: $55 - for
the Children's Friend Society; xil7.3;3yy for
the Relief Of Aged aud INDECENT Females (since
The destitute (s,nce isi7); Ss3sss Is % far ti1e '
Penitent Female Refuge: 4. .03l for t:,r Ssadis-
womau's Friend Society: xl6.ss1. 90 for he |
ola South Qutrterly Lecture; SG5 902 O5 for tj,e
Howard Benevolent Society: $l..74l,3 IS ior the
Widows Society; sl,7c475 for ihe Fragment
Society; &34,35a.96 for the Seanen's Friend
S,ciety aud Sailors Home; $30,957.0o for
the Seaman's Aid Society: Zoo 90 for
the Sailors Snug Harbor; $1s.15s.oO for he
relief Of aged and INDECENT ministers (,ince
ls4a); SAC 421 for Ss. Stephens Mission 10 lie
Poor; s. $40 for st. Stephens brotherhood: |
fa.;67.a4 for Learman Aid Society: III 'Ut7 ~
for Church Home for Ornhsns an,d i,lS,;.n,a
Children fsince ls55l: us 600 far Tho WaTran
street Chanel: Al. .00D for rebui1din,r The aana. |
s71 745 q; for the Proyident Ins,i,n,;nn 1s;ncs
1a5s mi ndd % mr. cant for cio,tn~ sa,; ss'a;e
hr d.aiers @ IN IN sn;Iahre or;;ciest sem IN
t;hsr;tahie Assnc.atinn of Ros,on S1vv19 S;,a ,ss
ss.4ss ~ for lie Claiming Home 5sinca 1sTs,:
sss. 0ey for the House OF The Anal GuapJ;33n, 3,
fs;nce 1s5,;>. ss3 (6C % for tha f.o,oa;-,,;s.,
SSnc;o+v. .451 oss tnr tha cb;,arsn,s sf;sa;a,
he Cb;iaren nf the i}estitnte fs;ncs 1s.ss
zoo for The Charitable Orthoped,e 1ns,,;n,,Ssn Su
er1 1Sa ~ ~ lie Watbo,i;st En;sarnai rh..n',i
S. IA ,or ~. Ehartahe fr;sh sno;at,. ~nafcn;
~ ~ ~, nurnoses If EJ"cation % ~ ~. cn.
of tha i,ostnn Tnb: I.ibrary sssa sss =. de
nat;ons IN the aame ~ 1oo ~, HoS,no ~ .1u
na.,,m ,lon.tons sSS 1ao. snnbsc,;'.;aa aug
nsw sbsra. s1ss no 4" uasrasd .ua WsM u
S=oc "a az. Mnsenm ~ Na,nrai I;.t""s, Gt".ese,
cnmhr;dye s75 ON, oi1. Tru,teea af mnu s3;,ns a.
60 Fdncstinr +, ;,sr;, aes al n. uo.at'..
salts 1nst;tnt;on for G,r,s a. Ianc.s,s1 ~
III M. PerIna inst;tutinn for ,ha W';nf $rc
s,,1 M. Ho.ton As, INN and Farm Schnn1' e.
~ -. American Academy of A1ts mi ~;
enc.e Iii 5ol. State Refn5m schoo1 s5a sn,,
IN. indu ira; S.honI for f;;ris =: .nn M
fs;nca 1a551. Tntt's fo,,a"a S,sH 0H ~ w. ~.
fs;ncs 1887. Latin Schoo1 81 51o m. Srhoo,t
n.s;G, ~ ,,oa ~ f.snca 1s31 WaI,s"h 1S"ou.ol
1l;stsr;cei o 1;nr;sty al o75 m. M.shas: MuSess
-ra,+;as., ,h.a:' x.on;o,;o1 % NJ, ~ ~