Thames Orphanage.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3751, 5 January 1881, Page 2

Thames Orphanage.

The usual monthly meeting of members of the Thames Orphanage Committee was held in the Borough Chambers yesterday. Present—The Mayor ' (in tfie chair), Mesdames Wilkinson, Ehrerifried, Kilgour, Payne, and Miss Lush. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed* r

Mr J. B. Mason, the secretary, *4td an outline of outgoing correspondence. "" * A letter was received from the Colonial Secretary, intimating that.in future the stamp duty on statutory declaratioxSi^f 2s 6d must be' enforced. P»f , A subscription of £1 l s was reo Vi Teti and acknowledged from Police Comtaissioner J. B. Thomson, Auckland. The ' Secretary reported that he had received an order for £1 per month from Mr Morrison on account of maintenance of his children, and three children had been taken from the Home by Mrs Williams, tempo"™* °Qly A letter was read from the Be?. Father OKeilly, asking that. the child Ftfcz. Simmons, admitted „12 months ago should be handedover to a MrsHewett, residio* £« l°"Ka,ra^' -The committed expressed their pleaiare/jtfwi; steps had b eV ake?-Si I*«*M«-*--*Bib» for.the infant, and Miss Lush aft? Mesdamei Wilkinson and Ehrenfried were appointed a sub-committee to inquire into the I suitably of the home before the-child was authorised to be given up, in terms ot the letter on which the infant was '.received into the institution. *o$ number of accouuts amounting to \*>A4 8s 6d were passed for payment. ; subject Ho the approval of the Finance Committee, a number of receipted accounts for goods purchased for the Orphanage treat were handed in by Mrs 1 Wilkinson, and a letter of thanks ordered

to be sent to Mr Speight, M.H.R., for his donation of £1 in aid of liquidating the same. A contribution of £1 Is towards

the same, and £1 Is towards the funds of

the Orphanage, received from Dr itenderdine, per Mrs M. H. Payne, was also ordered to be acknowledged with thanks. The monthly report by Mr Thos. Fuljames was read and adopted as follows:—

" JKauaeranga Valley, 3rd January, 1881. To the committee of the Thames Orphanage and Training School Committee. Ladies and gentlemen,—l have the honor to present my report ©f proceedings at this institution from lsb to 31st December, 1880. The present nmmber of inmates is twenty, or three less than when I last reported—Kmily, Thomas, and Maria Tomlinson having left on the 30lh instant, so that the average of the inmates has been 22 4-lOths, and the daily cost of provision for each*has been 4|fl. During the month x<e have cut the grass, and have at least two tons of hay stacked for future use, and have sown maize where the oats grew. Everything promises wjell, but .we badly need fencing. The children are all well, and are much enjoying themselves at this feHtivo

season, and I trust tbe kindness shown iv presenting them with prizes on a recent occasion will act as an incentive to greater diligence in the future. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a large Christmas cake from Mrs James Marshal], a parcel of valuable clothing from Mrs J. W. Hall, ana a number of scrap books from the inmates of,the Old Men's Refuge. Mr Frank has kindly cut the children's hair,' and will render the same Berries v/hon again asked.