| Description | Papers relating to returns for Poor Rates and Charitable Donations under the Act of 26 George III c.58, including:
- correspondence between December 1786 and May 1787; including letters from George White at the House of Commons, and to James Preston, Clerk of the Peace from various Justices and chief constables. The letters from the chief constables mainly relate to the way in which the county rate was raised [25 pieces]
- returns from constabularies in Birdforth [4 pieces]
- returns from constabularies in Gilling West [19 pieces]
- notes on the errors made by Mr White in his letter, relating to the supposed mistakes in the returns for Whitby Strand [1 piece]
- undated list of fees for the constables, overseers of the poor and Justices' clerks for poor returns; with summary of additional returns made under the Poor and Donation Acts since the Christmas Sessions 1787 [2 pieces] |