BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 354, 12 June 1877, Page 3

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

A special meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Benevolent Society was held last evening in Mr. Church's office. There were present: Messrs. Steward (in the chair), N. Fleming, Falconer, Allen, Dardom, Greenfield, and Church (secretary). APPOINTMENT OF COLLECTOR. Applications for the collecfcorship of the Society were received from Messrs. Henry Richmond, E. B. Pearce, and George Ftilford.—lt was decided to appoint Mr. Richmond collector, and that he should be required to give security for LIOO by a policy in the Fidelty Guarantee Society. It was also agreed to supply the collector with lists of promised subscriptions, and subscriptions already paid, with a revest to him to wait upon persons resident throughout the town, and not merely to confine his attention to those in the business streets. THE IMMIGRATION BARRACKS. The following letter was read by the Secretary:— General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, June 2, 1577. . Sir,—Referring to that portion of your fetter of the 21st May, which alludes to the handing over to your Society the Immigra"Ott Barracks at Oamaru for the purpose of a Benevolent Institution, I have now the "oiior to inform you that the Government *"! be prepared to accede to your request, to place the buildings under the control and management of your Committee, on conation that it undertakes to keep them in S°od order, and to provide therein sufficient lc CGm:roaction for a period of, say, one Ptonth utter arrival, for such Government ■ftniLTiiiita as may from time to time be sent to o ;<—.,.-1 have, &c, D. PvEID. ■'■ '-Lurch, Esq. "<'as resolved to acknowledge the re*s; of the letter, with, the thanks of the

Society—the Secretary to intimate that the terms are agreed to. VISITING COMMITTEE. The report of the "Visiting Committee with reference to the cottages on the Cape was then considered.—lt was decided to appoint the Visiting Committee to arrange to what tenants should be allowed to remain, and to decide on what terms, as well as "what tenants should receive notice to quit. The Committee was empowered to carry out any repairs, and to take any steps they might find urgently necessary for the security of the property. Mr. Hesketh's offer to act as honorary inspector was accepted with thanks, on the undex-standing that he should receive his instructions from the Secretary. HONORARY SOLICITORS. It -was decided to respectfully ask Messrs. Hislop and Creagh to act as honorary solicitors to the Society, and to request them to advise what proceedings can be taken in the event of persons obtaining money or goods from the Society by falsely pretending that they were in distress. RELIEF. It was resolved that in future all orders for relief should be sent in to the Secretary and issued by him. The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.