ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, KELBURNE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 2

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, KELBURNE.

™ ! i attendances at ■ Sfc ifichaeßj " onnrcn, Kelburne, have increased , 6fe?adilr' '.'■■' during the year, states-the; fifth annual ,' J report of the committee: ■ Since the ' year tho Eev. Mr. Compton, finding his time less occupied, has himself under- " taken the superintendence of the Sunday"' ' school, which work, up to" the Christmas ; :; holidays, had been undertaken by Mr. H. 7.' lung. The expresses cordial : thanks to' Mr. King for having'carried , ' '- r -iJ 16 ? s t tles ln P^-' Thb Ladies' '-■ build--held a series of ■ entertainments '■ and socials during the winter months, "' >■ and as a result have teen able to hand ; over, thei sum of. ,£25 towards the reduc- : ■ ' tion of the debt. The general 1 offertorieesnow a very satisfactory increase. The "''•'"'' total revenue, though on the-whole it' •,' shows an increaso of £20 lls. 7d. N on €hat of last year, is not quite so satiafactery '•■ : aa at first appears. If tie amounts of ' \ the donations to the stipend fund, whioh' ■ were: the of special canvass,'and of '• the; special offertories for'missions, etc,, which were paid over to thepparticularr r ' v fund for which they were collected, b4'":'■■ deducted, it. will be seen that there wan.' . really a falling-off for the-year of ova ,; . m the amount availablefor the " rent expenses, and for the reduction of " the debt, and this notwithstanding'that ' the general offertories increased by i>l6 ? : is. 9d, The greater part of this falling- ' ' off .is due to the reduced amount received' as rentals from, the letting of the room, : " ' and the committee trusts that during the' ' : " ; next year special efforts will be made to "* V raise additional revenue , to ■compensate, V: ' . for- the: loss. -The bank overdraft-has" '■"' been practically paid- off;*but there'still' remains a mortgage of ,£6OO over the pro- % perty, which must be considerably ' ' ; Quced. before any definite.-steps can be ' taken, in the direction ofierectinca ner- '■',-'■'■' manent. church.. ~;_:.,... ■ :. , .- 1 - ■■~".