SIXTH DAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 277, 18 November 1873, Page 2

SIXTH DAY.

The session opened with prayer by • the* Rev. G. Stannard and Mr Rose. ■••-■ _-■ --.— ■-.--.- This was the day appointed for holding, the financial meeting, and _ in, addition to the ministers .there were prqsent Messrs Moxham (Wellington), 'Knight .(Hatt)): JjKitqhen .^Btenheim^ Lucas, Rose (Nelson). ------""■-"■------^v:.*^-^^ ; , The new building^ etgcte's-Airis__iJhik . district d iir ing.^the year aire %& fpHqwhs! :t-4-' 1 .*•- Molesworth-streot, Wellington .**-'& rusticated : timber churcfv. .50 x *3Q, capable of seating 275; costyincluding .tand ,»nd vestry,. £1!146l" -if ;i |2.. B(ut_~Church St, Wfiitqibmatd^len l--lacg*^ with: vestry adde*4, co^lt £72. & ,;Wanganui; : — Chu rch erected f -and manae-anlarged .at a _cost oi £2150, •a-., y, seating ,350,, with a schoolroom .fop .[.2oovchiidren, :f '?• \< ..•-ivnl,; „,"i_A i 4. Mof ueka — New church, cck_in££29L 5. B^jbeina— : New ; church, at Pictori, cost^ 3570; one at Spring Creek and Al lind, £115.-; i -.; *.- „i..-m.*r.^i. ;f -'i: j '"'" Under the heading *■* Do we sanction the erection or ualeof any property 4n ouir District " ? permission was granted for thp ladd-' at Palmerston in the 'Rangitikei circuit. Permission was given for the erection off churches in the 1 RangitiSei*, Blenheim, and Hokitika Gircuit&. , '„',,. '^'^.'A \ , Permission was granted for .. the; eale . of property in the Wellingfonj;«©reyihoutb, , and Napier Circuits. ( The state of the following f undSwaisconsidered '• and -found sdtisfaetory :-4- " Church extension aud Contingent Fund-f-Worn-out ! Ministers*' and : Ministers' Wido.w? Fun^d-— (/hildren*-| Eund--?|_.dtjc_i-tional Fund. . ..■<■:- -sot •:■_ uulr*- 0 i Recommendations to Conference wei-je made in the matter of lay representation in Conference and other things-.-- -- j The .Home Missionirjr Meeting 'was held ih the church in 'the eVening, under the presidency bf tfie'' Eev. Ti- Buddie. The Revs. Stannard, Morley, Richardson,; Harper, and Mr \ Moxham (WeUington) ' delivered Varied find interesting addresses < b^ringljppjn the subject. Mr Harper gavQ.a pleaBing,aq<sqnfc qjf progpas,in the Marlborough Proyirice. The ctioit lung several pieces of appropriate music in a spirited manner, and contribnted greatly to the success ; of the pie.etipg r Th^ attendance was not so l^rge a^ would j have been the case in mora favorable weather.; The meeting closed with.'"* Dismiesibnf - and thd benedictidn. roiT *.*n ;