The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-11-14
UNCLAIMED MONEY.

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Naval Prize Money-Dividends and
Dsposits-Hidden Treasures.
? Many persons are interested in sun
claimed naval prize-money. 1t was
more common century ago than it is
now for the army and navy to act in
concert, and in some cases the prize
money was considerable. Take, for ex-
ample, the capture Of Havana in 1852.
The money, valuable merchandise, and
military and naval stores found in the
town and arsenal, were valued at fS,-
0O0, 600 sterling; and great discomfort
followed the distribution of this prize
money, the subordinate officers and
seamen receiving very unequal reward
for their services. The Admiral was
awarded f122, ,697 los. 3D.; and the Com
modore f24, $50 los. Id; other officers
much smaller payments; but the small
est Of all to brave-hearted Jack and
Joe the marine. who had doled out to
them the Insignificant sum of fS, As.
Cd. each; scarcely tempting enough for
the deceased seaman's next of kin to
incur trouble and expense 20 recover.
A ike sum was paid to the army.
Among other things not generally
known Is the fact that there annually
lapses TO the Government of the coun-
try very large sum from unclaimed
div;dends recent Parliamentarv ma
per shows that on january 4. 1885,. the
Government dividends due. and not de-
manded. amounted to fsls,9 12s. Cd;
of which sum. there was advanced to
the Governmept f756. $50 0s. Cd. The
sums thus advanced are applied 'pursu-
ant to the provisions of certain acts of
Parlisn,enf toward the reduction Of the
ns5;orai debt A remarkable case came
befcre the late Vice bancellor Mains.
IN which h anneared tbat a ladv died at
Marseilles AT the great aoe Of ninetv-
eirht. who. though Entitled 70 ;f56, 600
IA the funds. and TO more than f20. 900
aocumula,ed dividends. was constantly
BORROWING money from her relatives;
nom which fact Il NAV be inferred that
fbis larve deposit had ESCAPED the AGED
ladv,s memorv. s,
IN addition TO unclaimed dividends.
the Bank of England. doubtless has
larpe sums in the shape of unclaimed
deposits. In fact. most companies of
LONG standing have on their books large
suns In the shane of unclaimed diyi-
dends. For instance. the ROYAL Ex-
chance Assurance Company some wears
aro had upward of ESQ. 1000 thus await
inc claimants: and were Parliament-
arY RETURN Of the unclaimed residues of
estates In the hands of trustees to be or
dered. people would be startled at the
totals IL would reveal.
Then. AGAIN. the right or partial right
of the Crown to treas1re-trove is deemed
by many persons to be a somewhat arbi-
trary one. and finders of these long
hidden treasures now and then try to
dispose of them on the sly. Conceal
ment of this kind in the .sgood old
tines was death; it is now fine or i'm
prisonment. The right assumed by a
lord of the manor to treasure-trove
found on his estate may be exemplified
by the following amusing anecdote: A
West-end jeweler endeavored to palm
of upon = rich old gentleman an old
fashioned silver drinking-cup, by de-
claring that it had been found in a par
ticular field near certain town. .sWill
Won certify that in writingPn The
fradesman was ONLY too ready to do so.
Whsreupon the gentleman. pocketino
the certificate. and taking up the fiagon
at the same time, remarked: THANK
YOU. yery much; I am the lord of that
manor, and / am glad to receive nv
proper dues.'i
Inc mG0TIOQ OF ICOQSCleQCe-mOQ9V. ". TOO.
inv.riablv uroyokes a smile: but per.
hans sop1e of ms are IGNORANT of the fac,
tbst this LAST item alone has been est.
mated to swell the Chancellor of the
Frcheouer, s<bnd doret bv about f15- 200 !
wear. and sometimes more.
Tt is rarelv that ono reads of n ,,ersor
refusing to claim a leoacy. but il has
heen tnou-n An old ladv wasi entitled
~, considerable nronertv and her al.
v;ssrs w.rtad har 10 syo son,a d;stance
sr,l s;sn 4 nanar offsr;ney 70 taFe he,
4, n r,6st-cbaisa and navau ernanes
Int 6e;no of an ofstinsta ten,ner She
,-ef,,sa5 p st;r. and .nd ,,arsnss;or
bs;nsr nsajess the ,,ro,ertv d;ssnnearsd
- ,,ss,-a,. 49,, ,rs,a3
= Tbe-s are soyne ,,srsons ~ who ,nats I,
the rula of their lives IN ..gatber Gear
- svs,v rri,s-si and s,,,onr 3h;s ciass .,
nsonomsriacs NAV ha cisssed no;sers
A nroi;fic so1,rce of Iiti gat;on often ar;ses
frl,,,, tbe;,. eccs,,t,;,. 1,3ode ~ d;sros;no
- th.,;,. bSs,5s vThst L.s ba-sa,,,a e
s..s., 49, - Ia &c. d;soorareJ
k:SSs.... s;,..s'. -. ,.1.,,t.5 bsS;,,S
~. - .-,...'s. s,,!e,-,d :,
ho.rd [ ~ se,.-,, NJ, =, ! n,sttrsss. dsnas,
stad .,,,oner ths latb and master ~ !
cs;I;,s--- ,,1scs5 bab;nd tbe shutters Of !
,,-,-,, 81 go, h,,,;ed 4, the coeI-cal1arI
One instance NAV s,,ftice' In I766- AT ,
iodoino-honse in Dentford G,ondonl' ar
FngIis6 iadv. died AZ the age of ninety
sixs Her name was Luborne. 70,
snssrlv half q cer,nrv She had i;vad !,
the most penurious manner; frequently
indeed, had begged on the high road
when she went on business to The city
After her death there were found secu
rites in the Bank, South Sea, East Indi.
and other stocks to the amount of f4o.