BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 305, 3 February 1910, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

: i NEW PLYAIOUTH AUXILIARY. l • ' j The annual meeting of the New PlyL ' | mouth auxiliary of the British and j Foreign Bible Society was held last ,hight in St. Alary's Hall, and was well .attended. The Rev. S. S. Osborne, president, occupied the chair. I ANNUAL REPORT, j The annual report, presented by the j secretary, Miss' Drew, stated that the ! I year had been one o£ ordinary effort, j nvit.li very encouraging results so far as j ( New Plymouth was concerned. The number of subscribers had increased, and the receipts totalled about £l2 more in the previous year. Many of , the outside places (the district extended [to l'atea) showed a los's of interest. The only places to send in returns during the year, other than New Plymouth, I were ITawera, Patea, and Eltliam. The 'oeal depot had been steadily progressing. Nearly £2O had been spent on it, and £OO had been remitted to London. Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid, the treasurer, vend the annual balance-sheet. The receipts amounted to £ll2 12s, and the expenditure £llO 7s 2d, leaving a balance in iin.nd of C2 4s lltd. The amount ■J ivvi il ii-om tiie sale of Bibles was in | excef.i of (lie previous year's receipts : 'from 'his source. Mr. V V. IT. Skinner moved, and the fi'-v. !■". !J. Evans secondul. ilie adoption of the "":inv.'il report and liaianee-slieet, 1 nil the motion was carried. O?-T ICI'.RS FLE(TF.I). Ofl'iorrs were re-elected as follow: i President, Rev. S. S. Osborne; secretary. 'Miss Drew; treasurer, Mr. N. K. Aiac©iarmid; auditor, Air. J. S. NcKellar. ADDRESSES. Addresses' were given by Rev. J. Wilkinson and Rev. J. Laird upon the Bible nnd the work of the British and Foreign ' (Bible Soe'sty. Their remarks are report- j ed elsewhere. lijgUlWi i