PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANAGE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1177, 12 July 1911, Page 11

PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANAGE.

ANNUAL MEETING. Tho annual meeting of the Presbyterian Urpnanage Committee was held last night in bt. James s schoolroom: The Rev l)r Otbb presided. The annual report stated that the second year of the uxistenco of the' associa- \\° n ', had , be ,f«' i" many ways notable. ■Work had'developed rapidly. The committee, recognising the need for a permanent ■■building,- ihnd secured ten Seres of land-atOMrhahiphore, ami/there' every department of the ivork would find adequate accommodation. There , were at present 2S children at the : Waterloo Avenue Home, Newtown. The Brooklyn house had been vacated at the end of August. Sixteen children had been admitted during the year, seven had left, and, altogether, sine* the founding of the orphanage, 43 children had passed through their hands. This department of the work was highly satisfactory. Drs. C. Begg aiid J. Elliott, and Mr. A. Hoby (dentist) had attended to the children.The children were well fed, well clad, well housed, and. carefully educated, and tho influences to which- they were subjected gave promise of' their becoming good citizens and good Christians. The cost of maintenance had been well met. The increase 'in country contributions was gratifying. The revenue for the year had been .£1500." Tho claims of the association had.been brought before the fortytwo congregations, ami it was hoped that the interest stimulated would be lasting. The all-imporhint task before the committee was the erection of a suitable structure on the lierhanphore property. Plans of a building to accommodate eighty children had been prepared, an'd it was proposed to erect pnrt at once at a cost of ~£2500. This would give room for twenty children, and a house on the grounds would provide dormitories for twenty more. Of tho total cost of tho site (.£2800), .£BOO had been paid off. There was ,£3OO in hand, ami the balance (JEiOO) of the Martin bequest would bo paid over shortly.. If J3"2500 was spent on the new building, interest would have to be paid on a sum of upwards of .£3500. At 5 per cent, that interest would amount to .£175. The balance-sheet, presented by Mr. W. M. Hannay (treasurer), stated that .£253 had been received in donations, .£239 from congregations, and .£ll7 from the Manson beqiiPflt. The donations to the building fund had been .£316. The principal disbursements were:' Salaries and wages, ,£247; orphanage expenses, £333; and property account, .£865.