MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 11

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

,ANNUAL REPORT' ■ In;the^anriiial'.rqport'"of'the Committee of 'V the Missions to' Seamen itis'noted thatdur- . ing the past -year • tho , Missioner (Mr.,Jas. . / Moore) held 105 services and Bible readings . afloat, and paid no fewer than 1618 visits' to v -• ships m tho harbour, whilo the enrolment of ' 491;seahiaii--under the' banner of total abstin- . . encerby, his.oxdrtions: speaks for itself.-'Tho number., of - letters'. written'* by seamen and ■ - , -posted tin;: tho Institute and:-the number, re-; ■ cfiivedf foe thenr greatly, exceed: all' previous •r . 9563, and- 66-14 . respectively. -.. Tho Mission has added to its usefulness.to sea- • : men: by .acting as banker for several of them -..duringithe -year. ..The seamen's '.welfare has ■ bfiert ; cared for oil every public'holiday, when "-.-.excursions havo.been.arranged and the men pfter. ; the 3i6f9ls have been '<;.'«bsWj;f(>lr.> 4 on most.Satur- . ,day : -:afteriioons; cricket' or football: games have been arranged and heartily appreciated. The finanoial' statement shoivs an increased' v income over last year 'of 1 £161 :17s. Cd., - increased donations. and bazaar. The C'om- -. mittce.gratefully- aeknowledgo.legacies or. £30 by ;the late Mr. W.'R.- E. Browne, of Wellington, ,andof.£so.by the late Miss Spink's,of Nel^(jni ; which have been allocated to the: "-riew-ofgih'fu^d.'.' The Parcnt'Society in. Eng- . ' land ljas'icontiriued;. its' ;coritributibri of- £70 • per annuhi towards the Missioner's 'salary,- ■ riM-'ihis'' also 11 receives 'the grateful appreciation of tho-Committee;. The year closed with a credit balanco of £85 14s. Bd., of which , £60,:lay'!oh deposit-for the new organ fund. - .i.Oifts:in:kind ! hai v e-bderi;'given with'extreme' ,-liberalityby' : all;'classes-of.-.the''community;.- - ■ the supply of' -na fewer than 6541- button-holes' • fori s£amen:'.byVMisses iKre'eft' and' Mo'rrali' «ajling/gjr jwpjffifc appreciation.' -Tho- large ■ -number ;of friends".who;hqvevprovided coij- ' cert - programmes-'and s for .the sfamen!s;entertainment:merit th<a/utmost appreciation,..' -the Committee- being /.especially ; graief jil or ; the '.visit of. Sladame Clara Butt . :;fr-TJi?y : /also; ; highly..appreciate tho: kindit'ess; of .thofi'lsew - Zealand Times,--Tire' Dominion,in. ; regularly"-reporting the in'their columns.'Tho - finances show cash in bank and ill ■- band.to,,the/extent of £95 4s. ißd-.