In 1885 Mr. Thomas Blewitt bequeathed £1,000 to the Vicar and Churchwardens, which was invested in the purchase of £997 10_s._ 2¾_d._ consols, the dividends in which are first applied to the maintenance of the testator’s grave in the Kensington Cemetery at Hanwell, and the gravestones of his ancestors in Kensington Churchyard; and the balance applied for the benefit of six of the oldest and most deserving poor widows in the parish. It is gratifying to know that from this bequest the sum of £26 6_s._ 11_d._ was so applied during the year ending Easter, 1890. I have attached to this paper the account showing the application of the income of these charities during the year ending Easter, 1890. But the unsuitableness to modern times of the prescribed method of distribution of these charities clearly appears from these accounts. When I tell you that five separate gentlemen distributed, one the sum of 14_s._, and the four others 13_s._ each in that year I think you will agree with me that it will be better to place these charities upon a more sensible footing. KENSINGTON PAROCHIAL CHARITIES. _Year ended Easter_, 1890. The undermentioned charities are apportioned among the several ecclesiastical districts of the parish, pursuant to an order of the Court of Chancery, dated 22nd December, 1852, viz.:— £ _s._ _d._ £ _s._ _d._ Lady Berkeley’s Gift 10 0 0 Thomas Young’s „ 1 3 4 Thomas Sam’s „ 4 17 6 Elizabeth Ramsden’s Gift 13 15 0 Mary Barnard’s „ 3 0 8 Mary Carnaby’s „ 54 16 11 Thomas McIntosh’s „ 3 7 4 Thomas Reeve’s „ 3 17 0 94 17 9 _Less_ Cheque Book (stamps) 0 8 4 Clerical Assistants, _re_ 1 3 0 Accounts 1 9 4 93 8 5 _The Apportionment_. £ _s._ _d._ S. Mary Abbots District 25-88ths 26 10 9 S. Barnabas ,, 9-88ths 9 11 0 Holy Trinity „ 21-88ths 22 6 0 S. Mary, Boltons „ 6½-88ths 6 18 0 S. John’s ,, 17-88ths 18 1 0 S. James, Norlands „ 9½-88ths 10 1 9 93 8 5 The undermentioned charities, having specific trusts, are distributed by the donors, viz.:— Mr. SEARLE’S Gift, by the Vicar and Churchwardens, in single pounds, among women 60 years of age and upwards.