| Description | Committee meetings during this period were typically attended by Mr. J[ohn].T[hrogmorton]. Middlemore, Alderman George Baker, Rev. J.Jenkyn Brown, Rev. A.R. Vardy and Mr. Alfred Hill. The minutes contain reports from the clerk on the number of children present in the emigration homes and issues arising relating to the day-to-day running of the homes. The minutes contain reports on the emigration of children to Canada, record financial discussions and include details of accounts and expenditure. The minutes are handwritten and include some letters and press cuttings pasted into the volume.
A letter to the committee from auditors regarding preparation of a statement of receipts and payments for the year ending 31 December 1901 is enclosed in the front of the volume. |