Accounts of the Social-Democratic Refugee Committee in London (3)

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Receipts

		£	s	d
April 24	Cash in hand according to previous account	9	4	111/2
May	From Hanau through Citizen Schärttner, £ 13 less 7s 9d income tax	12	12	3
	From an Englishman	-	2	-
	Frankfurt am Main £5 and £20	25	-	-
		46	19	21/2
June	From Trier	2	2	6
	From Paris (German workers)	1	18	6
	Through Citizen Betzler	-	5	-
		4	6	-
July	From Frankfurt am Main	30	-	-
	From Cologne	-	11	4
	From Wiesbaden (Workers' Association)	4	10	-
	From Hamburg (Norddeutsche Freie Presse)	11	11	10
	From London Workers'Society	7	9	6
	From Frankfurt am Main	20	-	-
	From Neustadt a.d. Haardt	4	-	-
	From Hamburg (Despatch Dept. of the Freischütz)	20	10	10
	From La Chaux-de-Fonds	5	-	-
	From Hamburg (Workers' Association of St. Georg)	-	17	6
		104	11	-

Expenditure

					£	s	d
April 24	128	grants	@	3s 6d	22	8	-
to May 30	27			3s	4	1	-
	26			2s	2	12	-
	31			1s	1	11	-
	25			5s	6	5	-
	Occasional grants				1	5	-
	Shoemakers' work for refugees				-	14	-
	Petty expenses				-	6	11
					39	2	11
June	58			2s	5	16	-
	59			1s	2	19	-
	25			1s 6d	1	17	6
	Occasional grants				1	6	-
	Petty expenses				-	11	6
					11	14	-
July	28			2s	2	16	-
	24			1s	1	4	-
	93			6d	2	6	6
	Occasional grants				1	6	-
	For the refugees' board and lodging
		£7	9s	6d
		£5	-	-
		£5	10s	-	35	9	6
		£5	10s	-
		£6	-	-
		£6	-	-
	For working equipment				6	-	-
	Advances to refugees				7	12	6
	Advances to a refugee with family				1	-	-
	Petty expenses				-	19	31/2
					58	13	91/2
	Total expenditure				109	10	81/2
	Total receipts				155	16	21/2
	Less expenditure				109	10	81/2
Cash in hand					46	5	6

The above accounts were submitted to the meeting of the Workers’ Society on July 30 of this year and were approved. Books and receipts are ready and available for inspection by the donors or their representatives.

Since in the month of June contributions received were very scanty and the need of the refugees was often unbearable, it was decided to set up a communal lodging and eating-house for them. The local Workers’ Society and a section of the refugees who had already found work made it possible by their contributions to begin the execution of this plan. From funds received later the house could be provided with the necessary utensils and furniture. Up to now 18 refugees have found lodgings there and about 40 have received meals. At first the unemployed shoemakers among the refugees were used to provide their comrades with the necessary footwear. Later the Committee allocated funds and took the steps necessary to equip a common workshop for the refugees on the same premises and so to enable them to earn part of their living expenses themselves.

If the first attempt proves a success, the thing will be done on a larger scale and the public will be further informed about it at the appropriate time. The Committee expects that this double enterprise of providing aid and employment for the refugees will be supported by a great many contributions from Germany until the refugees are able to support themselves.

London, July 30, 1850

The Social-Democratic Refugee Committee:

Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, August Willich,

Karl Pfänder, Heinrich Bauer