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Parliamentary Representatives

Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Q.C., 79 Eaton Place, London, S W.
Samuel Gibson Getty, Esq., Belfast

CORPORATION OF BELFAST
The Municipal Act came into operation on the 1st of November 1842

Mayors from 1842 to 1860

Mayor for 1861 - Edward Coey, Esq.

Aldermen and Town Councillors for 1861

Corporate Officers

Town Clerk - James Guthrie; offices, Town Hall; Deputy do., Alexander McMaster.
Town Solicitor - Samuel Bruce; offices, Donegall Place.
Treasurer - John Thomson (Belfast Bank).
Surveyor of Works - William Hastings; offices, Town Hall; Assistant Surveyor, William Brown.
Assessors for the Borough - John Workman and George Phillips.
Auditors - John R. Musgrave, 59 High Street; John Coleman, 53 York Street.
Ward Assessors - Dock Ward - Richard Nicholl, 9 Albert Square, merchant; James Bradford, 41 Dock Street, merchant. St. Anne's Ward - Daniel R. Brannigan, 43 North Street, merchant; Samuel Tierney, 9 Elliott's Court, merchant. Smithfield Ward - David Brown, 35 Castle Place, merchant; Patk. Griffith, 35 Smithfield, merchant. St. George's Ward - Hugh Hamilton, 37 Ann Street, merchant; James Shaw, 31 Ann Street, merchant. Cromac Ward - Thomas H. Brown, Chichester Street, merchant; George Clotworthy, 38 Tomb Street, merchant.
Superintendent of Police and Fire Brigade - Captain E. M. Shaw.
Accountant and Cashier - James Rea; Assistant do., John Kerr.
Clerk of the Markets - James Spratt; office, Castle Lane.
Chief Constables - Thomas Green and James McKittrick.
Sergeants-at-mace - J. Crawford and William Arbuckle.

The Committees of Town Council of Belfast for the year 1861

Committee on Police Affairs - David Taylor, chairman; James Carlisle, John Hamill, Theobald Bushell, Robert Atkinson, James Cochrane, Robert T. McGeagh, Robert Boag, William Bell, William Bottomley, David Taylor, William John Johnston, Samuel Black, William C. Heron.
 - This committee meets every Thursday at Twelve o'clock in the Town Hall, Police Buildings.
Town Improvement Committee - William Mullan, chairman; Wm. Dunville, James Carlisle, John Preston, William Mullan, Robt. Patterson, Alexander Mclaine, William Ewart, jun., Robert Lindsay, William Bell, Charles Lanyon, John Hamill, William Bottomley, Robert Boag, John Lytle, Victor Coates - This Committee meets only when specially summoned.
Market Committee - James B. Ferguson, chairman; Robert Lindsay, Archibald Kirker, John Charters, John G. McGee, W. H. Malcolm, Geo. Coates, Alex. Dickson, Samuel Boyd, James Cochran, Robert Patterson, James B. Ferguson, John Hamill, Henry J. McCance - This Committee meets every Saturday as Eleven o'clock at the Town Hall.
Finance Committee - Robert Lindsay, chairman; William Ewart, jun., John Lytle, R. T. McGeagh, John Charters, William Mullan, Robert Roddy, William Bottomley, William Dunville, David Taylor, Isaac J. Murphy, R. Atkinson, C. B. Grimshaw, Victor Coates - Thos Committee meets in the Town Hall every alternate Monday at Twelve o'clock.
Audit Committee - John Preston, chairman; Wm. Dunville, J. G. McGee, W. C. Heron, James Cochran, W. J. Johnston, Samuel Black, Robert Roddy, Henry J. McCance, John Workman, Alexander Dickson, Samuel Boyd - This Committee meets in the Town Hall every Monday at Eleven o'clock.
In addition to these Committees are the following:- The Appeal; The Bye-Law; The General Purposes; Law and Grand Jury; and Revision.

Public Officers etc.

Coroner - J. K. Jackson, 21 Donegall Place.
High Constable for Upper Half Barony of Belfast - Robert T. Goddard; office, Queen Street.
Church Wardens - Adam Dickey, 91 Donegall Street; and Robert Taylor, 3 Castle Lane.
Public Weigh Houses - Smithfield, Great George's Street and May's Market.

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BELFAST HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS

Incorporated in 1785, by the Act 25th George lll., cap. 64, for the improvement of the port and harbour; meet at the Harbour Office, Corporation Square every first and third Tuesday at 12 o'clock.

LIST OF COMMISSIONERS
Honorary Members

The Marquis of Donegall, President; the Rev. Lord Edward Chichester; the Mayor of Belfast.

ELECTED MEMBERS

Vacate the first Thursday in February 1862 - Messrs. Robert Patterson, Robert Henderson, John Workman, James Hamilton and Robt. Corry.
Vacate the first Thursday in February 1863 - Messrs. John Clarke (chairman), E. Coey, J. Carlisle, J. Macaulay and W. J. Young.
Vacate in February 1864 - Messrs. Samuel G. Getty, MP., Thomas Sinclair, Jonathan Cordukes, Samuel McCausland and Robert Boyd.

HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS' OFFICERS

William Thompson, secretary; Wm. E. Young, cashier; Henry McCord, O'Connell Shaw, Henry Fleming, Henry J. Hill, Edward Cobain and A. Cochran, clerks; Wm. Hartley, examining accountant; Captain White, pilot and harbour master; Alexander Craig, Alexander O'Neill, George Montgomery and Hugh Rankin, deputy harbour master; Samuel Irvine, John McCutcheon and Henry McClean, pilot masters; Samuel Shaw, clerk of delivery; John Campbell and Samuel D. Barrett, clerks of Prince's Dock; George Smith, engineer; Richard Allen, clerk to engineer; James Thompson, general foreman; Walker and Burgess, consulting engineers, London; James Torrens, solicitor; Edward H. Clarke, treasurer.

Agents for Lloyd's, Sinclair & Boyd, Donegall Quay.

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Office, 36 Waring Street

First established in 1783 and remodelled in 1848 for the advancement of commerce and manufacturers in Belfast and it's neighbourhood, the protection of the trading interests of the community and the arbitration of commercial matters in dispute.

COUNCIL FOR 1861
President - John Hind
Vice-Presidents - Thomas Sinclair and Wm. Ewart, jun.

Treasurer, Edward Coey. + Secretary, Samuel Vance.
* Ex-officio members of Council, being Presidents 1858-59-60.
+ Ex-officio member of Council, from being Treasurer.
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BELFAST WATER COMMISSIONERS
Office, 19 Rosemary Street

Established by Act of Parliament, in the year 1840, to supply the Town of Belfast with water. The new water works are situated near the Antrim Road; the old, a short way Southward of the Botanic Road. The Commissioners sit every Thursday, for the dispatch of business, at 10 o'clock, at the Board Room.

James Thompson, Engineer; William Stewart, Secretary and Clerk; Hugh Andrews, Inspector; Edward Henderson, Assistant Inspector; J. Henderson and James Coates, Collectors.

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BELFAST BANKING COMPANY
Head Office, Donegall Street - Capital, £500,000

Formed in 1827 by the merging of two private banks, It's capital is £500,000, in 5,000 shares of £100 each, all of which have been issued. £125,00 was paid in three calls, making £25 per share paid up. There was a bonus of £10,000 declared in 1830, £10,000 in 1834, £5,000 in 1847, £5,000 in 1850, £5,000 in 1851, £2,500 in 1852, £5,000 in 1853, £10,000 in 1854, £10,000 in 1856 and £10,000 in 1857. The fixed issue of the bank is £281,611. The notes are payable at the place of issue. Interest is allowed on deposits for a term of three months. The rates of annual dividend to the shareholders have been - Five per cent, from 1st August 1827, till 1st  February 1835. Six per cent from 1st February 1835, till 1st February 1836. Seven percent from 1st February 1836, till 1st February 1846. Eight per cent from 1st February 1846, till 1st August 1854. Twelve per cent from 1st August 1854, till 1st February 1861.

DIRECTORS
John Thompson, Esq.                    Thomas G. Batt, Esq.                  E. H. Clarke, Esq.
Robert Trotter, Esq., General Manager.
Thomas Wann, Esq., Assistant Manager.

BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENCE

Robert Batt                              James Carlisle       
Andrew Mulholland                  W. S. Mitchell         
James G. Bell.                         Andrew Kirk            

BRANCHES AND MANAGERS

CORRESPONDENTS

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ULSTER BANKING COMPANY
Head Office, Waring Street.
Capital, £1,000,000 in 100,000 Shares of £10 each; 25 per cent. paid up.

Commenced business in July 1836. It's capital is £100,000, in 100,000 shares of £10 each, on which £184,000 has been paid up. The fixed issue is £311,079. Interest is paid on deposits. The dividend to the shareholders is 9 per cent. per annum. The new Head Office on Waring Street, which was completes and opened for business in 1860, is a model of architectural taste and elegance. It is after a competitive design by an eminent Glasgow architect. The contractors for the work were Messrs. D. & J. Fulton, of Belfast, and the stone carving, which is at once elaborate and beautiful, was executed by Messrs. T. & W., Fitzpatrick, of Wellington Place. The front elevation, which is of commanding height, is of the composite style, and nobly classic in it's effect. The leading features are two series of graceful columns, in pairs, the lower forming the portico, which is approached by a flight of steps - the exquisite dressings of the windows, the keystones to the architraves being heads from the antique - the entablatures, friezes and a massive cornice, surmounted by a group of three symbolic figures, that in the center in an upright attitude and the supporters recumbent, the whole having the form and appearance of a pediment - and the finely chiselled vases, or amphorae, which are disposed along the top range of the building. The material used in the facade is Scotch freestone, of the most approved quality and colour. The cash and discount office, and the other arrangements of the interior of the Bank, are magnificent in design, and in execution are not surpassed by those of any similar edifice in Ireland.

DIRECTORS
Robert Grimshaw, James Heron and J. W. S. McCance, Esqs.
COMMITTEE

Thomas Ringland, General Manager; William Thompson, Secretary; James Wallace, Cashier.

BRANCHES AND MANAGERS

CORRESPONDENTS

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BANK OF IRELAND BRANCH OFFICE
22 Donegall Place
Agent, Edward Geoghegan, Esq. Sub-agent, R. S. Craig, Esq. Cashier, Henry K. Reid. Notary, G. W. Braddell.

Originally established in 1783, with a capital of £600,000, enlarged at various times, and on the renewal of the charter in1821, was increased to £3,000,000, of which £1,615,384 was lent to Government at 4 per cent. and £1,015,384 at 5 per cent. - total £2,630,769. The yearly dividends of the bank have been at no less than 5 1/2 per cent., except in 1983-4 (huh?), when they were 5, and in 1792-3, 2 5/8. From 1800 to 1814, they were 7, 7 1/4, and 7 1/2; and from 1814 to 1829, 10 per cent., excepting two years; and since 1829 the rates have been 9, 8 1/2 and 8 per cent. Besides these dividends, the proprietors at different times since 1793, have received bonuses amounting to £665,000 Irish. The increasing business of this Bank in Belfast, having rendered additional accommodation necessary, a new suit of offices, on an enlarged scale, and in a handsome though not ornate style of architecture was erected in 1860, from a design by the architect for the Bank of Ireland. The site does not admit of the building occupying a detached position; but the front, which is of polished granite, and highly appropriate in conception, forms a very attractive feature in one of the most improving localities in Belfast.

BRANCHES - BANK OF IRELAND

THIS BRANCH DRAWS ON

LONDON AGENTS - Bank of England and Coutts & Co. Also draws on the English, Scottish and Australian Bank, Sydney and Melbourne; and the Union Bank of Australia, and it's several Branches in Australia and New Zealand.

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PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND
42 Old Broad Street, London - Capital Two Million.
Belfast Branch, 36 Donegall Street.

Established in 1825, and is managed by a board in London, assisted in the transactions at the branches by a local manager, and one or more directors of ten shares or upwards. The paid-up capital of the Bank is £540,000, and it's fixed issue is £927,667.

Local Director - Samuel Thompson, Esq. Manager - William Davis, Esq. Accountant - Charles Griffith. Notary - A. Hill.

BRANCHES AND MANAGERS

Dublin Branch - Robert Murray, Chief Officer; Alexander Thomson Macfarlane, Sub-Agent
Correspondents on whom the Bank draws - Spooner, Attwoods & Co., London; and all the leading towns in England and Scotland.

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BELFAST SAVINGS' BANK, KING STREET

Instituted January 1816, for the receipt and accumulation of the savings of the industrious classes. Deposits are taken so low as 1s.(one shilling) at a time, and not more than £30 in one year from any depositor; nor can any account be allowed to exceed £150 in all, exclusive of interest.    Thomas M. Tripp, Resident Manager; James Neill, clerk.
Abstract of Balance, as per annual statement, furnished to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt., Nov 20 1860:-

Dr.     Balances due to 6,491 Depositors   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   £159,871    2    7
          Reserved Fund towards payment of Expenses ...   ...             248  10    7
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                                                                                                      £160,119   11   2
Cr.     Lodged with the Commissioners for Reduction of
          National Debt, as per their acknowledgement in
          the hands of the Treasurer, Jas. Bristow Esq.,
          Northern Bank   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ... £158,900     9    1
      Balance of Cash in Treasurer's hands   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...        1,419     4    1
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                                                                                                      £160,119   13    2

Edmund Creeth and Michael S. Andrews, Esqs., Managers.
James Bristow, Esq., Treasurer; John Borthwick, Esq., J.P., Sec.
I have extracted the 6,491 balances, as above, from the ledgers of this Bank, and hereby certify the same to be correct in every respect.
William Hartley, Auditor.
The account with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, from which the above statement is made, may be seen by any depositor, and any further information obtained, by applying at the Savings' Bank, King Street, on any Tuesday or Friday, between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock.

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ULSTER RAILWAY - BELFAST TO MONAGHAN
Capital, £1,000,000

The railway runs from Belfast to Portadown, Armagh and Monaghan. The original Act of Incorporation was passed on the 19th May 1836; a further Act was obtained on the 21st July 1845, for the extension from Portadown to Armagh; and on the 15th June 1855, a further Act was obtained for the extension of the railway from Armagh to Monaghan. The share capital consists of 12,000 shares of £50 each, paid-up, and 6,000 shares of £25 each, on which £20 are paid-up. The amount authorised to be raised on shares is £750,000, and on loan the sum of £250,000.    Total length of the railway at present open, 52 miles.  The Company also work the Portadown and Dungannon line of railway, which runs between those two towns, the distance being 13 1/2 miles. They subscribed a sum of £20,000 to that undertaking, under the authority of an Act of Parliament, passed in 1856.     By the 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap. 41 (1st August 1859), the Company obtained power to extend their line to Clones, 12 1/2 miles, and to raise further capital, consisting of £225,000, in ordinary shares (of which £40,000 may be subscribed to the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh line), and loans £50,000.     By the 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap. 51 (1st August 1859), the Ulster Company is authorised to subscribe £30,000 to the joint undertaking of the Clones and Cavan Extension; the Dublin and Drogheda and the Dublin and Belfast Junction each, subscribing £20,000, and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company, the remainder.    By the 23rd Vic., cap. 6 (3rd April 1860), the Company are empowered to subscribe £25,000 towards the completion of the Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast line, at the guaranteed rate of 4 per cent. interest; and are empowered to take a lease of that line for 21 years.

DIRECTORS
Chairman - Wm. Coates, Esq., Glentoran, Belfast.
Deputy Chairman - W. J. C. Allen, Esq., Faunoran, Belfast.

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BELFAST AND NORTHERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
Opened 11th April 1851
Capital, in Shares and Loans, £513,333

Act of incorporation passed 21st July 1845. Share capital authorised £385,000, and loans £128,333 - together, £513,333.  The length of the line authorised by the Act is 37 3/4 miles, of which 33 form the main line from Belfast to Ballymena, in the County of Antrim, 2 3/4 miles the Carrickfergus, and 2 miles the Randalstown branch; the entire being opened for traffic with a single line of rails on the 11th April 1848.  Extension Act passed in  1853 to make a line (27 3/4 miles) from Randalstown to Cookstown. Opened for traffic on 10th November 1856.   Capital authorised £200,000 in shares; £40,000 loans. Total £240,000. Power also given to raise £25,000 for the purpose of the original undertaking from Belfast to Ballymena. Total capital of the Company is now £778,333.  £165,333 borrowed on debentures.  Belfast and Ballymena Railway Act, 1860, authorising a change of name to Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company, and empowering the Company to raise an additional amount of capital to the extent of £70,000 and for other purposes.   The Company having been empowered by Act of Parliament to purchase the Ballymena and Portrush line, and the junction with the Londonderry and Coleraine line, the purchase has been completed, and the line is now worked by them. The Company are authorised to subscribe a sum not exceeding £20,000 towards the formation of the Carrickfergus and Larne Railway, now in progress.

DIRECTORS
Chairman - Hon. George Esq., Handcock.
Deputy Chairman - Robert Grimshaw, Esq., Longwood.

Solicitors - Messrs. Davison & Torrens, Belfast.   Engineer - Charles Lanyon, C.E.    Secretary - Charles Stewart.    Traffic Manager - Edward J. Cotton.      Bankers - Bank of Ireland.     Office - York Road, York Street.

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BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY
Office, Queen's Quay, at the Station.

Act of incorporation passed 26th June 1846. Capital authorised - shares (10,000 of £50 each, the whole of which has been called), £500,000; loans £166,666 - Total £666,666.    The branch form Belfast to Holywood, 4 miles and 35 chains, was opened on the 2nd August 1848; and the main line to Newtownards, 12 1/2 miles, on the 6th May 1850, to Downpatrick (18 3/4 miles), with a branch to Ballynahinch ( 3 1/2 miles), opened 28th March 1859, and from Newtownards to Donaghadee, now nearly completed.

DIRECTORS
Chairman - W. R. Anketell, Esq., Ballynahinch.
Deputy Chairman - Guy Stone, Esq., Barnhill, Comber.

Secretary - Thomas Ward, Belfast.   Consulting Engineer - Sir John MacNeill, Mount Pleasant, Dundalk.   Resident Engineer - W. H. Coddington.   Traffic Manager - Thomas Carlisle, Belfast.   Bankers - The Northern Banking Company, Belfast; The Bank of Ireland, Dublin; Glyn & Co., London.

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CUSTOM-HOUSE, QUEEN'S SQUARE

Attendance every day, Sunday and the following holidays excepted:- The birth-day of the King and Queen, for the time being; Christmas Day; Good Friday and any general fast.  The gross produce of the Customs duties in 1838 was £315,774; in 1843 £332,980; for the year ending October 1848 £335,074 9s. 10d.; for the year ending 10th October 1849 £345,532 4s. 1d.; for the year ending 10th October 1850 £348,033 16s.; for the year ending 10th October 1851 £368,922 19s. 3d.; for the year ending 10th October 1853 £401,924 19s. 9d.; for the year ending 31st March 1856 £379,433; for the year ending 31st March 1857 £353,831; for the year ending 31st March 1858 £364,447; for the year ending 31st March 1859 £383,041; for the year ending 31st December 1860 £373,409.

COAST-GUARD OFFICE, 13 QUEEN'S QUAY
Commander W. H. Jones, R.N., Inspecting Commander, Carrickfergus.
Commander S. G. Douglas, R.N., Inspecting Commander, Donaghadee.

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INLAND REVENUE OFFICE, CUSTOM-HOUSE
Collector, Samuel Cathcart;   1st Clerk (vacant);   Thomas Rhodes, 2nd Clerk;   Wm. E. Shearman, 3rd Clerk.

INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT, CUSTOM-HOUSE
Samuel Cathcart, Receiver.             Francis Tarleston, Inspector         J. Savage, Surveyor.

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BELFAST POOR-LAW UNION

The Belfast Union is partly in the County of Antrim and partly in the County of Down; it contains as area of 47,702 statute acres, and a population of about 175,000.   There are 12 Electoral Divisions, represented by 22 elected and 22 ex-officio Guardians.   The Workhouse, which fronts the Dublin Road. and is, like the other edifices of the same description, in the Elizabethan style, was built for the accommodation of 1,000 paupers; since which time an extensive Fever Hospital has been erected, capable of containing 600 patients. In connexion with the establishment are schools to accommodate 1,300 children. The house was opened on the 11th May 1841. The Board of Guardians meet at the Workhouse, Malone, every Tuesday, at eleven o'clock. Attendance at the office from ten till four each day.

Poor-Law Inspector - Henry Robinson, Esq.

EX-OFFICIO GUARDIANS

ELECTED GUARDIANS

OFFICERS' NAMES

HOSPITALS
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BELFAST GENERAL HOSPITAL, FREDERICK STREET
Opened in 1817 and supported by Voluntary Contributions
President, The Most Noble The Marquis of Donegall
LIFE GOVERNORS

GENERAL COMMITTEE

The first four in each Ward retire annually by rotation, but are eligible for re-election.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

St. Anne's Ward         St. George's Ward          Dock Ward              Smithfield Ward          Cromac Ward
Rev. D. Miller              Rev. John Porter         W. T. B. Lyons         Dr. J. S. Dickson        Dr. Andrews
A. J. Macrory                 John Pim               Thomas Gaussen      Rev. James Young        Robert Boag
Together with the Trustees, Auditors, Treasurer and Hon. Secretaries.

HOUSE COMMITTEE

William Bell               Dr. Dickson             James Girdwood
Robert Boag             Rev. Jas. Young        Rev. Dr. Miller   
Secretary and House Steward - Mr. James B. Black.

MEDICAL OFFICERS

Consulting Physicians - Drs. Stephenson, McCormac, Thompson, Andrews and Professor James Seaton Reid.     Consulting Surgeon - Dr. T. H. Purdon.     Attending Physicians - Drs. Pirrie, Professor Ferguson, M.B., Dill and Drennan.     Attending Surgeons - Dr. Moore, Mr. Browne, R.N., Dr. Murney and Professor Gordon.     Resident Surgeon and Superintendent - Dr. David Moore.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Trustees - R. Davison, Esq., and G. Heyn, Esq.    Treasurer - James Girdwood, Esq., 44 High Street, Belfast.    Bankers - Belfast Banking Company.    Auditors - Samuel Boyd and Henry Murney, Esqrs.    Honorary Secretaries - James McCalla Thompson, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Wellington Park, Belfast; and Plato Oulton, Esq., Donegall Quay, Belfast.

EXTERN DEPARTMENT

Patients affected with wounds are dressed at all times; cutaneous disease and the maladies of children are treated under the superintendence of one of the attending medical staff.  Daily attendance at ten o'clock forenoon.    Committee meet every Saturday, at eleven o'clock, for admission of patients and transaction of business.   Accidents and urgent cases admitted into the Hospital at all times.

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BELFAST DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE POOR
Falls Road.

Established in 1829, for the relief of the insane poor, pursuant to Act of Parliament.  The district comprehends the Counties of Antrim and Down, and the County of the Town of Carrickfergus.  The Board of Governors meet the first Monday of every month, at one o'clock, PM.  No patient can be received without a medical certificate of insanity, and an affidavit of inability to meet the expenses of a private asylum.  Printed forms may be had at the Hospital, to which all communications are to be addressed (post-paid) to the resident physician.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPOINTED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT AND PRIVY COUNCIL OF IRELAND

The two Government Commissioners of Asylums, Drs. Nugent and Hatchell, are ex-officio members of the Board.
Resident Physician - Robert Stewart, M.D.
Visiting Physician - Henry McCormac, M.D.
Visiting Surgeon - James Moore, M.D.
Number of Patients in Hospital, 1st April 1859   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   357
Admitted since   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..  120 - 477
Discharged &c., in same period   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...             123
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Remaining under treatment, 31st March 1860   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...  354
"Dangerous Lunatics" admitted during the year   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ..   27
Average annual expense of each patient for the year   ...   ...   ...   ...   £ 17  15s.  4d.

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THE NORTH-EAST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Office, Castle Chambers, Belfast
First Show held in Belfast, August 1855

The operations of this Association are confined to the Counties of Down, Armagh, Antrim, including the County of the Town of Carrickfergus and Monaghan. Funds are raised by donations and annual subscriptions. The Association consists of two classes of members - amateurs and farmers.

PRESIDENT
Marquis of Downshire
VICE-PRESIDENTS

DOWN - Viscount Bangor, Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore.
ANTRIM - Marquis of Hertford, Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, Viscount Templetown, Rev. Wm. Chichester O'Neill.
ARMAGH - Duke of Manchester, Lord Lurgan, Lord Clermont, Colonel Close, D.L.
MONAGHAN - Capt. Lloyd, trustee of late Lord Rossmore; Chas. P. Leslie, M.P., Right Hon. Edward Lucas, D.L., Henry T. Hope, D.L.
Trustees - Fitzherbert Filgate, J.P., J. Richardson, J. Hancock, J.P.
Treasurer - James T. Bristow.    Secretary - George Gerald Bingham.

COMMITTEE

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CHEMICO-AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ULSTER

Instituted in 1845 for the dissemination of practical knowledge, on the connection of chemistry with agriculture, and for the analyses of soils and manures &c.    Meets the first Friday of every month, in the rooms of the Society, 63 Upper Arthur Street, Belfast.
PATRON - His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieut. of Ireland.
PRESIDENT - The Most Noble the Marquis of Downshire.
VICE-PRESIDENTS

Honorary Members - Baron Von Liebig, Munich;  M. Boussingault and M. Payen, Paris.

COUNCIL

TREASURERS - Guy Stone, J.P., Comber;  and wm. Simms, Linenhall, Belfast.
HON. SECRETARY - W. B. Ritchie; ASSISTANT-SECRETARY - Edward J. Hodges; Professor of Chemistry, John F. Hodges, M.D., F.C.S.

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ODD-FELLOWS' SOCIETIES
Hall, Waring Street

OFFICERS FOR 1861

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BELFAST LIBRARY AND SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE

The Greek Language, C. Macdouall, LL.D.; the Latin Language, Rev. C. P. Reichel, D.D.; History and English Literature, G. L. Craik, LL.D.; Modern Languages, M.J. Frings, Ph. D.; the Celtic Languages, John O'Donovan, LL.D., M.R.I.A.
Scientific Division

Mathematics, George M. Slesser, B.A.; Natural Philosophy, John Stevelly, LL.D; Chemistry, T. Andrews, M.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A.; Logic and Metaphysics, Rev. James McCosh, LL.D.; Natural History, George Dickie, M.D.; Mineralogy and Geology, Wyville Thomson, LL.D.; Civil Engineering, John Godwin, C.E.; Agriculture, John F. Hodges, M.D.
Faculty of Medicine

Anatomy and Physiology, Peter Redfern; Practice of Medicine, John C. Ferguson, A.M., M.B.; Practice of Surgery, Alexander Gordon, M.D.; Midwifery, Wm. Burden, M.D.; Materia Medica, J. Seaton Reid, M.D.; Medical Jurisprudence, John F. Hodges, M.D.
Faculty of Law

English Law, E. Molyneaux, A.M., Q.C.; Jurisprudence and Political Economy, E. P. F. Leslie, LL.B.

DEANS OF RESIDENCE

Church of England, Rev. H. Murphy; Presbyterian Church, Rev. Henry Cooke, D.D., LL.D.; Association of Non-Subscribing Presbyterians, Rev. John Porter; Wesleyan Methodists, Rev. Daniel MacAfee.

OFFICERS

BELFAST QUEENS' COLLEGE TERMS, 1860-61

    President of Faculty - Rev. H. Cooke, D.D., LL.D.
    Secretary of Faculty - Rev. Wm. Gibson.

PROFESSORS

    Systematic Divinity - Rev. John Edgar, D.D.
    Sacred Criticism and Interpretation - Rev. Josias L. Porter.
    Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology - Rev. W. D. Killen, D. D.
    Oriental Languages - Rev. James W. G. Murphy, LL.D.
    Moral Philosophy - Rev. William Gibson.
    Sacred Rhetoric - Rev. H. Cooke, D.D., LL.D.
    The classes in this College open on the 1st November and close the last week in April.

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ROYAL ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1810
President - The Marquis of Donegall
BOARD OF MASTERS

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BELFAST ACADEMY
Instituted 25th January 1786

The Academy is under the superintendence of a Principal; and it's general affairs are managed by a committee of the subscribers, co jointly with the Principal and Masters.  Trustee for subscribers, J. Cunningham; trustee for the Masters, the Principal.
Principal, Rev. R. J. Bryce, LL.D.
Classical School, the Principal; Mathematical and Mercantile School, Thomas A. Bryce, M.A.; Writing School, G. H. Watson; Drawing School, Joseph Molloy; English School, J. T. McGaw; French, Jules Festu.   There are also classes for Belles Lettres, Natural Philosophy and Natural History; and for the German, Italian, Spanish and Oriental Languages.

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LADIES' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Frederick Street - Established 1849

Under the management of a committee of 50.  There are at present 80 children fed, clothed and educated in the building, designated as the "Lancasterian School House"  These children have been selected, after careful scrutiny, from the most destitute of our population; they are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, plain sewing, mending, darning, knitting, washing and ironing and housemaids' work.
Patroness, Mrs. Knox, The Palace, Holywood; President, Mrs. Thomson,  Vice-President, Mrs. Thomson, Lowwood;  Treasurer, Miss Stewart;  Disbursing Treasurer, Mrs. McCormac, Wellington Place;  Secretaries, Miss Smith, Glengall Place;  Miss Euphemia Orr, The Crescent;  Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ireland, Royal Academical Institution;  Teacher, Miss White;  Matron, Mrs. Todd.
In another apartment of the same building, an Infant School is conducted, the arrangements of which are entirely different.  The average attendance of pupils in this apartment is from 100 to 150.  Teacher, Miss White;  Assistant Teacher, Miss Ferguson;  Managing Committee, the same as that of the Industrial School.  A Lace School has been established in the same building.

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DONEGALL STREET NATION SCHOOL
Established in 1829

The weekly average number in actual attendance is 600.  Teachers - John Lalor and James Clarke in the male; Miss Mary Wallace and Miss Hessy McGrath in the female and infantile departments.

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ST. MALACHY'S DIOCESAN SEMINARY
Donegall Street
Under the patronage and superintendence of Right Rev. Dr. Denvir.

Dean, Rev. James O'Laverty;  Professor of Classics, Belles Lettres and Mathematics, Rev. Edward Kelly;  Superintendent of English and Mercantile Department, Rev. James O'Laverty;  Head Master of ditto, S. Fitzpatrick;  Professor of French, Auguste Charles Badier.
The Course comprises the Greek, Latin and French languages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, plain and spherical; conic sections, mensuration, navigation, use of the globes, book-keeping, together with all the various branches of an English and Mercantile education.
Music, drawing, dancing &c., are also taught by competent Professors.  The boarding-house, Vicinage, is situated on the Antrim Road.  Terms for the academical year - Board, washing and medical attendance, £14 5s.   Tuition in the classical and mathematical departments, £4 per annum. English, stationery included, from 31 to 12s. 9d. per quarter, in proportion to the subjects taught and the length of the time daily devoted to them.  French, which is taught by a native of Paris, sex shillings per quarter; music, drawing, dancing &c., as per agreement with the Professors.  During extra hours, and free of expense to the pupils, lectures on natural philosophy are delivered and experimentally illustrated, the Diocesan Seminary being for this purpose provided with perfect chemical and philosophical apparatus.

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NORTHERN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Established May 1839, for the purpose of supplying Sunday Schools with Bibles, Testaments and other books and requisites.  The Committee meets at their depository, in Arthur Street, on the first Wednesday of every month, at six PM.  
Committee - Revs. J. Scott Porter, John Porter, David Maginnis, Hugh Moor, Henry Eachus, John Jellie; Messrs. Lenox Drennan, Robert McCalmont, Joshua McMaster, Alexander Greenfield.  Secretary, Rev. C. J. McAlester;  Treasurer, Wm. Hartley, Esq., The Castle.

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BELFAST PAROCHIAL SUNDAY AND DAY SCHOOLS
Academy Street - Established in 1830

Upwards of 200 children are taught in the Sunday schools; and in the daily school departments, upwards of 200 receive instruction in spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, book-keeping, geography &c. The females are also taught needlework.  Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, teachers.

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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH DAILY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Opened January, 1834

On the books of male school, 155; female school, 50. The children are taught spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography and the Scriptures. Teacher of male school, Mr. S. Orr; of female school, Miss Rogers.  Sunday school, held in the school-rooms at ten o'clock morning, numerously attended by male and female children.

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