HELP RENDERED TO THE DESTITUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11198, 19 October 1899, Page 6

HELP RENDERED TO THE DESTITUTE.

TO THE EDITOR. /if Sir,—-Your readers who so generously respondee to an appeal made by Sistei Francis some months ago, on behalf of the widows With nine little children who had been left penniless and destitute, will be interested in 1 knowing what has been done with the money subscribed. % The little home purchased for her is in T; good neighbourhood, convenient to town, and is vested in Mr. Robinson, chemist, Parnell, and Mr. Patullo, Mount Albert, ail trustees for the benefit of the widow and children. The two eldest cnildren arr. scat : to situations in the country, and the mother) is gradually earning a living washing and. : scrubbing, etc. On behalf of Sister Francis, who is away' on a holiday, and the widow and orphans,!/ wish again to express hearty thanks to those whose contributions have saved the woman? and her children from what, in all nroba-. bility, would have been a life of wretched? poverty. Thanks arc also due to Mr. John Stewart,", solicitor, for legal assistance Riven, the Kauri limber Company, Loyland-O'Brien TimberCompany, Parker, Lamb and Co., for timbersMr. Millar, plumber, and the wharf labourer? who were most generous in contributing.-!* i am, etc., Sister Howard. The following is ? statement of cash re- ! ceived and paid:-Receipts; Collections (as per hsts), £32 19s 8d; contributions (as. perl Kn Vi ! k ( ' ; subscriptions per Herald, ci 93 6d; subscriptions per Star, £62 -7a; od; collection Church of Christ, £7; «l??i Central Mission, £4 12 2d: total.: -jJol os 4d. Expenditure: Purchase. of j house, including repairs, £143 13s fid: real, ; in ti furnishing, £15 9s 7d; groceries, £1 i 10s 6d; clothing, £5 16s 7d; mangle, wash- ; tubs, basket, etc., £6 12s: cartage, 9s; sun- j I s 2d: total, £181 6s 4d. Examined j j with lists and vouchers, and certified as cor- ! rect.-CnARLEs A. Joxas. F.S.A.A., Eds., j Auditor. Auckland, Octobei 17, 1899. ig