TRINITY CHURCH, LAWRENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1318, 19 January 1887, Page 3

TRINITY CHURCH, LAWRENCE.

ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS. The annual meeting of parishioners of the above Church was held in the school* room on Friday evening last, when there i were about twenty present. Archdeacon , Beaumont presided, and opened the meeti ing with prayer. ; Mibutbs. — The minutes of the previous ! i annual meeting were read and confirmed. > Report akd Balancb-shebt.— Mr M. | Fraer, Minister's Church- warden and Trea- , surer, read the annual report and balance , sheet. The report is a* follows ;—; — I As will be seen bom the balance-sheet, %Ec , receipts from all sources for tbe year amounted to , £430 fa Bd, and the current diebursemente to £407 I 9s. The interest on the loan liability of £500 I wu £40 19* 9d, making a total expenditure of £448 ' fe9d, leaving our present indebtedness at £627 13 a 1 44a«atminit£500ai3dattliecomn}ene«mentofthe I Tear. To meet this discrepancy thereia £35 due for . aeat rents, which if Expected to he paid daring the , present month, so that theenrrent expenditure and t interest are fairly proyided ,for. by. our current » income, I have also much pleasure in stating that " ts> liadies* Qujld has paid about £100 for the erection of § nalmti&tiftl addition to our Sunday.

school, and the tfeanki of the parishioners are due to that society for its handsome contribution, The grounds of the church and Sunday-school have been kept in thorough order at the expense of Mr E. Herbert, and through the exertions of that gentleman the veatry have been relieved of about £12 expense in the painting of the church, this necessary work being done by contributions received from a few friends. Our assets, consisting of church, Sunday-school, parsonage, and grounds, together with various valuable sections, are estimated to be worth £4800. The report and balance sheet were adopted. Vot*s of Thahks.— Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring church-wardens, to the choir, to the Ladies' Guild, to Mrs Herbert(forcollectingforthestipendfund), to Mr Herbert (for keeping the churchgrounds in order), and to the superintendent and teachers of the Sunday-school.— Mr John Thompson (superintendent) expressed pleasure at the hearty manner in which the vote to the Sunday-school had been passed. The Sunday-school had now an attendance of about 100. He considered the staff of lady teachers equal to any in the diocese ; but he regretted to have to say that the male staff was limited to one teacher. He would be pleased to receive the assistance of gentlemen in the school work.— Archdeacon Beaumont re- ! ferred to the great advantage the school work was to the church, and spoke highly of the services of tbe teachers. Spiritual Work. —Archdeacon Beaumont made a few remarks on the spiritual work done dnring the year, and thought the same had been fairly satisfactory. Holy Communion had been administered on the first' Sunday of every month in the Lawrence church, and also on special occasions. The average Sunday attendance of communicants had been 26, on Easter-day there were 35, and on Christ' mas Day 30. Holy Communion had also been administered at Waitahuna, the attendance being very good. Officbbs.- -Archdeacon Beaumont intimated that he had appointed Mr Her* bert his church-warden for the ensuing year. Mr Fraer was elected parishioners' church-warden. Messrs Capes, Crooke, Withers, Revell, Harrop, Tucker, Taylor, J. Thompson, Vigers, and Uren were elected vestryman. Messrs Jeffery and H. P. Thompson were appointed auditors. Ways and Means.— Mr John Thompson introduced the subject of reducing the church liability, which now stood at £500. He trusted energetic measures would be taken during the year to have the amount reduced. The matter was freely discussed, and it was ultimately decided, on the motion of Mr Fraer, seconded by-Mr Revell : " That it be an instruction to the vestry to take into consideration at its first meeting the advisableness of endeavouring to reduce the church debt by dt least £100 by special subscription during the year, failing this being done by such means, steps to be taken to hold a bazaar about November next." Miscellaneous.— On the motion of Mr Jeffery it was agreed : "That the annual report and balance-sheet be printed and circulated among the parishioners." — A hearty vote of thanks waß proposed to the Archdeacon for presiding. The benediction closed the proceedings.