The  above  commission  was  issued  pursuant  to  stat.  58  G.  HI.  c.  91. i  for
the  purpose  of  inquiring  into  the  charities  in  England.  The  above
statute  was  amended,  and  the  commission  continued,  hj  stat.  59  G-.  HI.
c.  81.  Stat.  59  G.  III.  c.  91.  facilitated  applications  to  Courts  of  Equity
regarding  the  management  of  estates  or  funds  belonging  to  charities.
The  commission  was  continued  hj  stat.  5  G.  IV>  c.  58.,  10  G.  TV.  c.  57.,
1  &  2  W.  rV.  c.  34.;   amended  by  2  &  3  W.  IV.  c.  57.;   continued  by

5  &  6  W.  rV.  c.  71. ;  and  also  continued  until  1st  July  1837  by  7  W.  IV.
6  1  Vict.  c.  4.
The  commission  having  expired,  the  Records  were  removed  to  the
Public  Record  Department  from  the  office  of  the  Commissioners,  No.  13,
Great  George  Street,  Westminster,  pursuant  to  the  Treasury  Letter  of
the  3d  August  1841,  and  by  Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the
Home  Department  of  the  5th  of  August  1841.
The  Records  relate  to  charities  in  the  following  counties :


Bedford.
Monmouth.    ,

Berks.
Norfolk.
Bucks.
Northampton.
Cambridge.
Northumberland

Cheshire.
.  Nottingham.
Cornwall.
Oxford.
Cumberland.
Rutland.
Derby.
Salop.
Devon.
Somerset.
Dorset.
Bristol.
Durham.
Southampton.
Essex.
Staffisrd.
Gloucester.
Suffolk.
Hereford.
Surrey.
Hertford.
Southwark.
Huntingdon.
Sussex.
Kent.
Warwick.
Lancaster.
Westmoreland.
Leicester.
Wilts.
Lincoln.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Yorkshire.
London.
Wales.
Westminster.
CHARITIES'  COMMISSION.  379

Greneral  and  visited  Charities.
Sons  of  Clergy.
Foundling  Hospital.
Gruy's  Hospital.
Christ's  Hospital.
Bethlehem  and  Bridewell.
St.  Thomas'.
St.  Bartholomew's.
Bundle  indorsed  "  Duplicate  Eentcharge  Powers."

Bundle  of  Letters  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  Rentcharge
Powers.
Bundle  indorsed  "  Mr.  M'Queens,  Lincolnshire."

Rentcharge  Powers  to  be  forwarded  on  renewal  of  commission.
General  Papers  relating  to  commission,  from  August  1818  to
July  1820.
Papers,  &c.,  Finance  Committee,  1828.
