Transcribed from the 1853 W. Birch edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Royal Kensington Libraries for allowing their copy to be used for this transcription. NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ST. MARY ABBOTT’S, Kensington, CHURCH OF ENGLAND DISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY, TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIETIES SUBORDINATE OR AFFILIATED TO IT. * * * * * 1853. * * * * * KENSINGTON: PRINTED BY W. BIRCH, TERRACE, HIGH STREET. ST. MARY ABBOTT’S, KENSINGTON, Church of England DISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. THE VEN. ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR, VICAR. VICE-PRESIDENTS. SIR J. CONROY, BART., K.C.H. SIR HENRY WILLOCK, K.L.S. TREASURER. Mr. CLARKE. JOINT SECRETARIES. THE REV. THE CURATES. MR. WARNER. AUDITORS. MR. WESTON. MR. FREDERICK THOMPSON. COMMITTEE. MR. BAILEY. MR. GOODEVE. DR. BAYFORD, D.C.L. MR. HUGHES. MR. BELLWORTHY. REV. J. H. HOWLETT. MR. C. BUNYON. MR. MERRIMAN. MR. COOKE. MR. J. N. MERRIMAN. MR. ELLIS. MR. CARRICK MOORE. COLLECTOR. ALFRED ELLIS, 16, _Lower Phillimore Place_. * * * * * _Ladies or Gentlemen who may be desirous of taking charge of Districts as Visitors_, _are requested to communicate with the Secretaries_, _who_, _in the event vacancies occurring_, _will inform them thereof_. _The Secretaries will be happy to give all the information in their power to any Subscriber or Parishioner who may wish for it_, _upon any point not fully treated of in the Report of the Committee_. GENERAL RULES. 1. THIS Society shall be called the “ST. MARY ABBOTT’S KENSINGTON, CHURCH OF ENGLAND DISTRICT VISITING SOCIETY.” 2. The object of this Society shall be, to improve the temporal and spiritual condition of the Poor of Kensington. 3. A Fund for that purpose shall be raised by Subscriptions and Donations; Subscriptions to be due on the first of January in each year. 4. Annual Subscribers of not less than One Guinea shall be Members of the Society.