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Printer's Pension Society

Printer's Pension Society, 22, Portugal Street, established 1827, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows. 228 pensioners have been elected, and there are at present time 62 receiving pensions.

Income during the year amounted to £2,222 including a legacy of £500.

Treasurer, William Clowes, Esq.,—Sec., Mr. J. S. Hodson.

The Newsvenders' Provident Institution, instituted 1789; and the Friendly Society of Dealers in Newspapers, are two distinct institutions, for the interests of members, and their mutual protection.

SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.