£ _s._ _d._
Rent of two unfurnished rooms,
kitchen fire, and attendance 40 0 0
Coals, wood, and lights 5 0 0
Miscellaneous housekeeping expenses
(including additions to
furniture) 4 0 0
Food 43 0 0
Washing (household and personal) 4 10 0
Dress 41 0 0
Library subscription, books, newspapers,
etc. 3 0 0
Travelling and holiday 8 0 0
Amusements 2 0 0
Clubs and societies 2 10 0
Presents and charities 12 10 0
Doctor 2 10 0
Small expenses 19 0 0
Not spent 40 0 0
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Total £227 0 0
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_Notes._--About £14 included under “Food” was spent on lunch and tea,
which had to be taken out every day. The amount under “Washing” does
not represent the true expense; many things were sent regularly to a
country laundry, and were not paid for by their owner. The expenditure
on “Dress” is £10 in excess of what produced a better effect when
living at home as a “lady of leisure.” Practically, all mending
(except stockings) and renovating were paid for. The amount spent in
books by no means represents the value received. The heading “Small
Expenses” includes cabs, omnibuses, and incidental travelling expenses,
stationery, postage, extra newspapers, and oddments not amounting to
more than a few pence each.
The last complete budget placed at my disposal is that of a journalist
(No. 6), a joint occupier of a house, spending £338 in the year, for
which the accounts are given. The income tax and total income are not
stated. No. 6 writes:--
“My work is mainly office work, and I have nothing to do with society
journalism, so that I do not have to be well dressed. In giving my
travelling expenses I have of course omitted all travelling expenses
refunded to me by my employers, but I have included fares spent in
taking my bicycle out of London, although they should perhaps come
under the head of holiday expenses. Then, of course, as, except the
theatre, my amusements are nearly all outdoor, the expenses are really
divided between food and dress and lodging, and it looks as though I
spent very little on recreation.”