CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 8022, 15 January 1895, Page 3

CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of tho Chin itablo Aid Board wa3 held last night, when there were prosent—Messrs Killsour (chairman), McFarlane, Foy, Radford, and McEnteer.

The minutes of tho previous meeting were read and confirmed.

A DMissioN • to Home,—Henry. Gerty applied for admission to the Old Men's Homo.-rApplicatiou granted.

OniNEituHi County Council —Mr N. Kenny, Clerk of this body, forwarded a cheque for £9 14.? 7d as contribution to the 1 oard.—Received.

' Resignation op Mr McWihiahs— The following letter was read from Mr John MoWillinras;—"l beg most respectfully to tender my resignation as caretaker of the Old Men's Home. I find that I am not strong enough to perform my duties as they should be done. I am sorry to be compelled to do this as the Board has been very kind to me, for which lam vary thankful."—Mr McFarlane moved that Mr McWilliaras' resignation bo accepted with re&ret.— This was seconded by fllr McEnteer, and carried.—lt was further resolved: " That applications be called, returnable at the next meetingof the Board, for a married couple, without encumbrances, to fill positions of master and matron respectfully of the Old Men's and Old Women's Homes at Tararu, at the joint salary of £50 a year."

Treasurer's Statement.—Tho Troasurci's sfcn teiiidit showed that the Board 's receipts for the past month amounted to £824 7s 3d, and its oxpondifcnre to £295 Itis, leiving a credit balance of £88 1J j 3d. The position of the Board ivith regard to.the special amount was shown to bo as follows:-Receipts: Government grout towards removing $<1 Men's Home to TaV-flrii, £{IQD; grant towards purchasing the old Royal Hotel for the use ns Women's Home, £10'); total, Expeiulil'iiirf: first progress' payment to contractor* for rfiinovin» and re-ercoting (•lie Old Men's Hume, ;t ; 100; balance, ; total, .C lOii.-— Adopted,

I.'atio.v.-:,-Tlie Kolieving Officer (Mr A. Ifvuce) reported (--'Rations to the viilu« of iSii 8s Id have been issued at 'UiamoL during tho past four weeks, awiinst £30 Is 2d issued during the previous month. At Coromandel tho cost of rations for December wns £815s, against,£B Is 3d issued in November,— Adopted,

General PunrosEs Committee,—The General Purposes Commibtco reported ai follows" Your General Purposes Committee beg to roporb that sinco tho last meeting of the Board the following pay* ments have been received : Government subsidy, £18912s Id; Thames Borough Council, £70 10s 9d ; Ohinomuri County Council, £19 9s 2d ; Government grant towards Tararu property, £400 ; t.lio gum of £4515s 8d was also received fiom tho Ladies' Bonovolent Soeie'y, which has been rofundod, all money . c ;eived by tho Society has to pass thri.Vn the Board's books before subsidy is obtainable on it, Tho contractors for the removal and roorection of the Old Men's Homo are waking good headway and should be

finished within the time speoified. Your Committee have paid £100 on arcount on the certificate of the architect. The' accounts for supplies, services, salaries, etc., for the month of Decembor having been examined and found correct, yonr committee recommend that they bo passed for pay ment." Adopted. :

OipMen's Home --Tho secretary (Mr A. Brucv) submitted the following report Wm. Kent aged 72 died on tho 27 ultimo. Kent was' admitted front Ooromandel on the 2nd of June 1890. The cause of death was senile decay. The number'of inmates at present is 23 all of whom are in fairly good health. A start was made this morning in the erection of tho boundary fence, it will consist of 4 pig proof galvanised barbed wiro ond 2 plain do. with Puriri posts each nine feet, At Xmas the following donations wore received, Mr McGowan, tobacco; Mr W. Thompsoncoufeotion' jery; Mr Humphries, tobacco. I haro also to acknowledge the rcccint of j parcel of periodicals from Dr Payno for tho nse of t]ie inmates." —The report was adopted, a vote ot thanks being also accorded to those from whom donations had been received,

The usual accounts were passed for payment, and after a considerable quantity of routino business had been transacted, the moetiiiE! terminated. .