Feilding Presbyterian Church

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 97, 26 January 1886, Page 2

Feilding Presbyterian Church

The following is the annual report read at the meeting on Wednesday^"" evening last :—r ■'"■';_ In accordance with our usual custom the financial and managing committee have again. to| report upon the past years operations. -~^- During the year just closedxseveral of the more prominent and useful members have ..MP the, colony removed to another district. Owing ~ to this cause contributions and Sajbbath r , collections show a slight falliilg' off J as ; compared with the^previpus yjaar^, .^^^ Collectors are again reminded that ' the maintenance of our finance upon its present sound basis depends entirely on their individual efforts. ; /. i Early in the year the church sustained a serious loss in the removal to Queensland of the late choirmaster,. .; > Mr Q-eorge Bartholomew. The corncommittee would record their testimony ' to his enthusiastic devotion to choir and church; The management of tfteY I choir has since, .^devolved upon Mr Webster. It has of late considerably improved in number and , efficiency. '■ "" At the last annual meeting a hope was expressed that the 'm^nse. would be built during the yeairl' to\ ■■ the failure of an expected source of ' income for this purpose we are not yet .. prepared to. build; but hope to make a beginning within the year provided the amount in hand reaches £100. Promises of assistance have been cordially ••' offered, i and members fof - committee will proceed with an organ- - ised effort to provide a comfortable residence for our minister. The following members retire, viz., "•' ' Messrs Geo. ifoal, Bartholomew, Webster, and Stevens, the two flatter : being elegible, offer themselves for . re-election. You will be asked to appoint four members to fill these vacancies. A summary of receipts arid expendi-* '". r ture is appended:^ ; t / General Fund.- :i RECEIPTS. ':"•■■' ; :> . • ■•■ . . . ■ -..•"■■■. ': £a a. . Jan. 1, 1885, balance on hand 612 11. " Sabbath Collections . 52 19" 9;> Subscriptions .. . ." 40 12 > 6 ; : -' I Donations .. .. .. 3 0 ©/* " Church Extension .. .. 25 l 0 O } •?■.. ■ •■ • ■■- '. ■■■■;• -. - r: -.- £128 ■&:&,:". EXPENDITURE. _- ; I ;;j ; Stipend (exclusive of Hal- ';. ?\». . combe) .. .. .. 101 0 6 Assembly Expenses ~ .. 11 6 : Aged and Infirm Minister.. ■ !. • Fund ... .. „ 11 6. Cleaning and Lighting . 1 9 15' t14;/ Printing and Advertising. ... 1 10 6 . Insurance .." .. .. 1 7 0 Bepairs to Church .. "... '•■"; 17 r 6* '..." Tuning Instrument. . ; .. 1 1 0- ." Sundnes .... .. 18 7 Balance on hand . . . . 10 3 3 £128 5 2 Bun^DiNG Fukd. RECEIPTS. ■ \ . Jan. 1, 1885, balanco on hand 714 7 Kent .... .. .. 7 5 0 • Donations .. .. ... 13 15 6 Interest .. .. 10 6 £29 5 1 EXPEXDITUKE. : Balance on hand .. .. 29 5 1 £29 5 1 .r,i Jas. H. Stkvkjts, > ; . for tho Committee. „ Feilding January 2' itiii 1885. ° " ■■■■■■■■■■■^■■■i^M . : ' . .i