BOARD OF MISSIONS
ANGLICAN ACTIVITY
ENCOURAGING,SUPPORT
Described in the annual report of the New Zealand- Anglican Board of Missions as "encouraging, if not satisfactory," the sum received for the year ending June 30 last is returned as amounting to £14,852. This is £358 more than the amount received during the previous twelve months. The amounts supplied' by the various dioceses, with the percentage of quota obtained given in parentheses, are as follows: Auckland, £2598 (87.4 per. cent); Christchurch, £3621 (99.7); Dunedin, £1406 (89.6); Nelson, £1498 (113.4); Waiapu, £2224 (87.0); Waikato, £426 (42.9); Wellington, £3039 (87.7). The various missions received the following amounts:— Melanesia: £5974, as against- £5728. The increase was £246. N.Z.C.M.S.: £4135 and special grant of £500, making £4635. Last year's amount was £4466. Increase £169. Polynesia: £781. Last year £749. Increase £32. S.P.G. (North China): £533. with special grant £120, making £653. Last year £691. Decrease £38. The Jerusalem and the East Mission: £405, with special grants £50, making £455. Last year £403. Increase £52. Local Chinese Mission: £45. Last year £105. The decrease is due to reduction of the board's budget grant from £100 to £50. Board's Mission Work: £229 and special grant, £50; in all £279. Last year, £270. , . The Melanesian Mission report shows that the cost of Southern Cross VII, on the move the whole time, was £5277— whereas in former years, when voyages to New Zealand were undertaken, the cost varied from £7214 to £8875. New Zealand gives £6500 budget money, and £3000 for endowments; England £9500 and exchange £2500; Australia £2280. ' , , ~, , , The general survey deals with church and school working in the islands, mentioning the work of the native clergy. Leper work has been re-established at Tuahu. The report says: "The board observes with gladness how great a proportion, not only of the financial provision, but of the clergy and women workers, are sent by New Zealand.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1936, Page 6
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