The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1882. THE PASTORAL MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 25 July 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1882. THE PASTORAL MEETING.

The members of the Waiiarapa Pag toral Society discussed at some length its financial position on Saturday last! Its present debt is about £I2OO, but of

his amount at least £2OO could, have

then and there been wiped off by taking advantage of the liheral offers of dobentpa Jj.qlders, and the balance could have been /ganged at a lower rate of interest so tljat the annual chargea might be reduced by some forty pounds.. This reduction does not seem a very extensive one, but it is sufficient to enable the Sooiety td' double che amount of its general prize list. The prize list is really the weak point of the institution. With an income of £4OO it has only been in a. position to devote £4O for what should be the leading item of expenditure, in its balance sheet, We hope this year tq gee at least. JEM voted for prizes outside private awards, as .a liberal outlay in this direction is likely to be recuperative by enlarging thp general receipts. The prize list has in the past been, in a measure, sacrificed to the necessity of improving the Show

grounds and the demands made on the committee for buildings, but the time: has, ffb think, arrived when it should be made the The Society missed an iex,cejjent opportunity of improving its financial position on Saturday last by not "striking when the iron was hot.' ; . A consider? able number of members either offered to assist in reducing the debt'or ex-

pressed themselves favorable towards such a policy, .and had a subscription list been passed found then and there, the: debt now would hav<B probaby stood at £9OO instead of £1200.'. As

ft js thegolden opportunity was missed, and'a large but disjointed committee was appointed to strike the cold iron. We sincerely trust that it will succeed %tbe work to'-which it. has been relegated j but its "chances, of success wpuld have iGer>ainly7been enhanced tadit obtained a substantial list: from

Ie gathering as % basis of operations, Of thefuture progress •• piF : the Socieiiy there can be, no apprehension. >■ It has, < tided, over; - serious .difficulties. iu the which it|is never likely to 'again ' :

encounter, and the only question is .whether during - the 'cuiTeut;;' year ; it should'thate a small or a big jumper}; the way oijinerea^ingits revenue,; and whether that jump,i small ;o]> : largej should be,devoted to' the reductiofl(of debt, or'the' increase of pme-money; ■Roth objects commend themselves : to members and it will probably be an unwise policy to sacrifice either "of them to the other. It is admitted, that tho district will this year be in a poaition to afford more material aid to the Society than last. To use, an expression of Mr Booth, the frozen meat enterprise seems to warm up settlers. Under these ciroumstancea we hope to see. a decidedly nioro liberal prize list on the one hand,; and a'rensbnable reduction of the debt • on the other. ";••