CHURCH OF ENGLAND, CLYDE.
A meeting of the Congregation of St. Miehaol’a Church, Clyde, was held in the Church building on Wednesday aftei noon last at 4 o’clock. The Rev, Joshua Jones presided, and opened the meeting with prayer. Mr. A. Christophers (Treasurer) read the Churchwardens’ annual statement of accounts for the year ending the 31st of December, 1872, of which the following is an abstract Receipts To Subscriptions and donations £l4l 16 0 Black’s port on of stipend,,. 65 12 b Offertories ... 77 . y ] Seat rents ... .. 19 <5 g Other sources ... ... 25 16 0 Loan from Building Society fT Parsonage ... ... ISO 0C Balance in hand Dec. 31,1873 33 11 8 £542 18 9 Expenditure. By Stipend ... ... ... £909 7 6 Verger .... ... ... 19 10 0 Advertising ... ... 4jy y Do., old account 4 18 6 Fence of Church grounds ... 24 15 0 Repairs, lighting, and sundries 15 16 7 Mission and other funds 21 4 0 Kent ... 21 0 0 On account of Parsonage ... 160 0 0 Building Society, bonus and t ' p ymenU on account of Parsonage ... ... 48 0 0 Insurance on Parsonage ... 215 0 £531 15 1 Cash in hand .. 11 2 S £542 13 9 Liabilities Verger, for quarter ending 31st of December, 1872... ... £6 10 0 Sundry accounts, say... ... 5 0 0 Balance on account of Parsonage 90 0 0 Building Society, to be paid in quarterly payments of 12/. ... 204 0 0 £305 10 0 A. CiißisTornnna, ) ~,T , F. J. Wilson, j Churchwardens. Resolved; That the Report be adopted. Mr. A. Christophers was appoiute 1 Ministers Warden and Mr. F. J. Wilson Warden for the Congregation, The following gentleman were elected Vestrymen Messrs J. Hazlett, B. Naylor, W. Fraser, G. Clark and M. Marshall. A discussion ensued as to the advisability of returning to the Church Building for the holding of divine service, it being the general opinion that the benefits derived from holding tho services in the Town HaU were not so great as was anticipated would have been the heat being felt equally in one as the other. 1c was resolved That tbe Vestry take the earliest opportunity of having the services iu the Church Building resumed. The Meeting then separated.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 561, 17 January 1873, Page 2
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