Charitable Aid Board.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10632, 4 February 1909, Page 4

Charitable Aid Board.

MONTHLY ■MBEWCNG.

The regular monthly meeting of the Thames and Coromandel Charitable Aid .Board TVas feeld last night J at. the Ba'illie street office^he following members being present, viz.: Messrs KillgoiuT (ohaiinnan), Cooper, )Ta,yjlor, Stirange, iß'aber, Franklin, and Loughlin. 'i'he uraavo'{fable absence of Mr Comer was apolog'sed for, likewise the absence oi the Ooromandei members. —'Minutes.—The minutes of the statutory annual meeting held on the 2nd December last were rend and confirmed. "TK© minutes of the meetings of the General Purposes Committee, held on the 22nd: iDecemiber, 1908, and $ie 13th Januaiy, 1909, were aipproved-- and adopted. —Correspondence.— The correspondence outwai*ds! and inwMtis was read and dealt with. —Treasurer's Stateimient. — Treasurer's stia.tement was read and adopted. — The D> +*!ci. Home!.—i The i"eturo,-;of inmateisi was as follows: —At <iommeinciemieint of naontih 30 mien, 4 woniea; ladmiittecl durinc the month, 2 mem, 1 woma»;' discharged during the mioaiith, 1 man; remaining on January 31st, 31 men, '5' yvamtm;. . - The report- of the superirttiendeait was received and adopted. It was decided to install ;a new range amd hot wtatietr sei-vice. ■—Visiting Commiittee's Report.— The' Visiting Committee has th> n honour to repoat. the oomduot of the (Homes .entireily )sat : sfaatory. Thefa.rm: and garden orops have all yielded well, and' the returns will sliow a substantial profit on the year's tra.nsaotions. Your oomniittee racoonmends that the small iron shed which k wias intended to hold the milk.oooleir, j and wh'.ch is not now used; for the purpose ibe moved up im proxmity to the fowl run for holding the fowl j feed,, etc., im place of the shed which > was destroyed by fire; also that a ( , lean-to be placed at the back of the cow shed for. holdimig hay and green feed. The labour for both these jobs A can, be found on the place, so the outlay wjlT be small. The report, was received and adopted.

—General Purposes Committee's Report. —i The General Purposes Committee reported as follows :—"Your CSonunijttee has the. honour to report _ that the payments for chlaritable aid have been ligihter during the past month tihlan for some tiimie, Alt one period of the year the demiandisi were too heavy for the resources of the Boalvil, aindi your <:!om;mitfoe is iglad to be "able to report oiw'ng to the foresight aji'd prudence were exercised by the B'oaaxl that the funds are now in a mutch more saitisfaotory condition. The accounts presented to you for payment tihis evening amount, aei pov list herenvith, to the sum of £.141 Os 17d, amd having exanni'ned: the 1 accounts and found them correct we recommiend they be passed, for payment.? ■

Tlie report was received and adopted, and the accounts were passer] for payment.