PEAL OF BELLS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 213, 13 February 1875, Page 2

PEAL OF BELLS.

To the Editor of the Globe. Sin, —The report of the meeting of the peal of hells committee will no doubt he read with interest, and the thanks of the public arc due to his AYorship the Mayor for the trouble ho has taken to ascertain the facts of the case. I should like to make a few remarks upon the statement of accounts laid before the Mayor by Mr Deßourbel. It appeal's from Mr Deßourbel's ledger account that the expenses connected with the former committee amounted to £5 2s 3d: while the only amount received was £2—a subscription from the Bank of New Zealand. The money which he stated to be " in hand" lie now says was " promised." Mr Deßourbel is therefore out of pocket, over £3. Now, how can this be, when Mr Robert Parker writes to say: —" The net proceeeds of the concert organised by me in aid of the fund amounted to something like £7. The statement of receipts and expenses was forwarded to Mr Deßourbel." Are Ave to believe that this sum has been omitted in error in Mr j Deßourbel's ledger account, or are avc to believe that Mr Parker sent in the "atate-j

ment" and did not send in the " proceeds of the concert" with it? One of the two thing* must be true. Can you wonder at the people being dissatisfied with such a way of conducting affairs? And when enquiries are made through the columns of the press concerning the moneys subscribed, the committee tell Mr Deßourbel that "they are satisfied" with the correctness of the accounts,_ and that therefore he need not take any notice of the letters. Satisfied!—that Mr Deßourbel is out of pocket—that Mr Parker's statement of receipts and expenditure is correct, though Mr Deßourbel s ledger does not witness to it, and that " some of the ladies had considerable surns of money promised them, but the ladies never accounted to Mr Deßourbel for any sums collected," even though Mrs Cass writes to the Press and says, "As far as I know, something under £2O has been collected by Mrs Rhodes and Mrs Peacock, which they still hold." If the ladies will even now hand in tfoeir subscriptions—if Mr Parker will kindly Jl us about that £7—and if the preseat conM mittee will watch the interests of the publicJ and look after any subscription list thal| may be issued—there is little doubt about Christchurch possessing a peal of bells. Yours, &c, BELL-ROPE.