A VICAR'S BALANCE-SHEET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 183, 29 April 1919, Page 7

A VICAR'S BALANCE-SHEET

BUKDEN OF A. LAMIN TTOIiSK. The difficulty of keeping up n. vicarage altogether too large for Hio occupants' requirements mi u totally inadequate income has been partly met at Rimiiinjj<lnle, Berks, by the incoming vicar, Iho l'ev. it. \V. .11. Acworth, who has taken another house of less than half the size, ami is leaving lii.s oHU'ial residence to be dealt, with as conditions and cireimiBtanccs allow. After contributing to the assistant tiiii'itlcVi fund mid meeting the outgoings on Iho vicarage, the l!ev, .1. G. Cornish, who resigned this living in January, wan left with .£OO a year. In asking that: his successor might be assured of a clear .Cl3O a year, Mr. Cornish said the income from all source* came to .KGO. Oat of this he had to pay for repairs -C 10; highway and poor rates, Jc'ii>; water rale, ,£l2; house duly, JM f>s.; income tax ni> house and garden, X2II; lo Queen Anne's Bounty in respect of bathroom and heating apparatus. .1)13; lire iiisuraiice, and other small amounts, all annual charges upon the house, Bad it not been for Iho help given towards the assistant curate's stipend—this being made a first charge on the living—Mr. Cornish, instead of getting .EGO a year, would have found himself in the position of having to pay •Tivay £50 more than ho received,