Correspondence.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE « PRESS.' aZ «'~* ** mucn °b'ig p d by your inserting «c statement of accounts which I have the honor to ««»o«syou, being satisfied that very many church J*»Ple havo but very little knowledge of the state of Si hTr Md its funds - £ The statement referred to be all !!! n<l m ° Ur adverti sing columns.] I may •"Owed to remark, in explanation of the second foOUM,that the Parochial Aid Fund must be viewed toom. "r * l r erent u g ht from other creditors ; the «hould fllnd passc9 out of our ha " ds > and ti»» Jul 01 " be tol >ehed for our own parish purposes ; funds are purely local. PreSeUtliabilitieß ° f the P arisb ' for work done j uwesmen and for actual necessaries, amount in £104 to £310, which, coupled with the tUi !{£ ,0 the Parochial Aid, makes the sum of Paid off Ay Trßtr .v during the last six months have doubt in f t 0 the amo "»t of £ :10, and 1 have no etth* .k CoUrse of the year w»H be ,lble to clear V>W D eBUm ° f £ " il4, " But il is » ht ' ttVV inc ubus *«3eth2 er th ? ir beads for so long a tune; und fc. *<rrii reniaia9 unpaid, many necessary repairs, * ' * ffl Tw 7 likely bo loft undone.
h,™ ? TeStl7 fe f lin , g t],C want of mother clergyman Ü bT tee l ll l the i SUlU ° f £350 ' of "hieh y £lo< r Z L i (lt ; d \° h,m on his nrriTa l. being a con nbuuon towards his passage out. Are your vestr 1°" t0 T et tl,ls , Claim ? Certainly not. " therefore hope, when in the course of a feu* days ar ro lit U iVu t,re parish ' that t,,e - v will be gene rously seconded by your liberal contributions. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, George Gordon, a -i r. , , «.. Churchwarden. April 6th, 1864.
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Press, Volume IV, Issue 449, 7 April 1864, Page 3
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322Correspondence. Press, Volume IV, Issue 449, 7 April 1864, Page 3
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