Booksellers Provident Institution, Office, 56, Old Bailey, E. C., established 1837, for the temporary or permanent relief of members only, and their widows and children. Numbers 526 members, with about £20,000 accumulated in the funds. 37 persons have received temporary assistance during the past year, and 25 members are now on the permanent relief fund.
Income last year, £2,509.
President, B. E. Green, Esq.—Treasurer, Thomas Brown, Esq.—Hon. Secretary, William Meyrick, Esq.—Assistant Secretary, Mr. Ives.
SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.