Bishopric Endowment Fund.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume II, Issue 9, 1 March 1912, Page 131

Bishopric Endowment Fund.

The close of the Diocesan financial year is now not far distant. After June 30th, the Diocese will no longer be able to claim the subsidy of £1 for £1 for the Bishopric Fund, which still needs some £3000 for its completion. £1500 of this sum may be claimed if a like sum is raised m the Diocese. Many and great are the expenses which are necessarily entailed by the Bishop m his work m the Diocese, and the interest from the above sum would considerably help to lighten the financial strain. Is it too much to hope that m Ihe next four months the necessary amount for the completion of the Fund may be raised ? On all sides testimony is borne to the unsparing labours of our Bishop, and it would be a graceful act of the Diocese to show its appreciation of the work he has accomplished by subscribing this £1500 m his absence, so that on his return he may have an income adequate for the position and claims of his office. During the last few weeks the sum ef £ 1 25 has been received. Any sum — small or large — will be welcomed, and may be sent to tlie Secretary, Archdeacon D. Ruddock, Napier, or to the Treasurer, Mr F. Williams. We make this appeal not onjy to those who have not yet subscribed to the Fund, but also to the many who have already contributed m time past. United effort on the part of our people would effectuatly place this necessary fund beyond the need of further solicitation,