Flower Show.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3405, 20 November 1879, Page 3

Flower Show.

Afc the Flower Show in the evening there was a very large attendance, the exhibits being very much admired. The Chair was taken by the Mayor elect, Mr L. Ehreufricd, who delivered a short address, as also did the Her. Mr Haishley, and Dr. KHgour. Mr Murray read the annual report of the Ladies' Beneroleut Society as follows: — To the Subscribers— In bringing under your nol.ico the proceedings of the putt jenr, the committee have ngain to thank you for your continued support. Although the distress brought under their notice bus been verj considerably j greater ibnn last year, they are glad to be able to inform you that all really necessitous and deserving cases have been relieved, notwithstanding that; at one time the funds of tho committee were at a very low ebb; to j remedy Ihia it was neoesßary to have recourse* to a house-to-houso canvass, which was carried out by tho ladies of the committee. The Bum co collected amounted to £93 Ida 9A, •which with donations and tho committee's annual eubscriptions makes the total collected for this year £155 9a 5d A special donation of £5 was given last December by his Worship the Muyov, (\V. McCuKougb, Esq.), for Christmas dinners for diseased families. On application being made io Government for a subsidy, the eecrelflry received the turn of!

€99 Os 61, bHi;j; £1 f<»' «"^7 £L coll. ttccl and rcci'ivofi during the \v.Ai }••'-■'■ fro-n Jnv.-

jiiiry to Jtino, so tint. Iho uetuxl lutai for the your smounis »<> £254 10 i 3i The immb.-r of ftmUitvt roli-jro I clurhuj <W your has been 53, at. nn extend ituro of £!2l 17* 01, .i^nins?. mi outlay ix'-t yen- of ;C75 15? G! for (!>f b.«ncil». of 2S families,—in of Ihe 28 fjunili-3 ai'if f=ti!l on Iho boo!:s. U j;ivi'* gr«:it i'l<-u-u«v. toihe Committooio inform you thai although th* enses relieved this yo'ir grenMy eurpaßS iv number thoso of lust, year, tho funds »ro at prcsout in a vorj healthy condition as will bo Jbe Bonn by l-iio Treasurer's tcporf; a fixed deposit of £50 having been pluovd in tho B.mk of New Z;:iland for ouo year at GV par coat interest. Tn conclusion Uie committed would remind th ir gonorom supportcra Hint great destitution nncl nred of nssi'itmiw exists now than ovpr, and t.biii.—" Tho emnllest contritions will b • thankfully received."

Receipts and exp-Mirliiurn, Uun-alci Lndies Benevolent Society 18'h Nov. 1878, to IRt.h Not. 1879 —To balance, £7 6a 5d ; cash in hand, 3s 6d, grois proceeds fl>wor show, 1878, £4118s 8, donation (p»-r Mayav), £5, J. E JXansen, £1, Mr Brassy, £L Is, Mnjor Cooper, £1, Dr. Kilgour, £1, Mrs Fniter, 10s, Mra Eos?, 10s, small num.*, 19s 61, Committees eubsmpti -.us, £5 10a fi'i, collected by Committee, JL'93 19a Oil, G-eneral Government subsidy on amount receive? up to half-ye-r ending 30fh June, 1879, £99 0* 9d, Total, £262 Os Id.—By expt-n-es floweji«how, 1878 £14 10s 6.1, Christina* flintier, 1»78 (Mayor's donaiicn !£5), p;tid out in relief 1878 to 1879, £121 lla 6;J, cheque book, 2s Id, minute book, •!•<, poahmio', 2* 6il, advertising list of subseript'Ovic, £2 10 : fixed deposit, £50, cash in hands of Treaanrfr, £3 17s, balance in Bunk of New Zealand, £64 2s 6d. Total, £262 Os Id.—Examined aud fouud correct, T. L. Mubh&t, WiiiLiAM' Cakbick, Auditors. 19th November, 1879.

The report was adop'ed by acclamation, and those present amused theraselres with small chat, and in listening to the strains of the Scottish hand, until about 9 o'clock, when Mr R.R. McGregor mounted a rostrum and proceeded to sell the exhibits aud unallotted prizes by auction. Many of the bouquets realised quite fancy pric-s, and £11 was the rosult of the sale. Another means of " raising the wind " was a little toy engineered by Mr Grey, which was the means of augmenting the funds of the society by £l 3s Bd. The total receipts were :—Taken at the doors, £32 9s od ; sale of exhibits (including prizes not allotted, and others returned to society's funds), £11 9s lOd ; shooting by, ' Volunteer,' £1 3s 8d; donations by certain gentlemen, £1. Total receipts, £46 2s lid-