No. 68, March 21, 1850. Supplement

Statement of Accounts
of the Social-Democratic
Refugee Committee in London.

1) Expenditure.

| Number of grants | Rate | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 grants at 7s. | 12 | – |
| 29 ” at 7s. | 3 | – |
| 3 ” at 4s. | | – – |
| 2 ” at 3s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 3s. | | – – |
| 2 ” at 5s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 5s. 6d. | | – 6 |
| 1 ” at 8s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 12s. | | – – |
| 4 ” at 10s. | – | – |
| 20 ” at 7s. | – | – |
| 1 ” at 2s. 6d. | | – 6 |
| 3 ” at 4s. | | – – |
| 18 ” at 7s. | 6 | – |
| 2 ” at 5s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 2s. | | – – |
| 2 ” at 10s. | – | – |
| 1 ” at 3s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 13s. | | – – |
| 1 ” at 2s. 6d. | | – 6 |
| 1 ” at 1s. | | – – |
| 114 grants total | 13

Postage, stamp duty, collection charges, and writing materials| | – 1 |
Total | 18

Included in the expenditure is £26 advanced to various refugees who have since found work, for the purchase of tools, clothing, etc., the repayment of which has been promised at a later date.

2) Receipts.

| | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 19. 9
| Dec. 1. | – 6 |
| ” 10. Through the *Westdeutsche Zeitung* in Cologne, Thlr. 30, less charges 1
| ” 15. From German workers in Paris 5
| ” 17. From Herr Prof. Türk in Rostock 12
| Feb. 11. From the Aid Committee in Cincinnati 18 | – |
| ” 20. From the workers in Schwerin – | – |
| Total 10
| Expenditure 18
| Balance 11

The above statement was presented at the meeting of the German Workers’ Society here on March 4 and found correct. The receipts and books of the Committee are available for inspection by the donors or their agents at the Treasurer’s office.

Since the closing of this account, two further remittances have been received from Cologne and New York, which will be accounted for in the next statement. On the other hand, as a result of the continuing expulsions from Switzerland and France, the number of refugees in need of relief here has greatly increased. Almost daily new refugees arrive, mostly in a condition in which they not only require the ordinary bare necessities of relief but also make equally urgent outlays for clothing necessary. Under these circumstances, the undersigned Committee is the more heavily drawn upon, the less the attempts made from other quarters to raise funds for the relief of the refugees here appear to have been successful, and the more, therefore, all refugees arriving here are immediately referred to it. Through the efforts of the German workers here and of the refugees themselves, it has proved possible to find work for some of the latter. But many branches of business that are open to the refugees elsewhere are closed to them here for various reasons, and in particular by the hounding of competition in overpopulated London. And then the influx of new arrivals is so rapid that, in spite of this, the list of those to be relieved swells every week.

Although the greatest economy is observed in the use of the funds remitted to the Committee, and the regular relief is restricted to the bare minimum which the high prices of the necessaries of life here allow, under these circumstances the Committee’s funds have had to melt away very rapidly. We must even fear that we may perhaps soon be unable to protect the unemployed refugees here from homelessness and the most extreme distress.

We therefore appeal once more to the resources of the party in Germany itself. We call out to it that to the same extent that the number and with it the distress of the refugees in Switzerland and France is diminishing, to the same extent it is increasing in London, and we hope that it will not come to pass that people who have borne arms for the freedom and honour of the German people shall have to beg for their bread on the street-corners of London.

All contributions are requested at the address:

Mr. Henry Bauer
64, Dean Street, Soho
London

London, beginning of March 1850.

The Social-Democratic Refugee Committee:
Karl Marx, Fr. Engels, H. Bauer, A. Willich, Karl Pfänder.