INCOMES of the twelve GREAT COMPANIES of LONDON as returned (1) to the MUNICIPAL The upper figure shows the income as returned, the lower the proportion of such income which is derived from (1) the Ulster) or sums received in respect of NOTE.-The balance in hand at the beginning of each financial year is not included in these figures. COMMISSION of 1834, (2) to the CITY LIVERY COMPANIES COMMISSION of 1880. rents of land in England, mostly in the City of London; (2) the rents of land in Ireland (County of Londonderry, charges remaining on Irish estates sold. CORPORATE EXPENDITURE (Principal Items)--continued. MERCERS.* 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. * Trust income, 35,4771. The above statement does not include a sum of 35,0997. spent in 1877, 1878, and 1879, on the enlargement of the Company's hall and rebuilding the premises in Cheapside; against these sums the Company received from the Commissioners of Sewers for a strip of frontage in Cheapside 22,000l., and for sale of old materials and sundries 1,600l., leaving 11,529/. found by the Company. GROCERS.* 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1379. (a) Includes 20,000l. to London Hospital, and 30,000l. for schools at Hackney Downs. The Company sold out for these purposes about 53,000l. stock. 395 134 1,462 1,014 1,425 1,255 1,156 1,188 1,314 1,696 2,540 1,674 1,311 1,163 1,876 15,035 13,775 16,699 18,617 20,274 16,390 17,491 501 (a)57,358 993 1,623 3,362 984 285 456 474 310 391 268 1,550 (a) This includes a large outlay on the Irish estate in building farmhouses and flax mills, a sum spent on repairing the hall, and sums spent in improving the English estate, and in building industrial dwellings. * Trust income, 10,7927. (for 1879-80). The figures of the corporate income are not strictly accurate. (a) 70,000l. stock was sold out during the years 1878 and 1879. (b) 3,0751. law costs. SKINNERS.* 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1,470 6. Law charges, cost of surveys, and miscellaneous 681 621 705 782 £ £ £ £ £ 11,198 11,493 11,216 10,803 14,915 15,914 1,856 1,700 1,522 2,370 2,230 2,204 2,635 2,034 3,330 1,807 1,791 1,876 1,994 2,333 2,561 2,585 2,593 3,033 3,062 3,314 2,962 3,733 4,556 5,673 5,344 3,784 5,140 5,602 1,032 1,075 2,223 1,303 1,040 1,375 5,110 1,259 1,421 1,498 1,503 1,592 1,530 2,965 3,129 3,442 3,230 3,716 5,272 1,468 £ £ 18,977 |