S. ANDREW'S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2895, 3 February 1891, Page 2

S. ANDREW'S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE.

ANNUAL MEKTI.XG

Till' annual meeting in connection with the J iibovo Church was held in the Clmieh school on Friday evening, at S p.m. Those mesent were : Archdeacon Willis (pre- , siding), M««« 'Vver. W. O. Carland , Clenny, H'«M'>». »•»""• W,!l1 '. Mnsl,!r Vdauis, Cribble, T. W. Hicks and three . ladies. . i The minutes of the. previous annual 11100'ing, and of a special meeting held on ', October 13th, were read and confirmed. Kkpoht and r.Ai.ANCK-SiiKK.r.—The report of the vestry and the statement of accounts (as appeared 111 hint Thursday's issue) were read by the Archdeacon and Mr Wells respectively, the latter making a few explanatory remarks and congratulating the members of the Church upon the way in which the lialnlities of the vestry had decreased during the past two years—Mr Hewitt asked if the contribution to the pension fund was compulsory?— The Archdeacon replied that it was, but that where country districts were unable to raise the £10, the balance was made up from another fund ; so if Cambridge could only give U, the other ..I wmld be added from the fund 10 which in; had referred, to make up the necessary I'll). As all those present might not, understand the meaning of the pension fund, lie explained that it was a special fund which entitled each clergyman t„ £100 a year for life, after he had reached the age of (>•>.-- The report and balance-sheet were unanimously adopted. ,„..,, Thk SUNDAV-Sciioot..—The Archdeacon said he believed he usually gave a st itement of the Sunday-School accounts at the annual meeting but he had forgotten the fact and had omitted to bring the book with hiin Instead of delaying the uieetuiß while he fetched the book, he would ask them to appoint .someone t' (?" thi-ouudi the accounts, for all accounts in any way connected with Churche* could not be too carefully kept and examined. They were all aware that a painful ca.-e had lately occurred in Auckland that was likely to injure the institution and bruin discredit upon the Church. He thought that should prove a wainini? t'-i all who had any connection with Church finance, to have everything done in an explicit manner, and be ri-'idly examined. As far as lie persona ly was concerned, he might slate that he always went carefully through the Church accounts and checked every item, n-itwith-standing the fact that they hail an excellent treasurer in -Mr 'l.hos. \\ ells.--.Mr K. C. Dyer was asked to examine the Sundayschool accounts. 'L'lfWKs. -The Aieh.leaeoii moved a hearty vote of thanks to those mentioned in (ho leport, and further said I hero wvio many others to whom thanks wuic due, and who he should like to name, but some people prefurred to work, as it weie, be hind the scenes and unknown, but they were nevertheless not, the lea-t zealous workers. The subscriptions hid fallen oil, but some, although they had not given money, had given its equivalent in other waytv-The 'motion was seconded by -Mr Hewitt and carried unanimously. Cu-;it<:YM.\N-s Stu'ksh.—The Chairman said they would notice that, his stipend was put in the estimated expenditure at fli-», instead of "IT, as last year. He was the prime mover in its having been reduced, not because he could allord it, for he had to be as economical as possible to pay Ins way but he felt that he must do something to endeavour to get rid of llie secondary means of n.i-ing revenue, which now occupied so much of his time. He believed some individuals thought he liked getting up totes, concerts, etc.. lie haled it, .and he could not help feeling that, if the time he had spent on iho-e matters had been devoted to his proper work, he might have saved the so.il of the poor 1111 fortunate wietch who was lately drowned in a drunken lit. To be of in the pans!, he must do his proper work ; and if he was not of use, then he was not wanted. He had hoped that another part of the district would lisu-c helped the stipend fund a little more this year, bur it apnetied as if such was not to be.—Mr Wells said it was with regret that he moved that the clergyman's stipend be £173, but it was a matter of necessity, and a necessity that should not exist. Two years ago the stipend had been lowered £2-">, and now there was a further drop of £20. The Church people of Tainahere were not doing their duty, and the position they had taken up was unworthy of them. They used to pay £50 per annum to the stipend fund, but on the plea of the bank wanting the overdraft liquidated, the amount had been reduced to £2',. The overdraft had been extinguished, r.n 1 there was £10 in hand, and yet they only proposed £25, instead of going back to the £50, as formerly. Taniahere was the richest put of the district, and there wa>,re no other de- ' nominations had places of worship there, ' and he thought the Church people were act- ' inein a very mean manner, by only giving 1 £25. He hoped the time would soon come ' when their ordinary revenue would pay thenway, and all outside help would be done away with. The clergyman had given a big subscription towards putting the house in order, and he Imped the good example would be. followed by others iucieasiug their subscriptions. The motion was seconded bv Mr (ilennv, and carried.

"Church Wakiikss.—The Archdeacon appointed Mr T. Wells to be his warden, and Mr Clemiy was elected to represent the parishioners. VKSTIiY. —Lt was decided to altar the number of the vestry to nine.; the following being elected members of it:—Messrs Thornton, Seddnn, Cribble, Dyer, Hester, Brunskill, Hewitt, Young, and T. W. Hicks.

Siveral matters of minor importance were discussed, and the meeting closed with the benediction.