WESLEYAN HOME MISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5635, 8 December 1879, Page 6

WESLEYAN HOME MISSION.

The annual meeting in connection with the Conference wa-. held on the 2Gih November, iu Pitt-street Church,—Mr. Itichard Arthur in the chair The church was not as well tilled as ia usual on such occasions. Theic waa an txeellent choir. Several ministers ot the "connection" occupied scats on the platform. The Chairman- deli erel a brief addreas, after which The Rev. T. Budiile rtad the report, which, ho said, was incomplete, uot having received the reports from the respective district; meetings. 1. In the Maori Mission 0 Maori aud .'5 European missionariei were enployed, and tho regular congregations numbered about 3000 hearers, with 1000 Sabbath school children. This depirtinent c >st £S'JO for the present year, bu; the cost was dividsd among 12 agents. The Kaipara natives are supporting their own work to a large ext-ut. From Hokianga and l.'aglan there had been a slight increase oE contributions this year. 2. The Scandinavian mission was a most interesting feature of the work. These people Were Danes whe had settled in the Wellington and Hawke'e Bay provincial districts. They received their Christianity from America, where some of them heard the Gospel from ministers of the Mstholist Episcopal Church. A youna man who hail been a missionary among them followed them from America. lie was doiug good work iu New Zealand, having built a church. A young man of good repute had been appointed by ihe Conference to assist him. A subsidy of £50 per annum had been granted by tho Conference toward his stipend, aud a sum of £50 toward building hia house. 4. Tho home mission stations among the rJuropeaus were, iu i Auckland district: Wairoa (North), I'aparoa, Kaukapakapa, Mahurangi, Coromaudel, Bay of and Islands. Nels in district : Motuek,-». Canterbury : Cberesey. Duncdin district : Dunediu city, Hyde, Waikouiti. 5. Small circuits, unable to support themselves, received £412 in varying amounts. Grants of £50 were male to erect and furnish ministers' houses. On these two accounts £185 had been granted during the year. 5. The society was unable a:s yet, through want of fumis, tj provide the neeeasary training for all the candidates for the ministry. G. As population increased, the church must increase its efforts. 7. Tho expenditure of the year wai cal jnlated at £2200. Whether tliia omouut woul I b? contributed by the different districts was not yet ascertained. Tho Auckland district will pr iduco the Mini allocated to it by the Conference. It was hoped other district would do the same. The following are tin: amounts received from the several circuits of the Auckland district:—Auckland £200 ; Mahurangi, £5 ; Kaukapakapa, £1 14s 0 1 ; Thames, £'M 10s; Cor.Jinandul, £2 4s ; Manukaii, £30 5s ; Waiuku aud I'uUekohc, JS10; Waikato, £31 4a 2d ; Kaplan, £51 ISs 3d ; Hokianga, £05 ; Wliangarci, £9 6s. Tbo following statement was read by the '<"liKAsuuKit (Mr. F. li. Prime) :—Collected by : Mrs. Henderson and Miss Huddle, £22 10-1; Mrs. W. S. Wilson and Misses Somervill.-, £10 13s; Mra. aud Miss Wiustono, £14 14s Gd ; Mrs. J. Wallis aud Miss Lawry, £10 10s Gd ; Miss Hirst, £8 7s 9d ; Mrs. W. liurton, £7; Mra. Kauderson and MiasKbodus, £G 10a; Mrs. Stevenson aud Miss Shorland, £G Si; Miss Phillipps and Miss Monk, £5 15s; Mrs. Heron aud Miss King, £t 18a Gd ; Mrs. Crowe and Miss Henderson, £3 14s ; Miss Morley aud Mrs Clirke, £1; Miss Laybourn, 10s: total, £10S 11s 3d. Mission boxes: Pitt-atrnet Sunday school, £22 3s 5d ; Pitt-strrcet Young Meu'a Clues, per Mr. John Gittos, £G; Graf ton Koad Sunday-school, JEIG Hβ • g' W., M. E., L., and A. Morley, £1 lOs'od'Miss Otway, Ss 2d : total, £45 13s Id. Collectiona on Sunday and at public meetings : Pitt-stroot, £21 13s 4d ; Parnell, £2 3a Gil ; Grafton Road, £G 10s 3d ; Uuiou-i-treet, £1 18a Gd ; Pousonby, £5 0a 3d ; New North Koad, £1 Mount Albert, £2 4s 2d ; North .-hore, £3 Gs ; Pakuranga, 4s : total, £44 10s : grand total : £198 14s 4d, less local expenses, £3 1 la. It was stated that the Manukau diatriet had contributed 50 per cent, ovor tho amount estimated. Tho collection realised £7 ss. Tiio proceedings terminated with the benediction, pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Morley.fgp"yO