PRESBYTERY OF SOUTHLAND.

Southland Times, Issue 1155, 27 October 1869, Page 4

PRESBYTERY OF SOUTHLAND.

The quarterly meeting of this court was held on the 13th inst. Present— Revs. A. H. Stobo (moderator), Andrew Stevens, Thomas Alexander, and James Clark (Ministers) ; Messrs John Murdoch, John Alli9onj and Peter Campbell (Elders). The Rev. A. B. Arnott being present, was associated with the Presbytery. '■■■■-, Mr Stobo reported that the congregation at Wallacetown could not promise at present to contribute to the Sustentation Fund, in the event of Winton and Forest Hill being disjoined, more than £130 per annum. The Presbytery agreed to draw up a memorial and circulate it in Winton, Forest Hill, and the adjoining pastoral country, with a view to get them sanctioned as a ministerial charge, and also ascertain what amount would be contributed to the Sustentation Fund in the event of being sanctioned. A memorial from Switzers and j Upper Mataura was read, asking the Presbytery to take the necessary steps to get these districts sanctioned as ministerial charges. A subscription list accompanied the memorial, showing that a sum of £230 was promised to support a minister. The Presbytery agreed to take the usual steps to give effect to the prayer of the memorial.

The Preßbytery agreed to ask the Church Extension Committee to send the Rev. Mr Morrison to Switzers for three months.

The financial statements of the various congregations were read. The total amount collected in Thvercargill for the last year, was £817 Is 2d; Long Bush, Ac, £21^ 9s lid ; Riverton, £255 5s lid ; Wallacetown, £371 9a sd. The Presbytery agreed to recommend to Deacons Courts to charge a proclamation fee of twenty-five shillings, to be paid to the treasurer of the congregation, and applied towards the supplement of the officiating minister, when not in receipt of supplement of £50 or upwards. The Presbytery adjourned to meet on Tuesday, the 4th of January next, at eleven o'clock.