§ Dr. PHILLIPSasked the hon. Member for Houghton-le-Spring as representing the Charity Commissioners whether the St. Peter's Property Trust and the Ann 883W Reed Charity are registered; if so, what was the number of trustees provided for originally; and what are the names of those who are now so acting?
§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONThe Charity Commissioners do not know whether the St. Peter's Property Trust and the Ann Reed Charity are registered. They have no information about the St. Peter's Property Trust. In connection with a General Inquiry into the Charities of Sunderland held in 1903, the Reverend W. E. Cockshott then Vicar of St. Peter's, Bishopwearmouth, stated that £178 6s. 4d. Consols, representing a bequest of £200 Consols under the will of Miss Anne Reed proved at Durham 15th November, 1877, to the Vicar of the Vicarage of St. Peter, Bishopwearmouth upon trust to apply the dividends at his discretion on Christmas Day for the benefit of poor inhabitants of such Vicarage as he should select, stood in his name, and that he distributed the dividends in the course of his ordinary parochial work among the poor of his district, whether members of the Church of England or not, as occasion required.