Jan. 1. To Balance 14 1 10 | II. Affairs of the Master. [24] £ s. d. Balance in Bank, 20th Jan., 1876 527 17 9 Received: Mr. Allen, on Publishing Account 50 0 0 Mr. Ellis, on ditto 7 0 0 Lecture, London Institution 10 10 0 --------- 595 7 9 Jan. 24. Royal Insurance Company (a) 37 10 0 27. F. Crawley (b) 25 0 0 31. Taxes on Armorial Bearings, etc. 7 19 0 Feb. 4. Warren and Jones—Tea for Shop 36 1 0 6. Buying a lad off who had enlisted and repented 20 0 0 7. Christmas Gifts in Oxford 14 10 0 7. Klein (c) 5 0 0 7. Pocket Money 10 10 0 7. Crawley 5 0 0 8. Miss Rudkin, Clifford Street (d) 14 14 0 11. Dr. Parsons (e) 21 0 0 11. The Bursar of Corpus (f) 27 7 3 13. Professor Westwood (g) 50 0 0 14. Mr. Sly (h), Coniston, Waterhead Inn 33 0 0 19. Downs (i) 25 0 0 20. Subscriptions to Societies, learned and other (k) 37 11 0 -------- 360 2 0 ---------- Balance Feb. 20 £225 5 9 (a) Insurance on £15,000 worth of drawings and books in my rooms at Oxford. (b) Particulars of this account to be afterwards given; my Oxford assistant having just lost his wife, and been subjected to unusual expenses. (c) My present valet, a delightful old German, on temporary service. (d) Present, on my birthday, of a silk frock to one of my pets. It became her very nicely; but I think there was a little too much silk in the flounces. (e) My good doctor at Coniston. Had to drive over from Hawkshead every other winter day, because I wouldn’t stop drinking too much tea—also my servants were ill. (f) About four times this sum will keep me comfortably—all the year round—here among my Oxford friends—when I have reduced myself to the utmost allowable limit of a St. George’s Master’s income—366 pounds a year, (the odd pound for luck). (g) For copies of the Book of Kells, bought of a poor artist. Very beautiful, and good for gifts to St. George. (h) My honest host (happily falsifying his name), for friends when I haven’t houseroom, etc. This bill chiefly for hire of carriages. (i) Downs shall give account of himself in next Fors.