ST. MATTHIAS'S

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 16, 19 January 1889, Page 2

ST. MATTHIAS'S

The annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Matthias's Church Paaqaure.was held pa the llth of January, The Rev, F. Gould officiated, as chairman, RiseOßse,-— Mr G, E.. Ireland, minister's warden, jpead the ana Hal report, The statement* of accounts showed : Receipt : —Cash in hand from 1887, 14s B£d ; gte&e Jawd, £10 $ ppeciai offerfcorigs, £5 4e j geaecal offertories, £26 lOs 9d ; ,ead©wJß©at*utkd» £54 JAs j voluntary oon-

tribution to . minister's stipend and church expenses, £34 8s 6d; cash from soirae and other sources, £13 16s 9d; loan from Standing Committee for parsonage, at 7 per cent. £100; collection for parsonage fund, £18 5a 10d ; balance, £3 193 l£d ; total, £245 13s Bd. Expenditure.—Eev. F. Gould's stipend, £100 ; interest on Bishop's loan, £4 4.3 ; special oifertories—Meltine3ian Mission, lie : Home Mission, £2 3s 9d ; clerical pension fund, 9s 3d; church expenses, £10 4s 2d ; parsonage expenses, £128 Is 6d : total, £245 13s Bd. The rejjorc and balance-theet were adopted. Ofmceks.—Mr Thompson was then reelected people's warden. Mr G. E. Ireland was re-appointed minister's warden. Messrs Wixon, Morley, YV". Kay, Jordon, William Brown, Ward, and A. Loomb were appointed vestrymen. Messrs A. Loomb and Wm. Kay. were cho.sen auditors, and with thanks to all who bad assisted in church and Sunday-school work during the past year, and to the chairman, the meeting finished.