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EDINBURGH.
XV
the estate of Niddrie, and the factor of the Duke of Aber-
corn. The institation was opened in 1S33, and the number
of boys at present maintained there is sixteen.
There are also Industrial or Ragged Schools, of which the
first was instituted in 1855, and numerous Sunday schools.
The Orphan Hospital, Belford road, Dean, was projected
in 1727, by Andrew Gairdner, merchant in Edinburgh ;
and in 1733 a house was hired and thirty children received
in it. In 1735 new premises were built near the Trinity
College Church, but the present building was erected in 1833,
from the designs of the late Mr. Thomas Hamilton. About
130 boys and girls, including presentees and boarders, are
maintained in the institution, the benefits of which are not
restricted by locality. Boarders from any part of Scot-
land are now received into the hospital at j^i6 yearly
for boys and ^14 yearly for girls, which includes all
expenses of whatever kind.
Trinity Hospital, the oldest charitable institution in the
city, was founded by Mary of Gueldres, in the year 1461,
for the reception of thirteen poor persons, but the building
was demolished in 1846 to make way for the North British
railway, and the funds are now distributed in outdoor relief.
The ordinary revenue is about ^5,700. By interlocutor of
the First Di\'ision of the Court 0? Sessions, of 3rd February,
1880, a new scheme was authorized for the distribution of
this charity. The number of pensioners, of whom one-
eighth are incurables on the higher scale of pension of £2^,
has been fixed at 99, of whom 17 are appointed by private
patrons, and on the lower scale of pension of ^15 at 204.
Applicants for the benefit of this fund require to have resided
in Edinburgh for two years at some time, and supported
themselves by their own industry during that period, with-
out aid from any charity, or be widows or children of
burgesses, and must be in decayed circumstances at the
date of their application, and not under 50 years of age,
except where they are prevented from working by incurable
disease, in which case there is no limit in point of age. The
Wemyss Trust amounts to ^^15.
The Royal Blind Asylum and School, incorporated by
royal charter in 1898, was formed by the amalgamation
of the Asylum for the Industrious Blind, founded in 1793,
and the School for Blind Children, founded in 1S36, and at
one time located in Gayfield square. In 1876 the directors
secured four acres of ground at West Craigmillar, a southern
suburb, and opened the building now occupied as the female
asylum and school. The property in Nicolson street was
first bought in 1806, for ^1,575, for the male department ;
since then extensive additions and alterations have been
made. A portion of the buildings is arranged as shops and
warehouses, with workshops in the rear. The commercial
department is at 58 Nicolson st. The inmates now number
233 in all — 46 adult females, 137 adult males, and 50 boys
and girls — in addition to which there are 121 out-door
pensioners. In the industrial department the females are
employed in sewing covers for mattresses and feather beds,
knitting stockings, chair-caning &c. The males are chiefly
employed in making mattresses, brushes, baskets, mats,
ship fenders, firewood, printing braille &c. and in the
weaving of matting and " rag carpets," a number of looms
bemg employed in this work. Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, in 1853, gave a donation of 250 guineas, to com-
memorate which one of the pupils (formerly .selected by her
Majesty) is called the "Queen's Scholar." The governmg
body consists of the Earl of Haddington K. t. president ;
four vice-presidents, and nineteen directors, seven of
whom represent local public bodies, the remainder being
elected by the qualified contributors. The endowments
amount to upwards of ^18,000.
The Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb,
established in 1810, is a large plain structure, situated in
Henderson row. The original expense of the building,
furnishing &c. was upwards of ;^7,ooo, and it was enlarged
in 1894 by the addition of two wings, at a cost of ;£6,ooo.
Grighton Bequest. — By his trust disposition and settle-
ment the late Mr. James Grighton, merchant in Edinburgh,
who died in November, 1889, bequeathed to the Lord Pro-
vost, Magistrates and Council, and Governors of Trinity
Hospital, the sum of jfs.ooo, to be invested to provide pen-
sions of 2^12 each, with ^5 of funeral money ; the pensioner
to have the same qualification as for Trinity Hospital.
Alexander Fund. — Formerly this fund was administered
by the Governors of Trinity Hospital, m conjunction with
the Trinity Hospital Fund proper, but by interlocutor of
the Lords of Council and Session, of 3rd February, 1880,
the management has been invested in a body of trustees,
and a scheme adopted by the Court for its future adminis-
tration. Under this scheme the free income is to be divided
amongst eight men and four women, with a maximum
pension of £27 15s. 6d. Applicants for the fund must be
unmarried when elected, and not under 50 years of age,
excepting any additional beneficiaries whom the trustees
may appoint, in the selection of whom there shall be no
restriction of sex or marriage. The beneficiaries shall be-
indigent persons of good reputation who have not fallen into
decay through their own vice and prodigality, and who are
not in receipt of parochial relief. First, those of the kindred!
of Mr. Alexander, of Knockhill, who died in 1696, either
upon his father's or his mother's side. Secondly, those of
the surname of Alexander who shall apply within threescore'
days next after any vacancy shall be publicly announced ;
and thirdly, other persons qualified as aforesaid as the'
patrons shall think fit. All persons bearing the name of
Alexander, whether as their parents' name or their hus-
band's name, shall be deemed to fall within the favouring
clause of the bequest. Applicants not claiming on the foot-
ing of being entitled to a preference must have resided in.
Edinburgh for two years, and for that period must have
supported themselves by their own industry, or at least
witliout aid from any charity.
The Magdalene Asylum, originally instituted in 1797,
was formerly in Ganongate, but now occupies a building at
Dairy ; this charity is supported by contributions, bequests-
and the profits arising from the work of the inmates.
The New College Missionary Society was founded 1877, in
the Pleasance district. The premises, rebuilt in 1890, in
the Tudor Gothic style, at a cost of about ;^5,ooo, now
consist, besides the hall, of a house for the missionary and
seven students.
The Ministers' Widows' Fund was originated in 1743, and
received the sanction of Parliament in 1744, and was estab-
lished on its present footing by Acts passed in 1778 and 1814.
The widow is entitled to an annuity, corresponding to the
rate her husband had chosen ; and the children, if he leaves-
no widow, to provisions of ;^ioo, .1^150, j^20o, or ;^25o,
according to the rate the father may have paid.
Horn's Charity distributes the interest of ;^3,Soo to day
labourers out of employment at Christmas &c.
Dr. Robert Johnston's Bequest of ^^3,000 is equally appro-
priated in finding employment for the poor, in clothing the-
boys in Heriot's Hospital, and in support of poor exhibitioners
at the University.
The income of Mr. Strathan's Estate is bestowed in small
annual sums on poor old people not under 65 years of age,,
and on orphans not above twelve.
Scougall's Bequest. — John Scougall,a merchant in Leith,
bequeathed ^2,000, the interest to be paid to daughters of
merchants (not shopkeepers) in Leith. They must be Eiiisco-
palians, but these failing, members of the EstabUshed.
Church. The beneficiaries are nominated by the clergymen
of St. James's.
The Charity Workhouse, in the southern district, was-
erected by voluntary contributions in 1743, and the principal
funds for its support are a tax on the valued rents of City
parish, collections at the church doors, charitable donations
and contributions. The average number of its inmates is
upwards of 700. There is also another workhouse in the
parish of St. Guthbert, opened in 1762, conducted nearly on
the same plan as the former.
The House of Refuge, in Canongate, is for the reception
of all persons in a state of destitution.
The Royal Infirmary, Lauristou place, the foundation
stone of which was laid in 1870, was oi^ened in Octobw, 1879 ;
the cost of its erection was ,^350,000. In 1899 additions
were begun on the site of the Children's old hospital ;
these are now (1903) completed, and include large out-
piilient departments for special forms of disease. The
infirmary iiill now hold 138 patients.
The Hospital tor Sick Children, Sciennes road, Rillbank,-
was founded in 1859 ; the present buildings, erected at a
cost of ;^40,ooo, are in the Renaissance style, from the
designs of Mr. G. Washington Bro^vne a.r.s.a. and com-
prise an administrative block in the centre with wings on
either side, surrounding open quadrangles ; total number of
beds, 120.
The Royal Public Dispensary, in West Richmond street,
was founded in 1776, by the late Dr. Andrew Duncan, and is
liberally conducted. '1 he New Town Dispensary, in Thistle
street, was instituted in 1815, and is supported by sub-
scriptions.
Chalmers' Hospital, in Lauristou place, opened in 1864,
was erected, and is maintained, by funds bequeathed by ^
George Chalmers, plumber in Edinburgh, " for the sick and
hurt." The management of the charity is in the Dean and
Faculty of Advocates.
EDINBURGH.
XV
the estate of Niddrie, and the factor of the Duke of Aber-
corn. The institation was opened in 1S33, and the number
of boys at present maintained there is sixteen.
There are also Industrial or Ragged Schools, of which the
first was instituted in 1855, and numerous Sunday schools.
The Orphan Hospital, Belford road, Dean, was projected
in 1727, by Andrew Gairdner, merchant in Edinburgh ;
and in 1733 a house was hired and thirty children received
in it. In 1735 new premises were built near the Trinity
College Church, but the present building was erected in 1833,
from the designs of the late Mr. Thomas Hamilton. About
130 boys and girls, including presentees and boarders, are
maintained in the institution, the benefits of which are not
restricted by locality. Boarders from any part of Scot-
land are now received into the hospital at j^i6 yearly
for boys and ^14 yearly for girls, which includes all
expenses of whatever kind.
Trinity Hospital, the oldest charitable institution in the
city, was founded by Mary of Gueldres, in the year 1461,
for the reception of thirteen poor persons, but the building
was demolished in 1846 to make way for the North British
railway, and the funds are now distributed in outdoor relief.
The ordinary revenue is about ^5,700. By interlocutor of
the First Di\'ision of the Court 0? Sessions, of 3rd February,
1880, a new scheme was authorized for the distribution of
this charity. The number of pensioners, of whom one-
eighth are incurables on the higher scale of pension of £2^,
has been fixed at 99, of whom 17 are appointed by private
patrons, and on the lower scale of pension of ^15 at 204.
Applicants for the benefit of this fund require to have resided
in Edinburgh for two years at some time, and supported
themselves by their own industry during that period, with-
out aid from any charity, or be widows or children of
burgesses, and must be in decayed circumstances at the
date of their application, and not under 50 years of age,
except where they are prevented from working by incurable
disease, in which case there is no limit in point of age. The
Wemyss Trust amounts to ^^15.
The Royal Blind Asylum and School, incorporated by
royal charter in 1898, was formed by the amalgamation
of the Asylum for the Industrious Blind, founded in 1793,
and the School for Blind Children, founded in 1S36, and at
one time located in Gayfield square. In 1876 the directors
secured four acres of ground at West Craigmillar, a southern
suburb, and opened the building now occupied as the female
asylum and school. The property in Nicolson street was
first bought in 1806, for ^1,575, for the male department ;
since then extensive additions and alterations have been
made. A portion of the buildings is arranged as shops and
warehouses, with workshops in the rear. The commercial
department is at 58 Nicolson st. The inmates now number
233 in all — 46 adult females, 137 adult males, and 50 boys
and girls — in addition to which there are 121 out-door
pensioners. In the industrial department the females are
employed in sewing covers for mattresses and feather beds,
knitting stockings, chair-caning &c. The males are chiefly
employed in making mattresses, brushes, baskets, mats,
ship fenders, firewood, printing braille &c. and in the
weaving of matting and " rag carpets," a number of looms
bemg employed in this work. Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, in 1853, gave a donation of 250 guineas, to com-
memorate which one of the pupils (formerly .selected by her
Majesty) is called the "Queen's Scholar." The governmg
body consists of the Earl of Haddington K. t. president ;
four vice-presidents, and nineteen directors, seven of
whom represent local public bodies, the remainder being
elected by the qualified contributors. The endowments
amount to upwards of ^18,000.
The Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb,
established in 1810, is a large plain structure, situated in
Henderson row. The original expense of the building,
furnishing &c. was upwards of ;^7,ooo, and it was enlarged
in 1894 by the addition of two wings, at a cost of ;£6,ooo.
Grighton Bequest. — By his trust disposition and settle-
ment the late Mr. James Grighton, merchant in Edinburgh,
who died in November, 1889, bequeathed to the Lord Pro-
vost, Magistrates and Council, and Governors of Trinity
Hospital, the sum of jfs.ooo, to be invested to provide pen-
sions of 2^12 each, with ^5 of funeral money ; the pensioner
to have the same qualification as for Trinity Hospital.
Alexander Fund. — Formerly this fund was administered
by the Governors of Trinity Hospital, m conjunction with
the Trinity Hospital Fund proper, but by interlocutor of
the Lords of Council and Session, of 3rd February, 1880,
the management has been invested in a body of trustees,
and a scheme adopted by the Court for its future adminis-
tration. Under this scheme the free income is to be divided
amongst eight men and four women, with a maximum
pension of £27 15s. 6d. Applicants for the fund must be
unmarried when elected, and not under 50 years of age,
excepting any additional beneficiaries whom the trustees
may appoint, in the selection of whom there shall be no
restriction of sex or marriage. The beneficiaries shall be-
indigent persons of good reputation who have not fallen into
decay through their own vice and prodigality, and who are
not in receipt of parochial relief. First, those of the kindred!
of Mr. Alexander, of Knockhill, who died in 1696, either
upon his father's or his mother's side. Secondly, those of
the surname of Alexander who shall apply within threescore'
days next after any vacancy shall be publicly announced ;
and thirdly, other persons qualified as aforesaid as the'
patrons shall think fit. All persons bearing the name of
Alexander, whether as their parents' name or their hus-
band's name, shall be deemed to fall within the favouring
clause of the bequest. Applicants not claiming on the foot-
ing of being entitled to a preference must have resided in.
Edinburgh for two years, and for that period must have
supported themselves by their own industry, or at least
witliout aid from any charity.
The Magdalene Asylum, originally instituted in 1797,
was formerly in Ganongate, but now occupies a building at
Dairy ; this charity is supported by contributions, bequests-
and the profits arising from the work of the inmates.
The New College Missionary Society was founded 1877, in
the Pleasance district. The premises, rebuilt in 1890, in
the Tudor Gothic style, at a cost of about ;^5,ooo, now
consist, besides the hall, of a house for the missionary and
seven students.
The Ministers' Widows' Fund was originated in 1743, and
received the sanction of Parliament in 1744, and was estab-
lished on its present footing by Acts passed in 1778 and 1814.
The widow is entitled to an annuity, corresponding to the
rate her husband had chosen ; and the children, if he leaves-
no widow, to provisions of ;^ioo, .1^150, j^20o, or ;^25o,
according to the rate the father may have paid.
Horn's Charity distributes the interest of ;^3,Soo to day
labourers out of employment at Christmas &c.
Dr. Robert Johnston's Bequest of ^^3,000 is equally appro-
priated in finding employment for the poor, in clothing the-
boys in Heriot's Hospital, and in support of poor exhibitioners
at the University.
The income of Mr. Strathan's Estate is bestowed in small
annual sums on poor old people not under 65 years of age,,
and on orphans not above twelve.
Scougall's Bequest. — John Scougall,a merchant in Leith,
bequeathed ^2,000, the interest to be paid to daughters of
merchants (not shopkeepers) in Leith. They must be Eiiisco-
palians, but these failing, members of the EstabUshed.
Church. The beneficiaries are nominated by the clergymen
of St. James's.
The Charity Workhouse, in the southern district, was-
erected by voluntary contributions in 1743, and the principal
funds for its support are a tax on the valued rents of City
parish, collections at the church doors, charitable donations
and contributions. The average number of its inmates is
upwards of 700. There is also another workhouse in the
parish of St. Guthbert, opened in 1762, conducted nearly on
the same plan as the former.
The House of Refuge, in Canongate, is for the reception
of all persons in a state of destitution.
The Royal Infirmary, Lauristou place, the foundation
stone of which was laid in 1870, was oi^ened in Octobw, 1879 ;
the cost of its erection was ,^350,000. In 1899 additions
were begun on the site of the Children's old hospital ;
these are now (1903) completed, and include large out-
piilient departments for special forms of disease. The
infirmary iiill now hold 138 patients.
The Hospital tor Sick Children, Sciennes road, Rillbank,-
was founded in 1859 ; the present buildings, erected at a
cost of ;^40,ooo, are in the Renaissance style, from the
designs of Mr. G. Washington Bro^vne a.r.s.a. and com-
prise an administrative block in the centre with wings on
either side, surrounding open quadrangles ; total number of
beds, 120.
The Royal Public Dispensary, in West Richmond street,
was founded in 1776, by the late Dr. Andrew Duncan, and is
liberally conducted. '1 he New Town Dispensary, in Thistle
street, was instituted in 1815, and is supported by sub-
scriptions.
Chalmers' Hospital, in Lauristou place, opened in 1864,
was erected, and is maintained, by funds bequeathed by ^
George Chalmers, plumber in Edinburgh, " for the sick and
hurt." The management of the charity is in the Dean and
Faculty of Advocates.
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