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ST. .)0]l'S, N. H. : ridXTED nv h \|{m;s and companv. issr.. -W / -f * 'i.: o'r- \M M:. %% ;l(t-" i: I FIFTIETH RHPORT OF THK DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIl^TY OP NEW BRUNSWICK, 1885 PART I INCORPORATED BV AOT OF ASSEMBLY. I*- ■ 16 VICTORIA. CAl^ IV., 14th APRIL, 1853. ST. JOHN, N. B. : PRINTED BY BMiNES AND COMPANY. 1885. 'i'M. mm. t >:. Hi m A- CH' OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. President : The Kk'ht Rev. JOHN, Lord Hishoj. n{ Frederioten. Vice Presidents : The KicrhtKev. H. TULLV KINt'Ol "N, D. T)., Bishop C'oiuljutor. 1882 FRKl'l-nilCK A. WKHilNS, Ksnuire 1857 Sir S. LEONAKl) TILLKV, C. R, K. C. M. G., US57 Rev. ( "ANON SCOVIL, Ph. D 1869 W. M. .TAUVIS, Ksquire 1871 His lli.nor, li. D. WILMOT, Lieut. -f. nwi' ■^^'.. WFm'' .,-,. ,," >Lno Mtti « Kfi*- ^|r V ■■'■ i^i «f ' ,>K.,. m nX/ ■\- . mm ^:- l:,F ''I'I'ifl A-' 'ir' ■)> tK- s^»''i '^fl ^Ih- Vio QH^r i-t if#iii jEftv. K'- '■ i&aj Ifff'^ I'-.- .'- . 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Sweet. Kev. J. H. S.-S.A.C Titcomlie, Rev. J. O Talbot, Rev. J. H. -S A.d Troop, Rev. G. 0.--M.A Vrooni, Rev. F. W. - B. A. . . . Walker, Rev. William W.-B. (Canon) Walters, Rev. John -S.A.C. Warneford, Rev. E. A Wainwriu'ht, Rev. H. S.-B. A Week.s, Rev. A. H. -B.A ... Wetmore, Rev. D. J. -B. A. . . Willis lidenoe. BrightonKng Sept. Simond.s i March iMay St. (ieorge ', Dec. .MuR.'iuash I June liathurst !.lune Mau.ervillt! June St Luke, Portland. . . . Jan. V ewca-tle .... j June Canterbury May "^pjifigfield jDeo, St. James, St, John . . March Richmond 'June Hampton (Retired) 'Sept St. John ' >forton. . iDec. Kingston iDec. Residence, Westtield ..Dec Residence, Clifton ;Sept. I*etitc.>diac Sept. Sackville . . iMay Westfield j June Hay du Vin iMay Rector Trinity Church, I>M W. l«7-j .'5, I. St 10 ')'> Ih7h 24, iMi.^ ». IHvj 28. IM.-, 19, \m 27. 1S7: 27, \x:: 4, 1M41 IS. \m 21. 1S6 21, ixri' 20. 1857 12. 1S41 4. is.x» 30, 1S47 1«, Ih.Vj l.H, lS.i2 19, im 4, 1871 ♦i. 1?76 29, lb74 3:. 18S5 20. 1S7I 17. 1H78 4. 1*82 16. 18J7 22. IH.V) 23, 1H66 17. 1S47 20, 1857 24, 1871 23, 1875 12, 1881 23. 1880 St. Stephen 2DE-A.0O3Sre = Rev. C. B. Kenrick, M. A., Curate, St. Paul, Portland jMarch 31, Rev. A. J. Rei'l, Curate of Moncton April 12, Rev. I. P. B. VVilliams Dou^'las H ^r. Gd. 1 ake. May 31, IDIVIlSri'X'Tr ©TXJJDE5ITa?B = Dibblee, E. Horace Hanpen, Niels Murray, A. B. Neales, Scovil Saunders, C. E. Warneford, C. 1S85 1885 188.i DATK OK OKDINATION. Deo, •-M. iJM Sept. •-*;<. is?.' .lune :<, 1,S(K) Dee. •)•> 1^7^ Sept. •J». 1 Mm .Itiiie ». IHyj July lib. 184.-. Sept. \^, \m May 27. 1^7: May •-'7, 1.H7: Joly 4, 1S41 Feb. IS. i>iH;< Sept. •21. l\^6 Dec. •-'I, inrii Sept. 20, 18.57 Sept. 12, 1S41 Marcli 4. IStJO May 30, 1S47 Dec. l«i, Ib.Vj June in. ls.')2 .lune 19, lH.iH June 4, 1871 Jan »5, 1876 June 29, 1874 May .v_. 1885 Dec, 20. 1874 March 17. 1878 June 4. 1882 Sept 16. 18.'7 Dec. 22. \m Dec. 23, 18()t) Dec 17, 1847 Sept. 20, 1857 Sept. 24, 1871 May 23, 1875 ;June 12, 1881 May 23. 1880 March 31, 1S85 Apiil Miiy 12, 1885 31, 188.5 3 = ^Turray , A. B. Warneford, ( DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON. DEANERIES. DEANERIK8. BURAL DEANS. Rev. David Forsyth.. . PARISIIES OK MISSIONS. Chatham. . . . Bathurst, Bay du Vin, Chatham, Derby, Newcastle, Richibucto, Re.stigouche. Weld ford. Fredericton. . Rev. G. H. Sterling. . . Bright, Burton, Douglas. Freder icton, Kingsclear, Maugerville, New Maryland. Queensbury, Bt. Mary's, Stanley. Kingston Rev. Canon Medley. . Cambridge. Gagetown, Green- wick, Hampton, Kingston, Norton, Petitcodiac, Rothesay, Springfield, Siwsex, Upham, Waterford. Shediac Rev. J. Roy Campbell. Albert, Dorchester. Monclon, Point du Chene, Hackville, Shediac, Westmorland. Bt. Andrews Rev. Ranald £. Smith. Campobello. Christ Church, St. Stephen, Grand Manan. St. An- drews, St. David, St. George, Trinity Church, St. Stephen. St. .John Rev. Geo. Schofield. . . Fairville, Musquash, Petersville, Simonds, St. .lohn (Trinity); St Mark (St. John,; St. James (St. John; St. Luke's (Portland); St. Paul (Portland); St. George (Carieton); St Jude (Carieton); St. Martins. Westfield. Woodstock.. Rev. Leo. A. Hoyt . . . Aberdeen, Andover, Canterbury, Grand Falls, Madawaska, New Denmark, Prince William, Rich- mond, Wicklow, Woodstock. -' r ■ ' » ■ 1- »' 'v '^v ?!; r i-f'f ■ i/":-- ir- 4'- '■• ' I ■. A r.* i : <.• : 8 PRi\YERS. AT OPENING. Fhevent us. Lord, in all our doings, with Thy most gracious favor ; and further us with Thy continual help ; tliat in all our works begun, coiitiiiued and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy Holy name ; and finally, by Thy mercy, oblaiu everlasting life, thiough Jesiia (Jhrist our Lord. — Amen. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all works of piety and charity do proceed, we beseech Thee to visit with Th}^ favor our SovenMgn Lady, Queen Victoria, and so rule her heart, that she n«ay in all things seek Thy honor and glory. Prosper with Thy ble.^sing the designs of this Society. Comfort with Thy grace those benefactors who con- tribute to its support. liU'ss the ministry of Thy servants the Clergy ; the endeavors of all who are engiiged in spreading tlie knowledge of true religion in the dominions of our Soverei hast made all men, and hatest nothinc; that Thou hast made, nor wouldst the death of a sinner, but that he should be converted and live: Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Litidels and Heretics, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to Thy Hock, that thev may be saved among the remnant of the true Lsraelites and be made one fold under one She[)herd. Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy S})irit, one God, world without end. — Amen. Our Fatiikh which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us onr trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. — Amkn. . , AT CLOSE. The Gkace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. — Amen. CONSTITUTION. I. Tlio Society sluill bo called The Diocesan Culk<:ii Society OF New Brunswick. II. No alteiT.tion shall be made in the C'onstitntion of this S):jioby, nor shiU ativ liy-liw. UiK\ or Rv^nlaciori of the Society be repealed, anniiUod or altered, except at a meeting of the General Committee, by the vote of at least two-thirds of the members ])resent, nor nntil it shall have received the sanction of the Lord. Bishop of the Diocese; which "sanction mu:*t be given in writing, and delivered to the Secretary, within six months of the said meeting. III. No alteration or amendment in the Constitntion, nor any rcneul, cancellation, alteration or amendment of any Bve-law, Rule, or Ilegnlation of the Society, shall be proposed or made at any meeting, unless notice shall have been given in writing at tiie next ])revious Annual Meeting of the General Committee, or at the next previous Anniversary Meeting, of such proposed repeal or cancellation, nor unless the terms of such })roposed alteration or amendment shall have been stated in writing at gome previous meeting; from which, without the unanimous consent of the members present, no deviation, except of a mere formal nature shall be permitted. IV. No repeal, cancellation, alteration, or amendment shall be proposed, except by a member qualified to vote, at the Anni- versary Meeting, whose name shall be entered on the Minutes of the Secretary, together with the said proposition. ;„\"^';i;- -.1' .. k^&'-'r! 'ii'- Uif fri. ('', iW^^. 31) 10 V. The payment at any one time of a sum not less than Ten Pounds sliall constitute a Life Member ; and the payment annually of any sum, however small, shall constitute tlie person paying the same a Member of the Society. Provided that no member shall be (jualified to vote at any General Meeting of the Society, unless of the full age of twenty-one years, nor unless he be a Life Member, or shall have subscribed and paid at least live shillings during the year preceding such meeting. VL OFFICERS. 1. The Oflficers of the Society shall consist of a President, two or more Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, one or more Secre- taries, and two Auditors of Accounts. 2. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese shall be President of the Society, and the Bishop Coadjutor and Archdeacon, if any, shall be the Senior Vice-Presidents; and any life member may, at any meeting of the General Committee, be elected a Vice- President of the Society. 3. The Treasurer, Secretary or Secretaries, and the Auditors, shall be annually elected at the meetings of the General Com- mittee ; and in case of dcutii, resignation, or removal from the Province of any such officer, the vacancy shall be filled up by the Executive Committee at its next or any subsequent meeting within the year ; and the Lord Bishop shall, if he seo fit, call a special meeting of the Executive Committee for the purpose of filling any su(!h vacancy. VIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. L There shall also be an Pj.xecutive Committee, to be com- posed of the following Members, viz.: The officers of the Society as provided for in the next pre- ceding Article. All Clergymen resident in the Diocese, duly licensed by the Ix)rd Bishop, and subscribers to the Society. And twenty-four Lay Members of the Society, being Life 11 Members, or Annual SubscriberB of at least One Pound; to be annually elected at the meetings of the General Committee, provided that no Annual Subscriber shall be qualified to be elected unless he shall, during the year preceding each meet- ing, have paid the subscription of at least One Pound. 2. Five Members of the Executive Committee, three of whom to be Laymen, shall form a quorum. 3. The Executive Committee shall meet either at Fredericton or St. John, on the first Wednesday in January ; on the day next following the Annual Meeting : on the first Wednesday in March; on the first Wednesday in June; and on Wednesday after the first Tuesday in October; or on such day in the week of, or in the week following the aforementioned days, as may be approved by the President, or, in his absence, by any two Vice-Presidents of the Society. 4. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be summoned by the President, or in case of his death or absence, by any tw^ Vice-Presidents of the Society, to meet at such time and place as may be fixed by th^ notice of meeting ; but, so far as. may be, alternately at St. John and Fredericton. 5. The Executive Committee shall have all such right and power in and connected with the management, control, and disposal of all lauds, real estate, and property whatsoever, which may now or may hereafter be vested in the Society, and with respect to the use of the Corporate Seal of the Society, as the General Committee or any General Meeting of the Society would have in session, and shall further bo authorized to depute all and any such powers to any sub-committee of such Executive Committee. VIII. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONH. There shall also be a Board of Home Missions, to be com- posed of the following members, viz.: 1. The President, Treasurer, and Secretary or Secretaries, of the Society, and the Bishop Coadjutor and Archdeacon, ex offiicio. 'I. Five Clerical and seven Lay Members of the Society, qualified for election as Members of the Executive Committee, who shall be chosen annually on the first day of meeting of the ; ■/-■ ■ A •: '.■ii ; ■ •Mi'- ;/• w >| O # _ wSk-i' : i'. ' . * s . ■_• •It' ■'1. 12 General Committee, by ballot, on nomination of each proposed Member by two Members of the General Committee, together with one Clerical or Lay representative chosen by eacli Deanery and resident within the same, whose name shall be certified to the Committee by the Secretary of such Deanery, as having been duly elected at a regular meeting. 3. The Board of Home Missions shall have all such power relative to the preparation of the Missionary Schedule, and carryingthe same into operation and effect, and the approjiri- ation or disposition of the funds to the objects of the Society, as may from time to time be vested in them by or pursuant to anv Resolution, IJve-laws or IJegulations of the General Committee. 4. Five Members of the Board, three of whom shall be Lay- men, shall be a (juorum. 5. The Board of Home Missions shall meet whenever sum- moned by the President, Treasurer or Secretary of the Society, and at such place as may be fixed by the notice of meeting. IX. OBJECTS. The Society shall embrace the following objects and none other, viz. : 1. Missionary visits to places where there is no settled Clergy- man, and aid to new and poor Missions. 2. The estal)lislinient of Divinity Scholarships ; and assist- ance, when necessary, to those who may be under preparation for the ministry, especially sons of Clergymen. .'}. Aid to Sunday and other Schools in which Church prin- ciples are taught, and the training and encouraging of School- masters and Catechists. 4. The supply of such Books and Tracts as are on the Catalogue of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and none other. 5. Aid to the building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels. 0. Aid to the building of Parsonage Houses. 13 lurches and 7. The creation of a Fund towards making a provision for 8uch Clergymen as may be incapacitated by jige or infirmity. 8. The creation of a Fund for the Widows and Orphans of the Clergy. 9. Aid to the Endowment Fund in particular I^arishes. 10. The formation of a Fund for receiving money or securi- ties as Special Trusts. 11. The creation of a Fund to assist in the education of the children of the Clergy. X. The Society will employ no Clergyman on Missionary services without the Bishop's license an'i appointment, and will submit its choice of Divinity Scholars to his Lordship's approbation. XI. It shall be competent to any Member of the Society to limit his subscription to any one or more of the objects above recited, which he may be most anxMous to promote. XII. LOCAL COMMITTEES. 1. The Members of the Society in each Parish, or in each Mission, consisting of two or more Parishes, shall, at the dis- cretion of the Missionary of such Mission, constitut-e a Local Committee ; and so also the Members residing in any District of a Parish set off under the authority of the Lord Bishop, with the concurrence of the Rector and Church Corporation of such Parish (there being in such District a Church duly con- secrated, and a resident Clergyman licensed thereto by the Lord Bishop), may, at the desire of such Clergyman, and with the approval of the Bishop and the Rector of the Parish, form a separate Local Committee ; and in that case the District shall, for the purpose of the Society, be considered as a separate Parish. 2. Each Local Committee shall hold an Annual Meeting on some convenient day previous to the Anniversary Meeting, when the recommendations to the General Committee of special objects shall be determined on. ik J-, ff- k'--' r," r- '■■'■}" {V, . m 1 ■.• '*.■ '■ r' : ]fi'U- 14 3. Eiioh Local Committee shall be empowered to elect two Lay Delegates and two Substitutes at the Annual Meetings of the Committee, to assist the Missionary in submitting the recommendations of the Committee to the consideration of the General Committee. 4. It shall be competent to each Committee to recommend any of the above recited objects to the special consideration of the General Committee, in the appropriation of the funds of the Society. 5. The Members of the Society, attending the public services at the Cathedral in the City of Fredericton, shall have the right to elect two Lay Delegates annually. The meeting for the election of the said Delegates to be held annually at sucli time and place as the Lord Bishop of the Diocese may direct ; and the said Delegates, upon being so elected, and their election duly certified by the Lord Bishop or other j)orson presiding at the said meeting, shall be taken to be, and shall be thereby .jualified as Members of the General Committee. XIIL L The Societv shall hold its Anniversary Meeting at Fred- ericton and Saint John alternately, on the first Thursday in July in each year. 2. A Special Meeting of the General Committee may ijc called at any time by the President, or, in his absence, by any two or more of the Vice-Presidents, four weeks' notice being first given thereof by advertisement in one or more newspai)er.s published in Fredericton and Saint John respectively. : XIV. THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. ■tit,, I. The General Committee of the Society shall be composed of the following membors, viz.: The Lord Bisiiop of the Diocese, who shall be the Chairman ; the Vice-Presidents of the Society ; in the absence of the Lord Bishop the Committee may elect achairmjjn from the Vice-Presidents present, and if none be present, from other members of the Committee ; the Secretary or Secretaries, who shall also serve in that capacity at the Meeting of the General Committee ; the Treasurer and the Auditors; the Hector or Missionary of each Parish, or of a 16 nmittee ; the Mission comprising two or more Parishes, and the (jlergynitm of any separate District of a Parish, ind the Lay Deputies elected by the Local Committees, as before provided; all such persons being Subscribers to the Society. Proof of the election of such Deputies by each Local Com- mittee to be the certificate of the Chairman or Secretary thereof. 2. The Members of the Executive Committee shall be ex officio Members of the Genei'al Committee. 3. The General Committee shall meet on the two days next previous to the Anniversary Meeting, to make the Annual appropriations of the funds of the Society, and a report of the proceedings of such meeting shall ho made at the Anniversary Meeting. 4. The Order of Business in (fenerai Committee shall be as follows : Firstly. — Production of Certificates of Lay Delegates. Secondly. — Secretary's Report to be read, and also a Report of the proceedings of the Executive Committee for the past year. Thirdly. — Report of the Auditors to be read and laid before the General Committee. Fourthly. — Such appropriations or disposition of the funds to the objects of the Society as a majority of those present may determine. ' >.i ^ 5. The General Committee shall have power to adjourn its meeting for any special purpose from day to day, or to any day subsequent to the Anniversary Meeting of the Society, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present ; and to determine by like vote, the phice where such adjourned meet- ing shall be held ; provided that in every such case a Report of such adjournment, and the cause therefor, shall be made at the Anniversary Meeting. XV. 1. The Clergy are requested to preach annually two Sermons in their respective Churches, with a collection on each occasion, for the general purposes of the Society. -t.- Vf •■_ .: tt. " ..V . if wM.t- 'f ■ .< ■• ^;^ 1.*''' H^rtf Ui 2. Tho Clergy are I'urtlier retjuested to take up, annujillv, in their reKpeotivo Churches, a collection for the special funds of the Society, which collection shall unless otherwise pro- vided for, be ecjually divided between — (1). The Widows and Orphans Fund. {2i. The Aged and fncapacitated Clergy Fund. {:]). The Children of the Clergy Education Fund. (4.) The Divinity Scholarship Fund. Provided that any such special collection may, at the option of the Congregation from which the same shall be received, expressed through the Hector or Missionary at the time of forwarding the same, be limited to some one or more of the Special Funds or purposes of the Society, in such proportions as they may direct; and provided also that the yearly collection required by the rules of the Widows and Orphans Fund, in the case of Clergymen joining such Fund, shall, in such cases, be considered as the special collection hereby requested to be made, but shall be applied as such rules shall direct. FORM OF CERTIFICATES FOR LAY DELEGATES. Diocesan Church Society of New Brunstvick. This Ib to certify that and were elected at the Annual Meeting of the Local Committee of The Diocrsan Church Society as Deputiew from that Committee, under the authority of Article XII of the Constitutioc* .Chairman. . Secretary. Dated at the. .day of. .18.. 17 ip, annimlly, special funds iherwise pro- 1 Widows and tated Clergy cation Fund. that any such rogation from gh the Hector [ic, be limited I r poses of tiie and provided rules of the rymen joining as the special lall be applied LEGATES. is Deputiew from he Constitution' . .Chairman. . .Secretary. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS. Whereas, it is desirable for the better provision for the ministrations of the Church in the Diocese of Fredericton, that there be a systematic and permanent plan for the payment of the stipends of Missionaries; therefore resolved, — 1. That in order to encourage the established Missions to become gradually self supporting, all grants made by or through this Society in aid of Missions (not including stipends secured to any of the elder Clergy on the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel grant during life) shall from henceforth be made conditional on the contribution by the Mission itself of a stated sum towards the Missionary's stipend. 2. That all grants made by the General Committee be made subject to these resolutions, and be distributed under the direction of the Board of Home Missions, who shall have at all times all such and like powers and rights with respect to the same, or any of them, as the General Committee of the Society would have if in Session. S. That the Board of Home Missions annually present to the General Committee of the Society, on the first day of their meeting, a full and detailed account of all business transacted during the expired year, and also a list of grants rcommended for the ensuing year, with the condi- tions to be annexed to each, and shall also report to the Executive Committee at each quarterly meeting thereof. 4. That on the approval by the General Committee of the grants recommended for the year, the same shall forthwith pass into operatioa on the basis of the foregoing Resolutions, and subject to the following regulations : (o). The Board of Home Missions (acting in conjunction with the Lord Bishop) shall forthwith, after the annual meeting, communicate witli the Wardens or other Lay Members of the Church, in each Mission, requiring them to enter into ensrageraent (A) with the Society, to con- tribute the sum required of the Mission for the year. (6). Should such engagement not be entered into to the satisfaction of the Board before the 15th day of August then next, they shall com- municate with the Missionary, requiring him to give each of his congre- gations notice (B) of withdrawal of all payments as a Missionary receiving st'pend through this Society on Ist October then next, unless the engagemeni be meantime completed. .••\ . V" '• * t 18 i^-f.' ^:\. {<"). Sliould such ('Ugiiir<'nH'nl not l)e enlcred into to the satisfaction of the Board lieforc tlie (if>t of October then next, all payments to the Missionary's salary throuirh the Society shall i)e withdrawn, and no stipend shall thereafter bo payable in respect thereof: Provided tlmt should the Missionary yec lit to resijjn his cure, he shall, if stationed for the remainder of the }ear by the Lord Bishop in any vacant Mission which may bo willini;' to comply with the terms required of the default ing Mission, bo entitled, in respect of the services to be rendered in such new Mission, to such stipend as may bo agreed upon between such Missionary and the Board, not exceeding that provided for the con- tinuation of bis services in his former Mission, and upon the like terms and conditions. Provided, also, that any such Missionary, if not hi appointed to any new Mission, may nevertheless be permitted by tiio Board on siKcial application, to draw on 1st of April for a sum in tluir discretion; but not exceeding his previous quarter's stipend from the Society. ((f). Where such engagement isentered into, the Board shall forthwitli notify the Missionary, who shall thereupon (unless the terms of such engagement shall not be fulfilled as hereinafter provided) be entitled to draw upon the Society for the full amount of his quarterly salury, including therein the sum required for the quarter of the Mission itself. (O- The amount required from the Mission may be paid eitb.i in money or produce, and shall be so paid by equal quarterly instalments at least one month before the last day of each quarter; if paid in money, the same to be remitted direct to the Treasurer; and if paid in produce, such produce to be furnished to and received by the Missionary, and his receipt in lieu of money, forwarded to the Treasurer within the time aforesaid. Provided that, if necessary, the Mission may have one month's grace to complete the payment. (/). Should the Missionary give any such written receipt for produce, he shall keep a record thereof, and shall make his next quarter's draft for such sum only as shall be due him, after he shall be debited with such receipts in the Treasurer's books. (g). Should neither the money nor receipts for produce, to the full amount required for the quarter, be received by the Treasurer by thi last day of the second month of the quarter, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer at once to send to the Missionary and to each of the persons who shall have signed the engagement, the notice (C) and should neither such money nor receipts have been so received by the last day of tlie quarter, the grant of the Society shall thenceforth cease, and it shall be the Treasurer's duty at once and in like manner to send the notice (D). If, however, the arrears be subsequently paid, the Board shall have power to renew the grant on application from the Mission. (A). In case of the Missions where the Missionary's stipend is secured for life on the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel grant, the Board shaJl call on the Warden to enter into the prescribed engagement •only in case of the demise of the present Missionary; and those Mission arics shall continue to draw their stipends as heretofore accustomed. 19 atififaction of ments to the v\vn, UTul no Provided that stationed tor iicant Mission )f the default- idcred in siu li between sneli for the eon- the like terms navy, if not ku milted hy the a sum in their pend from the shall forthwith terms of ^uch i) be entitled to Liarterly salary, of the Mission I paid eitbv-i in erly instalments [ paid in money, haid in produec, sionary, and his within the time may have one eipt for produce, t quarter's draft be debited with stipend is secured ,3ospel grant, the libed engagement InJ those MissioQ Ifore accustomed. unless any shall voluntarily come within the general system adopted for other Missions. (y). It shall be optional with the Board to permit any Mission to make u quarterly, half-yearly or yearly payment at any period in advance, and these regulations, mutatis miitandi.i, shall thereupon apply, generally to any such Mission. (k:). The Board shall have full power and authority to make all such further b3'e-laws, rules and regulations, as may in their opinion be required for their guidance, and from time to time to alter or amend the same as they shall see fit. ."). That in every case of a Clergyman receiving a stipend through this Society, he shall be required to make to the Secretary of the Sotuety, according to such form as the Board of Home Missions may from time to time require, a yearly return, on or before the first day of December in each year, shewing — (1). The general limits of Mission. 1^2). The extent thereof in square miles. (3). The estimated number of the members of the Church of England living therein. (4). The number of Churches, Chapels of Ease, and Missionary Stations respectively, within the Mission. (5). Whether or not there is therein a parsonage house belonging to the Mission or provided by the people. (6). The extent of the Church and Glebe Land connected therewith. (7). The income from such Church or Glebe Land for the year ending 1st April last. (8). The amount contributed therein towards the support of the Missionar}', from sources other than the grant through this Society. (9). The number of public services on Sunday and in the week respectively. (10;. The average congregation in each place of worship. (11). The number of communicants. i' n' (12). The number of baptisms. A. Infants. . , B. Adults. , ■ . • ' ■' • ' •■■ ' C. Total. ' -■ • ■ ' ... (13). The number of communicantB. A. Added. ,^ ■ ^^ = - •-, .^ - B. Removed. •'',., ,.,'', , , C. Deceased. " i . ' .'. ' ,' I). Present number. ,, , ' ' (14). The number confirmed. (15). Marriages. '^ (16). Burials. ;').; i .,,, . ; •' (17). Names of Church Wardens. (18). Names of Lay Delegates to Diocesan Church Society and Synod. , , (19). The number of scholars and teachers in Sunday School. Which returns shall be laid before the Board of Home Missions • 1". «;' W- ; ^ ? '.i . •;u-;\: Pi' t-i, . '■ Imok! *-' ' ''■* .- P^^l '■'■V |HHr^,;i ^^^^r *»■. . ^s6 ' /■'"■•": Sm^ * '.'■^ Pfi, f^," ;' \t^\ . mil '■■«'r' ^-■'i ' w'r'- * r / M' ': ■ ir^.i -, m . ■ ■ ■ 2S' '■■^ M€» .41 20 forthwith, and before the General Committee on the first day of thtlr meeting; and no grant shall from henceforth bo payable to any SiIh- sionarv, in default of rendering any such statement or return, so loi " h.s such aefault shall continue. 6. That the Board of Home Missions shall, as soon as may be, after the first day of December in each year, make up from such returns the printed returns and statement required annually by the Society for THE Propagation of the Gospel, and forward the same, reporting specially to the Socikty for the Propagation of the Gospel, any Missionary who may be in default. 7. That those of the Clergy within the Diocese, not receiving stipends through this Society, be requested to forward to the Secretary in like manner, on or before the first day of June in each year, the returns numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 11, 13, 18, 14. 15, 16, 17. 18 and 19, in order that a complete return of the Diocese in these particulars may each year be published with the Society's Report, as hath been heretofore in part only accustomed. 8. That the Board of Home Missions, in conjunction with the Lord Bishop, shall appoint deputation^ of Clergymen and Laymen for each Deanery, which each deputation shall visit, for the purpose of holding Missionary Meetings in the several Missions, and taking up collections thereat, not interfering, however, with the usual semi-annual collections and annual canvass of the Mission on behalf of the Society; and further, of making enquiries as to the power of the Mission to contribute towards the Clergyman's support; such deputations reporting to the Board, and through them to the General Committee of the Society. 9. That the Board of Home Missions in conjunction with the Lord Bishop, may further appoint special deputations to enquire iuto the causes of any deficiency of contributions or other pecuniary difficulties in any Mission, and shall have power to call for any returns they may think proper from any of the Parishes receiving aid from or through the Society. 10. That the Lord Bishop be respectfully requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Venerable Society for the Propagation op THE Gospel, requesting tlieir concurrence therein. ,,,^ 11. The Board of Home Missions shall have power, with the approval of the Lord Bishop, to make any ^rant that the funds may allow, in aid of any Mission not already receiving aid, upon such conditions as they may arrange; such grant to terminate, in every case, on the first of July next ensuing. 12. That a certificate be added to the parochial agreements, which shall be signed by the representatives of the Mission, declaring that the j amount given by the Mission is a bona fide contribution, and that no part is derived from the rent of glebes or the interest of investments- [ the property of the Mission. 18. That the Board of Home Missions shall have power, with the! approval of the Lord Bishop, if there bo available funds, to make a | 21 pr:int, not exceeding |100, to nid in the building of any Parsonage House, when it shall be certified that such grant will complete the building free of debt. A. Memorandum of agreement between The Diocesan CiiURcn So<:iety OK New Buunswick, and the Church Wardens {as the case may he), of Church, in the Parish [or Mission] of The undersigned, on behalf of the congregation of the above Parish [or Mission] do hereby undertake to have a sum at t'l rate of per annum, collected and paid quarterly to the Treasurer of the said Society, from the first of July, 18 so long as the ministrations at present afforded the said congregation shall be con- tinued. The present agreement to continue for the term of one year only, unless renewed, and to be subject to revision on the part of the Society at the meeting of the General Committee in July, 18 . . . Dated at ^^'SneU) • \ Church Wardtm. B. Notice is hereby given that this congregation, having failed to enter into the engagement required by The Diocesan Church Society to contribute the sum of $ quarterly, towards the Missionary's stipend, such stipend cannot be drawn after the next; and unless the engagement be meantime completed, payment of the Missionary's stipend will cease. Deak Sir, — I have to inform you that the amount required from the Mission of for the present Quarter has not been received ; and to remind you that unless the same be remitted, or proper receipts for produce sent in, on or before the last day of the Quarter, the grant made by the Society will cease from that date. You will please communicate this notice to the Mission. I am, yours respectfully, Trea&xtrer. D. Dear Sir, — I have to inform you that the amount required from the Mission of for the past Quarter has not been received ; and that, consequently, the grant made by the Society ceases with the payment due this date. Should the Mission desire & renewal of the grant it will ue necessary '.> . »c ■ s-'-V- 22 for an application to that effect to be made to the Board of llome Missions, which has power to renew the same on the Mission ceasing to be in default. You will please communicate this notice to the Mission. I am, yours respectfully, Treasurer. FOR5I OF DRAFT. .18. Sir: Pay to or order, the sum of being amount of salary due to me as Missionary at for the Quarter ending the day of 18..., in accordance with the Schedule adopted by the General Com mittee of The Diocesan Churcu Society of 18 18 To the Treasurer of The Diocesan Church Society of New Brunsicick. FORM OF PRODUCE RECEIPT. B^~ If Produce is received from several parties, particulars to be stated on the back of this Receipt. Diocp:8An Church Society op New Brunswick. Received this date from , the same being equivalent, at market rates, to ioo Dollars, and taken by me in part payment of my stipend, as Missionary at for the Quarter ending the first day of 18. . . . Dated at the dayof 18.. Missionary. ENDOHf^EMENT. Statement ok Produce Receipts. Names. Amounts. Total, $ * N. B.— The payrients specified above are to be the bona fide Contrl buttons of the persons stated. 2B rd of Home m ceasing to Treasurer. 18.... 2r, the sum of as Missionary IV of General Com 8 to be Htated on ricK. lent, at market by me in part .;. for the Mimonary. Amounts. 1^ \bona fide Conin THE DIVINITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 1. The Divinity Sholarship Fund shall consist of the amount already appropriated thereto, of all accumulations of interest, and of all subscriptions, lagacius, collections, and other contributions given to or applied by the Society for this special object; and the intercut of this Fund shall be applied solely for the purposes of the second object of the Society, as hereinafter provided. 3. The Treasurer of Teie Diocp:san Church Society shall from time to time, under the direction of the Executive Committee, invest every $r)00 of surplus of this Fund, and add the same to the capital of the Fund. ?. The entire management of the Fund in all other respects shall be, and hereby is, vested in the Board of Home Misions. 4. No grant shall be made from such Fund until the Capital thereof shall, by accumulation or otherwise, have reached the sum of $1,200, nor shall the grant or grants thereafter be made to exceed in any one year the interest on the Capital of such Fund for the year. 5. Every such grant shall be a sum not exceeding $300 per annum, and shall be tenable for such a period, upon such terms or conditions, and at such collegiate institutions, as the Board of Home Missions shall, subject to the approval of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, determine. 6. The choice of Divinity Scholars shall be made by the Board of Home Missions, subject to the Lord Bishop's approval. 7. The Secretary of the Board of Home Missions shall be the Secretary of this Fund, and he shall conduct all correspondence, and perform such other duties in connection therewith, as the Board may direct. 8. The above Rules may be altered only by the General Committee of The Diocesan Ciiuucii Society, after a year's notice of the pro- posed change. THE INCAPACITATED CLERGY FUND. 1. The Fund for the assistance of Clergymen who are incapacitated by age or infirmity shall consist of the capital sum of i|:i,00(), being the amount now specially appropriated from the Fund belonging to the seventh object of the Church Society, of all accumulations of interest of all subscriptions, legacies, collections, and other contributions, given to the Society for this special object; and the interest of this Fund shall be applied solely to the relief of disabled Clergymen of the present Diocese of Frederiction. 3. The Treasurer of The Diocksan Ciiuucii Society shall, from time tu time, under the direction of the Executive Committee, invest every |500 of surplus money of this Fund and add the same t ) the Capital of the Fund. • 1" ■ ' », w ip":. ^"^ h 1.1 >., . ■\ . -• V-.- . r-. -■■'■• feli ^^f,;,"fX ! ;■'' ' Ki'" * . • Pil^iif-' ^w^i> '■• [KsSjV'i^ ; P^^ ?*'■'' ' pfe; ., .■: S^~^j^- /.- .. ■. -■ , l'.(y»V- *..,,-^ ' ,'• ' '.. m\- \ ■ p V ^f' *•:. '*! i'. "'■■ 24 3. The entire management of the Fund shall be, and hereby is, vested in the Executive Committee of The Diocksan Church Society. 4. Any Clergyman, duly appointed as Rector, Missionary, or Assist ant Curate, in the Diocese of Fredericton, and being unable to discharge the duties of his office through mental or bodily intirmtty, and wishing to participate in the benefits of this Fund, shall make application in writing to the Executive Committee, who shall determine each case on its own merits, and shall have power to grant such yearly pension, not exceeding $400, as they shall see fit. The applicant shall also state the annual value of any private property, pension or income, of which he may he possessed, or which is directly or indirectly available for his benefit; and in all cases an application for a pension shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. 5. Should the Executtve Committee refuse to entertain the apppli cation, an appeal may be made by the applicant to the General Committee. 6. In the event of any application being favorably considered, a pen- sion shall be granted only on condition of the applicant first resigning his cure, with all its emoluments. 7. If at any time there should be more demands upon the Fund than its income will meet, the Executive Committee may revise the whole of the pensions according to their judgment. 8. If any pensioner shall be so far relieved from his disability as to resume any clerical duty, for which he receives any settled stipend, the pension shall cease as long as he continues to discharge pucb duty. 9. No Clergyman shall receive any benefit from this Fund, unless he shall have served at least seven consecutive years in the Diocese of Fredericton. 10. If any pensioner reside out of this Diocese, sufl3cient proof of his identity and continued disability shall accompany each draft for his pension. 11. The pensions shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the first day of January, and the first day of July, in each year; and shall com- mence on the first of these days which shall happen after the pension is granted, and terminate on the first of those days which shall happen after the death of the pensioner, or any other event by which such pension is to cease. 12. The above rules may be altered only by the General Committee of The DrocBSAN Chukch Society, after a year's notice of the pro posed change. , THE CLERGY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS FUND. 1. The Church Society of the Diocese of Fredericton in the Province of New Brunswick, shall have a special Fund to be called "The 25 Clergy Widows and ORPnANS Fund," which shall consist of the present Capital held by the Society for this object (subiect to its present liabilities) of all subscriptions, donations, legacies, devises, and be- quests, und other contributions given and paid to the Society for this special purpose, and of all payments received under thes3 rules; and this Fund shall be applied to the assistance of the families of deceased clerf ymen, in accordance with these rules, and to no other object. 2. Every Clergyman in this Diocese, duly licensed, whose widow is not already entitled to a pension from the Society for tiik Propaga- tion OF THE Gospel, wishing to share in the benefits of this Fund, shall within six months from July 5, 1871, or within one year from receiving Holy Orders, or from his admission into the Diocese, apply to the Secretary of the Fund foracerliflcate, and shall thenceforth pay annually the sum set opposite his age in the annexed scale. Any appli- cant after such period of time, shall only be permitted to receive a certificate at the option of the Executive Committee of the Church Society, and upon such terms as they shall direct. 3. Every Clergyman, being a member of this Fund, shall make and forward to the Secretary a yearly collection from every congregation in his Parish or Mission. Assistant Curates serving under a liector, or other Assistant Clergymen, shall not, however, be required to mfike a collection but shall forward only their own annual payment. 4. All payments and all congregational collections shall become due on the first day of January, in each year, and must be paid within thirty days. If this rule is not complied with, the certificate shall be con- sidered as forfeited, but may be regained at the option of the Committee, and the applicant shaH pay for the new certificate at the rate payable at the age when the same is taken out, according to the annexed scale, together with such sum as the Executive Committe may require in lieu of payments and subscriptions in arrears. 5. Upon compliance with the above rules. The Diocesan Church Society undertakes to pay out of " The Clergy Widows and Orphans Fund," a yearly pension of Two Hundred Dollars, to the WicU>w of each Clergyman holding a certificate, during the widowhood. Pn ided that in case the income should at any time be insufficient to pa the full amount of the pensions, for which it may be liable, such pen ions shall be reduced by the Executive Committee, pro rata; provi led, nevertheless, that in no case shall any pension be reduced below the sum of $100. 6. If the widow die, or marry again, the pension shall be paid towards the support of such children of the deceased Clergyman as may be under the age of eighteen years. In this case, when the youngest child shall have attained this age, the pension shall ceane. 7. The Trustees named in the will of the Clergyman shall bo recog- nized by the Committee in the event of the death or marriage of hw widow, and shall receive the pension, to be applied by them for the support of the child or children ; but if the Trustees so named are • :• I'r ( « ■; ■ w :■'■■ i ■ ■t-- ■'. 10' ■'.I's. .V:...V ^^'■ V' i f3 B *S'- W:^ .4 ' ' |ii ^1 J 26 unwilling or unable to act; or if Trustees should not have been named, then the Bishop of the Diocese shall himself act, or in writing appoint a Trustee to act, in the application of the pension. 8. If the wife die before the husband, his child or children shall at his death receive the pension, under the limitation as to age expressed in Rule 6. 9. No certificate shall be issued to any Clergyman over the age of sixty years, who is not already in the Diocese at the time of the forma- tion of these rules ;^ but any Clergyman iUready in the Diocese, over the age of sixty years, and whose widow is not entitled to a pension from the Society for the Propagation op the Gospel, shall be admitted a member of this Fund, on making the annual payment for the age of sixty years, and otherwise complying with the rules. 10. If a Clergyman removes, with the Bishop's consent from the Diocese, after officiating in it not less than ten years, he shall be allowed his claim upon the Fund, on continuing his yearly payment, and the amount jf the average annual collection from the Parish or Mission, being a sum not exeeding Forty Dollars in all. 11. If a Clergyman is unable to continue his public ministrations, through sickness or accident, upon the production of a medical certificate testifying the same, he may continue his connection with the Fund, upon making his yearly payment. 12. Any Clergyman degraded or suspended from the ministry, jr afiy widow or orphan who shall not be in communion with the Church of England, shall be entitled only to such payments as the Executive Com- mittee shall prescribe. 12. The Treasurer of Thk Diocesan Church Society shall be Trea- surer of this Fund, and shall from time to time, under the direction of the Loan Committee, invest every hundred pounds of surplus money, and add the same to the capital of the Fund. A yearly detailed statement of the income, payments and invested money, shall be published in the Annual Report of The Diocesan Church Society. 14. The pension shall be payable half-yearly, on January 1, and July 1, in each year; the first payiiu iit to be calculated for the interval from the death of the insured to the day of payment. 15. The Secretary of this Fund shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, and it shall be his duty to issue certificates, receive pay- ments, donations, and collections, which he shall hand to the Treasurer every quarter, or oftener if required by him. 16. None of the above rules shall be altered, except at the Annual Meeting of the General Committee of The Diocesan Church Society, after a full j ear's notice of the proposed change. 27 SCALE OF PAYMENTS PROM THE AGE OF 23 TO THE AGE OP 60. Age. Payment. Age. Payment. Age. Payment. Age. Pariment. Age. Payment. 23. . $7 20 31. . |8 93 39. . $11 25 47. . 114 42 55 . $20 30 24. . 7 38 32. . 9 17 40. . 11 60 48. . 14 92 56. , 21 30 25. . 7 63 33. . 9 42 41. . 11 95 49. . 15 53 57. . 22 40 26. . 7 82 34. . 9 68 12. . 12 30 50. . 16 17 58. . 23 55 27. . 8 05 35. . 9 80 43. . 13 07 51. . 16 90 59. . 24 73 28. . 8 27 36. . 10 27 44, . 13 08 52. . 17 68 60. . 25 85 29. . 8 50 37. . 10 56 45. . 13 48 53. . 18 48 80. . 8 72 38. . 10 92 46. . 13 93 54. . 19 37 CERTIFICATE. No The Diocesan Church Society op New Brunswick hereby Certifies, That the Rev of has this day paid to the " Widows aad Orphans Fund," of this Society, the sum of being his tirst payment under the annexed Rules and Regulations. And The Diocesan Church Society op New Brunswick hereby covenants and engages out of the Special Fund called the " Widows and Orphans Fund," and none other, to pay the widow or children of the said after his decease, the Pension of Two Hundred Dollars per annum, so long as the same shall be payable according to the Rules and Regulations annexed. Providrd Always That the said shall yearly and every year, on the first day of January, make the annual payment of and otherwise f aithf u lly observe and comply with the said annexed Rules and Regulations. Provided that in case the income should, at any lime, be insufiicient to pay the full amount of the pensions, for which it may be liable, such pension shall be reduced by the Executive Committee pro rata, provided, never- theless, that in no case shall any pension be reduced bolow the sum of $100. ' , . i»: In Witness Whereof, The Diocesan Church Society op New Brunswick has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed this day of .....A. D. 18.. Secretary of the Widourn and Orphans Fund. =e;;^■ u, ,j>. >'K,- P el-.' IP'- !!k:W>' 28 THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CLERGY FUND. 1. The Fund to assist in the education of the children of the Clergy shall consist of the amount now specially appropriated thereto (being $1,869.79) of all accumulations of interest, and of all subscriptions, legacies, collections, and other contributions, given to, or applied by, the Society for this special object; and the interest of this Fund shall be applied solely to assist in the education of children of Clergymen duly licensed in the present Diocese of Fredericton, or of children of those who may have died, or retired with the Bishop's approval, on the ground of age or infirmity. 2. The Treasurer of The Diocesan Church Society shall, fromtinae to time under the direction of the Executive Committee, invest every $500 of surplus money of this Fund, and add the same to the capital of the Fund. 3. The entire management of the Fund shall be, and hereby is, veHttd in the Executive Committee of The Diocesan Church Society, who if they shall think fit, may vest such management in a sub- committee, at their discretion. 4. No grant shall be made from such Fund until the capital thereof shall by accumulation or otherwise, have reached the sum of $1,200, nor shall the grant or grants thereafter to be made exceed in any one year the interest on the capital of such Fund for the year. 5. Applications for grants from such Fund shall be made in writing through the parents or guardians of the applicant, to the Secretary of the Fund, and every such application shall be accompanied by a state ment of any and all private property, pension, or income, of the parent or parents, if living, or directly or indirectly available for the support and education of such applicant, if the parent shall be deceased. Tlie Executive Committee, or its sub-committee, may, in any case, require further statements, which shall thereupon be furnished for their information. 6. Each case shall be determined on its own merits by the Executive Committe(! or its sub-committee, subject to the approval of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. 7. In the event of any application being favorably considered, the Executive Committee, or its sub committee, shall determine, in eacli case, the amount of the grant, which shall be made for a single year only, but may, at the option of the Committee, be continued for one or more years, h'A not after the recipient shall have reached the age of eighteen yea;; 8. A Secretary of the Fund shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, and he shall conduct all correspondence, and perform such other duties, in connection therewith as the Executive Committee or its sub-committee may direct. 9. The above rules may be altered only by the General Committee of The Diocesan Church Society, after a year's notice of the proposed change. 39 RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. V- -■ '■"-' APPLICATION FOR GRANTS. Tbat, ia future, no application for grants shall be considered which is not made on the first day of the meeting of the General Committee, or previously. ABSENCE OF MISSIONARY. That when a Missionary is absent from his Mission on account of ill health, with leave from the Lord Bishop, his Lordship be authorized in bis discretion to pay to him the whole or any part of the sum granted for such Mission. YEARLY GRANTS. That all grants by this Committee, for Missionary salaries, and all sums placed at the disposal of the Lord Bishop, shall be for the service of the fiscal year in which the grants are made, and shall expire with it. VOUCHBRS. That all Vouchers for the payment of any sum of money whatever, must bear on the face of them the authority under which they are paid, and the period for which they are claimed, together with the services performed. LIST OF 8ubscr:bbrs. That, in the future, the Clergy and other collectors of the funds of The Diocesan Church Society, be required, in their lists of sub- scribers handed to the Secretary for publication in the Report, to insert in such lists the names of such persons only as have paid the amounts subscribed. conditions of grants. Whereat, The grants made by The Diocbsan Church Society from its annual income (exclusive of the grants received from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), are made in aid of local contributions for the support of the several Missions. Therefore resolved, That, in future, grants from this Committee will be made mainly with reference to the ability of the members of the Church in the several Parishes to support their own Clergymen— the amount of local contributions for Church objects in such Parishes, and the sum paid in aid of the general objects of the Society. bequests to be funded. That all bequests made to the Society be funded, as heretofore, and the interest only applied to the general or special purposes for which, they are bequeathed. J*' ■'it :'%. .*A'-.' »■ !»,.. S»)^<;?'■■ : jKf- : 1 30 rp:turn» from parishes and missions. M^ereas, In consequence of the limited means at the disposal of the Society, and the great necessity for new and extended work, it has become of great conseciuence that all local glebes, and other endow- ments of Parishes should be fully utilized. Therefore resolved, — 1. That the Board of Home Missions be authorized to require from the Church Wardens of every Parish or Mission receiv- ing aid from the Society, full details of all such glebes, church lands, and other investments, yearl}' or oftener, as they shall see fit 2. That if it shall appear that any part of the income from the glebes or investments held for the Rector's use, is taken to make up the sum required by the Society from the Mission, the Board may forthwith increase the amount required in proportion thereto; and in case of neglect on the part of the Rector or Church Wardens to collect the interests or rents, the Board be authorized to enquire into the matter, and, if there be sufhcient cause, suspend the grant to the Mission until the management be made satisfactory to the Board of Home Missions. CONTRIBUTIONS— HOW CHARGEABLE. That tlie Secretary of The Diocesan Church Society be requested to furnish the Treasurer with a minute of contributions, reported from every Parish or Mission, specifying the amounts payable to general and special funds; that the amounts so returned be charged by the Treasurer to each Parish or Mission in a book to be kept for the purpose, and that a detailed statement of all contributions then remaining unpaid be rendered by the Treasurer to the Executive Committee, for their action in the matter, at the October meeting, and each meeting thereafter, so long as any amount shall continue in «arrear. , SECRETARIES OP LOCAL COMMITTEES. _ . That every Missionary be requested to furnish, annually, to the Treasurer of The Diocesan Church Society the name of the Secretary of each Local Committee. certificates or lay delegates. That the certificates of the Lay Delegates be sent to the Secretary at least ten days before the meeting of the Geneial Committee, to enable Jiim to report to the meeting at its opening the names of those qualified, and that his report shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of quali- fication. printing of rules and regulations. - ^ ' That all Rules and Regulations made by the General Committee be printed in the Annual Report. missions becoming vacant. That when any Mission now receiving aid from the Society shall become vacant, the grant from the Society shall therefrom cease, and 31 shall only be renewt pon application to the General Committee, or to the Board of Home Mis.^iona, and upon such terms as to assessment and grant as they, or either of them, shall considerable equitable. AID TO LOCAL ENDOWMENTS. ; •! Whereas, It is desirable that this Society should encourage the forma- tion of moderate endowments to fake the place of grants now made to Missious throughout the Diocese, which grants niv.st of necessity be rapidly reduced, and in many cases completely withdrawn, before very long : Thei'efore resolved, That if at any time wiibin the next three years any Mission receiving a grant from this Society shall raise an endow- ment of not less than Three Thousand Dollars, and shall pay the same to the Treasurer of this Society, in trust, for the payment of the stipend of the Missionary, the Board of Home Missions shall bo authorized to order the Treasurer to pay into such Trust Fund, out of the Capital Funds of the Society, not specially appropriated, a sum equal to double the grant that such Mission may be receiving from the Society at the time such endowment is completed; and thereupon all grants, in aid of Kuch Missions, shall be withdrawn and shall not afterwards be renewed. • 1" PROVISION FOR THE RETURN OF SUCH ADVANCES. And further resolved, That in order to provide for the return to the Capital Funds of the Society of monies so paid, the Treasurer shall reserve and set aside out of the income of the Society each year, for four years after such payment has been made, one-half the amount of the grant that such Mission was receiving at the time the endowment was completed, and shall re-invest the same as part of the Capital of the Society. Committee be PROVISION AS TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH ADVANCES. And further resolved, That the payments made under this resolution out of the Capital Funds of the Society shall not exceed Two Thousand Dollars, until further authority shall be given by the General Committee. I. Whereas, It is necessary that an increase be made in all the assess- ments in order to meet the withdrawal of aid heretofore received from S. P. G.; and Whereas, It is desirable that such increase be made gradually each year, rather than in large sums at longer intervals; and Whereas, There are many inequalities in the present Schedule that ghould be removed ; therefore Resolved, That the Board of Home Missions be directed during the en- suing year to revise the whole Schedule, and in doing so to arrange for an annual increase of $500 at least in the total assessment, and a «■ Ir'-f l-". ."' »^i: :;r. "i ■ If'*,' . ri^A'i n s5 32 corresponding reduction in the grants from the D. 0. S., and submit such revised Schedule to the General Conomiltee next July; and further Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to carry the sum saved by such reduction of grants into a Reserve Fund, until the reduction in the S. P. G. Grant makes it necessary to use the same. II. TRAVELLING OUTFIT. Eesolved, It is very desireable that some provision should be made whereby men commencing work in this Diocese may be enabled to pur chase the requisite travelling outfit without becoming involved in debt for the same ; therefore Resolved, That wL^n a man commences work in this Diocese in a Parish or Mission receivi.i!; a grant from the D. C. S., a sum not exceeding $200 may be advanced to him for the purchase of the necessary travelling outfit, upon the following conditions: 1st. That he undertakes to serve at least three years in a Pari-sh or Mission receiving a grant from the Society. 9nd. That during these three years his stipend shall not exceed JJTOO, out of which the Treasurer of the Society shall be authorized to retain $25 p" quarter till the sum advanced be repaid. 3rd. That in case, for any reason, he ceases to do such work before the expiration of the three years, he shall refund such part of the grant as may still be unpaid. III. Resolved, That the statement made by the Board of Home Missions to the S. P. G. be printed in the Annual Report of the Society. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, JULY, 1885. I. Whereas, The vS. P. G. has informed the Lord Bishop that they will be compelled to reduce the grant to this Diocese — $1,700 for the year 1886, and Whereas, This Committee believes it would be undesirable to call upon the aided Missions to make up this sum at once; therefore Resolved, That the plan for a gradual reduction of grants which was agreed to last year be adhered to; and further Resolved, That whatever amount may be required during the next three years be advanced out of the balance on hand, upon the understanding that there shall be a yearly reduction of at least $450 in the grants made by the Society, till such advance is re-paid. !■.■ I ■ and submit and further m saved by •eduction in ,uld be made tabled to pur >lved in debt ese in a ParisU xceeding $250 ,ary travelling in a Parish or ot exceed $700, )rized to ret am ch "work before art of the grant )me Missions to ety. JULY, 1885. that they will be )r the year looo. lesirable to call erefore trants which was ln'i*olved, Tliat the Board of Home Missions be authorized to require, iu the yearly returns provided in Section 5 of the Rules and Regulations if the General Committee, a return of the amount of insurance on the Church or Churches. Parsonage and school buildings, if any, in the Mission, and also Rexolved, Tliat the Board of Home Missions be requested to undertake the carrying out of these resolutions. |resolutions of the executive committee.- GLEBE LAND COMMITTEE. A Committee shall be appointed to be called " The Glebe Land Com- Iniittee." with full and absolute power and authority to demise and lease, lit public auction or by private agreement, for any term or terms of [years, with or without covenants for renewal, and upon such other Icovenants and conditions as may be deemed advisable; and to sell at Ipublic auction or by private sale and convey in fee simple, subject to Isiich limitations, conditions and restrictions as may be deemed advisable Iby the Glebe Land Committee, all and every or any, the lands, tenements laiid hereditaments vested in the Society under Chapter 76, 34th Victoria, lor any part thereof, not heretofore conveyed by this Society ; and for Isuch purposes to advertise in any manner the said lands, or any part Ihereof , for sale or to lease, and also to cause all or any leases, convey- Wes or deeds to be prepared, and to cause and direct the Seal of the fcociety to be affixed to the same, also to receive the proceeds of all or My sales so made: all things to be done under this resolutien, however, lobe in accordance with the terms, conditions, provisions, and stipula- lions of Chapter 59, 37th Victoria; and all proceeds of all or any sales Ind rents of lands leased under this resolution, to be handed over or \M to, and received by, the Treasurer of this Society for the time dng, to and for the uses, tru.sts and purposes set forth in the last Mentioned Act. LISTS OF SUBSCRIBERS. That the Committee on printing be requested, in publishing subscrip- fon lists in the Annual Report, to include those only which contain the ames of subscribers to the Society ; and that the Clergy be requested- ) forward only such lists for publication in the Report. ^V) fc-^vt' m^ ■ .;, - : m-''' ' :>■',■■''; ^■:i * y il'; '.'•■ i "i-"" ' ' 1 is? Httiii' ■ REPORT. • 4885. . At the close of another year the Society should gratefully acknowledge the Divine blessing u])on its work. In a greater measure than ever before the ministrations of the Church have been provided and extended in this Diocese. With one exception all the older Missions have been filled, and tiu' Clergy therein actively engaged. In several points there has been marked success, and an earnest desire on the part of many for the services of the Church. A most interesting and important Mission has been provided by setting off the District of Fairville from its connection with the Parish of St. George, Carleton, and it is hoped that this post will soon be occu])ied. By reference to the report of the Board of Home Missions. it will be noticed that, in a few mstances, special appropria- tions have been made during the year. From the fact of so many Missions, lately vacant and now occupied, at which the Society does well to rejoice, the expenditure of the Society for the past year has necessarily been increased to the ffiU extent of its income. ' " ' ' A committee of the Board of Home Missions have been long and anxiously engaged in the preparation of an amended schedule of appropriations, which they are now prepared to submit. This important subject has received the greatest -consideration on the part of the Board, and they have acted 35 ^ make up .ssment, so pj-ropriutious .le Church upon the best inforratition bearing upon the subject which they could obtain. The unexpected but necessary reduction of 1*350 sterling on the part of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to take effect in January, 1886. has rendered it absolutely re- quisite to reduce the appropriations of the Society. The plan, however, proposed by the Board of ^Tome Missions, will, it is ho])ed, enable the Missio*^ 11 small annual increase in the w y that the Society may continue the ic ; '• without incurring any indebtedness. iV Mn.i in the Diocese can never be sufficiently :. " ".eiu: lor the gener- ous and long continued aid afforded h" che Society in England. Coming, indeed, at the present time of general business and financial depression, this large withdrawlof in come may be regarded with regret and alarm- But should it arouse churchmen to a deeper sense of their duties and responsibilities it will result, by the mercy of God, in a blessing to the Diocese. The maintenance and extension of the work of the Church among us will now greatly depend upon the way in which the several Parishes or Missions respond to the call for increased local support. In most instances long and generously aided, they must all cheerfully make up the additional assessment; the older and richer parishes must be ready to do more for themselves, and become self-supporting at an early day, and thus enable the Society to give its aid more fully to new and poor Missions. ''••!■ * ■ <»■ ■' •• It must be earnestly impressed upon every member of this Society that for the continuance of its present work, and that which is waiting to be done beyond the present reach of the ministrations of the Church,* an abi^olute necessity exists of increased contributions to the general fund. How far this may be expected. ^t the present time, and liow far the work of 1* If'.'' I V- ■ ''■ -I - . ■ •-ft r/: B»;"'.-''T» ; •'• ■ '. urit .■?;*: :•?■ [«^ 30 the Missionaries may commend itself to the prayers and alms of the members of the Church will in great measure be gathered from the following reports: ALBERT— REV. A. J. CRESS WELL. ^ * The Church work of this Mission has for the past year been slowly progressing. The contributions this year I am afraid will fall short of those of last year, but one great reason is that the few Church members have subscribed liberally towards purchasing a Parsonage. The sum of $570 out of the necessary $800 has been collected. This together with the quarterly assessment is all the people are able to bear at present. I have not yet collected all the subscriptions for the D. C. S., but will do so ere this report reaches the printer. I gratefully record the partial restoration of the Church in New Ireland, and presents of prayer books and hymn books from two gentlemen of the congregation in Hillsboro, also eighteen hymn books from G. Taylor, Esq., Moncton. We are expecting his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor to ad- minister the holy ordinance of Confirmation. BATHURST— REV. W. H. STREET. Though ^.. my appointments, during the year past, have been kept with scarcely an interruption, I yet find it impos- sible to do justice to the distant points of the Mission. To be absent on a Sunday at " Caraquette" or Shippegau involves the closing of the Parish Church on that day. Other- wise I would only be too happy to spend many a week among those of my parishioners, so desirous, yet frequently deprived of Church privileges. Many of my flock have, during the year, been called (I trust) to their eternal rest. Very lately father and daughter were committed to " God's acre," on the same day — in the same grave. The circum- stances attending their deaths were peculiarly sad. The shock consequent on the violent death of the father, through an 37 infuriated bull, caused the removal of the daughter a few hours after the accident. She had been confirmed at Frederic- ton, and, while attending the *' Training School," was attacked with typhoid fever. Very gratefully she remembered the kind attention of Mrs. Medley, who was constantly at her sick-bed, supplying every comfort. During the month of May, his Lordship Bisho}) Kingdon was kind enough to visit this Parish and remind us of our duty to the D. C. Society. The Sunday services we will not soon forget. After evening song, earnest and loving words were spoken by the Bishop in connection with the Church work in the Diocese, which will, I am sure, stir us up to self-denial in giving to God more abundantly of our means. The offerings at this service were in aid of the funds of the Diocesan Church Society — amount- ing to $13.^0. My list of contributions is not completed, I look forward to an increase. ,:j., ■ ■.-;v BAY DU VIN— REV. W. J. WILKINSON. Although I hope we will henceforth make greater progress in spiritual matters than we have done in the past, yet I trust we have some evidence to show that the preaching of the Gospel has so far been productive of good to this Mission. The congregations have been larger than any previous year of my ministry, and the free-will offerings have amounted to twice as much as they did the first year of my incumbency. This in itself is encouraging, especially as some who had not been at Church for years are now regular attendants at the Sunday services; at the same time I cannot omit from my report the fact that there are some, calling themselves Church people, and contributing regularly towards its fu^tds, who, for some inexplicable reason seldom or never attend the services either on week days or Sundays. The number of communions made during the year, although steadily increasing, is still lament- ably small. I have a celebration every alternate Sunday and every Holy Day at the Church, but there are communicants living in the more remote parts of the Mission, who, for want of convey- ances, are unable to attend the Church. For this reason, perhaps, the largest number of communicants are, as far as I ft ■/■••'■ '.■.^■•< ■ >■'■' - ? rf-' 'f', t.''-.' vl"! ■ ' ^5. ;;>: ;1 ■• 38 can see, unavoidably ])revonted from receiving this means of grace, and the numi)er of communions made in the Mission during the year is on this account much smaller than would otherwise be the case. I have service at Escuminac every alternate Sunday morning, and during the summer have a congregation of about thirty, but of these only about a dozen, including children, arc members of the Church. If the circumstances were such that 1 could celebrate the Holy Com- munion there, I would have as many communicants as I now usually have at the Church, and the number of communions made during the year would be twice as large as it is at present. Every alternate Sunday afternoon I have prayers in a school-room up Bay du Vin river and catechize the children. There is also a Sunday-school held at the church every Sunday afternoon. The children who cannot attend either of these means of instruction, I Endeavor to catechize when I make a visitation to their houses from time to time. I have a number of candidates preparing for confir- mation which wo hope will be administered during the summer either by the Metropolitan or the Bishop Coadjutor. With regard to the finances of the Church I am thankful to say that for the first time in the history of this Parish the assessment has been made uj) each quarter. We were one- quarter in arrears for some time, but on Easter Monday last the deficiency was made up, and 1 am in hopes that when the 1st July comes the present quarter will also be paid into the Treasurer of the I). C. S. This improvement is, I think, mainly due to the interest taken by the young women of the Parish in collecting from those contributors who have not been able to make their offerings at the Church. T always find this quarter the most difficult for the people to meet the assessment as at this time of year there is always very little money in circulation. For this reason it is unfor- tunate that we are called upon to make collections for the Domestic Mission of Canada, and also for the D. C. S. this quarter. I took up a collection for the former object on the Sunday after Ascension and the amount received was |53.?5. I should like very much to be in a position to hand to the Treasurer of tho 1). C. S. the offerings of my Mission for the present year, but I have always found it impossible to get th& money from many subscribers until July or August, and I have, therefore, postponed soliciting subscriptions except from those who are always prepared, until that time. The 39 parishioners have, however, been fully informed of the necessity of churchmen making a greater eifort than usual to meet the pressing demands of the Society, both by myself and Rural Dean Forsyth, who kindly addressed them u])on this subject at our Deanery meeting in June last. The Bishop's Pastoral and the occasional paper of the D. C. 8. have been placed in their hands and 1 have no doubt from what I know of the people that they will rise to the emergency and do their share to avert the evil of closing up any Missions. I will, therefore, guarantee that not less than $35.00 will be paid to the Treasurer of the D. C. 8. from this Mission before 1st October next. I trust from the foregoing report your Society will be able to form some idea of the work going on our midst; and I hope and believe that if we work on in m quietness and confidence a still more encouraging report will be presented from this Mission next year and the great mass of the people- will show a still greater appreciation of the abundant means of grace which are within their reach. BRIGHT, QUEENSBURY AND SOUTxIAMPTON— REV. W. LeB. McKIEL. As was stated in my report last year an effort has been made to restore Southampton and Queensbury to their former position as a distinct Mission, with a resident clergyman. To this end I drew up subscription lists, which I placed in the hands of four laymen willing to underjbake the work. The result has been that Southampton and Queensbury are prepared to enter into agreement with the D. C. 8. to raise anuually the sum of i|250 for a resident Clergyman, and they ask the D. C. S. to supplement this amount with a grant as is done in other Missions. Southampton and Queensbury will make a contribution to the general fund of the D. C. 8. this year of about $15. With a resident clergyman new life and zeal will doubtless be awakened, and greater results may be looked for in every way. In Bright the services have been conducted as usual, viz. : two services in every Sunday of the month but one — when I am in Southampton — and a Wednesday evening service. With God's blessing, I hope to present another large class for confirmation at St. Paul s Church this summer, when we look for a visit from the Coadjutor Bishop. I hope also that w/ ■ ^ ' -I- i,S-: ■■■■■■ . ^:- ■',.-■■• v.>- An,. I , '^:l hi 1'; v'- ' wmm ik' hf Ml " ■ ■?{ If t ^)«? :S>-.>-^. If: 1^ '•*• '•1\, I. ."; 1; pfi'iv*:. ■ f,'' >i 41. t A' V 40 arrangements may be made to have a confirmation at Millville, in the Parish of Southampton. Among the material improvements in the interior of St. Paul's Church during tlie year have been alms bags and pulpit hangings, the gift of Mrs. Medley ; a reredos and retable of black-ash, with altar cross, from tl^e Rector. The walls of the church have been tinted with kalsomine, and a new and powerful cabinet organ, from the Karn Organ Co., of Wood- stock, Ont., has been bought from McMurray & Co., at Fredericton, at tlieir usual reduction of 25 per cent, to -churches. The money for the organ has been all supplied by the congregation, with the exception of .|5 from the Metro- politan, and 15 from a friend in Nova Scotia. Contributions in Bright will be about .f20. BURTON— REV. W. GREER. Re})orts contributions to the amount of $129.06. CAMBRIDGE— REV. 0. H. HATHEWAY. After the busy week of last Synod, his Lordbhip the Bishop Coadjutor returned with me to this large Mission, and on Sunday, July 6th, we drove to the Parish Church at Water- borough. Here his Lordship baptized one male adult and administered the sacred rite of confirmation to fourteen, five of whom had driven that morning, through a heavy thunder- storm, fifteen miles to be present and receive this sacred rite. In the afternoon his Lordship j)reached in the Parish Church •of Cambridge, and in the evening at St. James Church, Lower Jemseg. On Monday, July 7th, we drove to the Parish Ohurch of Cambridge at Mill Cove, when twenty-three were presented and ** sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise." His Lordship's loving words, both before and after Confirma- tion, were listened to with deep attention. In the evening his Lordship addressed the congregation of St. James Churcii on behalf of the D. C. S. ; and on Wednesday made another appeal in St. Luke's, Waterborough. The fruit of these addresses is seen in our subscription list, which is an increase of 25 per cent, on the previous year. mrriMs I had the pleasure of driving Bishop Kingdon around 41 Orand Lake and Salmon River on a missionary trip, of which his Lordship has written an account in the Occasional Paper No. 7. From his remarks I would wish to draw the attention of the Society to the result of that trip. Nine were baptized and forty-eight confirmed, which shows that there is a grand opening for the Church in the Parishes of Waterborough, Chipman and Canning. And if the Parishes of Waterborough and Chipman could be combined in a new Mission, there is good prospects of success. One main feature of this combina- tion would be that from Waterford to Maugerville would be worked bv a continuous chain of Missionaries, whereas now there is a large gap. During my illness last fall our hearty thanks are due to the Rector of Gagetown, who visited my sick and buried two parishioners. While I was unable to perform my duties, our worthy Metropolitan, who is always so thoughtful and kind to his "sons in Christ," gave me three months' leave of absence, and appointed the Rev. N. R. Raven, of Halifax, Deacon, in charge, who, notwithstanding the storms and difficulties, dis- charged his ditties faithfully. I was able to return in time for " Holv AVeek," when we had service every night, and on Easter five services with two celebrations. The Parish Church at Mill Cove has been provided with a^ new set of lamps, a- d the chancel has been nicely painted in panels by a kind fr nd. St. Luke's Church has S4o in the savings bank as a start towards necessary repairs; and the congregation of St. James Chnrch have decided to build a stone church, and for that end are working faithfully and energetically. We have not received the %-l^ left to us by the will of Mr. Scovil. Why this should be kept from us when the Society have received $G5 as rent for storage in the building, we do not understand. I have met with much kindness all over this large Mission, and while our outward work has prospered, I pray earnestly that we are doing something to the glory of God and the enlargement of His Holy Church. Our register records one marriage, seven burials, twenty-nine baptisms, and forty-nine confirmed. ,1 ;.■.>■'.< 'i VI ;■ it':: f'i: .' ■ ?"' , !>., f^v ■-;■■■ J|S,'-''i-' •i'J' !,■'■, ' " n> . • . .-■■-. ■ > '■ . < ..' m I^M^J !.*v : it •f-: i!i^ 42 CAMPOBELLO & WEST ISLES— REV. H. II. NEALES. In making my annual report to the D. C. S., I desire to correct, as far as possible, a prevalent but wrong idea tliat this Mission is a strong and capable one. It is Skueiv Mission, inasmuch as new work in the adjacent field is being taken up — work as imjjortant as any new work in the Diocese. It is a poo?' Mission, both as to numbers and as to financial ability. We have but thirty-four communicants in the whole Mission, and a small proportion of wealth. There is a feature in the Mission that leads some to think we are better ofif than we really are. I refer to the presence, during five or six weeks in the summer, of a few wealthy American church people. While many of these do much, considering the short time they are with us, to forward local church projects, and to mark their sympathy with the clergyman, yet they have the missionary enterprises of their own Dioceses to carry forward, of sufficient magnitude to absorb all their energies and funds, and cannot he expected to take up the work of the D. 0. S. of New Brunswick. I boldly make the assertion that this Mission is one of the most needy of those seeking continued aid from the Society. And leaving out of the question the people who live in the immediate neighborhood of the little Church at Welsh- pool, the Church in the Diocese has much to do to atone for its past neglect of Campobello as a whole, and of the adjacent islands. , ' The work is being carried on at three points. 1. At the Parish Church we have a weekly celebration of the Holy Communion, either at 8 or 11 o'clock, and always services at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., with a Sunday-school at 2 p. M. We have daily prayers and holy- day celebrations in the summer, with Fj'iday evening service and choir practice all the year round. There are also special services in Advent and Lent. 2. We have a Mission Station at Indian Island, one of the West Isles. Here there is a Sunday-school under the careful superintendance of Mrs. Howard ChaflPey. At the suggestion of the Bishop Coadjutor, Mrs. Chaifey collected a sum of money on the island, which was generously added to by the Bishop, and, upon his recommendation, by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The result being a capital Sunday-school library. We have here a fortnightly Sunday service. Both service 43 I. nealp:s. and Suuday-school are held in the Parish Scliool-room. This has been made more suitable for the purpose by the gift of a prayer-desk and banners from the Home Mission Guild. The work here is most interesting, and the people, even those who do not belong- to the Church of England, are most kind and appreciative. 3. Then we are at work at Sarawak, a settlement on the lower part of Campobello, about six miles from the Parish Church. Here we have a small Sunday-school taught by Mrs. William Lank and Mr. Wathen, two earnest members of the Church. In this case too, we hold the Sunday-school and a fortnightly Sunday service in the Parish School-room. This work could not be carried on regularly without a horse and wagon. That dithculty, however, has been overcome by a few of the American Church people who were spending the summer here generously giving me a capital horse and wagon. The Sewing Society has recently placed a new cabinet organ in the Parish Church. This Society, though few in numbers, works quietly on year by year, and does much to help on the work. The Bishop Coadjutor visited this Mission on Saturday the 16th of August last, remaining until Tuesday. On Sunday six candidates were confirmed. On Monday evening a meeting was held on behalf of D. C. S. The Bishop was present at seven services, and gave five addresses or sermons. His Lord- shi]) was taken at his own request to Indian Island, where he held a service and preached. He seemed much interested in this part of the work, and has since aroused a strong feeling of gratitude by his sympathy and kindness towards it. I cannot close this report of my third year's work here without noting, with much thankfulness, the general kindness and friendliness our people have shown us. If only larger numbers of them would show a more whole-hearted devotion to the Church of our dear Lord, and would use more earnestly their many opportunities of instruction, worship and com- munion, our lives among them would be very happy and full of satisfaction. Contributions abrut the same as last year. Both service •I I CANNING— REV. E. J. P. B. WILLIAMS. This Mission, although comparatively little known, no- ■ • > i *. 1 '♦■••J ..■■'si -1 '■'■-.. /in- ^;;: TV- At .■i.ft! ! % ^^hi ':; ". > . >? . "■U W^; r'-^ J 44 doubt partially owing to its distance from any railroad, is quite extensive. In times past, previous to the work carried on by my esteemed predecessor, Rev. Ch. Hatheway, ai'^. ; by Rev. G. Sterling, the Mission has been much neglected and it will be several years before it can be expected to recover from the effects of such neglect. However, I think that as a whole the Avork so far done has produced encouraging results. Newcastle, the centre of the Mission, both as to its position and as to the number of Church people, has a fairly nice Church, provided with a bell, altar, lectern, font, &c. We are very anxious to get a vestry and some lamps for this Church, as at present the Minister has to robe before the congregation, which is both unbefitting to the character of the building and in bad weather disagreeable. Our evening services also are impeded for -want of lamps. The services here are: Holy Communion once a month, morning and even- ing prayer upon the first and third Sundays in the month, with a service on one week-day night in the .nonth. There is also a weekly Sunday-school. About sixteen miles down the Grand Lake is Douglas Harbor, where I live in the old glebe house, which, when I went to it last year, was a mere ruin. Owing to the kindness of friends, especially that of Bishop Kingdon, and some work the people did upon the house, and a little money we raised by entertainments, four rooms were made sutRciently habitable that my wife and I were with difficulty able to live in them during the winter. There are not many Church people here, but there is a grow- ing interest in the Church, and all here, as indeed throughout the Mission, seem friendly disposed towards her. Our little Church here has also been greatly improved during the past year. We have now a nice organ and carpet, but we sadly want a font (as there is none) and an altar, for the present one is very small, old and rickety — in fact a mere table, we also want a vestry, and the Church will soon require Teshingling and painting. The services here are on the second and and fourth Sundays in the month, morning and evening, also a Sunday-school upon those days, and there is also an occasional weekly service, but my mission being so extensive, and living as I do at one end of it, I spend much of my time on the road. I am generally away from home a fortnight out of every month. At Salmon Creek, twenty-six miles from here and ten from Newcastle, there are several and an increas- ing number of Church people. Here I hold a service upon 45 the Thursday before the third Sunday in every month, so as to have time to drive back to Newcastle, round by Salmon River, in time for Sunday duty there, beginning with Sunday- school, morning service and afternoon service ; after which I drive eight miles to Little River, where I have service in the evening. Here also there is a small and increasing church community. The Kev. G. Sterling and myself are the only two Ministers who go regularly to this place. Both here and ;it Salmon Creek we have no Church, but the people are very anxious for one at both places. This Mission has one peculiarity — tliat all, certainly all the Church people are very poor. In fact I do not think there are a dozen peojjle of all denominations throughout the whole Mission who could be classed as fairly rich, and most of these would be considered poor in a city. Hence you will notice that I have stated our wants in hopes that some richer friends may be able and willing to help us. The people, yearly and sometimes oftener, have an entertainment in each part of the Mission to raise money, but we cannot do anything without some external assistance. Let me add in conclusion, that as far as I can learn there never has been any regular clergyman working in the upper portion of the Mission, i. e., at Salmon Creek, be- fore last March twelvemonths, when I was licensed as Reader by tlie Metropolitan to work under Rev. G. Sterling, and thus many who belonged to our Church have through neglect joined other Christian bodies. Sinoe Trinity Sunday when I was ordained Deacon, I have baptized one adult and four children, and I hope to baptize several others shortly. In addition to these there have been 48 confirmed by Bishop Kingdon, and 22 adults and 22 infants baptized by the Rev. G. H. Sterling during the past year. All the services are generally well attended, and I believe God is blessing the work. i-'-V CANTERBURY— REV. J. C. TITCOMBE. Reports a contribution from the Rev. T. Hartin of $5. CARLETON AND FAIRVILLE— REV. LeB. W. FOWLER. His Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor spent Sunday, April 26th, with us, celebrating the Holy Communion in St. George's ' 'v'f M ■i'-v'.' ;' ■ -' - * ■ ¥*■'■ 0:-: 46 Church at 8 a. m. ; confirming fourteen candidates, nine from Carleton and five from Fairville, with two addresses at 11 v. m.. and preaching at 7 p. m., besides going to Fairville an^ preaching at 3 p. m. But little advancement has been made with the new Church of the Good Shepherd, Fairville, for want of funds. A grant of £25 has been made by the S. P. C. K., which we can draw as soon as the Church is ready for use and free from debt. We hope that may be before lon^ On July 14th we began to build a Rectory in Carleton and the building is now drawing near completion. About *(i47 have been obtained during the year — $528 had been previous!} collected — in all $1,175. We still need at least $825. There have been 40 1 public services held, 6G public celebra- tions of the Holy Communion, with 1,085 Communions, 38 baptisms, two being adults, 11 marriages, 20 burials. At present I can report contributions to the Incapacitated Clergy Fund $51, and for general purposes of the Society $41 — $92 in all; but more may yet be receive 1 and will appear in the printed list of subscriptions and collections. CHATHAM— KEV. D. FORSYTH. ^ During the past year the usual routine of Parish work luis been regularly carried on, attended, I trust, with God's good blessing. On Sunday, June 29th, 1884, we were favored with the presence of the venerable Metropolitan, who took part in the services of that day. In September last, the Rector, with the kind assistance of the Rev. Dr. Partridge, of St. George's Church, Halifax, N. S., organized '* St. Mary's Parochial Guild," having for its objects the uniting of the members of the congregation in sj'stematic work for God and His Churcii, the promotion of social and friendly intercourse, and the encouragement of greater attention to the duties of the religious and devotional life. This organization began with a membership of about thirty, and has held regular fortnightly meetings. I trust that it may live and grow and become a useful instrument for good. I am happy to report the success •of the ** Juvenile Temperance Branch " of this Guild, which now numbers 54 members, and holds fortnightly meetings. In connection with this branch a fife-and-drum band has been 47 organized, with an excellent set of instruments which have already been paid for. Our "Young Women's Guild" has carried on its work during the year very successfully, and in addition to many works of charity, has purchased a first-class sewing machine, and added a good sum to our fund for church improvements. Our '* Parochial Missionary Association," or *' Mite Society," continues its good work in distributing useful and instructive reading, and collecting '" mites " for the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, or some similarly laudable object. In May last we had the pleasure of a visit from his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor, who held two meetings and delivered earnest addresses on behalf of the Diocesan Church Society. I hope that these meetings will result in deepening the interest of our people in the important work of the Society, and lead some, who might no doubt give more liberally, to increase their contributions to its objects. As the collections are not yet completed, I am unable to say exactly what amount will be contributed this year from this Parish to the general fund. We are passing through a period of very great commercial depression, but I am glad to say that our offerings for the Domestic and Foreign Missions of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Can- adian Church have not fallen off. Efforts are being made by . the Church Wardens to secure more liberal, general and sys- tematic contributions to our Parochial Fund to meet local requirements. I hope, however, that notwithstanding these facts the Venerable Church Society will receive that fair share of support which it so richly deserves. I am glad to be able to say that we are now looking forward to an early visit from the Most Reverend the Metropolitan, who will (d. v.) hold a confirmation in this Parish in August next. In conclusion, I am thankful to God for health and ability to continue regularly the daily and Sunday services and pastoral visitations, and I trust that in these and all other works His glory may be promoted and enduring blessings conveyed to His iieople. y-'i V I DERBY— EEV. AUG. F. HII^TZ. The first event that I have to chronicle in connection with • :]l'^ ■ it .i.,; i . J' 'A • Ri: %:■■ M n:" '!?..: -€i:;:i^ ""T 48 my Mission since my lust report, is the visit of his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor, in August List, for tlie purj)ose of holding a Coiitimiution. The result of tiiis visit was very satisfactory, the nunil)er of candidates being largely in excess of thjit at any other time, viz.: 33, of which 2il were con- tirmed in Blackville, two came from the Parish of Nelson, and nine l)elonged to Derby. I am glad to be able to report that our Church in Derby has at length been supplied with a font. The base and bowl are of white American marble and the shaft of 8t. George granite. It stands on a cruciform platform, and is altogether about four feet in height. In its jiresent state it cost $50, but it needs a cover and other fittings, which I hope soon to be able to procure. Efforts are now being made to obtain a stained- glass window for the chancel in memory of the late Rev. James Hudson, who built the Church, and whose memory is still cherished among the people here. The interior of the Church in Blackville has been entirely refitted during the past summer. The ceiling has been kalso- mined, the windows frosted and tinted, the walls painted, and the seats grained. A very nice cabinet organ has also been procured from the Uxbridge manufacturers and has been very nearly all paid for. I have made several visits to Rogersville, a station on the I. C. R. about 22 miles distant, where there are a few Pro- testant families, some of whom have a nominal connection with the Church. The congregations were small but attentive and interested. I have travelled during the past year in the discharge of the duties connected with my Mission 2,332 miles, not counting the journeys undertaken on account of the temporal interests of the Church. I have much pleasure in stating that the Bishop Coadjutor paid my Parish a visit in May in the interests of the D. C. S. The season being backward the roads were almost inipassable, but the attendance at his Lordship's meeting was very credit- able, and the collection at the end encouraging. It is our hope that his Lordship will pay us many more similar visits, only, if possible, at a more favorable season, when we shall be able to give him a more hearty welcome. The year, financially speaking, has been a very bad one. What with the failure of the lumber business and the failure of railroad contractors to meet their liabilities, many families in one part of my mission have been reduced to great straits. 49 IS Lordship purpose of t was very (ly in excess i were con- of Nelson, n Derby liiis nd bowl are irge granite, jether about b $50, but it »n to be able n a stained- ) Rev. James mory is still leen entirely ; been kalso- painted, and iS also been as been very ation on the a few Pro- connection lut attentive year in the 2,332 miles, >unt of the p Coadjutor le D. C. S. invpassable, very credit- It is our milar visits, we shall be L*y bad one. ' the failure any families [reat straits. This state of things I hope will not long continue, but in- consequence of it, the contributions towards the general fund of the Society must suffer some diminution. What that will be I cannot now say, but I doubt not that we shall be able to give not less than llOO. D,-U'd the work. Our services here also are well attended, almost every Pro- testant in the place being represented. And here I must thank the parishioners of Madawaska for the very hearty and kind manner in which they have always met me, and for the prompt manner in which they have met not only the assess- ment of the Society but also all other calls. If such open- handed and regular support were the rule, we should not hear ■• ». I>!*iv''' m-y-ri m m^at. 52 of languishing Missions and failing funds, to the D. C. S. are $52.53. The contributions GRAND MANAN— EEV. W. S. COVERT. No report. GREENWICH— REV. D. W. PICKETT. There will be no reduction this year in the assessment of contributions from Greenwich to the general purposes of the Society, for though some give less than before, the difference will be made up by the increased number of subscribers ; but owing to the present alleged scarcity v " money payment can- not be made to the Treasurer before i^c '\v-\ of the year. On the 23rd October last we had h privilege and the pleasure of a short visit from his Loiusnip the Bishop Co- adjutor, when thirteen candidates, who had been attending a class for some time previously, were admitted to confirmation. The attendance at the Church was large, though the weather was unfavorable for those at a distance, and many beside the candidates were, I have no doubt, confirmed in their attach- ment to the Church. Only one Sunday-school is in operation this year, and in this the greater part of the work falls upon myself. We have to report the removal from the Parish during the past year of two large families, and of several of the younger members of the Church, and our communicants' roll, choir, Sunday- schools and other organizations have suffered much in con- sequence. Not a single addition, if I remember rightly, has been made to our number from any other Parishes. This emigration, continued from year to year, has had the effect of leaving the work of raising the required assessment to be done by a comparatively small number, and this fact, together with the limited means of our church people generally, will not, I trust, be overlooked in the arrangement of the new assessment list. I regret that I cannot report much proffress in the matter of church building. Not a very great deal has been done since last year, owing to the want of funds, but do hope that the 53 ontributions committee who have the building in charge will endeavor to advance the Avork so far that it may be occupied during the coming winter. Contributions to the Society may be set down at $58. HAMPTON— REV. 0. S. NEWNHAM. There is not much to report from the Parish of Hampton which would be of interest to the Society. Since the annual meeting of last year the work of the Church has gone on without intermission. The services in St. Paul's Church, Hampton; St. Andrew's, French Village; at Hampton Station, and Hampton Village, have been continued, and the summer service on Darling's Island has been re-commenced. I am also able to report that services are now held fortnightly at Smith town and at Nauwigewauk, so that there is a service of the Church within a reasonable distance of every family in the Parish. During Advent and Lent special week-day services wore held in the Parish Church and at French Village, which were well attended. The great importance of instructing the children and young people in the principles of the doctrine of Christ, has not been overlooked, and your Society will be glad to know that the attendance at the Sunday-schools at Hampton Station and Hampton Village is increasing. The average at each school at present is about fifty. A Sunday-school is also held on Darling's Island with an attendance of ten ; at Smithtown with an attendance of fourteen ; and at French Village with twenty-one. It is hoped that a school will be opened at Nau- wigewauk at an early date. A suitable person to take charge of it is all that is wanted. On the 6th of last August his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor administered the rite of confirmation to thirty candidates — nine males and twenty-one females ; and on June 7th of this year the Most Reverend the Metropolitan administered the rite of confirmation to fifteen candidates — twelve males and three females. Notwithstanding his advanced years, his Lordship preached two sermons, confirmed fifteen candidates, and drove twenty miles. The service at French Village — the first con- firmation service ever held in St. Andrew's Chapel — will long be remembered by those who were present. ♦Since July of last year forty-five persons have been m'] I: i'T'^ff mmk- hit': • i.**.- ,^ff'v'. i; t; 54 confirmed — one of whom was from the Parish of Upham — and fifty communicants have been added to the list. The envelope system has been introduced for the purpose of collecting the Rector's stipend, and has been found to work well. At the present time there are over 100 subscribers, and the amount of subscriptions is over 8900. The vestry of the Parish Church has been carpeted and furnished, some choir seats put in the Church, and also some other improvements made. At St. Andrew's, French Village, a chancel has been built in the Church, a new carpet provided, and also a credence bracket, lectern and prayer-desk. There is now a vestry in this Church, which is a great comfort, as formerly the clergy- man had to robe in the presence of the congregation. In April last the Parish was favored with a visit from his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor, who preached at the various stations - and addressed a meeting in the interests of your Societj. Ana now for that part of my report which is of the greatest interest to the Society, viz. : the report of contributions. The amount will, I think, show a slight increase over last year, but not so much as I would wish. The list is not quite com- plete, but will not be less than $125, possibly something more. I am about to make a change in plan and time of collecting, which I hope may realize a larger amount for another year; for I shall not be satisfied until the Parish of Hampton returns at the least $200 per annum in subscriptions to the Diocesan Church Society. JOHNSTON- REV. C. P. HANINGTON. I took up my abode in this Parish on July 8th of last year, being its first incumbent since it was made a separate one. From that date to the present, regular services have been held at four different parts of the Parish, at which the attendance has been very good. During the year the Parish has been favored with a visit from both the Metropolitan and the Bishop Coadjutor. The Bishop Coadjutor spent two days in July here, holding services and addressing the people on the T). C. S. A large gathering was held at Goshen on July 9tli, locally termed a " tea-soiree," at which the Bishop was present, as well as Canon Medley and Rev. Mr. Cowie. The funds oo raised on that occasion were for the completion of tlie new Church there. In October, the Church being finished, was consecrated by the MetropoHtan. The building was filled to overflowing with an attentive congregation. The Bishop's address was a very practical and impressive ope, and one which we cannot soon forget. The Church was consecrated under the name of St. Paul's. Sunday-schools are in full operation in different parts of the Parish and are mostly very satisfactory. About $15 were raised in the Parish for a Library for the schools, to wliich tlie S. P. C. K. kindly added a grant of books to the like amount, so that we now have a useful library, divided among tliree schools, of 104 volumes. The Missionary has been holding confirmation classes dur- ing the winter, as regularly as the weather, &c., would permit, in different parts of the Parish. The Bishop Coadjutor promises to hold a confirmation here after the Synod, when between forty and fifty will probably be con- firmed. Thera are many more who wish to be confirmed, but who were unable to attend the classes during the winter, owing to their living at a great distance and the badness of the roads. The Missionary hopes to be able to present another number to be confirmed by the end of the year or the beginning of next. The Church people in the Parish are for the most part thoroughly intere ted in the progress of the Church, and have proved themselves willing and ready to do what they could towards its support and the improving of the services. Everything seems encouraging, and the Missionary cannot but feel that the Society has shown great wisdom in separating and giving a grant to this Parish, so large a one as it is ia area, and containing so manv Church families ; and although many who call themselves Churchmen are but nominally so, yet all of these, he trusts, will in course of time learn what it means to be Churchmen, and will be led to make full use of all the privileges, so free and yet so priceless, that the Church holds out to them, to fit them for eternity. The subscription list is not yet completed, but the Parish will contribute about 180 towards the general purposes of the >Societv. mM- I •.'.';»: 1 « i,^ ■1 ^#' 2 56 KINGSCLEAR— REV. H. MONTGOMERY. Since our laet report but few events have happened beyond tlie ordinary routine of parochial work. Looiiing over the register, we find that there have been fourteen baptisms, three burials, and two marriages. Two of the number bap- tized were members of Anabaptist families; four were members of Methodist families, and one in a Presbyterian family. Three of the whole number were adults. We hope soon "to form a class to prepare for confirmation. To the ladies of the Parish and other kind friends a\ re deeply indebted for untiring and earnest efforts in raising the sum of $470 at a bazaar held at Fern Hill, last September. This sum is now being devoted towards paying for the re- modelling of the Rectory, which, when finished, will be one of the most commodious and comfortable parsonages in the Diocese. In the Parish Church new windows with temporary glass have taken the place of the old ones ; they are in the form of mullions of neat design, and soon we hope to see them filled with stained glass in memory of some of the faithful departed. Three Sunday-schools are in operation in the Parish, all of which promise a good harvest for the Church, if carefully attended to. There are many things to encourage us in the work among them; one, and that a very important feature, the good-will and hearty sympathy which exists be- tween pastor and people. But Kingsclear, like every other Parish, has its shadows as well as sunshine. We regret having to record the loss, through removals from the Parish and by death, of twenty-six members of the Churcli, thus making a considerable decrease in the parochial list, as well as lessening the contributions towards carrying on the work. But we are looking forward to seeing newcomers to take their places, as the Parish can ill afford to have the num- ber on the parochial list decreased at the rate it has continued for the past four years. Personally I have been the recipient of many kindnesses iit the hands of the parishioners, for which, as well as for the affectionate spirit which prompted these tokens, I am deeply grateful. To our esteemed lay-reader, Lt.-Col. Maunsell, I am also indebted for his kindness in supplying services at the Parish Church during my absence from the Parish last Septem- ber. Nor must we forget to mention that during the summer our services were brightened, our Church filled to overflowing, 57 and our hearts cheered for several Sundays by the presence of the officers and men of the Infantry School Corps of Fred- ericton. During which time there was a church parade and military service every Sunday morning, at which the band and choristers from the corps kindly assisted. We cannot close our report without thanking the Dear Master for His many mercies and blessings to us during the year past, and we pray that lie may continue to abundantly bless our efforts and make us all to be of one heart and mind in doing the work to wlr"^' He has called us. -•'.U ■ KINGSTON— REV. H. S. AVAIN WRIGHT. No report. 1. Maunsell, I MONCTON— REV. A. HOADLEY. I beg to report collections and subscriptions up to the present time to the amount of $80. This amount will be quite largely augmented, I hope, before our list is closed. The work of the Church is making satisfactory progress in almost all its branches. Our communicants are steadily in- creasing ; the Sunday services are well attended ; the Sunday- school is in a better condition now than at any time since I took charge of the Parish. We find the new opening and closing offices compiled by the Clergy of the Kingston Deanery most helpful. Our greatest difficulty in this part of our work is to retain our hold upon the lads when they feel they are too large for the Sunday-school. I mentioned in my last report that through the kindness of his Lordship Bishop Kingdon, a Mission Hall had been sup- plied in a neglected, poor and thickly-populated portion of the town. This hall, which is composed of three rooms, has, through the liberality of churchmen and churchwomen, been furnished with most of the necessary furniture and articles for carrying on a real Missionary work. On the first Thursday in Advent Bishop Kingdon kindly visited us again, when we formally opened the hall with very hearty services. The large room in which the services are held was crowded. I feel that our winter's work in this hall has been a most hopeful and blessed one. The night-school m ml ii-i Sit '• ■■•;? i iV?; ill ft-: :i^'.' 58 was attended by about fifty scholars, many of whom also attended, and still attend, the Sunday-school. In addition to the night school we had two and three services during the week, which were also fairly attended. The Sunday work here has been Sunday-school in the after- noon, and Mission Service at 8 p. m. Both the Sunday-school and the service have been remarkably well attended, quite be- yond my most sanguine expectations. I could not help feelino- that our ordinary morning and evening prayers were not exactly suited for this work, especially when many of the people could not read. We have, however, persevered with a much shortened form, and added some of the prayers found in the Bishop of Bedford's Cottage Lectures. The service is rendered fully choral. The attendance at the beginning of the summer somewhat fell off, but since the introduction of the choral service, in which the people join most heartily, the attendance has much increased. I shall be glad to be allowed to mention those who have kindlv contri- buted towards this good work: His Lordship Bishop Kingdon has not only provided the building and site, but also given books, oleographs, and other useful articles for the work; the S. P. C. K. made us a grant of about £8 worth of books and mission tracts ; the Warminster Missionary Union, through the Rev. Canon Sir T. E. Philipps, £5 ; the Misses Trevenan £10 ; Mr. T. W. Daniel, $5 ; Mr. G. A. Schofield, $5 ; Mr. G. S. Smith, $2. Mr. Gushing kindly gave us all the posts and scantling for a fence, and others have aided in many ways this work for God's poor. I am deeply indebted to Mrs. Bor- den, Miss Dunham, Mr. Wran, and Mr. McLeod, for their personal aid. ' ' Our thanks are also due to the Society for its liberal grant of $200 per annum for an assistant. Mr. C. A. Saunder ren- dered me most valuable aid during Lent and Easter. On Low Sunday the Eev. A. J. Reid was ordained Deacon, and came at once to assist in the work of the Church here. He has in every way been a great help and comfort to me personally, and has done most valuable work. Since his arrival amongst us we have been enabled to open new work at Painsec, where we have a fortnightly Sunday morning service which is well attended. r .i We are hoping, through the untiring energy and devotion of the *' Willing Workers' Society," to place in the Church tower during the coming month a peal of three bells of about 59 •2,000 pounds weight. We are anticipating the pleasure of a visit from His LoYdship the Metropolitan in September for confirmation. MUSQUASH- REV. H. M. SPIKE. I have nothing of very special interest to report to D. C. S. We trust our subscriptions will be fully as much as last year^ that is, $100.00. There seems to be a growing interest ia favor of the Church. There is a readiness to sustain the work of the Society ; but the very needy circumstances of many prevent them from doing as much as they would wish. I have urged upon the parishioners the necessity of meeting the amount gradually withdrawn by the Society for the Propaga- tion of the Gospel, and I hope their united efforts will enable us to niefit the amount required by the D. C. S. There has been considerable improvements made jn St. Ann's Church, Musquash. The bell presented by Mr. David Ander- son has been placed in the tower built for that purpose, and the people have very liberally provided the materials and money required for these improvements. The attendance also at the various services of the Church have been encouraging. The \isit of the Coadjutor Bishop, last summer, for th& confirmation of thirty-five persons, and the other services at that time at the different Churches of this Parish, were highly appreciated by the parishioners. .1 I 1 NEWCASTLE— REV. J. H. S. SWEET. -••:'}|;' ): •, ■ My report this year to the Diocesan Church Society must necessarily be brief, as nothing that calls for any special re-. mark has taken place in the Mission during the past twelve months. The ordinary routine work of the Parish has been carried on without any let or hindrance ; the services have been held uninterruptedly ; the congregations have been well sustained ; the number of communicants has been steadily on. M tr i'ki': ^l*':"'-. [ti 60 'the increase ; and the free-will offerings have covered the present needs. A confirmation was held in the Parish last summer, and the little band of seventeen who then came forward for tlie Heavenly Gift have all, with just two or three exceptions, be- come regular communicants. I should also mention that the "Coadjutor Bishop, who administered the rite in question, paid us a second visit in May last in the interest of your Society, and I trust his stirring address will not be barren of results. The debt upon the Sunday-school house is, I am happy to report, at last paid, so that the Parish is at present free from any incubus of that nature. This is a source of much grati- fication to myself, as we shall now be able to turn our atten- tion to much needed work that we could not touch while the Parish was laboring under the above debt. For the extinction of this debt too much praise cannot be given to the faithful workers of the Young Women's Guild, and to those who have systematically collected the small monthly offerings of the people by means of a Mite Society. Every effort has been made to keep the annual contributions up to the scale of last year ; but if they fall short the Society must attribute the deficiency, not to a lessening interest in the Church's work, but to the general dullness of the times. Several of the lumber mills in and around Newcastle have done little or no work, and this keeps many out of employment and makes money scarce. Two or three of our Church families have left the town since my last report, and thus, even if the times were brighter than they are at present, we are not so able to contribute as last year. However, the people are, I think, doing their best. I cannot state positively just now the exact sum I shall be able to place in the Treasurer's hands. The desire not to take up the subscriptions until after the re- ceipt and distribution of the Bishop's Pastoral, and the late arrival of the latter, must be accepted as an excuse for the incompleteness of our list at the present date. I can, however, promise that they will not fall short of $100. For purposes outside of the general fund of the Church Society we have raised the following amounts: Foreign Missions of the S. P. G., $5 ; Domestic Missions, $10.19 ; Society for Promoting Chris- tianity among the Jews, $6.73; Incapacitated Clergy Fund, $5 ; W. and 0. Fund, $7. This makes a total with the above ■of $133.92. I trust this may be added to before this appears in print. 61 ve covered tlie NEW DENMARK— REV. N. M. HANSEN. We have now passed a year since the consecration of our- Church, and I am glad to say that the effect of it has been greater than I sujiposed. There is now a " Church people," regularly attending, when not prevented by bad weather, and the attendance is gradually increasing. The warmest thanks to all the contributors. We are now painting it outside ; the Hon. B. R. Stevenson has been so kind to give us a barrel of oil for that purpose. The settlers in Foley Brook and Blue Bell Mountain have a long distance to the Church, and only a few of them have a horse. I therefore give them a service in private houses once a month, on a week day. As long as possible I find it necessary to take part in the Sunday-school work — which is impossible when I have two- services on Sunday. I know that the future success of the Church in New Denmark depends on the right education of the children in Church principles, and I feel the duty of that laid upon me. My contribution list will, I hope, be a little over 120. W©- feel wc ought to do better, but under the present circum- stances we can not do more. NEW MARYLAND— REV. F. ALEXANDER. During the last year the usual services in this Mission have- been held with as much regularity as possible. On four occasions I was prevented from being present by impassable roads, and once by illness. The number of those in the Mission who communicate regularly is increasing. At the early ser- vice, at 8.30 A. M., on Trinity Sunday, twenty-three persons communicated, several coming long distances to be present. This is the largest number I have ever had at one time. The register records five infants baptized, and six persons buried, in the year. Among honored names in the list of those who have passed away, deservedly and sincerely mourned,, is that of Mrs. W. H. McKnight, of whose work in the Sun- day-school and Church generally, I have so often spoken. Those alone, who knew her, can understand fully the loss we have sustained by her death. Taken from us in the goodness and wisdom of God, in the prime of a holy and useful life, the- ^•.. "hi (fc .' w ^'d ■Jt.i*;'!'' ■■'}'.' '■.■•1.. 62 memory of her many social virtues and faithful discharge of Christian duty will long remain. The Sunday-school, though not so largely attended as for- merly, is yet regularly held. It is at present under the superintendence of Miss Alice Fisher, who devotes herself to its duties with great diligence and conscientiousness. The Church-wardens' accounts since Easter, 1884, show un increase in the offertory collections of ten dollars, and a considerable balance to the Church's credit, after meeting all expenses of the year. I am glad to say, also, that of the sum of $200 salary paid me during the year by the D. C. S., we have been able co refund to the Society $191.93. The Mission may, therefore, be said to be almost self-supporting. This summer we hope to have the foundation of the Church, which has become unsafe, repaired. There is also a desire ex,pres8ed in the Mission to build a horse and waggon sheii near the Church, for the accommodation of parishioners and others on Sundays. I have nothing further to add, except to commit humbly to His merciful care, wlio has hitherto so kindly prospered us. •the Church in this Mission, for the year to come. NORTON— REV. E. A. VVARNEFORD Writes that the contributions, not yet completed, will be a little more than last year. PETITCODIAC— REV. C. WILLIS Reports contributions to W. & 0. Fund $7.12, and for General Purposes $80. In making my report for the past year I find that I can not yet make any definite statement as to the sum total of our contributions for the General Fund of the D. C. S., but wliile promising eighty dollars I hope to raise a much larger sum. The effect of the Bishop's Pastoral, just received, should be a more liberal contribution than in past years. In May we had a visit from the Bishop Coadjutor, and although many were absent from the service, it being such a busy time of year for farmers, yet a good congregation came together and heard a most interesting account from his Lordship as to how the ♦33 il discharge of leted, will be a ^7.13, and for money subscribed by the laity, to the General Fund of the D. C. Society, had been expended. I feel sure that all pres- ent must have felt thankful for the amount of Missionary work reported as accomplished. The Most Reverend, the Metropolitan, also visited us on the nth inst., when thirty-nine persons — seventeen males and twenty-two females — were presented by the Rector for the sacra- DTjcntal ordinance of confirmation. His Lordship's eminently practical address will long be remembered, not only by the candidates, but by the overflowing congregation. I would here like to add that the congregations at the dif- ferent stations have been improving, not only in numbers, but in reverence and devotion. At Polleti Ri *er Siding the members of the Church have just con.pletcd a muc' needed work, namely, a good solid foundation-wall undo, the Church, which before stood on cedar posts. In ct !iciusion I would say that the Rev. Mr. Hanington h ,'^ing left me in,st summer, his place has been filled first by Mr Morris Taylor, a lay reader, now in Ontario, and since Christmas by B. W. Roger Taylor, also a lay reader. I cannot but express great thankfulness for the assistance I have received from them both. With regard to the latter, who has been most successful and earnest in his work, I trust that circumstanccc may permit him to remain and continue the good work begun so encouragingly. PRINCE WILLIAM— REV. ARTHUR LOWNDES. i hzg to report that on my arrival here, June 10, last year, I found two matters requiring immediate attention. The repair of All Saints Church, Magaguadavic, and the settlement of the litigation over tlie Dumfries' Glebe Lands. All Saints Church has been practically rebuilt, seeing that the Church has been raised, the floor levelled, cross beams in- serted to keep the walls from spreading, the walls replastered, a new roof put on and painted, a new stove and new lamps fitted, a- vestry erected and furnished, the chancel recarpeted, a reredos erected and the altar furnished with proper orna- ments and hangings. The whole at a cost, beyond the labor, of over $3i50, of which only $38 were given outside of the settlement. All the work except "the carpeting was done voluntarily. '■v'' »-..', '&': I i<'-''.. r-. >.v: ite- ^■1 i''-^f^ lit «) ' la-; > 1> '*•: ** 64 It is hoped to shingle and puint the walls of the Church and repair the belfry this summer. Towards the cost of this work, which will be about $100, $50 have been already sub- scribed. When the fabric of God's house has been restored, much will be required for its adornment. As to the Dumfries' Glebe Lands a final settlement was come to on May 2, last, with the concurrence of the Bishop, the result being that a dispute originating in 1867 is closed at last, and that the Church holds in undisputed possession, a lot of land of about one hundred acres, free from all encumbrance, and a note of hand for $300. With regard to the other buildings: St John's Church, Magundy, needs over $300 to put it in repair. The building is so dilapidated that it is very doubtful whether the erection of a new Church would not be cheaper in the end than the repairing of the old fabric. The congregation of St. John's is small, though willing, and therefore it is difficult to know what course would be the best to pursue. St. Clements, the Parish Church, is also in sad want of repair, and here though the congregation is likewise small, it is not so willing as at Magundy, and the corporation funds are not available, as they have been steadily spent on other objects than the repair of the Churches in the Parish. St. Pmils, Dumfries, has had some repairs put on it, but as it is only three miles distant from St. Clements, and the few Church folk in Dumfries — except one family — reside between the two Churches, and all the church people along the river road in both Parishes would not fill a third of either Church — 1 would strongly urge the closing of St. Paul's, and if possible, later on, the erection of a Hall for Sunday-school and Mission services at the Barony or Allendale. The Rectory needs substantial repairs to make it habitable next winter. It is neither ra.n nor frost proof. The Churchyard of St. Paul's is a disgrace to a Christian community, and indeed I do hope that before my next report all the Churchyards in these Parishes will show some signs of care and evidences of the belief in the resurrection. They are all too sadly neglected. A formal visitation of these Parishes was made by our able and zealous Rural Dean, the Rev. Leo. Hoyt, January 13 and 16, which has already produced benefit, and will, as his recommendations are acted upon, produce great and lasting results. 05 stored, much I am glad to bo able to say that 1 only once missed giving a service every Sunday in each of the three churches in the Parish of Prince William, and that till St. Paul's. Dumfries, was closed, I also gave a service every Sunday in that church. Since my ordination there has been a weekly celebration. I liave made an accurate census of the church people of Prince William, and find that (excepting such distant and inaccessible {)oints as St. Croix and McAdam) there are only 41 families, consisting of 55 men, 59 women, and 87 clr'ldren, making a total of JiOl. A Parish magazine was started last August. The Right Rev., the Bishop Coadjutor, paid us a visit of four days, June 19 to 23, confirming nineteen persons and urging the claims of yuur Society. I waited for his Lordship's visit before asking for subscriptions, but cannot hope to remit more than a tenth of your grant by the 15th of August. I cannot conclude this report without stating that I have been asked to hold services at Harvey, and York Mills in Manners Sutton, and repeatedly pressed to visit Millville in Queensbury. I have not been able to find time to do more than ])ay two hurried visits to York Mills. I intend, however, hold- iiii; a week day service there occasionally, and hope to spend a week this summer on a missionary visit in Southampton, North- ampton, and Queensbury, as requested by the deanery. I certainly think that Manners Sutton and Queensbury should be placed on the same footing as Ludlow and Aberdeen, and be inserted on the list of vacant missions. Quite as heart- rending an Occasional Paper could be written concerning Manners Sutton and Queensbury as that on Ludlow and Blissfield. •• . . ) e it habitable RESTIGOUCIIE— REV. E. P. FLEWELLING. Owing to sickness in my household at the time when my report of last year should have been prepared and forwarded, no report appeared from this Mission. Since last report, our work has been carried on without much interruption, although during the past winter the unusual quantity of snow made travelling very difficult. The number of communicants has increased from sixty-five to ninety-two. The daily services in Advent and Lent have been well attended, and the Sunday congregations are also larger. fit'*' ' ''■'■■. » ' ■■ ■ £:<,:■",■■ Pfeii ■ It"' ' . ■J". ; ir? i!*.''*^ v,^«'i 't- , iJ'*,- f^t' i:^:^' i .■■'+■ 'fv' 66 In September, 1883, we were greatly cheered by a visit at Oampbelltori from our beloved Bishop, but much to our regret his Lordship could not visit Dalhousie also. Two candidates were presented at Campbellton for confirmation. In September, 1884, His Lordship, the Bishop Coadjutor, came to us and spent three days among us. On Sunday morn- ing fourteen candidates were presented for confirmation at Dalhousie. At Campbellton ten were presented on the evening of the same day. On Monday, at Dalhousie, after an evening service and an address in the interests of the Church Society, another candidate was presented for " The laying on of hands.'- This, the first visit of His Lordship to this Mission, will be long remembered ; and the stirring words of the several addresses will not soon be forgotten. Dalhousie. When the Rector is at home prayers are said daily, morning and evening, in the Parish Church, in accord- ance with the directions in the Book of Common Prayer con- cerning the service of tlie Church. It is purposed to continue these services until the winter at least. The Rectory has been greatly improved by painting, both outside and inside ; and, thanks to the ladies, the improvements are paid for, CampbelUo'n. In this part of the Mission the number of attendants at the services is steadily increasing. A fair pro- {)ortion of the Lenten Services have been held hero. , The arge number present at these services has been most gratify- ing. In this Parish much has been done this year to reduce the amount of our indebtedness. It is hoped that by the cud of the year the debt will be very small. The new pipe organ is now paid for. I have still occasion to report the great need of (7 bell for Christ Church. We have as yet no means for calling our people together for worship. Will not some one or mort of our brethren who have a bountiful supply of this world's goods relieve our necessity ? The outposts. At Balmoral the services have been held us usual and are highly aj)preciated. The number of EnglirJli- speaking people in the settlement is now very small, and tlie congregations are necessarily small. In the Metapedia District (such is the name by which we designate the territory beyond Campbellton) during the past year, the number of services has been largely inci*eased, and were held regularly until the really im})a88able state of tlie roads in the latter part of the winter. Those services were 67 held at points from 26 to 36 miles from Dalhousie. There is a large field for work in the Metapedia District, and a large number of people that ought to be ministered to by the Church ; but the work cannot be properly done in addition to the work in Dalhousie and Campbellton. The time has come when there is great need that Campbellton should have a priest of our church in rcndence, with regular and frequent services in the Metapedia District. In my humble judgment this matter ia well worthy of the consideration of the Church Society. Jacquet River. Because of the increase of the work in Campbellton and beyond, I have not been able to hold any services here. I could not do more than visit the sick and bury the dead. Here there is a large field for cultivation, and it ought to he cultivated ; and, if properly tilled, I firmly believe it would yield a fair return for labor done. Since my report in 1883, in the several parts of the Mission, two {idults and fifty-four children have been, by baptism, brought into covenant with the Master, and one has been formally received into the Church from the Roman com- munion ; twenty-seven candidates have been confirmed ; mar- riage has been solemnized three times, aud sixteen of my little flock have "fallen asleep." The body of a stranger has been also committed to the ground — "earth to earth, ashes to ashes and dust to dust" — with the beautiful burial service of our Clmrch. Again I have to thank my people, and many friends within the limits of the Mission, for very many kindnesses to me, and for valuable gifts that have proved helpful in the household ; and these have just been added to by an offering from one parishioner of money sutficient for my journey to the approach- ing meeting of your Society, The annual contributions to the funds of the »Society cannot be sent until in August. I \'\ KICHMOND— REV. F. W. VROOM. Though Richmond has suffered severely from emigration during the past year, yet on the whole I think wp are in a better state as regards Church matters than we were at this time last year. Something has been done towards improving our Churches, both in the way of ornamentation and necessary G8 „.'?''' ''•■■■•■J ^' Wt^ ■■;■ ■ W' ■ fc -■ Sii 'ot* ■ ,1 ;?":,.. ■ 'I ;u repairs. The Women's Sewing Circle is still doing good work, and such has been its success that we hope soon to be able to add a tower and bell to our Parish Church. In January a monthly Parish magazine was started for the Missions of Woodstock and Richmond, and it affords a useful means of communication between Priest and people. On June 16th the Bishop Coadjutor visited the Parish and addressed the parishioners on the work and needs of the D.C.S., and on the 17th he administered confirmation to thirteen candidates at St. John's Church. Another class is being pre- pared for confirmation in August. I will report nothing regarding subscriptions for the coming year until the money has been received. ROTHESAY— RP:V. W. HANCOCK. Mr. R. R. Clinch reports contributions to the amount of $58, RICHIBUCTO— REV. F. H. ALMON. Since my last report we have been favored with two visits from the Bishop Coadjutor. In September a class of thirteen was confirmed ; the Church at Kingston was consecrated; and in Buctouche Church the Bishop preached, and urged on the Church people self-reliance and earnest efforts to do all in their power to contribute to the support of the Ministry. In his last visit, in May, the new work of the D. C. S. in missions newly opened or recently revived, was brought before large and attentive congregations in Kingston atid Richibucto. I believe that deeper interest in the important work of the D. C. S., and more willing contributions, will result from these kind and earnest appeals. In February the Rev. Mr. Troop held a Mission in Richibucto. The attendance at the frequent services and meetings was gratifying. I trust that God's bless- ing accompanied the gospel of His grace, so earnestly and affectionately preached. These Mission services were not only attended and valued by many of our own congegation, but also by some from all the congregations. While the usual regular services have been held in the Parish Church, and in Kingston, occasional ones — though less fre- (piently than previously — have been, held in Kouchibouguac 60 and Buctouche. Although I can bat seldom be present at the Sunday-school in Richibucto, I can state that it is etlieiently conducted by its zealous superintendent and teachers. Almost all our children who can attend, do so. In Kingston our school is held in church, for an half an hour after service in the afternoon. I am thus able to be present to superintend and to teach. I believe this school, though small, is doing good. The children are most orderly and well behaved, and the teachers interested and regular in their work. Our Mite Society continues its useful work ; its zealous col- lectors are persevering, and the habit of regular giving is in- culcated. The collectors have this year agreed to collect, each in her own district, for the Diocesan Church Society. The monthly public meetings of our Church Temperance Society have been held and fairly attended, and the perseverance in total abstinence, of those Avho have been reclaimed from habits of intemperance, is most encouraging. The Children's Band of Hope, a branch of our Society, has now enrolled more than one hundred members. Its meetings are well attended by children and adults, and are most useful iiud interesting. The superintendent is most successful and persevering in her work. I believe that these Societies, for whose success I am indebted to God's blessing and to kind and earnest helpers, have not only benetitted those under my care who have joined them, but also the community, and from the good results which have followed temperance work in this Parish as shewn by men reclaimed, and homes made happy which once were so miserable. I wish that every Parisli and Mission in the diocese had such societies working in it. As our collections for D. C. S. are not completed, I can only say that I believe we shall do much better than before. I have read in the Parish Church the very earnest letter of the Metropolitan, and urged com])liance with its suggestions ; and shall read it in my other congregations as well as circulate it, and am endeavoring through my efficient collectors and my- self to make a personal appeal to every man and woman who is able to give, and who as a member of the Church of Eng- land ought to do so ; and I believe that with God's blessing on hard and systematic work, there will be but few who will re- fuse to become subscribers to the Society. As the financial difficulty of the D. C. S. is only caused from the neglect of proper efforts being made by the clergy and laity who love B«'^; Y-( ' ■ W^: J '.. 70 and value the Church of Eugland, to induce all the members of our Church to realize their individual duty and responsi- bility to the great Head of the Church, our Divine Redeemer, and to give freely for the support of His ministry, so must our financial strength and rescue from embarrasment come, when, generally, the members of our Church will each do their own share of the work of supporting her ministrations, and thuH increasing the resources of each Parish, the funds of the D. C. S. will no longer require the aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. SACKVILLE— REV. C. F. WIGGINS. There has been nothing worthy of especial note in the history of our Parish during the past year, save the fact of our receiving a visit from each of our episcopal heads. The Bishoj) Coadjutor came to us the 18th of May in the interests of the D. C. S. He gave us a most interesting account of work done in the new missions lately opened, and spoke earnestly of the deep importance of fields yet uncared for, which shewed the necessity of increased offerings. Our belbved Metropolitan visited the Parish on the 12th of June. Ir the afternoon a private confirmation was administered to a woman (formally a dissenter) who has for some time been suffering from partial paralysis. She was much impressed with the solemnity of tlie service. A very interesting children's S. S. Festival Service was held on the evening of his arrival. The Bishop's address to the children was beautiful in its simplicity and was full of fatherly instruction. On Saturday morning, before the hour of confirmation, the Bishop, accompanied by the Rev. V. E. Harriei, and the Rector and a few of the congregation, pro- (^eeded to the cemetery for the purpose of consecrating certain lots belonging to membel^ of the church. These lots were formally set apart according to the duly authorized form. The confirmation was held at the Parish Church on the morn- ing of the 13th. After the baptism of four adults the apos- tolic rite was administered to ten candidates, which was followed by a celebration of the holy communion. The Bishop seemed much pleased with the improvements made in the interior and exterior of the church. The floral decorations for the confirmation service were much admired, especially the large altar cross. There was a wish expressed by many of 71 the cougregation to have the "grounds surrounding the church set apart as "God's acre," as thev are now enclosed by a neat- and substantial fence, but it was thought bettor to postpone the consecration till the grounds were put in more perfect order. Rev. J. R. Campbell, rural dean, and Rev. V. E. Harris, N'icar of Amherst, kindly assitJted in the services of the day. Our dear Bishop's visit gave us exceeding comfort, and we parted from him with extreme reluctance, fearing most of all tliat we •'might see his face no more." Our collections for the ijeneral purposes of the Society are not yet fully complete*. l>ut they will be about the same as last year. ST. ANDREWS AND CHAMCOOK- KETCHUM. -REV. CANON ■'i «'^' Reports contributions as follows; For General Purposes St. Andrews ) ik,S12 0> " " Chamcook \^' W. &0. Fund 9 00 Algoma and Northwest 33 00 Totftl $354 05 ST. DAVID— HEV. .J. W. MILLIDGE. I have nothing very interesting to report to the Society this year. The usual services, both Sunday and week day, with funerals and visiting, have occupied my time very fully ; but in consequence of the great extent of my Mission, it is to be feared that the results are not commensurate with the labor expended. An afternoon or evening service can have but little effect in strengthening the feeling of affection for the Church,, or indeed do much towards building up the Christian char- acter in the attendants. Yet this small portion of my time on Sunday is all I can give to three interesting stations ; and still the cry for services and ministrations is heard. A few weeks ligo I was earnestly requested by a former resident of St. David to visit the new settlement of "Beaconsfield," situate in a remote part of the Parish of St. James. I went there at the earliest opportunity, and was much pleased with my visit. Most of the people live in log houses and in a very primitive manner, but all appear anxious for the services of our holy Church. I ofhciated one Fridav jifternoon in their school- w <\ • ^ ' . ■ ': ' ' ■.'■"1*1 1 .* ' >i :^, ■. ■• ' •.• :r i*>',' ... 'V. ■.-. **. *■ ■> ■"Ik^-.i.,.'- ♦ «:>.' 5)!^; ■■ ^m _ _ ,„ „„_ 'iii. ,■ tfrw'.y ,».-■■ i. ... ;>*'■• '■4' .-.♦., • -^ : if:*y house and l)aptized two children ; their fatlier had emigrutcil from England some si.v yea/s ago and had married hero. Offers to baptize the children had been made by dissenting ministers, but declined ; the it^ther saying : ** No one but a clergyman shall baptize my children, and I am certain the right man will come along some day." He was delighted with the service, and said : ''This reminds me of old times." I promised to return in about a month and give them another week-day service, and as soon as the road to their settlement, which is in course of construction, is completed, I hope to give them Sunday services occasionally. The Deanery of St. Andrews met at St. Patrick's Chr.rch on Tuesday, in Whitsun week, when the holy communion wa.s celebrated and a sermon preacned by Rev. II. 11. Neales. The clergy then repaired to Oak Bay, St. David, and in the evening were present at a crowded public meeting in Oak Bay Koad school-house. After stirring addresses by the clergy, it was- unanimously resolved to build a new church in the vicinity. This church when completed will have, it is hoped, considoi- able influence for good ; the site chosen being in the midst of a number of communicants' homes. His Lordship, the Coadjutor Bishop, visited us last August, and at St. Patrick and St. Thomas churches confirmed twenty- five young persons, some of whom came long dista:iccs lo receive ** the laying on of hands." On inspecting my register I find quite an increase in the number of baptisms for the year ending Slst December, 1884, they being nearly double those of the previous year ; exactly the same number of marriages ; and more than double the number of burials. One peculiarity about the burials was the large proportion of very aged peoi)le laid to their rest. I give the names and ages of some of them: Daniel Maxwell, aged (13, died 21st August ; his wife Lydia. aged 88, died 11th October, 1884. They had lived togetiier in holy matrimony 68 years, and received the blessed sacra- ment together a few weeks before their death. The next upon the register is William Hill, aged 87 years 10 months ; Mrs. Blakely, 79 years ; Mrs. Claxton, 72 years ; Mrs. Wattern, 85 years ; Mrs. Julia McFarlane, 98 years ; and the centen- arian, David McKee, 100 years. I cannot say just now wliat the contributions to the general fund will be this year, as the people have not yet been fully canvassed. I trust, however, that they will equal, if not exceed, last year. 73 -;T. GEORGE AND PEXNFIELD — REV. R. E. SMITH Reports that the contributions will amount to about JJilOO. If one may judge from the attendance at public worsliip, the Church in tliese Parishes nourishes. We were favored in August last by a visit from the Coadjutor Bishop, whon he confirmed forty-two pers :>ns of ages varying from 60 years to 13. The Bishop's visit and addresses will be long remembered. I will have a class ready for confirmation in August. Of forty persons, baptized since my last report, ten are adults. Since tiic beginning of year 1885, ninety-six different persons have communicated, and as many as thirty-six at one time in Christ's Church, Pennfield. The free-pew system works well in St. George, if one may judge from the mcreased attend- ance, and the fact of having a balance on hand on Eabter Monday. We hope and patiently wait for the time when these Parishes, like manv others in the diocese, will overcome their early education in the matter of giving, and support the Cluirch in proportion to the means with which xVlmighty God has blessed them. This seems to be a lesson hard to learn, and some persons are to be found who expect the Church's services, from baptism to burial, without contributing to her su})port. Our Sunday-schools are doing good work. With regard to the ** times," the prospect, I think, in St. George is improving, owing to the steady development of the red granite industry, which is fast taking the place of the lumber trade, which is reduced to very small proportions. Altogether we are hopeful for the success of the Church in these Parishes. ST. JAMES, (ST. JOHN)— REV. G. OSBORNE TROOP Reports contrilmtions as follows: Aged Clergv Fund (Special) $04 «.1 W. & O. Fund 46 00 General Purposes 32 85 •M. J.;;' . iiii ,. ■ ToUl |U3 70 i'! tt V 1^. .id ■ «^:^ Jli !tw^ fc%;": % 74 ST. JOHN (TRINITY)— KEV. CANON BRIGSTOCKK Reports coutributious as follows : I. C. Fund (S|XHMal) ^m 88 W. & O. " 20 24 Genernl Purposos 451 JJl ^^ Total 1773 4:i ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST MISSION CHAPEL- REV. J. x\f. DAVENPOKT Reports contributions as follows: From the Congregation |i550 00 (Children's Boxes, (about) 60 00 Bishop Anson, of Qu'Appelle 25 81 Father Benson's East Indian Mission 100 00 Total 1735 81 ST. MARY'S— KEV. W. JAFFREY. The Missionary at St. Marys speaks of the inconvenient arising from the continual changes which are going on among his hearers ; the coming and going of the people connected with the railroad and other works ; yet he says his congre- gations continue their usual average, notwithstanding such fluctuations. The greatest evil arising from this state of things is the impossibility of raising the D. C. S. assessment in time for the quarter's salary. Of course when people first come into the Pirish it would be too much like looking after the tleece to ask their subscription at once ; and then, sometimes before two or three quarters puss by, these persons are away and others take their place. The Missionary has continued his fortnightly services in the Stone Church, Douglas, except on a few occasions when duty called him elsewhei*e, for which the people of that district have contributed 1^4.85 towards making up the sum required by the Society. The Right Kev., the Bishop Coadjutor, visited the Parish; held a confirmation, and gave us some very good advice. Contributions amount to $50.iJ6. To BRIGSTOCKK, ST. MARTINS— KKV. J. LOCKWAllD. ted the Parish, I have once again the duty and pleasure of sending to you>. for the information of the General Committee of the D. C. S., i rt'port of the ministrations and circumstances of the Church :u this Mission ; guch report embracing the year now closing. I suppose I shall not be wrong in saying that like some ntbor missions — in time past at least — I cannot congratulate lny*•'^ the Mission, or the D. C. S., on an unmixed, happy and }>rosperou8 condition ; certainly not so temporally, and it may be not even spiritually. But as regards the latter con- dition, I think I shall be able to report certain facts from which one might find room for that ** charity which hopeth all things." Tlie temporal circumstances of this Mission have been i>as8- ing from one degree of depression to a greater degree ever since I came to it. The oldest inhabitant solemnly affirms that .such widespread and general depression, bringing almost utter destitution to some families, has never before been ex- perienced here. Whereas this place was known and prospered ;is a ship-building place, to-day there are only two vessels, small ones too, on the stocks ; one is nearly ready for launch- iiitj, Hud no work has been done on the other since last fall. The wonder is that many families have food and clothing. Yet notwithstanding the "hard times, " the Church people iu this Mission have been trying bravely to raise the assess- ment for this year, and so far have done quite as well as could have been expected. We also had a fancy sale last July to increase the funds for the contemplated new church, and I believe the proceeds are considered to have been very large. The actual receipts were S185, with $60 expenses ; thus leaving a halance of $125 for the said fund. This time last year this Mission found itself unable to meet the last quarterly payment of the assessment for the year, and on this account when the schedule of grants for the ensuing year were being passed by the General Committee, I asked to have the assessment for this mission referred to the B. H. M. , which was kindly assented to. I appeared before the Board of Missions, and upon stating the reasons for some consider- iition being extended to this Mission, it was decided to send a deputation here to confer with the parishioners. The depu- tation, consisting of the Rev. Canon Medley and H. W. Frith, . Ksq., visited the Mission on l?th July lastji and were met by. '1 .'i >: v, . 'vv 76 y. <^' quite a large an(l representative number of the pari?hi'iii..r>. As the result of the meetin;^;, tlic deputation recomnipniL.i that the fissessnient be reduced from !j<360 to $300 witlioiu \v.\\\ increase in the ^rant. But this was all I asked, and althoui:;. this WHS acceednijT me tlie favor of receiving j^OO les.-< for tiife| year, 1 was thankful as it seemed to take qnite a load ort tiif Mission. As regards the ministrations and services of the Chinch, there is room to hope that in some way they have been thank- fully received and carried with them a blessing. I opened ;, new station hist August at the mills of the Quaco Wood Munu] facturing Company, about six miles from this on the liino; the 8t. Martin's and Upham Railway. This new venture wu« only made possible through the kindness and personal interes: of A. S. Benn, Esq., the agent of Guy, Bevan & Co. Mi, Benn was not only most ready and willing to make all possible arrangements for the holding of services at their factory, hu: even anxious to have such privileges offered to or provided tli' people, lie also kindly promised that a certain amount sliouli be contributed through the office to help in raising the assess- ment in the Parish, while all the contributions of the propK should be added to it. At first it was thought it would h' possible to hold services in the upper part of their store, whici: had formerly been used for similar purposes : but thiouirh other circumstances this has not yet been possible, and by tlu kindness of the families who have been keeping the boardini:- house I have been holding services in their large dining-room, I could only promise to have service there on the afternoon; of the third Sunday in each month, which I have done ii< regularly as the weather and roads would permit. I find by a reference to several back reports of the I). C. i"^. that the number of Sunday services in this Mission during the last year, ending December 31st, 1884, was greater than any previous year. Last year 1 held 129 Sunday services, while the next highest number was in the year 1880-1. Again, ! find that with those increased services the average attendance at two of the places — at the Parish Church and at one of the stations — has also increased. Our Sunday-school has not increased since last year, but at least it has not decreased. I have now to report three red-letter events of the past year. The first is a visit from the Coadjutor Bishop, who came to u^ on Sunday, 12th October last. That morning his Lordshi}i left St. John with the Rector of Simonds, and after service 77; 5 of the I). C. 8. ;iuil contirmation at Black River came up to Tynemouth Creek,. 1 station of thi3 mission, wliere at 3.30 o'clock we had service, iiiui the Bishop preached. His Lordship then transferred him- idli to my reckless horsemansliip and I drove him to Qiiaco. Xhat evening at our late service I had the pleasure and duty it" presenting twelve candidates who received the 'Maying on piluinds." On the next evening we had service at 7 i*. m., '.vhen his Lordship preached a sermon in aid of the funds of the diocese, especially home mission fund :'nd the fund for :lie aged and incapacitated clergy. The collection amounting ;(,i«8.77 was given to the A. and T. C. Fund. Tiiat evening ;ifter service the ladies of the congregation, with other mem- bers and friends, tendered the Bishop a sort of reception or welcome in the character of a sociable held at the temperance hull. On the next day we had our Harvest Home Services. At 10.30 we had celebration with a sermon from the Bishop ;- :ind in the evening, service with another sermon from his Lordship. The next morning the liishop left for the city of St. John. ' The next event to be noticed is the meeting of the Deanery of 8t. John, which was held here on the ITth last September. I notice this because I believe it is only the second time such an event has taken place in this mission. Being thus such an. unusual circumstance, I conceived the idea of holding a series of missionary services, with addresses on the growth of the Church of England during the last half century, both in Eng- land and in the Colonies. But I have to regret. that never was anything more difficult or more nearly impossible than to get tiie promise of even three addresses from as many clergy of the Deanery of St. John. When at length the day of meeting arrived, there were only three clergy of the Deanery present, excepting myself. One other Brother came on the evening before on pui'pose to favor us with the address he had kindly promised to deliver, but pressing duty at home required him to leave us next morning before the session of the Deanery. Our number, however, was increased by the presence of the Rev. S. Jones Hanford, who also kindlv delivered one of the addresses. The other event was the residence amongst us for four weeks of the Rev. Canon Brigstocke with his family, who at my suggestion, if not invitation, came to this place to spend his summer vacation, and I think as a place for such recreation he found it all he desired. Thus for four Sundays I had the |\\,-.Y E^!;, I--;..;; i'- •■k- y.; , '■:'<. If , r'^r' tl^ f ,1" ' : "■■,1 v; r.(-, . ':i . V8 assistance of a Brother, an assistance which does not often fall to the lot of one in such an out-of-the-way place. On throe Sundays Canon Brigstocke preached once, and on the fou:th Sunday three times. We also had another great advantage iu having Canon Brigstocke spending a little while up here. At my j-equest the Canon brought up the magic lanterns of hK> Sunday-school and gave an exhibition of views on the Hoh Land. This was not only a treat but we made it a means ot supplying strength to our general church funds. With thest receipts we greatly assisted in providing the church with a new stove. The collectors are still soliciting contributions for the General Purposes Fund of the Society, and when their lists art completed will hand them in to Mr. E. Vernon Rourke, the Secretary-Treasurer of the local committee, by Thorn they will be sent to the D. C. S. Treasurer. I much fear, however, that the amount win not be as much as last year. Several circumstances seem to justify this fear. the chief of which must be the changed and changing con- dition of many families here — (^hanging for the worse with the general business depression of this place. Of course, to write this is very sad, especially in view of the Bishop's latt Pastoral telling us that the S. P. O. will be compelled to make a reduction of $1,700 in their next annual grant to this Diocese ; but I fear the result will only prove my expectatiun too true. The special collections during the past j^ear are : Semi-annual collections, $10.01 ; Aged and Incapacitated Clergy Fund, $8.77 ; Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund, $2.23 ; S. P. G. Fund, 12.57 ; making a total of $23.58. I have one other circumstance to note, and that is that after very serious consideration I have come to the conclusion that a change of missionaries might have a happy effect in this Mission, and with this conviction I have asked the Bishop to accept my resignation, which his Lordship has been pleased to do, the resignation to take effect on and after the iltli July next. My interest in this Mission, whore :nany hopeful ^igns are not wanting, prompts the hope that another missi-njiry will soon be found who will be faithful and true to God and man. ' 79 ST. MARK -REV. G. M. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Oluit*. A. Macdonald, Secretary of the Committee, re- ports contributions as follows: Subscriptions, !$803 W Churcii Collections 42 10 W. & O. Fund 29 00 I. C. Fund 6 00 Domcfitic Missions, 51 00 Totiil !j;4y] tW ST. PAUL--KKV. CANON DeVEBEK Reports contributions: For I. C. F. (Special) f 517 iK» W.&.O O,*) 00 Genenil Purposes 280 (X) Total !f:H42 00 ST. STEPHEN (CUHIST CHURCH)— REV. T. E. DOW LING. The iinnuiil Easter Monda} assessment from s Parish for Goneral Purposes, for the last five years, amounted to lf!;50 annually. This assessment has not been asked for this year. The Voluntary Oiierings, in full, amount to ^I13.!)4; and are api)ropriated as follows : General Purposes, if 81 !)1 Home Mission IJoxes, IT) 9H Clero:y W. &: O. Fund 10 05 Tolul !fll3 94 This amount exceeds last year a contribution)* by $5.11 ; the assessment of 1883 being included iii last year's returns. I ■ i SHEDIAC. No report. ;;■ , ■/«'/■■.' ■ ,'-^: •■I nt y : ■ J" if '■-•■ ^ ;■;■'. ='n! 1 ..j; 80 STANLEY— REV. II. T. I>ARLEE. My leport this year will be brief. The past year has beeu characterized by the scanty circulation of money. The ])eople have had about all they could do to keep from running bohiiu] hand. My own health these few months back has not been good, esi)ecially since my ordination in March. This has hindered me from prosecuting my work as I would have wished. It is on this account that I am unable to send along with this report the amount of subscriptions for this year to the D. C. S. Last year's list was the largest ever sent in frcm this Parish, and I hope to be able to still further increase it this year. The increase is in a great measure due to the adoption of the envelope system. Great inprovements v»'i]l he made this summer to the grounds around the Church. This s})ring there have been a number of trees set out, and tlie material is on hand wherewith to paint the Parish Church and the Rectory. Tiie Sunday-school has increased wonderfulh this summer; great interest is manifested both by teachers uuii scholars. We have just received a new library. Since January the services at the out-stations, owing to my ill health and the state of the roads, have not been as regular as they had boon previously. The interest in church matters has been well sustained. The amount of collections for this quarter in St. ThoiuuH Church alone, has been more than that for the whole Parish for corresponding quarter last year. The services have been well attended in all places, and in a few years we may hope to see the outlying stations having suitable buildings erected to the glory of God, in which the people can worship after the manner of their forefathers. SIMONDS— REV. Gr,ORGE SCHOFIELD. Last September wc repaired the church at Black River. The roof was taired, a new stoop was laid down at the church door, and three coats of paint put on the outside of the church. During the winter the inside of the church was re- j)aired, painted and beautilied ; so that now it is in good con- dition both externally and internally. The members of the church gave a great deal of })er8onal service, so that the entire cost did not exceed lir)0. With the generous help of a few 81 friends outside the Parish this has been paid, leaving no debt, hi October last we had a welcome visit from the Bishop Coadjutor, for the purpose of confirmation. The prevalence of scarlet rash and of diphtheria prevented the attendance of some candidates, and also of many members of the congre- gation, who were afraid of the contagion. Two young people died of diphtheria. At Ooldbrook a reading desk has been provided for our use by the kindness of G. Herbert Lee, Esq., to whom, as lay reader, we are deeply indebted for many valuable services most kindly rendered. During the year I have officiated at twenty baptisms, three marriages, and nine funerals. I have a fortnightly Sunday service at Loch Lomond, Black River, Garnett's, Coldbrook, and the nearer Golden Grove ;. and a monthly service at Drury's Cove and the further Golden Grove. We have sustained a great loss in the death of Mr. William Daley, for many years senior Warden, who died on New Year's day, and whose funeral was attended by the entire population of the neighborhood. He was universally esteemed as an ex- emplary Christian and a good neighbor, and his memory is blessed- His youngest son, Mr. James K. Daley, has been. elected a Church Warden in his father's stead. I cherish the hope that my labors have not been in vain. We are at .'inity among ourselves ; often discouraged indeed by the reu.^val of many of our young people, who go to seek more remi^nerative employment elsewhere, but who, I hope, carry with them the holy lessons they learnied in their early day?. I humbly pray the Great Head of the Church to pros- per aii my labors in li.is cause. SPRINGFIELD— REV. J. H. TALBOT. The work in this Parish since last July has gone on quietly, with few events of exceptional interest. The Church of St. Simon and St. Jud*^, the consecration of which, by his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor, was mentioned [in my last report, has been an instrument for good, in largely increasing the nunil)er of communicants, and improving the general cnurch tonn in that part of the Parish. Mvi %■ ■ ':\i isfiS- 82 The debt of which I spoke last 3'ear has been reduced to $100, and by the time that this report is in circulation I have good reason to hope that also will be paid. The Sunday-school has been kept open all winter under the superintendence of Mr. T. T. H. Scovil, with fair attendance, and I believe pood result. A Sunday-school library has been formed, and there is prospect that it will be enlarged. At the Parish Church the Sunday-school has also been kept open all winter, Mr. J. H. Marven being supei'intendent. The congregations are slightly smaller than they were before the new church was built, but the general increase of church- goers far more than counterbalapces the slight falling off. For the little church at Norton Station the year has been comparatively uneventful ; regular services, with a regular congregation and a slight increase in the number of comniuin cants, is all that I can say about it, save that of the seven adults who have entered the Church in my Mission, since Just July, three were baptized at St. Luke's Church at Norton Station. I have held services at the three Churches every Sunday, except one, when snow-drifts prevented my reaching Norton Station. And from Adven' to Easter I also held a service at each Church during the week. Choir practice and Sunday- school Teachers' Class occupied two other evenings, leav- ing Saturday free. During the latter part of the winter ill health interfered with some of these week-day appointments. The addition to the rectory, mentioned in my last re])ort, has been since completed, and has proved a great comfort ; the Parish Room is very useful for classes, etc., and I advise all Rectors and lay delegates to add a room for such piirpose8 (if they have not one already) to their respective rectories. On .laLuary 28th his Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor visited the Parish, and preached at the annual meeting of the King- ston Deanery Choral Union. There were 115 of the menibers present, and eleven clergy, in spite of the worst snow storm of the winter. Ilis Lordship came again on Whit-sundtiy and preached at all three Churches. And on Monday, June ilif 9th, the Most Rev. the Metropolitan came amongst us, accom- panied by Mrs. Medley. There was a confirmation at the Parish Church on the following day, and twelve candidates were presented. The subscriptions and collections, in view of the rcpvi'v- ment as to the list of subscribers published on page 2'.* of 83 jen reduced to ulation I have Sunday-school irintendence of I believe good med, and there also been kc])t iuperintendent. liey were before ease of church - falling off. ,e year has been with a regular )er of comnunu lat of the seven ission, since last n-ch at Norton 58 every Sunday, reaching Norton leld a service at ce and Sunday- evenings, Icav- 3f the winter ill ly appointmcnt>. 1 my last report. a great comfort ; ,c.', and I advi of the members rst snow storm of Whit-sunday and onday, June the longst us, accom- firmation at the welve candid.acB w of the rcqniri'^ d on page 2'.' "f Report for Iv i4, cannot be safely estimated at more thun $50. My attention was called to this resolution for the firr' time this year, though it appears in Keport for 1876. SUSSEX— REV. CANON MEDLEY. Since the Missions of Waterford and Johnston have been set otf as separate Missions the work of this Mission has been niiioh simplified, although your Missionary catinot say that the amount of work has been at all reduced. Three services are held every Sunday, and a fourth is added once in every month. A week-day service is held at Studholm, at which the attendance is remarkably good and steady. At Sussex the festivals of the Church are observed by a celebration of the holy communion and also even-song. Our communicants' roll has been much lessened by the removal of twenty-eight of our most steadfast members, who have gone principally to the United States or to the North-west. At vStudhoIm we have to lament the death of our organist, and the removal of our Sunday-school superintendent — Mr. W. T. Peters, who for some fifteen or sixteen years has been unremitting in his labors. We are thankful to say the place of the lattjr gentleman has been filled by his son, who gives great promise of usefulness. At Sussex our Sunday-school i.'-" increasing, and the staff of teachers has been very largely helped by the examinations of thf past two years, under the direction of the Clergy of the Deanery of Kingston, who form the governing body of our Sunday-school Union. On Sunday, June 14th, an event of more than usual interest occurred, when Mrs. Alexander Robertson, the wife of our esteemed station master, was re- ceived into the Church by holy baptism, together with her family of seven children. The baptism took place at 8 o'clock in the morning, and was witnessed by a most orderly congre- ;i;ation. To God be the praise for this blessed fruit ! ! We are expecting a visit from the Bishop at the end of July, for cof firmation, when it is hoped a class of fifty candidates will be presented to his Lordship. This addition to our fitiinigth will go to make up for the removal of so many com- a)unicant«, as stated above. I/'- -. 'i^> m j^!* 84 UPHAM— REV. S. JONES HANFORD. I have nothing of special moment to report from this Mission at present. I have to be thankful for being spared another year to labor in the vineyard, and to sow the seed in humble hope of its bearing fruit in due season. I have not yet got through with collecting the subscriptions and, under present circumstances, my only hope of keeping up to some- thing near our usual contributions is in persistent solicitations and diligently gathering up of small sums throughout the entire Mission. I shall hope to have all forwarded to the Treasurer in good time for the Report. VICTORIA— REV. D. B. PARNTHER Reports contributions to the amount of $15. WATERFORD— REV. J. R. DeW. COWIE. When I mentioned to a brother Priest a little over a year ago that I hoped for a grant of $500 for this Mission, he said: ''You will never get it, for it is not worth it." To this I simply answered, '* You shall see." We did get the grant, thanks to the Society, and let us see whether Waterford was worth it or not. When the grant was made some work had been done by way of preparation ; services had been kept up at the Parish Church and New Lin'^ Road ; there had been forty-four confirmed ; the number of communicants had been increased from twelve to thirty-six , one Sunday-school had been opened, and the people had been well visited so that they liiight know their Missionary and he them. Now what is the condition of things to-day ? Services are being lield at the Parish Church and 4 stations; the average attendance has been more than doubled; there are 68 communicants on the roll ; 5 Sunday-schools are doing good work, with 110 scholars ; the quarterly assessment has always been paid in money on or be- fore the last day of each quarter ; in addition to the assess- ment of $/^00, over |300 have been given by the people for Church purposes in the Mission, and the subscriptions and collections for general purposes of 1). C. S. will be a little fH 85 RD. >rt from this • being spared aw the seed in 1. I have not »ns and, under ig up to some- :it solicitations iroughout the warded to the ER )WIE. ttle over a year 'ssion, he said: b." To this I yet the grant, Waterford was ome work had been kept up lere had been cants had been Jay-school had ed so that they ow what is the g held at the dance has been on the roll ; 5 scholars ; tlie oney on or be- to the assess- the people for (scriptions and ill be a little over 185, as against $45 last year. The receipts from Child- ren's Home Mission boxes, I am sorry, to say will be about $5 less than last year. The new year just beginning promises still further advance- ment. The Parish Cliurch is now undergoing repair, and §150 will be spent upon it, half of which amount has been paid in already. The people on the New Line Road have agreed to raise $300 towards a new Church, and a fund has been started for the erection of a rectory. Confirmation classes are now being held in different parts of the Mission, and there are likely to be twenty-five candidates presented this year. The faithful at Sussex Corner are grateful to the Society for the $100 given towards the expense of furnishing their Mission Room, over a wheelwright's shop, where they meet once every Lord's day for service. The furniture has been insured for $150, so that in case of fire the Society will not be a loser. The people have contributed about $37.50 towards the current expenses, and have subscribed $8 to D. C. S. The average congregation is now thirty-five, twelve of whom are regular communicants. Eight candidates are being prepared for con- firmation, and there are twenty-five Sunday-school scholars in attendance. WELDFORD— REV. HENRY HOLLOWAY. The present year has been one of great interest for this Mission. One week after the last meeting of the Diocesan Church Society the Church of St. Paul, which had been re- J)uilt during the vacancy of the Pariah with funds raised by *he exertions of my predecessor, the Rev. W. B. Armstrong, was consecrated by the Metropolitan, together with a piece of ground to enlarge the old churchyard. The services in the summer were very well attended, the Church being often in- conveniently crowded. In the winter the attendance was not so good, as very few of the people live less than three miles from the Church. As my house is thirteen miles away I found it impossible on several occasions last winter to get to St. Paul's. There are a good number of very aged and infirm Church people scattered over a wide area, whom I have been able to visit at intervals, and to give them the blessed sacra- ment " to their great and endless comfort." ! !•'., JT-' I'-. I',^^ ii'^: *"'■..■■ ■,; 4,1 v„v, "rJ 86 With regard to the work in Harcourt Parish. I began by having Sunday services in the Public Hall at Weldford Station, but whether tliey were any joy to the people I cannot say ; certainly I found no pleas'ure or profit in them. Tliere was no worship or reverence on the part of the people, jind • there could bo none, as the seats would not allow of kneeling, and there was no sign or symbol of religion, not to say Chris- tianity in the place. I could not therefore administer the holy sacrament in such a building ; so, with the permission of the Metropolitan, I fitted up one of the rooms in my house as an Oratory, where I celebrated the holy communion from time to time, and baptized children Jind adults. We had also even- song every second Sunday, and there were so many people came to this service that sitting room could not be obtained in the house for them. So it became necessary to build the nave of a Church, which was opened by the Bishop Coadjutor on November 15th. The results have been beyond my ex- pectations ; the congregations have been good, and the be- havior of the people has been most reverent and orderly. We have been much cheered and strengthened by the visit of the Metropolitan, and by two of the Bishop Coadjutor, during the year. The visible results of the work during the twelve months may be thus summed up: One Church consecrated; one opened with the Bishop's license ; sixteen persons con- firmed ; sixty-three baptized, including five aduit'^ ; seven marriages; eight burials. We have sent up $7.8:4 for the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, and |5.12 for S. P. G. At the time of writing this report our accounts for the contributions to the 1). C. S. have not been made up, but I fear the amount will be very small, from causes which I cannot now enter upon. I WESTFIELD— REV. A. V. WIGGINS. During the past year the exterior of St. Peter's and St. James' Churches have been repainted, which adds greatly to their appearance. New steps have also been built at the | entrance of St. Peter's Church. We are now engaged in bring- ing water to the rfK3tory from a distant spring. The Sewing I and Knitting Society is doing good work; the ladies intend having a sale in July. I The severe storms of the past winter, and the dangerous state of the crossing on the river, greatly interfered with thf 87 work of the Parish, especiiilly in the large section on the eastern side of the river. Our Sunday-schools have suffered from the great difficulty in securing suitable teachers. We are looking forward to and preparing for an early visit from tlie Bishop Coadjutor, for the purpose of holding confirmation. I am greatly indebted to the B. H. M. for their kind and generous aid, by which I was able to secure the assistance of the Rev. A. H. Weeks; and I ^.i thankful to be able to re- port that my health is much improved. On account of the great scarceness of money the collection for the D. C. S. will not be made until July. We hope to send as much as last year ($57). WICKLOW— REV. J. E. FLEWELLING. ^e aduU«? ; seven Reports contributions to the amount of $49. I have nothing of general interest to report. Services have been regularly held and well attended. Some seem to fully appreciate the services of our loved Church, and consequently give quite liberally towards the Missionary's stipend and Church work. Others are indifferent, and it seems difficult to get them to understand why they should work for Christ's Church. The spiritual life has been deepened in some minds. I have been working for ten years, doing as well as it was possible for me, and I can report progress materially and spiritually. There is much to be done in this Mission, and I trust that the people will realize the necessity of contributing more towards the support of their clergyman, and thereby relieving the D. C. S. It is true that " unwillingness to give is a sure evidence of a low spiritual life," still I do not think that it is in the power of the clergyman to remedy that. There needs to be a Pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Man may be used as the instrument in God's hands for awakening people. God hasten the time when my people may give as they have received. WESTMORLAND— REV. D. M. BLISS. No report. '■■J ■'■' 88 WOODSTOCK -~rp:v. CAXON neales Eoports contributions as follows: For Gf Grand Matian its consecration ■sons were con- residents of the )r. Six infants In the Snnday- 3ut twenty-live vorable appear- pect is exceed- fail to meet the )RD. ace.) 1 Parish during :*arish Church, going repairs ; ded with great )st hearty one. '■ attending, we much beloved !rs, and served of the faithful, ver $1,800, ex- ption of a kind jutor, and the like from a few members of my own family in England vas subscribed by the parishioners, and chiefly by those who uitend this Church, for Lower Norton has its Chapel of Ease, and, naturally, perhaps, the interest is confined to it by those living in that part, so that the work lay among a very few. It is not at all times well to mention names, but in this particular in- stance an exception should be made, and, in fact, I should feel it to be an act of ingratitude were I to omit the name of my warden, Mr. I. B. S. Raymond, fo^ had it not been for is great generosity and indefati-^ibi*^ ^eal, in conjunction u. h the members of his family, '-he nork could not have been ■arried out with so happy a result, and it was during this ork of love, Avhich my dr^ar friend and parishioner, Mrs. I. B. S. Raymond had so much at heart, that she was called to her rest, greatly to the sorrow of the Church, but of endless joy to herself. Mr. Raymond, with a most unselfish spirit, has taken care that all outside debts should be paid, and what remained unpaid confined to himself. It is with feelings of great thankfulness that I acknowledge the following gifts : A stained-glass window for the church from the Metropolitan ; A sum of money from the Bishop Coadjutor, as mentioned above ; $100 from a valued member of the church for seats ; linen for communion vessels, and Fall for lectern, from Mrs. Medley. Last September we enjoyed a visit from the Bishop Coad- jutor who held the Holy Rite of Confirmation at the Chapel of Ease, when twenty-four were presented, who all, with a very large number of the congregation, partook of the holy communion — in all 104. Last year I reported two Sunday-schools as being at work ; this year there is only one, as the children who reside near the village of Hampton attend the school there ; near the church there are only two small children. The school at the Parish Church, under the care of Mr. Geo. Raymond and three other teachers, is, I am happy to say, progressing stead- ily, with I hope good results. During the year the services have been regularly held, and the attendance fair. I am sorry to report the deaths of four of my parishioners, one I have already m ntioned, the wife of one of the wardens, and Mrs. Charles Dixon the wife of the other, a near neighbor, whose death we greatly deplore, and who also was ever forward to promote works of love and ch&rity, and for many years a con- stant member of the choir. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) £^0 w ^m'^-^ A yj ^;:- Photographic Sciences Corpomtion 33 WIST MAIN STRUT WCBSTER.N.Y. MS80 (716) 872-4503 m\ v> ►;..■?• ff 1.1 v> • , 90 CONCLUSION. The foregoing reports, together with statistical returns for the past year, claim the most attentive consideration. It must be remembered that very much is done in behalf of those "for whom Christ died" which is not mentioned in any report, and is only to be found recorded in the Book of Life. Still, from the missionary and other reports, the Society may learn something of the nature of the work it has undertaken and its progress, also what its financial condition is — or is likely to become — and above all, the crying wants of many '* scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. It will be observed that, in many instances, the report of the contributions is so incomplete that an exact statement of the whole amount cannot at present be given. From some of the Parishes there is a marked increase, and from but few a falling off is reported. At the end of Part II. an account will be given of the contributions to the different objects of the Society, which, it is hoped, will show a considerable increase compared with those of the past year. A member of the Church has contributed, through the Metropolitan, $3,400 to the Society. The money consists of debentures at 6 per cent, interest, realizing t204 annually. The interest is to be applied in equal proportions between tlio Missions of the Society and the Incapacitated Clergy Fund.* The call upon the Church in this Diocese for aid to Domestic Missions has been responded to by a larger amount of offerings than ever before. These offerings have doubtless been accompanied by earnest prayer and deep sympathy in the trying circumstances by which many of our brethren in the Northwest have lately been surrounded. Contributions have also been given in many Churches in aid of Missions in foreign lands. To the funds of the Society nothing is lost by these contributions. Rather thereby an increase of blessing may be looked for — the greatest and best of all blessings— the touch- ing of hearts from above, thereby inclining many to seek for the lost among ourselves, thereby readily and gratefully supplying the means of bringing these wanderers to the fold, whom the Lord and Master would have sought for and saved. * The Secretary inuBt thankfully received thiH infoimation from the MuHt Reverend the Metn)politan after the report was read at the late meeting of the Oeneral Committee. 91 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE Fredericton, June 30, 1885. The Committee met in the Church Hall, on Tuesday, at 9.;J0 A. M. The Right Eeverend, the Lord Bishop, President, in the Chair. The Right Reverend the Bishop Coadjutor, Rev. G. M. Armstrong, the Rev. Canon DeVeber, the Hon. Chief Justice Allen, Mr. W. M. Jarvis, Mr. Geo. A. Schofield, Vice- Presidents. Prayers. The Secretary called the roll of the Clergy and Lay Dele- gates ; all being present on this or the succeeding meetings, excepting those whose names are marked in italics : Parish or Mission. Clkrgy. Lay Dkleqatiw. Substitutes. Cathbdral Rev. F. Alexander, A. A. Sterling, C. E. Stop/ord, A. F. Street, S. A. Akerley. Albert " A. J. Cresswell, Addington " E. V. Flewelling, Chatleft Murray, U. ft iihatv. Andover " L. A. Hoyt, " Bathurst, '* W. H. Street, Then. DeaPn'»ay, T. 8. DesBrisay, Edward Hickson, Wm. Hillock, Bay du Vln, " W. J, Wilkinson, rhoH. H. WiUiaton, Thoa. McLeod. Burton, " W, Greer, R. D. Wilmot, Jr., Chaa. H. Clowes. Cambridge, " C. H. Hatheway, Robert Orchard, Morris Scovil, James Dykeman, John Orchard, Canterbury, " J. 0. Titcombe, (]!ar!eton, " LeB. W Fowler, F. 0. Whipple. W. I. Cornfield, I. W. Long, M. I. R. Napier. Chatham, '• D. Forsyth, Judge Wilkinson, Oeo. Burchitt. O. A. Blair, R. Carman. Campobello •' H. H. Neales, Wallace W. Calder, 'John Black. Dalhousie " E. P. FleweJling, H. A. Johnson, Hon. I. C Harbarie, I. S. Morse, James Moffatt. Derby, " A. F. Hiltz, W. T. Crocker, David S. Belts. Dorchester, " J. R. Campbell, David CI ipman, • on. D.L.Haningtoa John Hickman, \ ... E. Oulton. Douglas ft Bright, •• W. LeB. McKIhI 1 n Parish or Mission. Clergy. Lay Deleoates. SCBSTITl'TES i!.. >.'• Fairville, Fredericton, Oagetown, Greenwich, Grand Falls, Grand Manan, Hampton, Johnston Kingsclear, Kingston, Madawaska, Maueerville, Moncton, Musquash, Newcastle New Denmark, New Maryland, . . . Norton, Richibucto, Pennfield, ersTille Resti^ouche, Richmond, Rothesay, Petitcodiac, .... Prince William, . Simonds, Shediac Springfield, Sackville St. Andrews, St. David St. George, St. James (St. John) St. John, Rev. LeB. W Fowler, ' G. G. Roberts, ' James Neales, ' D. W. Pickett, ' W. B. Armstrong • W. S. Covert. ' O. S. Newnham, ' C. P. Hanington ' H. Montgomery ' H. S. Wainwright ' W. B. Armstrong ' G. H. Sterling, ' A. Hoadley ' H. M. Spike, ' J. H. S. Sweet, ' N. M. Hansen, ' F. Alexander, ' E. A. Warneford ' F. H. Almon. • R, E. Smith, ' E. P. FlewelUng ' F. W. Vroom. ' W. Hancock, ' C. Willis. ■ Arthur Lowndes ' O.Schofield, • J. H. Talbot, ' C. F. Wiggins, ' Canon Ketchum ' J. W. Millidge, ' R E. Smith, ' G. O. Troop, 'Canon Brigstocke ' G. M. Armstrong Hurd Peters, I I/enry F. Perkins. Dr. T. C. Brown, \H. Beckwith, ! Win. Dinghee, \Gabrivl DeVeber. 1 W. B. McKiel. W. L. Belyea. If. W. Broivn, ,Jae. Wat Hon. Chaa. J. Smith, G. O. D. Otty, Joseph Leonard. T. H. Pearson, Lt. Col. Maunsell, John H. Lee, D. P. Wetmore, G. H. FewetUng, J. F. Hodgson, A. R. Balloch. W. D. Martin, Geo. C. Peters, William Thomson, Wi'fred Smith, George Burchill, Jr., Thomas MaJtby. W. P. Lysgar, W. P. Peterson, n. H. Mc Knight. C. E. Fairweather, Jaa. E. Fairweather, James Gillespie. James Andersor*, H. A. Johnson, R. T. tninch, A. C. Fairweather. O. E. FUweVing, Thos. FairweatMr. Jas. Henry, Alex. Eraser, Geo. A. Schofleld. G. Herbert Lee. Edward Brown. W. A. Quinn. J. C. Clones, John Cooper. W. Crawford, W. Otty. C. F. Cody, Thos. Pearson. A. W. Rainsford. Charles Foster. Geo. Titylor, H. M. Fairweather. Joshua Knight. Leonard Knight. J. C. Fairey, G. C. Allen. J. T. H. Scovil, G. Marven. J. F. Allison. Seth Bumer, B. R. Stevenson, G S Grimmer. Henry Mowutt, Win. Gi ilespie R. T. Clinch, G. Sidney Smith, E. Willis, G. L. Robinson. Jas. McNichol, Jr.. A. H. DeMill. W. K. Crawford, F. O. Allison. George Hood, George Graham. Jtf. C. Milner. C. E. Cranz. Henry Osbum, T. Herbe-t Street. i'-. SUBSTITUTKS. orte» Fosttr. Parish or Mission. Clbroy. Lay Delegates. Substitutes. St. Martins, Rev. J. Lcckward, Cudlip MiVer, Sr., Jamt* Osbn ne. M. R. Daly. St Marvs " W.Jaffn'y, J. S. B. Clements. George Blane. St. Stephen, •' T. E. Dowling, W. C. H. Grimmer, C. N. Vroom, W. F. Vroom, />. Hrown. St. Paul " Canon DeVeber, K. P. St'iiT, Hon. T. R. Jo"e», M. Chamherlain, H. C. Barclay Boyd. Stanley, " H. T. Parlee, Edward Pigeon, And e,w Douglas. Studholm ■' Canon Medley, H. M. Campbell, H'. Tyng Pi tera, Jr. Sussex, " Canon Medley, W. b. Scovil, D. M Fairweather. Upham, Victoria '* S. J. Hanford. " D. B. Painther, E. J. Wetmore, S. B, ittiiin. Waterf ord •*J. R. DeW. Cowie " H. Hollo way. *' A. V. Wiggins, Weldford Westfleld, W. H. Waters. R. E. DeVeber, A. M. Woodman, D. G. Ecclea. Westmorland " D. M. Blisa, " J. E. Flewelling, Wicklow John L. Saunders, Qeo. S. Wiggins. Woodstock, " Canon Neales, Wm. F. Dibblee. I. N. W. Winslow, Wm. M. Connell, W. H. DeVeber. The following ex officio members were present : Mr. Geo. E. Fairweather, Treasurer. Mr. C. H. Fairweather, I AuHitnra Mr. G. W. Whitney, s ^^auors. Members of the Executive Comuittre : Rev. J. M. Davenport, " A. H. Weeks, " W.O.Raymond, " R. Simonds, " A. J. Reid, '• O. G. Dobbs, •' D. I. Wetmore, •' J. Walters. The Hon. Mr. Justice Wetmore, Mr. G. J. Bliss, " G. E. Fenety, " H. L. Sturdee, " C. A. MacDonald, " A. P. Tippet, " G. R. Parkin. The Secretary read his Report, and reports were read by the- Missionaries. The Secretary also presented a statistical return from the Missions of the Diocese, for the year ending Slst December, 1884. The Secretary stated that he would subsequently present the Report of the Executive Committee, the papers having been accidentally mislaid. On motion, it was resolved that the Rev. E. S. W. Pentreath^ of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, be invited to take a seat oa the platform. m- n ■■My,--'. .\> >'• 94 On motion of the Secretary, the Comraittee adjourned till 3 o*clock. The Committee met agreeably to adjournment. Some further Missionary reports were presented and read. On motion of the Hon. Judge AVilkinson it was resolved that the Missionary Reports, together with those of the Local Committees, be received. The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor introduced the Rev. Canon Churton, of St. Albans, England, who was warmly received by the meeting, and invited to a seat on the platform. The Treasurer read the Report of the Auditors, which, on motion of the Rev. L. A. Iloyt, was received, and ordered to be entered upon the Minutes. auditors' report. Report of the Auditors, upon the Treasurers' Accounts of the Diocesan Church Society, for the year ending 10th June, 1885 : The several Accounts of the Treasurer have been submitted to us in detail, and we beg to report the same correct. The Securities, Debentures, and Deposit Receipts, as stated in the Treasurer's Accounts, have been examined by us, and found to agree with his statement of investments. The accounts have been kept in the usual satisfactory man- ner, and every facility has been afforded us in auditing the same. C. H. Fairweather, ) . , . , G. W. Whitney, ' \ ^^<^^iors. St. John, N. B., June 23rd, 1885. . The Treasurer read his Report on the Accounts, which, on motion of the Secretary, was received. The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, from the Committee on the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, presented a Report, and on his motion it was received, and ordered to be printed in the Annual Report. • .nn >'' ■ 95 Qts, which, on The Treasurer presented a Report from the Board of Home Missions, and on his motion the same was received, ordered to be printed in the Annual Report, and referred to the Board to be elected at this meeting. The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor gave notice that he, or some one on his behalf, will move, at the next meeting, the adoption of the amended rules governing the Incapacitated Clergy Fund. On motion of the Hon. Mr. Hanington, it was resolved that the Reports of the Missionaries, as presented to this Com- mittee, be referred to the following committee, with power to print the same in the Annual Report, in whole or part, as they may deem best for the interest of the Society : Rev. Canon Brigstocke, Rev. Canon DeVeber, and Mr. Geo. A. Schofield. On motion of the Hon. B. R. Stevenson, it was resolved that the Committee proceed to the election of the Board of Home Missions, by nomination and ballot. The Secretary reported the following as the representatives from the several Deaneries : '!f(f' Rev. G. Schofield, . . . " R. E. Smith,... " L. A. Hoyt, . . . '* J. H. Talbot, . . |. " G. H. Sterling,. . " J. H. S. Sweet, Deanery of St. John. " St. Andrews. " Woodstock. " . Kingston. " Fredericton. " Chatham. Several of the Clergy and Lay Delegates were then nomi- nated. The Hon. D. L. Hanington and the Rev. L. A. Hoyt were appointed Tellers, who reported the following as mem- bers of the Board of Home Missions for the ensuing year : Rev. Canon Neales, Rev. Canon DeVeber, Res G. G. Roberts, Mr. G. A. Schofield, Mr. R. T. Clinch, ^ ' Mr. 0. H. Fairweather, Rev. Canon Medley, Rev. T. E. Dowling, Hon. B. R. Stevenson, Mr. H. W. Frith, Hon. Chief Justice Allen, Mr. W. M. Jarvis. 96 ■?, :£ 1^;'' «■..-- On motion of the Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, it was resolved that the following do compose the Committee on the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, for the ensuing year: The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, Mr. G. Herbert Lee, Rev. Canon Brigstocke, " H. W. Frith, *' J. Roy Campbell, " G. A. Schofield, *' S. J. Hanford, ' " A. A. Sterling. Mr. T. W. Daniel, On motion of the Rev. T. E. Bowling, it was resolved, that the following do compose the Book Depository Committee, for the ensuing year : The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop, Mr. Hurd Peters, The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, " C. E. L. Jarvis,. Rev. Canon Brigstocke, *• F. 0. Allison, ♦^ 0. S. Newnham, " T. B. Robinson, " T. E. Dowling. On motion of the Rev. G. M. Armstrong, the following were elected members of the Executive Committee for the ensuing year : Mr. George J. Bliss, R. T. Clinch, G. E. Fenety, C. E. L. Jarvis, Chas. A. Macdonald, G. R. Parkin, R. Peniston Starr, C. W. Weldon, J. Black, A. P. Tippet, A. H. Hanington, (( (( i( (( {< n a it t( t( (< Hon. B. R. Stevenson, Mr. T. W. Daniel, C. H. Fair weather, R. B. Haddow, T. Barclay Robinson^ G. Sidney Smith, A. A. Sterling, H. L. Sturdee, Hon Mr. Justice Wetmore, Mr. G. W. Whitney, " C. F. Kinnear, A. F. Street. tt is ii ii ii ii E. L. Wetmore, On motion, the following were elected Officers of the Society for the ensuing year : GEO. E. FAIRWEATHER, Treasttrer, REV. CAKON KETCHUM, Secretary. C. H. FAIRWEATHER, ) j,,^-,^, G. W. WHITNEY, [ Auditors. ^ . ^ .v ,! On motion of the Rev. T. E. Dowling, secouded by the Hon. Judge Wilkinson, the following resolution was adopted : 97 of the Society Whereas^ The S. P. C. K. is constantly receiving applications for aid towards new Churches in the Diocese and invariably responds to such appeals when endorsed by the Lord Bishop, and, Whereasi, Ten parsonages have received a grant of $100 each through the Board of Home Missions ; therefore Resolved, For the protection of Church properties, that in the future no grant will be made to any Mission not insuring such properties against fire to the satisfaction of the Board of Home Missions ; and further Resolvedy That the Board of Home Missions be authorized to require in the yearly returns provided for in Sec. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the General Committee, a return of the amount of insurance on the Church or Churches, and parsonage and Sunday-school building, if any, in the Mission; also Resolved, That the Home Mission Board be requested ta undertake the carrying out of these resolutions. On motion of the Treasurer it was resolved that the balance- of S7.45, reported as due from the Mission of Bright, on con- tributions reported in 1883, be written ofE; the matter having been explained by the Missionary in charge. The Treasurer reported that all the balances reported by him as due at the last meeting of the Executive Committee, had been settled and paid. On motion, the Committee adjourned till the evening at 8.30 o'clock. The Committee met at 8.30 p. m. The Secretary called the roll of the Clergy and lay delegates and of the ex-officio members. Mr. O. A. Schofield, from the Board of Home Missions, submitted the missionary schedule reported by the Board. On motion of Mr. Schofield, seconded by the Treasurer, the following resolution was adopted: Whereas, The S. P. G. has informed the Lord Bishop that they will be compelled to reduce the grant to this Diocese 11,700 for the year 1880, and )VhereaSf This Committee believes that it would be m •,'i'.V 7» ■ -- undesirable to call upon the aided Missions to make up the sum at once; therefore Resolved^ That the plan for the gradual reduction of grants which was agreed to last year be adhered to; and further ' Resolvedj That whatever amount may be required during the next three years be advanced out of the balance in hand, upon the undertaking that there shall be a yearly reduction of $450, at the least, in the grants made by the D. C. S. till sucli advance is repaid. The Committee proceeded to consider the Missionary Sche- dule, when the following appropriations were made for the missionary service of the current year, and the Treasurer was authorized to pay the grants in quarterly payments, provided that the rules and regulations of the Society are complied with. 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'3 •5 "W * Qj CO M : s ■ a S ■ fc« • - :^2 : .- :t3 • T3 a t».« • S ca 02. »-■ a "» c8 r 3 « ^ hOG few ' . ro fl c O'O'O S 2 » ^ Ej <« rt a <: Ih^ ;< !C >:s !o? « 'J 102 'il ivy. ; ..'Vi*'!? 1^ '' '■') \< 'Al . /'<• On motion of the Rev. J. It. DeW. Cowie, the following resolution was adopted : Whereas, The people of "Waterford have contributed §40 more this year to the General Purposes of the Society than lust year ; and Whereas, There is no rectory, and much has to be done by the people in repairing their Church, and in building others ; Therefore Resolved, That the assessment stand as last year. The following were added to the list of prospective Missions, the grant to be put in force as soon as there are available funds : Queensbury, From the Mission, $200 - - D. C. S., $440 it (t tt tt i( ti 200 500 ts WO - 500 (t 200 500 ct 200 — 500 tt 200 — 500 Aberdeen, Ludlow & Blissfield, Addington, Gordon & Lome, . . . Manners-Sutton, . . . Hon. D. L. Hanington gives notice that he will, at the next Annual Meeting, move an amendment to Article XI [I., and other provisions of the Constitution ; adding the following words to Sub-Section 1, of that Article ; viz.: Provided, however, that the General Committee may, on any Annual Meeting, direct that the Anniversary Meeting be held on that day at Monctou, Newcastle, Chatham, Woodstock or St. Andrews, in any year; in which case such Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the General Committee shall be held when so directed. Rev. J. H. Talbot renews the notice given last year, page 92, 49th Report. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Wednesday, July Ist, 1885. The Committee met in the Church Hall, at 8 p. m. Prayers. • Read Minutes of the preceeding meetings, which, on motion of Mr. H. Peters, were confirmed. '■ On motion of Mr. Jarvis, it was resolved that the report of 103 the following last year, page evening at 8 the proceedings of the Executive Committee be printed in the Annual Report. A like motion was adopted with reference to the reports of Book Depository and Glebe Land Committees, and the Com- mittee to interest Sunday-schools in * the work of Home Missions, which were read respectively by the Rev. T. E, Dowling, Mr. C. A. Macdonald and the Rev. J. H. Talbot. The Lord Bishop stated that notice had been given by the S. P. C, of the withdrawal of the sum of £100 sterling, hitherto granted in aid of divinity students. It was moved by the Hon. D. L. Hanington, seconded by Rev. T. E. Dowling, that the whole amount which the S. P. G. has determined to withdraw from the Society for the current year, be replaced fronri the funds of the Society for General Purposes, so that the sum of £100 sterling still remain in the hands of the Lord Bishop for and towards the education of divinity students. > < • » To which it was moved in amendment, by Mr. Jarvis, seconded by Mr. Sturdee, that the Board of Home Missions shall have power, with the approval of the Lord Bishop, if there be available funds, to make grants to an amount not ex- ceeding the sum of $500 in any year, in aid of divinity students, and to take such steps as they may see fit towards augmenting the Divinity Scholarship Fund. The amendment was carried. On motion of the Rev. T. E. Dowling, it was resolved that a special committee be appointed for the purpose of taking measures, by founding scholarships, collecting subscriptions, or otherwise, to augment the Divinity Scholarship Fund. Mr. D. P. Wetmore brought before the Committee the matter regarding the additional assessment on the Parish of Kingston ; when, on motion of Mr. Parkin, it was resolved, that the case be referred to the Board of Home Missions. On motion of Mr. Jarvis, the following grants were passed : To the Rev. T. Hartin, from the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, r 'f':.;/'; w fe-; 1. .■*:> 4^ 104 • $400 ; subject to the approval of the Lord Bishop and tho Executive Committee. The widow of the late Rev. J. M. Sterling, 1100. The widows of the late Revs. S. U. L. Street, N. A. Coster, J. Black and F. Coster, $244 each. To the Treasurer, $300 ; to the Secretary, $100. To the Executive Committee, for contingencies, $450. To the Rev. Canon Walker, as his pension under the arrangement made with the S. P. G., at the rate of £100 stg. On motion of the Rev. J. H. Talbot, it was resolved that the Committee to interest Sunday-schools in the work of Home Missions, now to be appointed, be authorized to take any steps that may be required for the establishing and issuing of a Diocesan Magazine, and that the following do compose the said Committee : — Revs. J. Roy Campbell, II. Montgomery, O. S. Newnham, Arthur Lowndes, Messrs. Hurd Peters, H. W. Frith, G. R. Parkin. On motion of the Hon. the Chief Justice, it was resolved by a standing vote, that the thanks of this Committee be given to the Lord Bishop for his able and attentive conduct in the Chair. W. Q. Ketchum, Secretary. J. FREDERICTON, Chairrnan. 105 ANNIVERSARY MEETING. The Anniversary Meeting was held in the Charch Hall, Frederieton, on Thursday evening, July 2ud, at 8 p. m. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop, President, in the Chair. The Right Reverend, the Bishop Coadjutor, Vice-President. Prayers. The Lord Bishop addressed the meeting. The Secretary read an abstract of the report. It was moved by the Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, seconded by George S. Grimmer, Esq., Q. C, that the report be received, and printed under the direction of the Executive Committee. Moved by the Rev. G. M. Armstrong M. A., seconded by A. G. Blair, Esq. : WhereaSj The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel has found it necessary to make a large reduction in its liberal grant to this Diocese, and increased contributions to the funds of this Society are thereby urgently required ; Therefore Resolved, That the maintenance of the present Missions, and their extension, call for deep interest, earnest prayer, and liberal offerings on the part of every member of the Church in this Diocese. The Rev. J. H. Talbot addressed the meeting. A collection was taken up in aid of the funds of the Society, Amounting to $:;29.4:1. After singing the doxology, and the benediction from the Lord Bishop, the Society adjourned. J. FREDERICTON, W. Q. Kktchum, Chairman. Secretary. ,:««w J ,U*- . .If,'; ■ >'»'■ ■^; 106 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY, For the Year ending July, 1885. The Committee met at St. John, July 4th, 1884. An abstract of the proceedings of this meeting is published in the 49th Report, pages 96, 97, dk The next meeting was held at Fredericton, October 8th, 1884. An abstract of the Treasurer's account, including a state- ment of payments on account of contributions for the current year, was received. It was resolved that, whereas on page 1G5 of the Report of the Society for 1883, it is recorded that the sum of $^0 was restricted by the Rev. J. Smith, the subscriber to the Superannuation Fund, by which the Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund is intended; and whereas the sum was not restricted to that fund> but has been paid in the general fund, the Treasurer be requested to pay the said sum of $'^0, together with interest for one year, into the Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund. It was resolved that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the bill of Messrs. Barnes & Co., for printing the Annual Report, on its completion to the satisfaction of the Printing Com- mittee. , • %>. A report of the Glebe Lands Committee was received and adopted, with the exception of the clause referring to the tract in Hopewell called the 27th Tract. The Committee was requested to give a title to the said 107 October 8th, e to the said tract whenever the terms of sale were satisfactorily carrie(t out. The codification of the Acts of Assembly relating to the Society embraced in the bill relating to the laws of the Church of England in the Province, adopted by the Diocesan Synod were approved by the Committee, and the Secretary was instructed to prepare a petition to the Legislature, with the Seal of the Society affixed, in favor of the said bill. The Committee met at St. John, January 7th, 1885. The draft of the petition proposed at the last meeting was read and approved. It was resloved that the Secretary be authorized to have bound twenty sets of the late Reports of the Society, to be placed with the Treasurer for sale at a charge not exceeding $1 a volume. Two reports were presented from the Finance Committee and received. A report from the Glebe Land Committee was received, and tlie suggestion was adopted with reference to a personal visit by some one member of the Committee, with authority to sc'tle all matters regarding the sale of Glebe Land in the Parish of Hopewell ; and also with reference to the 19th Tract in the Parish of Blissfield. The Secretary was directed to write to the Hon. D. L. Hanington for a statement and settlement of Glebe Land matters in his hands. The Treasurer presented a statement of his Account, and of unpaid balances on account of contributions reported in July last. His statement was received, and he was requested to write to the Clergy of the Parishes in arrears, asking them to forward the sums unpaid. - An Occasional Paper was submitted by the Bishop Coadjutor; and it was resolved that 3,000 copies be printed at a cost not exceeding $22, and circulated by the Committee on Occasional PS.: i;-^ sy^,^ r>i. :; •;.x >. 108 Papers, and that there be added, as an appendix to the said Paper, a statement of the Incapacitated Clergy Fund. The Committee met at Fredericton, March 4th, 1885. A Report of the Finance Committee was received ; and also A statement of the Treasurer's Account. The Treasurer was requested to write to the Clergymen of the Parishes in arrears, and request payment of the amounts -due as soon as possible. A Report was presented from the Glebe Land Committee, with reference to land in Gloucester and Albert counties. It Tvas resolved that the report be received and entered upon tlie Minutes. « It was resolved that the Metropolitan and the Bishop Coad- jutor be requested to take such steps as are necessary to hold meetings in behalf of the Society, in as many Parishes or Missions as possible, or as they may deem expedient, during the present year. It was resolved that the Committee on Occasional Papers (be requested to prepare and issue a paper in May, on such a «ubject as may seem suitable to them, and that such paper be -deemed issued under the direction of the Executive Committee. A certificate of membership in the W. & 0. Fund was issued to the Rev. Henry Montgomery, in the month of January last, and he has paid the premium required by the rules ; it was resolved that such certificate be considered valid, and that no •congregational collection be required from Mr. Montgomery prior to the Slst December next. It was resolved, that in compliance with the recommend- ation of the Glebe Land Committee, the Lord Bishop be authorized to pay over to the Missionary of Albert any money now in his Lordship's hands, derived from the sale of Glebe Land in the Parish of Hopewell, provided that the Glebe Land Oommittee is satisfied that the title to the said property is tsecured, for the benefit of the Church at or near Hopewell 101) ix to the said and. h, 1885. ved ; and also Clergymen of : the amounts id Committee, , counties. It ered upon tlie ! Bishop Coad- cessary to hold ay Parishes or edient, during asional Papers day, on such a such paper be ve Committee, und was issued January last, rules ; it was and that no Montgomery Corner, by vesting the title in the Diocesan Church Society, in trust for the said Church. a. 16 recommend- 9rd Bishop be )ert any money sale of Glebe the Glebe Land lid property is near Hopewell The Committee met at St. John on the 3rd June. The Secretary read a report of the proceedings of the Com- mittee for the past year. The same was received ; and it was resolved, that, with an abstract of the proceedings of this meeting, die report be laid before the General Committee. The Treasurer submitted a statement of his Account, made up to the close of the fiscal year, together with a statement of balances due on contributions from certain Parishes, reported in July last. The Treasurer's statements were received; and it was resolved as follows : That whereas. The Treasurer, in pursuance of the order of this Committee, has written to the Rector of the Parish of Bright, with reference to a balance on the contributions re- ported in July last, amounting to $30.97, the same be deducted from the next payment to be made by the Treasurer,, unless in the meantime the matter is satisfactorily explained. Similar resolutions were adopted with reference to the amounts reported to be due from Richmond, $95.64; Campo- bello, $77.50. Rev. T. E. Dowling, from the Book Depository Committee,, submitted a report ; and Mr. T. Barclay Robinson a statement of the accounts of the same, which were received. Read by the Secretary, a letter from the Hon. D. L. Han- ington with reference to matters relating to certain Glebe Lands, which was referred to the Glebe Land Committee, with power to close the account. Mr. Frith, from the Finance Committee, presented a report, which was received. It was resolved, that the Treasurer be authorized to receive from Thos. Hanford, Esq., of St. John, under the direction of the Finance Committee, a sum of 1400, or thereabouts, to be held as a bpecial trust for the resident Clergyman of St. Clement's Church, in the Parish of Princ*) William, upon such. h/^W ^il^^" ■■^,• ' ' :■:?'.■ y- •:. " 'f ft' ■• ' it.- . < ,A-i'i; i\'' 110 indemnity from the Society to Mr. Hanford as may be agreed upon by him and the Finance Committee. The following were appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements for the meetings of the Society at Fredericton : Rev. Canon Medley, Rev. G. G. Roberts, Messrs. G. K. Fenety, A. F. Street, J. Black and A. A. Sterling ; and the following to arrange for the Anniversary Meeting of the Society: The Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, Rev. G. M. Armstrong, Rev. Canon Medley, Mr. A. P. Tippet and the Secretary. The Committee met at Fredericton, July 3rd, 1885. The minutes of the last meeting of the General Committee were read. Read minutes of the last meeting of this Committee, which were approved. The Revs. A. Hoadley, H. T. Parlee and W. J. Wilkinson were admitted to the W. & 0. Fund on the usual conditions. The matter regarding the pension to the Rev. T. Hartin was referred to a committee consisting of the Lord Bishop, the Treasurer and Mr. G. A. Schofield, with power to act. The following resolution was adopted: It having been brought to the notice of this Committee that certain moneys held on account of the sale of Glebe lands in the Parish of'Dumfries are not held in accordance with the provisions of the Church Act; Resolved, That it be referred to the following committee to inquire into the circumstances and to report to this Com- mittee: The Hon. the Chief Justice, Messrs. A. F. Street and G. R. Parkin. It was resolved that 3,500 copies of the Annual Report be printed, and that the Secretary and Treasurer do attend to that duty. It was resolved that the report, proceedings, reports of the missionaries, &c., be published and distributed as soon as possible, and that the list of contributions be published and distributed immed^'ately after the 1st October, and that the Ill tnmittee, which Secretary be requested to ascertain from each of the Clergy what number of copies they may require. The following were appointed members of the Finance Com- mittee: Messrs. W. M. Jarvis, H. W. Frith, G. A. Schofield, G. E. Fenety, T. W. Daniel, G. Sidney Smith, C. F. Kinnear, A. F. Street and the Treasurer; four to form a quorum. Mr. H. L. Sturdee was appointed Secretary of the Widows and Orphans Fund. The Glebe Land Committee are as follows: — Messrs. C. A. Macdonald, G. A, Schofield, G. Sidney Smith, II. L. Sturdee, C. W. Weldon, E. L. Wetmore, and the Treasurer. It was resolved that the Glebe Land Committee be instructed and authorized to take such steps and bring such suits as they may think necessary to retain possession of, and recover all lands and property connected therewith, vested in the Society under the Act 34 Vic, Cap. 76, subject always to the consent and approval of the Lord Bishop. U was resolved that a Committee be appointed to prepare, at their discretion, during the ensuing year, one or more " Occasional Papers " containing a statement of such facts and information as may be deemed likely to further the interests of the Society, and report the same for the approval of the Executive Committee; and that the Right Rev. the Bishop Coadjutor, the Revs. Canon Medley, T. E. Dowling, 0. S. Newnham, and Messrs. G. A. Schofield and H. W. Frith do compose the said Committee. That Mr. T. B. Robinson be Secretary of the Fund for the Education of the Sons of the Clergy for the ensuing year. It was resolved that a Committee be appointed to propose any additions or alterations that may appear desirable in con- nection either with the Constitution of the Society, the regulations which govern its various funds, or the forms at present in use, and to submit their report to this Committee for further couside: ation and for presentation to the General , m >?:■ >;W I ■:;•'•■ ■■.1:, ■ if it,.!;. 11-2 Committee, and that the following do form the said Com- mittee: Messrs. G. A. Schofield, H. L. Sturdee, G. J. Bliss, n. W. Frith, the Hon. the Chief Justice, the Treasurer, and Mr. A. A. Sterling. It was resolved that the B'inance Committee be instructed and authorized to take steps and bring such suit as they may think necessary to retain possession of, protect and recover all lands, excepting Glebe land, and other property belonging to the Society, subject always to the consent and approval of the Lord Bishop. FINANCE COMMIHEE. Abstract of Reports made by the Finance Committee to the Executive Committee, during the year ending 30th June, 1885. October, I884. 1. First meeting — Mr. Jarvis elected Chairman; Mr. Frith Secretary. 2. Lot of land in the Parish of Simonds, City and County of St. John, being part of D. B. Hazen Trust, 200 acres sold to Thomas W. Wisted for $175. 3. The lower flat of the store on the North Market Wharf, St. John, S. Scovil Trust, had been rented at$9.G0 per month for storing molasses. January, 1885. I. The Treasurer had purchased two debentures, viz. : a St. John City Debenture, No. 624, for $1,179.68, due 1st June, 1904, at II per cent, premium; and a City of St. John Rail- way Debenture, No. 5, for $1,000, due 1st November, 1897, at 9 per cent, premium; each bearing interest at six per cent. March, 1885. 1. A loan of 13,500 had been made to the widow and heirs of the late William Davidson, of St. John, on bond and mortgage on freehold in St. John aft six per cent.; $500 to be repaid in one year and the remainder in three years. The 113 man; Mr. Frith bond was also signed by Messrs. J. P. Uanington and D. 0. Iiobertson — who had married daughters of deceased — and insurance against firo for $3,000 had been effected and atisigncd to the Society. i. The loan on bond and mortgage to T. McAvity, Jr., for lo.OOO (Chipman Trust), which fell due in February last, had been extended for one year on same terms as before. 3. Three City of St. John Water Debentures for $100, $200 and 1400, respectively, have been purchased at a ])remium wiiicli would make them yield to the Society five per cent. interest. 4. The brick store and premises belonging to the Scovil Trust had been rented to Mr. W. F. Harrison for three years, from 1st May next, at $600 per annum. June, 1885. The Committee, pursuant to resolution of the General Com- mittee in July, 1884, had resolved to allow interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum to the Incapacitated Clergy Special j^'und from Ist May, 1884, on the sum of $1,401.50, reported as then at its credit, and a like rate on all additional amounts reported annually at the credit of the fund; also that the allowance to all other special funds shall remain at six per cent. No other business had been transacted. REPORT OF THE BOOK DEPOSITORY COMMITTEE, For the Tear ending Jane Ist, 1885. To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop^ and the General Committee of the Diocesan Church Society : The Committee to whom was entrusted the management of the Depository of the S. P. 0. K., beg to submit their Eleventh Annual Report and Accounts. Twelve importations have been made during the year. The sale of books for the year ending April 30th, 1885, amounted to $958.16 ; for the year ending April 30th, 1884, to $965.09. 3' J .v»., r K4: • * ' V tf T'--" iV - SiV. X : Si' i, ^e^ *«;■.■ f; 114 The monthly circulation of '* The Dawn of Day " Ims decreased. In 1883 the circulation amounted to 877 copies. Last year this number was increased to 942 copies. This year only 615 subscriptions have been received. ' The attention of the Clergy and Sunday-school Superin- tendents is drawn to " The Child's Pictorial," a new monthly colored magazine. It is intended for children of the ages between four and eight years. The price of the magazine— 60 cents per year — will place it within reach of most Church families. Specimen copies of the first number have been sent to each of the Clergy. On November Ist a reduction was made in the prices of books, so that now all " books" and " tracts " on the Society's catalogues of publications are supplied at the rate of twenty- five cents to the shilling: members of the parent Society being entitled to a discount of five per cent. The Committee are prepared to recommend the followin ; change in the Constitution of the D. C S. (see Report, page 12). IX. Objects, 4, to read as follows : "The supply of such books and tracts as are on the cata- logue of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the National Society, and the General Protestant Episcopal Sunday school Union and Church Book Society." At present their operations are confined to the publicatioL of the S. P. C. K. The Diocese is deeply indebted to the Standing Committee of the S. P. C. K., for their successful recommendation of the following grants: — 1. Divinity Student. — A grant of £30 a year for two years to Mr. Horace E. Dibblee, King's College, Windsor. 2. Passage Money. — To Rev. J. C. Titcombe. 3. New Churches. — St. Paul's, Goshen, £20; and the Church of the Good Shepherd, Fairville, £25. 4. Octavo Editions of the Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer, as Service Books for new and poor mission rooms, granted to the Diocese, and 10,000 Tracts for Church Seasons to the Coadjutor Bishop. A grant of books to Mr. A. J. Reid. Sunday-school Library Books to Andover, Canterbury, Indian Island, Johnston, Moncton, Prince William and Dumfries, St. Marys, Upper Woodstock. Mission Tracts, Moncton, Eichibucto, St. Andrews. I of Day " 1ms i to 877 copies. pies. This year school Superin- ' a new montlily ren of the ages the magazine— of most Church r have been sent in the prices of ' on the Society's 3 rate of twenty- int Society being d the following 'see Report, page are on the cata- Knowledge, the piscopal Sunday the publicatioL iding Committee nendation of the ar for two years ''indsor. be. £20; and the Book of Common mission rooms, r Church Seasons Mr. A. J. Reid. nterbury, Indian and Dumfries, 'racts, Moncton, 115 It is requested that all communications for ** Foreign Book Grants" may be made on Form A, which can be btained from the Secretary. In view of the advantages arising from the establishment of Branch Depositories in various parts of the Diocese, your Committee are prepared to supply books within certain defined limits, to properly authenticated branches, on the same terms as they themselves receive them from the parent Society. The Treasurer's Account accompanies this Report. Respectfully submitted. Theodore E. Dowlino, Secretary. June 2nd, 1885. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS For the Tear ending 30th June, 1885. To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop, and the General Com- mittee of the Diocesati Church Society : The Board of Home Missions submit the following Report: During the past year only one alteration has been made in the Schedule adopted by the General Committee last July. St. Martins. — The assessment has been reduced $40, the grant being continued as before. Special Grants. — The Board found it necessary to make grants during the year to assist in the maintenance of services in two Missions — Cambridge and Westfield — the Clergy in charge being for a time incapacitated by serious illness. These grants were to Cambridge $125 for three months, and to Westfield $87 for six months, up to 1st April, 1885. A grant was made at the rate of $200 a year, from the 1st February last, to the Rector of Moncton, to assist in carrying on the special Mission work lately established in that Parish. This grant was made upon condition of a contribution of $100 a year from the people. The Rev. A. J. Reid, ordained Deacon on Sunday, April 12th, is assisting Mr. Hoadley in this work. !|iV.: ■■; /X ', 116 A grant of $100 was made to the Missionary of Waterford in aid of special services in the Parish of S. Mark, Sussex. This money was given to assist in fitting up the room in which services are now held, paying the rent of the same, and tho necessary expenses of light and fuel. A grant of $100 was also made to assist the Rector of Shed lac to procure the outfit necessary to enable him to carry on services at Point DuCheno and Cocaigne. This grant was made upon condition of a contribution of $200 from the people. Under the authority granted by the General Committee last July a grant of $10 was made to defray the expenses of a lay reader who held services at McAdam during last summer. Travelling Outfit.— The Board have authorized the Treasurer to advance the following sums "for the purchase of necessary travelling outfit," subject to the conditions adopted by the General Committee : . 1250 to Rev. James R. DeW. Cowie. 250 to Rev. A. E. G. Lowndes. A. J. Cresswell. C. P. Hanington. 250 to Rev. 250 to Rev. 250 to Rev. J. C. Titconfibe. Divinity Scholarships' Fund. — $60 from the income of this fund has been paid to Mr. Niels Hansen. Travelling Expenses. — $57.20 has been paid out of the S. P. G. grant towards the travelling expenses of Rev. A. J. Reid who came from England in March last. Deputation. — During the past year the Board have only found it necessary to send one deputation, which was to the Mission of St. Martins. Statement for S, P. G.— The Board submit herewith a copy of the statistical return furnished during the past year]ta the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and in doing so would direct special attention to the rule of the Society that requires a yearly contribution from every Mission which receives help from its funds. No less than eighteen suck Missions failed to comply with this most reasonable regulation last year. Schedule for next year. — The Board, as directed by the General Committee last July, submit herewith a revised sche- dule of Assessments and Grants, which they recommend for adoption for the ensuing year. The total of the assessments is considerably more than last year, but this is principally due to 117 1 the income of the change in the status of two Missions — Canning and Lancas- ter— and the establishment of .the new Mission workatMoncton. In the Report submitted by the hoard hist July there was a recommendation that provision should be made for a gradual reduction in the S. P. G. grant, and that $500 !?hould be taken from the D. 0. S. grants each year and be carried to a reserve fund to be used as the S. P. G. grant was withdrawn. At that time it was hoped that the venerable Society Avould be able to make such reductions slowly — perhups nol over £100 stg. a year. In accordance with the resolution on this subject adopted by the General Committee, the Board prepared a revised schedule, in which the grants were reduced about $500. Just after this was completed, the Board were informed that tiie S. P. G. would be compelled to reduce the grant for 1886 £;5oO stg. As the year for which the present schedule provides will end in July, 1880, it will be necessary to provide for $850 more than last year ; and again, $850 in the year following. This will no doubt require a great effort in eveiy Parish and Mission in the Diocese. The aided Missions will have to make up a greater part of the Misiionary's stipend, and the self-supporting Missions will have to do their utmost to increase the voluntary contributions. Although any reduction in the S. P. G. grant this year was unexpected, and the large amount is a great surprise, yet the Diocese has had many warnings, and should be ready to do more toward self-support after the many years of generous help from the venerable Society. As the Board believe that it would be undesirable to call upon the aided Missions to make up the whole of this $1,700 at once, they recommend the General Committee — 1st. To carry out the plan for the gradual reduction of grants whieh was agreed upon last year. 2nd. To advance out of the bal- ance on hand whatever amount may be required during the next three years, upon the understanding that there shall be a yearly reduction of $450, at the least, in the grants from the b. C. S. till such advance is repaid. The estimate of income and expenditure for next year, the schedule of grants recommended, and the returns, corres- pondence and minutes of business trn,n8acted by the Board during the past year, accompany this Report. Bv order of the Board. Fredericton, N. B., Jun« 30th, 1886. Geo. A. Schofield, Secretary. iyr - ' T''.' T it'- IM''' I ri ,j«- & ■k if/.' J It ■^j/ . <. ' . • » 118 Estimated Income— 1885— 1880. S. p. G. Grant • • • • • • • $6,380 00 Hazen Trust • ••■ •••! 600 00 Ohipman Trust • • • ■ * . • 2,400 00 Merritt Trust, • • • ■ • • • • ■ 230 00 Other Interest, .... 350 00 Mission Boxes, • • • > • • • 500 00 Subscriptions and Collection.- 7,200 00 Balance on hand, • ••• •••• 1,800 00 819,510 00 . Expenditure. Salaries, .... • ••• •••• $400 00 Contingencies, • • ■ • • • • 450 00 S. P. G. Pensions, • •■• •••• 1,480 00 $17,180 00 Less, third payment, acct.Maugerville Endowment, 100 00 7,080 00 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO INTEREST SUNDAY- SCHOOLS IN THE WORK OF HOME MISSIONS. To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop and the Oeneral Com- mittee of the Diocesan Church Society : Your Committee beg to submit the following Report : The number of Missionary Boxes is apparently the same as last year, none having been returned, and no new ones having been issued. But your Committee have reason to believe that there are not nearly so many in the hands of children, since the amount of returns has fallen to $489. The issuing of leaflets does not seem to have been produc- tive of as much good as might have been expected ; and your 119 ^6,380 GO 650 00 2,400 00 230 00 350 00 500 00 7,200 00 1,800 00 «19,510 00 00 00 00 2,330 00 $17,180 00 nt, 100 00 $17,080 00 iT SUNDAY- >SIONS. General Com- Report : y the same as w one8 having on to believe I of children, been produc- ;ed ; and your Committee believe that the Committee to be appointed " to interest Sunday-schools in the work of Home Missions" for the ensuing year should be authorized to take any steps that may be required for the establishing and issuing of a Diocesan magazine. James H. Talbot, , HuRD Peters, ■ • Geo. a. Schofield, G. Osborne Troop, U. S. Newnham. REPOET OF GLEBE LAND COMMITTEE. To His Lordship the President, and the Diocesan Church Society of New Brunswick : The Glebe Land Committee of the Diocesan Church Society beg to report as follows : That Tract No. Thirteen (13), situate in the Parish of Saumarez, Gloucester County, has been surveyed and divided up into nine lots and offered for sale at public auction. Six of these lots have been sold realizing the sum of two hundred and seventy dollars. Three lots were withdrawn at time of sale, but we hope to be able to dispose of them privately at prices equal to the price obtained for the ones which were sold. The 14 Tract in the Parish of Saumarez, we found to be of little value and occupied by squatters ; so we have caused this lot to be sold for the sum of $28, the purchaser under- taking to deal with the trespassers. This lot contains thirty- eight acres and consists of marsh-land chiefly. The net amount realized by the Society from the land sold as above mentioned amounts to $250. Part of the purchase-money ($90.28) has been paid to the Treasurer of the Society. The balance of the purchase-money is payable 1st October next. The letter of Mr. S. G. Morse concerning land in Parish of Hopewell, 27 Tract, has been under consideration. Having been informed that parties were cutting timber off this tract, a personal visit on two occasions was made to the locality, and we found it necessary to take 'firm measures to establish the i M'im l. ■K'. m \B ■■ ;• ^:a ft;" 120 Society's claims. We are unable to discover by what authority there lands were surveyed and ( ffcrcd for sale Fome years apo, and as there is a valuable ft one quariy on the proj~erty Ave have authorized an action of ejectment to be commenred to establish the title, and this action is now pending. We have been informed of another tract of land in the Parish of Alma, not mentioned in the Act, belonging to the Society, and the matter is now bein^ investisfatcd. In reference to the land in the Parish of Blissfield we find a personal visit by a member of the Glebe Land Committee will have to be made to these lands. The bill of Mr. D, L. Ilanington referred to this Committee at the last meeting of the Society has been care- fully investigated, and we recommend that the bill be paid and that the winding up of matters in connection with this land be left with Mr. Hanington and that he be instructed to dispose of the lands as quickly as possible and remit to the Society. That we have c.used the title of the land purchased for a parsonage at Hopewell, Albert County, to be searched and the deed to be examined. The title appears to be clear and the deed correct. All of which is respectfully submitted. " ' , CuAs. A. Macdonald, Chairman^ G. Sidney Smith, H. Lawrance Sturdee, Geo. a. Schofield, Geo. E. Fairweather. Dated at St. John, N. B., this 30th day of June, 1885. , To all whom it may concern : I hereby certify that I have carefully searched the Records of Albert County, and find the land and premises conveyed in the annexed deed from James Hunter and wife to the Bishop of Fredericton are free and clear from all encum- brances whatsoever, that the previous titles to that of the frantor are all good and bona fide, and that the said grantor, ames Hunter, has in no way encumbered his title since he owned the property. ; . = , ^ Geo. Calhoun, . . : ' , . Registrar of Deeds, Fees^l.OO. '^-^ - - • • j/^^^ County. Hopewell, Albert County, May the 20th, 1885. 121 KEPOET OF INCAPACITATED CLERGY FUND COMMITTEE. To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Frederidon and the General Committee of the Diocesan Church Society : The Committee appointed to prom'ote the interests of the Incapacitated Clergy Fund, and to whom were referred for amendment the rules at present governing that fund, beg to report as follows : During the past year the sum of $1,109.47 has been paid in to the credit of the Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund, which with the amount of $1,401.50 paid in last year, represents 1^2,510.97. The annexed statement in reference to the fund has been printed and circulated through the Diocese during the past year with the approval and under the order of the Executive acitated Clergy Fund. An earnest appeal on behalf of this fund was issued last year bv a special committee appointed for that purpose. The appeal cannot have reached as many hearts as could be wished, for the response last year was only $1,500, which sum was mainly subscribed or collected by the Clergy. The question is really one for the laity, who should take care that they da not allow their ministers to suffer want when in disability from old age or enfeebled health. The appeal is found at page 109 of the Report for 1884. There is good provision made for the widows and orphans of deceased clergvmen, but hardly any for the clergy who may be disabled either for life or for a time. The prospect of prolonged life without full strength and health must therefore be more depressing to a clergyman from a financial point of view, than that of premature death. The sentiment of sym- pathy for the bereaved touches the heart more than simple duty towards an aged minister of God. ^ , ■; ^ m . It is proposed to raise enough during the next five years to provide some annuity for four clergymen who may Have be- come disabled. The sum required is $15,000, of which about one-tenth ($1,500) has been raised. The remainder can easily be made up within the five years if there be any real sympathy excited for this most-deserving object. Thus, say: 10 Subscribers at $100 a year, 10 " " 50 " 10 " " 25 " 40 " " 10 *« 70 « « 5 (( 200 " " 1 " 340 Subscribers would r^'ise $5,000 2,500 1,250 2,000 1,750 1,000 $13,500 After a meeting at Dorchester a committee was appointed which has raised over nine hundred dollars, and hopes to raise a thousand in five years. h^^ .nr- -< k h .? , ? ,i After a meeting at St. Paul's (Valley) Church, Portland, a committee was appointed, which has not yet reported. nd orphans of (I'gy who may e prospect of nust therefore ncial point of iment of sym- B than simple t five years to may Have be- f which abont der can easily real sympathy was appointed hopes to raise 123 After a sermon at Trinity Church, St. John, a collection of nearly two hundred dollars was taken up. The present returns are as follows : Dorchester, .... $910 68 Fredericton, .... .... 13 00 Kingsclear, .... .... 5 25 Musquash, .... .... 20 59 New Marvland, .... .... 25 00 Sackville, 00 00 St. James (St. John), .... 17 25 St. Mark, 40 00 Trinity, " .. 104 88 St. Martin's, .... .... 8 75. St. Paul (Portland), 32 00 Sfc. Stephen, 7 00 Springfield, .... .... 2 79 Sussex, .... .... 32 00 Upham, .... .... .... 43 50 A. A. i Sterling, Esq., Secretary. Fredericton, Issued by order of the Executive Committee, Jan'y, 1885. ..,'1 fft; , i' -U irhi'.^y{'-\^ 124 Trim >* H•l'..v■ ■a ■■; :-vf' If Rules (as altered) of the Incapacitated Clergy Fund. 1. The fund for the assistance of Clergymen who are incapacitated by mental or bodily infirmity shall consist of tlie •capital sum of $ J, 000, being the amount heretofore specially appropriated from the fund belonging to the seventh object vjf the Church Society, of all accumulations of interest, and of all subscriptions, legacies, collections, and other contributions given to the Society for this special object, and the interest only of this fund shall be applied to the relief of disabled Clergymen of the present Diocese of Fredericton. . 2. The Treasurer of the Diocesan Church Society shall, from time to time, under the direction of the Executive Committee, invest any surplus money of this Fund, and add the same to the capital of the Fund. 3. The entire management of the Fund shall be, and hereby is, vested in a Committee to consist of the Bishop and the Bishop Coadjutor (if any) of the Diocese, and of three Clergy- men and three laymen, to be appointed annually by the Execu- tive Committee, at the July meeting thereof. 4. Any Clergyman duly appointed as Rector, Missionary, or Assistant Curate, in the Diocese of Fredericton, and being unable to discharge the duties of his office through mental or bodily infirmity, and wishing to participate in the benefits of this iFund, shall make application, in writing, to the Com- mittee appointed under Rule 3, who shall determine each case on its own merits, and shall have power to grant such yearly pension, not exceeding $400, as they shall see fit. The appli- cation shall also state the annual value of any private property, pension, or income, of which the applicant may be possessed, or which is directly or indirectly available for his benefit. In all cases, an application for a pension shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. 6. Should the Committee refuse to entertain the application, :an appeal may be made by the applicant to the General Com- mittee. ^ 6. In the event of any application being favorably considered a pension shall be granted only on condition of the applicant first resigning his cure, with all its emoluments. 7. The Committee may, at their discretion, alter or 125 !lergy Fund. withdraw any of the pens, s, subject to an appeal to the- General Committee. 8. If any pensioner shall be able to undertake any clerical duty for which he shall receive any stipend, the pension shall be reduced, or shall cease, at the discretion of the Committee, as long as he continues to discharge such duty. 9. No Clerofyman shall receive any benefit from this Fund unless he shall have served at least seven consecutive years in the Diocese of Fredericton. 10. 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Ji & PABI8H OR M;;8I0N. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Albert 15 $200 9, Aberdeen 8 Andover 60 87 30 44 97 90 70 31 7 97 75 30 $24 • • • • "496 *"27V 4 5 6 Bathurst Bay du Vin Bright $176 88 28 110 1,000 50 224 "598 264 114 8 850 280 1,602 200 69 122 . . • t • . 468 211 298 861 150 260 526 88 40 148 538 " ' $40 7 Burton 8 9 Chatham Cambridtre 150 24 10 11 12 13 14 Campobello Canterbury (2 mos) Carleton— St. George " Victoria Derby "232 86 15 Douglas 16 17 Dorchester Fredericton 80 146 329 48 101 46 "1266 476 '**i48 • • • • • $150 • ••••• • ••••• 1,230 2,000 80 106 200 404 650 18 19 Fredericton— Cathedral . . Faii*ville 150 9,0 Gagetown 10 ?,1 Greenwich 22 Grand Manan 23 24 Grand Falls (i year) Hampton 12 162 9 78 181 45 '"271 55 56 50 408 13,456 20 286 28 110 226 20 • ••••• '"'82 58 1,165 410 1,070 1,219 180 25 26 Johnston Kintrsclear 27 Kingston 28 Maugerville Forward 1,970 $5,968 $232 $11,800 $1,292 r, 1884. opportunity, ear. Clergy. including tlie Lenance of the offertory col- the support of luding Income ,ny moneys in- 6 ST.A.TE)IwIE3SrT FOR S. a-. — Oo3a.-tian.-vi.eci- $200 $40 463 211 298 361 150 150 260 24 526 33 40 148 538 232 36 1,230 2,000 30 106 200 404 650 150 10 2l|ll,800 11,292 c ^25 PARISH OR MISSION. Brought forward, . . 29Moncton Musquash 31 Madawaska, (i year) 32 Newcastle — Grand Lake 33 " Miramichi . 34 New Maryland 35 Norton 36 New Denmark 37 Petersville 38 Petitcodiac 39 Point du Cheue 40 Prince William (6 mos.), . 41 Portland— St Luke 42 " St. Paul 43 " St. John Baptist, 44 Queensbury 45 Richibucto 46 Restigouche 47 Rothesay 48 Richmond 49 Stanley 50 St. Mary's 51 Springfield 52 Sussex 53 8ackville 54Shediac 55Simonds 56 St. Stephen— Christ Ch . . . 57 " Trinity Ch. 68 St. David 59 St. Andrews 60 St. George 61 St. John— Trinity Ch. . . . 62 •' St. John's Ch.. 63 " St. Mary's Ch. 64 " St. James' Ch.. 65 St. Martins 66Upham ... 67Weldford(7 mos.) 68Waterford 69We8tfleia 70 Woodstock 71 Wicklow 72 Westmorland 1,970 8.5 99 12 39 76 43 106 60 61 13 324 130 2 $3,456 120 24 $5,963 837 108 36 15 555 35 $232 16 .. 148 50 26 72 61 60 111 107 87 35 58 45 66 175 122 850 200 100 175 55 64 35 50 96 184 45 54 319 "m 42 70 221 73 850 320 80 425 180 141 1,2651 2,162i 862 llOi 365!, 60 88 61 110 100 766 120 $11,300 1,513 505 96 100 294 189 572 273 lUOii 300 2,899 1,767 869 260 89 385 579 27 530 135 1,000 1,077 400 1,820 143 27 91 53 85 1,100 35 475 350 2,500 1,132 16 $1,292 476 400 160 320 167 1,562 184 15 180 390 1,173 440 1,115 600 200 446 353 1,120 410 415 166 280 100 77 150 123 99 40 93 337 mi 6,325 400 ""s 90 260 5.501 $6.441 $20,486 $5,627|$31 ,861 $9,655 132 mk ii.,v,,*iWi W'V ^v .■.■-•'■' Self-sustaining Missions included in S.P.G. Return, 31st Dec.'84. c ^ 3 8 12 13 10 17 18 24 28 41 42 43 47 53 54 56 57 59 61 62 6H 64 70 72 NAME. Andover Clmtham Carleion — St. George " Victoria Dorcliester Fredericton Fredericton — Cathedral . . Hampton Maugerville Portland— St. Luke St. Paul St John Baptist Rothesay Sussex Shcdiac St. Stephen— Christ Ch. . Trinity Ch. St. Andrews St. John— Trinity Ch.... St. John's Ch.. St. Mary's Ch. St. James' Ch. Woodstock Westmorland 60 90 97 75 80 146 329 162 45 324 130 107 58 45 175 350 200 100 175 184 54 2,086 $24 277 1,200 476 271 408 819 221 850 '326 425 141 $1,000 598 264 350 280 1.602 286 20 1.265 2,162 766 385 579 530 1,000 1,077 400 1,820 1,100 85 $4.927 $15.519 $150 862 475 350 2,500 1,182 $150 40 148 1.230 2,000 80 1.165 180 2,899 1,767 167 15 180 1,173 « • • • ■ 1.115 600 200 166 100 6 $150 232 '650 150 150 '99 93 837 861 6,825 400 90 260 $5,469 $13.825 $9.297 333 St Dec.'84. _ 1 6 $150 $150 40 148 232 1.330 2,000 650 80 150 1,165 180 • ••••• 2.899 • • • • • 1,767 150 "i67 99 15 93 180 337 1,173 361 6,825 1,115 60C 200 400 16fl 90 IOC 260 ;13.32S i $9,297 Statement for S. P. g.. 3Ist Dec. 1884. Area of the Diocese, square miles Total population of Uie!*Dioce?e 27.174 Members of the Church of Enffiand 321.233 Communicants ^ 46.768 g«r«^ *.;;;;:: 5,501 Parishes or Missions. 72 72 i3srooii^Ei. Local Endowment for Clergy. Oflfertory Collections.. Pew Rents Other Donations. .' . .' 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Westfield, Rev. A. H. Weeks, .... 86 67 Sussex, Rev. J. R. DeW. Cowie,. 100 00 McAdam, " T. E. Dowling, .... 10 00 Moncton, " A. Hoadley, per Lay Reader,. . . 33 33 Shediac, '' H. H. Barber, 100 00 Cambridge, Rev. N. R. Raven, . . . 125 00 455 OO' To debit of General Purposes Account, $16,038 37 PC o «D 00 ''l^ ff» t- r- t— • T-t O o^ «» S. p. G. PENSIONS. 1 April, 1884, to 1 April, 1885. Rev. Canon Walker, $486 68 Mrs. Street, widow of Rev. S. D. Lee Street, 244 00 " Coster, " " P. Coster, 244 00 " Black, " " John Black, 244 00 '' Coster, " " N. A. Coster, 244 00 To debit of General Purposes Account, $1.462 68 •.(;■ OFFICERS* SALARIES. (J f 3 Rev. Canon Ketchum, Secretary, 1 April, 1884, to 1 April, 1885, 1 year, $100 00 Geo. E. Fairweather, Treasurer, -«- r 1 April, 1884, to 1 April, 1885, 1 year, .... 300 00 To debit of General Purposes Account, %400 00 life m P B&;!- 1884. •June 6 <( " 30 July 3 ft Aug. iJG Sept. 20 Oct. 13 Dec. 10 1885. Jan. 22 it 23 Ap'l lb " 14 Jlay 23 " 30 •June 3 « 8 140 ^ COKTINGEKCIES. Rev. W. Q. Ketchum, expenses, $11 12 B. R. Stevenson, notarial certificate 60 Geo. W. Day, printing, 5 00 Rev. W. Q. Ketchum, expenses, 5 00 n. W. Frith, expenses paid, 4 28 Ellis, Robertson & Co., printing, 7 00 Bank of Nova Scotia, rent of box, 10 00 Geo. W. Day, printing, l iiO Rev. W. Q. Ketchum, expenses, 12 (io Barnes & Co., printing Report, 279 21 Ellis, Robertson & Co., printing,. 2 40 U. A. Cropley, printing, 22 00 Geo. W. Day, do 4 00 , " do 1 50 " leaflets, 11 00 '* do 1 25 Ellis, Robertson & Co., . . 2 ;5 G. W. Dav, leaflets, 3 00 Rev. W. Q. Ketchum, expenses, 14 92 J. & A. McMillan, 70 42 Postage, per Treasurer, 6 61 To debit of General Purposes Account, $475 21 MISSIONARIES* EXPENSES. 1884. ^ept. 16 To paid passage, Rev. J. C. Titcombe, from Liverpool, $58 50 " Other expenses. Rev. J. C. Titcombe, 21 13 1885. .. u r . •• ^pril 8 To passage, Mr. A. J. Reid, from Liverpool, 46 20 '• 11 Other expenses, Mr. A. J. Reid, 11 00 '-'- To debit of General Purposes Account, t> 1136 83 .«i ■.* mciti^-::jit»A ^H': $11 12 (iO 5 00 5 00 4 28 7 00 10 00 1 50 12 (15 279 21 141 1884. '- S.F,€.«ANTS. July 2 Quarter ending, 1 July, 1884, £375, t;i 807 37 ^'''' ^« 1 Oct., 1884, 375; ijSi'a 1885. • • i'"; I f"" ^'^^"- 1885, 375........ 1801 12 Apll do lAp'l 1885, 375; l.' };8U 54 "^^^^^^ $7,223 23 2 40 ; 2200 4 00 1 50 11 00 1 25 2 ;5 3 00 14 92 70 42 5 61 ant, $475 21 ES. mbe, from $58 50 36, 21 13 Liverpool, 46 20 1100 ant, 1136 83 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COLLECTIONS, 1883 1884. Balance owing, as per last account. Re- port, page 140, iiq^ i« Written off by order, ^^^ ^^ Musquash, Report, page 90, fa 25 Petersville, ' " 86 3 00 5 25 Amounts paid, ' ' ^^^^ ^^ Campobello, " «.,« ^. GrandManan, '*| ^^ Greenwich, ' " «;: ^^ Kingston, f ^ .^^ Musquash, ^^' fl Norton, J i^ Wicklow ^^ ^^ *^^°^^^*^' ••• 16 00 m_93 IPaidin, as above,;..?. ..... .. .. *ioo oq I Rev. Thomas Hartin, ...:.:;:::: 5 60 ; Total paid in,. 371135 43: ij^:a [^(^.'^I ' -■':. 142 SUBSCHIPTIONS AND COLLECTIONS, 1884-85. PAID LAST YEAR. Albert $7 66 Bright j Bathurst Bay du Vin Burton ' 6 90 Campobello Cambridge Carleton and Fairville Chatham Derby Dorchester 15 70 Fredericton 50 00 Oagetown 4 59 Greenwich Grand Manan Hp mpton Joiinston Kingsclear 2 60 Kingston 7 32 Moncton 20 97 Musquash ] Newcastle New Denmark New Maryland Norton Petitcodiac Point du Chene Richmond 4 55 Richibucto Restigouche : Rothesay , Simonds Springfield , 5 71 Sackville. . St. Andrews St. David 5 00 St. George , St. James ' St. John, Trinity 368 69 St. Mark i St. Martins ' St. Mary's ', jSt. Stephen, Christ Church PAID ' I THIS I UNPAID.! TOTAL. YEAR. ' ! |32 001. Carried forward, . $499 69 83 37 31 10 82 75|, 25 OOl 58 83|, 62 001, 139 711, 138 02! 226 601 1095 001 53 23 55 00 27 15 120 00 74 87 104 15 69 78 $30 97 84 38 147 27 20 00 72 28 82 60 84 21 37 00 95 64 63 12 79 95 60 55 10 78 74 85 57 48 280 82 96 30 121 00 38 25 413 17 273 31 65 67 47 93 71 70f $4856 82 77 50 64 32 $172 79 $.39 66 30 97 8;? ;n 31 10 89 6.5 102 50 58 83 63 00 139 71 l;J8 02 242 30 1209 32 57 82 55 00 27 15 120 00 74 87 106 75 77 10 20 97 84 38 147 27 20 0(1 72 28 82 60 84 21 37 00 100 19 63 12 79 95 60 55 10 78 80 56 57 48 280 82 101 30 121 00 38 25 781 86 273 31 65 67 47 93 71 70 $5529 30 143 S, 1884-85. UKPAID. TOTAI SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COLLECTIONS.-Continued. .8 64 32| 58. JO. Jl . K). )4. 121. )5j. »5, 78. 85 48 821 30 00 25 17 31 67 93 70 82 |172 79 102 50 58 83 0)3 00 W.) 71 138 02 242 30 1209 32 57 82 55 00 27 15 120 00 71 87 106 75 77 10 20 97 84 38 147 27 20 0(1 72 28 82 «0 84 21 37 00 100 19 63 12 79 95 60 55 10 78 80 56 57 48 280 82 101 30 121 00 38 25 781 86 273 31 65 67 47 93 71 70 B rough t forward. St. Paul's, Portland Stanley Sussex tpham Victoria Waterford AYeldford Westfield Wicklow Woodstock St. John Baptist Annual Service Mrs. Geo. Blatch Metropolitan PAID LAST YEAR. $499 69 6 15 93 00 1521 62 PAID THIS YEAR. |4a56 82 331 37 57 28 20 29 89 96 45 65 11 22 57 30 30 00 166 (»0 500 90 58 85 3 00 25 79 $6253 43 UNPAID. TOTAL. $172 79 $5529 30 331 37 I 57 28 j 20 29 96 89 15 00 45 65 11 22 57 30 56 01 166 00 500 90 58 85 2 00 95 79 26 04 $198 83 $6973 88 Memo. — The sums unpaid as above have all been settled except a small amount yet due from Fredericton. $5529 30 n 144 ■ . \. \ '••I? :■>,■.;,- ■;! Pi P*,^: SVBSCRIPTIOKS AND COLLECTIONS, 1885-86. Trinity Church, St. John Gagetown, Dorchester, .... Upham, Fredericton (Cathedral), Kingston, St. David, Eingsclear, St. Martins, Right Rev. H. T. Kingdon, D. D., The Metropolitan, .... Total amount received, . . . 146 81 3 38 9 87 8 15 68 85 11 76 10 00 4 00 86 50 GO 47 00 • • .. $266 38 -^— — — ^ii> 145 S22St?S?'S2 2««><»»ooos o ^oPS^g5S^^g§g-^?§--S-«-c5g5^^^^ C5 j-H(MCO«OI>t>(?lrt*Tt H (D (D H % 10 n PI d a o 03 »H r^ 3 § « X St: '*' » /H .1-1 T7 2 o "■> r^ Oi O r,. rh M k^ h»- « >^ g 3 OT « 146 ^'^- A:' "J5"i" HAZE9I TRtST, INCOME ACCOUNT. Rents collected during year, Dr. Taxes, Saint John, N. B., . . . . Portland, .... Simonds, . . .... Rothesay, .... .... School, Simonds, .... .... " Rothesay, .... Water Rates]! St. John, Taxes, Charlotte County, Acknowledgment by Notary, One year's Interest on Principal Account Commissions, 5 per cent, for rent collected. General Purposes Account, .... • . ..$998 80 $50 45 111 09 3 00 - L 38 i 4?. z 04 13 40 2 54 1 80 114 40 49 94 635 34 S998 FO 147 VST. .$908 80 $50 45 111 09 3 00 :'- 38 i Ah '^ 04 13 40 5J 54 1 80 114 4G 49 94 635 34 sons 80 CO I 10 CO CO T-t PC < W K W h w ID N < bo •;;3 ■S « (4 Ph (S § cc SSSSS8SS8S88S§SSSSSSSSS88 ! §§ S^ t^ W -^ iM O O O OO i« QO «0 M ri I- i-l IN 1-1 1-1 ,-1 »-l 80-W i« ■ ' « r-l 8 8 88 • o SS88 ' b» J. (M CS ^ 8S •^ 00 IS? Is .88S888S88 :88S82888888888^§8 I S O«0t~Q0Q0QO'M l^-OOQOQO'M't'O OQ:»C^OOiCiM.aO»QOlN't<«000 e^Nsccoc^ecMooiOM ^ i-i§ w ecSo OQ-^»ft W* 1 3 00 iccO(N«coecoo^'* S^»H 8 :8 >©oo ; 185 83 $554 84 $66 66 80 52 K 30 00 16 00 y 56 45 ' 5 55 28 00 ■ a 5 00 g , y 266 66 1554 84 INTEREST. Chipnian Trust, Merritt " General Investments, Hazen Trust, ' . . . . Widows and Orphans Pund, .... Incapacitated Clergry Fund, Education of the Children of the Clerffv ^"nd ^: Divinity Scholarships Fund, . .'. . Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund '. Glebe Lands Fund, 27 73 Balance 3,179 47 General Purposes Account. . . May, 1885. ■»■ ■ « $2,400 00 234 00 2,1 GO 35 114 46 $4,908 81 *1.008 00 336 00 90 00 72 00 195 61 3,207 20 *4,908 81 ;* I 150 11 h* fit* tlH cci (U S 1 O '2 Q D 2 --5 H ^ CO Ol I— I H o (U o - C8 HH Ed __ (U 4Ck so H .2 5 £ m p 6 z: o; s 3 OJ >■, « *3 9i (D ^ fe fc g w - -2 S (0 H o a P> H -ns oo r: o ooo '^OOOOOOOOOoa-. 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To Balancp, Report, page 15•^, $41,,']80 00 Sept. 11 '' Special Deposit, Bk. N.B., No. 3/1155, 3 per cent., • • • « {{ II ii 3,000 00 Nov. I '' St. John Cirv Debt Deb., No. G24, .. 1,170 08 1,000 00 3,500 00 400 00 200 00 100 00 Kail way *' No. 5, 1885. Jan. 16 " Loan to Est., Wm. Davidson, C p. c, Feb. I'Z '' Sewerage & Water Deb., No. 4v'(), t( it *< .< << ] o.^ (I tt tt *< , << 7>i 1884. Cr. Oct. 4 By Special Deposit Bank N. S., No. 1GG4, withdrawn, $2,000 00 ^bO,Vi)\) 08 Nov. 4 " 1885. Jan. 16 " do. do. do. dr. Ap'l 15 " do. Balance, . Si i( tt it do. do. do. do. do. (( it t( tt ti 1680, 1,000 00 IGGO, 1,000 00 1063, 1,000 00 1077, 2,500 00 IGGI, 1,000 00 42,259 G8 -$50,759 G8 Investments on hand, as per statement, May, 1885, ...$42,250 68 155 ...$41,380 00 55, . . . 3,000 00 .. 1,170 08 . . 1,000 00 • • * • • • • • • 3,500 00 400 00 200 00 100 00 50,750 08 00 ) 00 1 00 ) 00 ) 00 00 1 08 150.759 68 68 NERRTTT TR1 ST FH^D. (Bequest of the late Chas. Merritt, Esq.) The Capital Amount of tlii3 Pund is !$;},!)J0.00, the Interest of which is applicable to the General Purposes of the ISociety. The Principal is invested, at j)resent, as follows : Investments. Investment. 8t. John Market Debenture. do. do. do. Pier do. do. Ferry do. Province N. B. do. No. ■i !) 32 67 42 Amount. Interest Payable. Intere.st. $l,0n0 00 1 Miiy 500 OOi " 1.000 00 '* 1,000 00 " 40u 00 1 Jan. $3.9.10 00 • 1 Nov. ■ < 1 July. $60 00 ;{0 00 60 00 60 (to 24 00 $234 00 WHETEIV (Rirhibncto) TRUST FVXD. (Bequest of the late James Wheten, Esq.) The Capital Amount cf this Fund is *.%0i)0.00, the Interest of which is payable to the Kector of the Parish, the receipts for the same to be signed by the Rjctor and one Church Warden. The Principal is invested, at present, as follows: I:) vest mentis. Investment. No. 28 29 Amount. Interest Payable. Interest. Fredericton School Debenture, do. $1,200 01 800 00 I Jan. 1 July, do. $72 00 48 00 $2,000 0( $120 00 1884. July 3. Paid Rev. F. TI. Almon, six months' interest to July 1st, 1884 $00 00 1885. Jan. 2. Paid Rev. F. 11. Almon, six months' interest to Jan. 1st, 1885.. 60 00 4120 00 c 'M •■MS' i'i'^u: .-.;/«.: W^^'^x \ 156 ST. PETKK'S €HtR€H (Derby) TRVST FIJ.\D. (Received from the Corporation of St. Peter's Church.) The Capital Amount of this Fund is $(500.00. the interest of which is payable to the Rector of St. Peter's Church, Derby. The Principal is invested, at present, as follows: Investments. Investment. No. 102 416 Amount. $200 00 400 00 $600 00 Interest Payable. Interest. St. John Sewerage & Water Deb. Do. 1 Maj' 1 Nov. Do. $13 00 24 00 $36 00 Dec. 3, 1884. Paid Rev. A. P. Hiltz, 6 months' interest, to 1st November, 1884, $18 00 June 3, 1885. Paid Rev. A. F. Hiltz, 6 months' interest, to 1st May, 1885, 18 00 -$36 00 .$75,200 56 GENERAL PCR POSES FVND. 1884. May 1. By balance, Report page 154, .... 1885. Jan. 8. *' Grant to Maugerville, return of $100 as ordered. Report 1883, page 101, to debit of General Purposes Account. . " 100 00 21. " Miss S.E.DeWolfe Trust, per G.S.Smith, 200 00 • • • • * • $75,500 56 1884. Dr. Nov. 1. TolH%prem.onCitvDebenture,$135 66 " 9 '' '• Railway do. 90 00 1885. Jan. 18. " 7 '' " 18. " 8 '' " 18. " 14 '' " Balance, By balance, S. & W. " << • • • • 31 00 16 00 " 14 00 .. 75,213 90 . . $75,213 90' $75,500 56 157 r FiJ.\D. LTOh.) tho interest of hurch, Derby. Sirest able. Interest. INov. )o. $12 00 24 00 $36 00 bo !i;l8 00 . . 18 ( DO —$36 00 ... .VI '5,200 56 )Oas , to nt. . lith, 100 00 200 00 $75,500 5G 5 66 00 1 00 6 00 t 00 3 90 175,500 56 3 90' MISSIONS ASSLSSMEXT ACCOtNT. Full assessment year 1884-1885, $12,203 00 Amount unpaid by sundry Missions... 627 00 Year 1883-1884, " 1885-1886, .... Lay Reader at Moncton, Total amount paid Treasurer, $12,074 07 Amount paid Missionaries .... $11,987 67 Balance to new account, ... 87 00 $12,074 67 May, 1885. - ' 511,576 00 $39r. 00 87 00 16 67 498 67 _ 1884. «LEBF, LAKVIIS TklVST. Interest to lb May, 1885. June 5. To acknowledgment, Notary, 12 Tract. 1885. Feb. 28. *' expenses K Tract, Gloucester. May 1. " Interest Account, .... *' balance, .... .... .... 1884. Cii. May 1. By balance. Report page 155, 1885. Feb.18. " payment 14 Tract, Gloucester. . 18. •* " 13 " May 1. " Interest Account, $0 60 86 22 27 73 537 09 $651 64 $447 41 14 00 162 50 27 73 -$651 64 1885. May 1. Balance as above, 1.9 Tract, ... 7 " 12 " Less paid, 13 Tract, Less paid, 14 Tract, . . . $240 00 60 $162 50 86 22 ....$537 09 $113 90 93 51 239 40 76 28 14 00 -$537 09 ^;^■ . V'.M** ;,■.<■:• I:(^V: '■''ifff »i!',«*; 158 HAZKN TRUST PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT. 1884. May 1 To Balance, ... $3,043 00 " One year's interest, at (> per cent., $123 58 " Less interest on ^17o paid in 8 12 114 40 .163,157 40 Cr. Jnly 23 By sale of land to S. M.. AVisted,. $175 00 May 1 ** Ilazen Trust Income Account, 1 year's interest, .... 114 46 " Balance, 1,8G8 00 -$3,157 46 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS SPECIAL FUND. This Fund is applicable towards the payment of premiums of insurance, in the Widows and Orphans Fund, for those of the Clergy who may be unable otherwise to provide for same. Applications may be made to the following Committee:— Messrs. Jas. F. Robertson, Geo. A. Schofield, H. W. Frith, R. T. Clinch and Wm. M. Jar vis, who are authorized to re- ceive subscriptions to the Fund. 1884. May 1. Balance as per Report, page 157. . . June 10. St. James Church, Rev. G. Troop, J433 3'J . 39 G3 $472 0^ iir). I 159 DIVINITY SCHOLARSHIP FFKD. The Capital Amount of this Fund is $1,200, the interest of which is applicable towards the establishment of Divinity Scholarships, and assistance, when necessary, to those who may be under preparation for the Ministry, especially sons of Clergymen. (See Regulations of Fund, page 23.) 1884. May 1. By Balance Report, p. 157, 180 84 1885. May 1. '^ one year's interest on Fund, 73 00 Dk. $152 84 1884. July 3. To Neil Hansen, 3 mos. to 1st July, $15 00 Oct. 1. it it 3 (( \&i Oct., 15 00 1885. Jan. 5. a (i 3 ft Ist Jan., 15 00 Apl. 1. (i It 3 a Idt Apl., 15 00 Balance, « • ■ • ■ • • • ■ ■ • ^ 92 84 3885. May 1. By Balance, . • • • * • • * * • •'' • • • ■ $152 84 $92 84 EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CL.ERGY FUND. The Capital amount of this Fund is $1,500, the Interest of which is applicable towards the Education of the Children of the Clergy. {See Regulations of Fund, page 2S. ) 1884. M;;y 1 Balance per last Report, page lo8, $369 79 1885. May 1 One year's interest on Fund, 90 00 $459 79 160 te*'..?' I mm **••', wy-'i- ^'.. ".-j^ '■' ! ; » '(i - ;.-'•.■•■ €\ ■ ■ ■■.!(■ '■■4-' INCAPACITATED CLERGY FUND. The Capital Amount of this Fund is $5,600, the interest of which is applicable towards the asasistance of Clergymen who are incapacitated by ago or infirmity. See Regulations of Fund, page 23. 188^. May 1. Balance per last Report, page 158, $124 55 Amount paid Gen, Purposes Fund account by order Gen. Com., Report p. 83, and int. 24 40 Aug. 19. Uphara, Rev. S. J. Hanford, .3 50 1885. Feb. 27. Mrs. J. Ford, England, per Metropolitan. . 100 GO Mar. 20. Metropolitan.... .... .... 100 00 May 28. '' £4.8.3 stg., 2142 One year's interest on fund, .... 33G 00 Aug. 1. " 6. " 1884. Dr. June 11. To Rev. Thos. Hartin, Jan. quarter, $50 00 do. 50 00 do. ' 60 00 Oct. 6. " do. 100 00 1885. ... Jan. 3. " . do. 50 00 '* do. 50 00 Apr. 1. " do. 100 00 " Balance, 259 87 1709 87 $709 87 161 INCAPACITATED CLERGY SPECIAL. FUND. UND. ), the interest of Clergymen who .... $124 55 account and int. 24 40 3 50 olitan 100 00 100 00 •n 42 330 00 $709 87 $50 00 50 00 50 00 100 00 50 00 50 00 100 00 259 87 $709 87 1884. Balance per last Report, page 159, June 10 Rev. G. 0. Troop, $17 July 2 ** J. W. Millidge, St. David,... 20 *' 3 " S. J. Hanford, Upham, .... 40 " 10 *•' J. II. Talbot, 2 " 29 Bishop Coadjutor, collections as follows: Musquash, .... ... .$12 26 Dipper Harbor, .... 5 62 Mace's Bay, 94 Pisarinco, .... .... 1 77 ..$1,401 60 25 00 00 79 Sept. 6 Rev. W. H. DeVeber, Oct. 11 Trinity Church, St. John, '' 15 St. Martins, .... .... .... '' 21 Rev. F. Alexander, New Maryland, Nov. 11 A. A. Sterling, as follows : Rev. J. R. Campbell, $10 68 Mrs. B. Botsford, ... 5 00 T. H. Gilbert, 2 00 Rev. D. W. Pickett, .... 3 07 20 32 19^ 8 2 59 00 83 77 07 1885. 19 Weldford, per Bishop Coadjutor, Jiui'y 2 Bishop Goad j'tor, per A.A.Sterling, 25 " 3 New Maryland, '* 8 Transferred by order of Executive Committee, Oct. 8, '84, $20 & int. 21 '* 23 A Friend, per Metropolitan, .... Feb. 3 St. Stephen, Rev. T. E. Dowling, . " 26 Secretary St. John Deanery, Mar. 16 Fredericton, per A. A. Sterling, . . Aj)'l 7 Wm. Craig, per Bishop Coadjutor, •' 8 Sussex, Rev. C. S. Medley, " 16 A. A. Sterling, Secretary Fund, . . '' 29 Bishop Coadjutor, ....$100 00 V. J. Hardie, 5 00 Misa Oourtenay, 5 00 110 May 4 Rev. W. 11. DeVeber, collection, . . 42 Forward, $756 95 1,401 50 20 75 7 82 25 00 25 00 21 20 4 00 7 00 2 88 15 00 1 00 32 00 107 00 00 00 m,- ■I ., , 'b':. k. ') . 162 •^ • Brought forward, ... 1885. May 4 Mr. and Mrs. John Peacock, . . . . 14 Derby, Rev. A. F. Hiltz, 20 The Metropolitan, $100 00 do. Mrs. J. Ford, 100 00 $756 95 $1,401 50 4 00 6 00 200 00 n €( if 26 Rev. G.O. Troop, St. John Deanery, 2 52 27 A. 0. Blair, St. John, 100 00 12 Bishop Hamilton, 40 00 t( (t Total, 1,109 47 $2,510 97 Interest at 5 per cent on $1,401 50 70 07 2,510 97 .... 125 54 ...$2,70G 58 f I \W> 163 ^6 95 $1,401 50 4 00 6 00 1 1 200 00 2 52 100 00 40 00 1 lOQ 'I? $2,510 97 50 70 07 'd7 .... 125 54 ....$2,700 58 THE CLERGY WIDOWS ASTD ORPHAIVS FOD. The Capital Amount of this Fund wap $14,400 on 1st Mav 1881 but as $800 has been added each year, the total lount llTnif,'" "'^^f 7:«00, which Fund is applicable toward the assistance ot families of deceased Clergymen. (See Regiilations of Fund, page 24). By Balance per last Report, p. 160, . $340 qa - InterestonCapital,$16,800,lyearat6percent.; LOOS 00 Received during the year from H. L. Sturdee Jisq. Secretary of the Fund, per his account, 516 11 Amount ordered by Committee appointed to report on special contributions, as per Report, 1884, p. 83, (( 100 15 1,974 22 Dk. To pensions paid during year: ^rs. J. M. Sterling to July, 1885,.. . . $100 00 ^f""®' T S- ^at^i'ley to Jan., " .... 200 00 Mrs. J. F. Carr, " " ,, ^00 00 Amount added to Capital, . . .*" " 800 00 ^^la^ce, e^4j^2 ,974 22 By Balance, $674 22 * I s»;^'- 164 THE CLERGY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS FUND. Premianu and Collections received during the Tears 1881-'85. 1 Pre- Collec- FROM. Parish or Mission. miums, tions, Remarks. 1884-85. 1884-85. Alexander, Rev. P., . . . New Maryland, . . $11 95 $1 50 Almon, Rev. F. H Richibucto, 13 08 3 21 Armstrons^. Rev. W. B., Grand Palls, 10 56 2 79 Campbell, Rev. J. R. , . . Dorchester, 11 25 7 00 DeVeber, Rev. Wm. H. St.Paul, Portland, 14 42 45 58 Dowling, Rev. T. E.,.. St, Stephen, ... . 9 68 » Flewelling, Rev. E. P., Dalhousie 9 42 4 11 Fowler, Rev. LeB. W.,. Carleton, St. John 8 05 7 17 Greer, Rev. Wm., Burton 8 27 2 57 Hanington.Rev.E.A.W. Harkin, Rev. Thomas,. Ottawa, 8 50 5 10 Av'ge col. under rule 1. Canterbury, . . . 20 8U 2 00 Ketcbum, Rev. W. Q.,. St. Andrews 23 55 8 87 Lock ward, Rev. J.,. . . . St. Martins, 9 42 2 23 Medley, Rev. C. , Sussex, 10 27 5 92 Montgomery, Rev. H. , . Millidge, Rev. J. W.,.. Kiugsclear, 8 72 Joined 8 Jan. St. David, 10 56 1 44 "'85. Neales, Rev. James, . . . Gagetown, 23 55 4 00 Neales, Rev. W. S...... California, 8 50 4 00 Foryr.1882-3 do. do. 8 50 4 00 " 1883-4 do. do. 8 50 4 00 Neales, Rev. Thomas, . . Woodstock, 7 82 5 00 Raymond, Rev. W. O.,. St. Mary, St. John, 7 82 1 93 Roberts, Rev. G. G Fredericton, 11 95 4 00 Sweet, Rev. J. H. S., . . Newcastle, 8 37 7 00 Talbot, Rev. J. H...... Springfield, 7 38 5 79 Willis, Rev. C, Petitcodiac, 11 25 7 20 Wiggins, Rev. Cecil F., Sackville, 10 92 7 10 $302 46 $153 41 Trinity Church Lowndes. Rev. A St. John,. 20 24 Special Col. Magundy, 1 00 do. Vroom, Rev. P. W Richmond. 9 53 do. Parlee, Rev. H. T, ... Stanley 2 47 do. J. Harrison. St. Paul, Portland. 20 00 Subscription do. W. C. Drurv, do. 5 00 Mrs. Gilmour Burton 2 00 do. $213 65 $516 11 * Collection for '84 -'85 $10.12, paid last year and erroneously entered as Special Cwllection on page 161, Report, 1884. H. LAWRANCE STURDEE, Secretary, dtc. lANS FUND. ars 1884-'85. 165 ;!ollec- 384-85. |1 50 3 21 3 79 7 00 45 58 Remarks. 11 17 57 00 2 00 8 87 23 92 1 44 C>0000JO »c lO CO its O O iO C^ O «0 -^ (N l^ »C T-H T-( CI o Oi «o t- I- «o O 00 o 'O « <^< '^, '"' i-T of a OS •-3 ■ a ■ a be o »*t o O t« g > g .T3 ■ a ■ "O : ft . *- fc). OSS tot- -:: O C/5 a 3 : P^ = = fe t- ■j:'^ 2 t! ,fl "o S 5 ^ cOiS St; _fe a • a : a So u ^^•a't; fe xfe a 00 to o 4& a s . a o o o , « o •fe a Q, CO .-a f= ; w aj • cj a CO sS -I eS c3 a •-eg * 3 s c O CO 13 ^^ > a • o • <^ T! a . :f^ : CO .' CO O g ^ = ar 2 -^s ^ a 5 o gj "^ " O^wHC^^^^W Q003^ •C3 • ^ ? o "S 5 ij '- c a ^c « 3 S =f «-> '-- '/^ ft Ol.TOOOOCOOOO QOOOOOOOOOCO CO 05 »c Kc o o o o o o cr X 00 t- 07 00 O 05 O O O CC las' O CO lO 00 c« 00 00 o ■1^ a *: 2 a E 2 O) OS Q " a > ft .2 o o OJ •r o S -Q 0) 4-3 CO 3 a.- « ^^ Z ^^ 3 M ^ .a o 2g^|wt£l2S H « O il GQ 00 a, xj a S 09 ^ ^ a.tS rt:;: « a 01 ^ O) Cm.*?'^ N Woi-35oDO;?Ma^f?GQ ^a.^;«^^«fe V Ik a o w 1«7 8. P. C. K. DEPOSITORY, 1884-1885. T. B. Robinson, Treasurer, In account with the Committee of 8. P. C. K. Depository. 1885. Dit. June 1. To cash balance, (see Report 1884, page 163), " " Sales of books at central Depository " " " " Moncton Branch Depository. to Rev. T. E. Dowling. 615 copies of "Dawn of Day," at 12c. . " Subscriptions to the S. P. C K. £3.3, 1781 13 958 16 87 00 91 73 80 15 34 Cr. By paid S. P. C. K. London : For bonks " subscriptions, £161.15 7 3.3.00 £164.18.7 $803 85 " do. J & A. McMillan: Duties, Print'iT, Cartage, for 1883 84, " do. do. do for 1884 85, " do. do. Commission on Sales, " do. C. E. L. Jarvis, Prem. on Insurance on Stock, " do. Rev. T. E. Dowling: Postage, Freight, Duty & Exchange, " Discounts to Sunday-schools & members, " Balaace or,, hand 77 20 75 03 152 80 8 00 5 S5 43 10 7U1 00 $1,866 33*1.866 33 E. & O. E. St. John, N. B., June 3rd, 1885. . Examined and found correct. C. H. Fairwbather, ) a^h^^ George Whiting, \ ^««*'^»» % f'-^-t^. PI-'" '".•,■ !■„•' >^r;:-' • :. 1 168 Stock and Sales. Stock: On hand. 30th April, 188^1. at Central Depository,. Imported during year for do. do. do. St. Stephen Branch, . Returned from Moncton Branch Depository, Less reduction from 30c. to 25c. per i. Sales ; From Ist May, 1884, to 30th April. 1885, At Central Depository To St. Stephen Branch, Stock sent to Moncton, " On hand, 30 April, 1885, at Central Depository, 1,681 36 . . . $1,325 44 .... 1,256 55 92 04 .... 816 2.5 $2,990 28 105 16 $2,8a5 12 $958 16 92 04 153 .56 1,681 36 $2,885 12 Assets and I^iabilities. Assets : Cash on hand, .... .... Amount due by St. Stephen Branch, ... OM/\^J&y •«•. •••• •••• ■••• ••■• Less 33^ per cent, discount, Liabilities: Loan from the Diocesan Church Society. $1,681 36 560 45 $701 00 92 04 Surplus Assets, St. John, N. B., 3rd June. 1885. 1,120 91 $1,913 9.5 . . . 800 00 . . $1,113 95 T. Barclay Robinson, Ti'eoAurer, 169 LIFE ]S^E3^BEE,S OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. lln accordance with Section 5 of the Constitution of the Society.] .... 11,113 95 Date of NAME. Membership. 1838. SCOVIL. Rev. CANON, Ph, D., Vice President, 1845. FREDERICTON, Right Rev. JOHN, Lord Bishop, President. SMITH, G. SIDNEY, Esq. TILLEY, SirS. L., C. B., K.C.M.G., Vice President. WIGGINS, FREDERICK A., Esq., Vice President. 1846. READE, ALFRED, Esq. SEARS, EDWARD, Esq. 1847. HENDERSON, Colonel EDMUND, R. E. 1852. SCOVIL, EDWARD G., Esq. 1853. SCOVIL, Mrs. W. H. 1854. DOMVILLE, Mrs. JAMES. NEALES, Rev. JAMES. 1856. BEDELL, Rev. GEORGE. SCOVIL, Miss AMY A. 1857. HANINGTON, Hon. D. L., M. E. 0. SCOVIL, Miss AMELIA B. 1858. FAIRWEATHER, CHARLES H., Esq. HALL, STEPHEN S., Esq. SCOVIL, S. JOHN, Esq. SHORTLAN I), Admiral F., 72. -V. 1860. DANIEL, T. W., Esq. GARBUTT, HENRY, Esq. SMITH, Mrs. J. WOODWARD. 1862. GORDON, Sir ARTHUR H., K. H. 1866. BEST, NORRIS, Esq. SHARPE, EDWIN N., Esq. no &.;.: 'x-. Date (»f Membership. 1860. 18G7. NAME. SPURR, JA^fES DeWOLFE, E-q. CARMAN, WILLIAM, Esq., Vice PresidenL WKJGINS, GEORGE C, Esq. 1868. DeVEBEII, Rov. (!A\0N', Vice President. DeVEBER, Mrs. WM. H. DeVEBER, VVM. HERBERT. DeVEBER, ALLEYNE W. JARVIS, VV. M., Eriq., Vice Provident. SCOVIL, MORRIS, Esq. \VILLL\MS, Rev. J. S. 1800. CARMAN, UvA. \V1LLL\M. DeVEBER, .J. S. BOIES, E 1875. BRIGSTOCKE, Rev. CANON. , ] 1876. PARTRIDGE, Rev. F., B. D. 1877. ARMSTRONG, Rev. WILLIAM. " / DeVEBER, RICHARD S., Esq. 1878. HOYT, J. A., Esq. STARR, R. PENISTON, Esq. 1879. KETCHUM, JOHN D., Esq. i ALEXANDER, Rev. FINLOW. . ^ ROBERTSON, JAMES P., Esq. 1880. DOWLING, Rev. THEODORE E. / . BURCHILL, GEORGE, Esq. . 171 Date of Membership. 1880. NAME. 1881. 1882. 1883. 188i. 1885. SIMONDS, Rev. RICHARD. WILMOT, Hon. R. D., Lieut. Governor, «&c., Vice President. ALLEN, Hon. J. C, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Vice President. WELDON, Hon. J. W., Judge Supreme Court. WETMORE, Hon. A. R., Judge Supreme Court. INCHES, ANDREW, Esq. SCHOFIELD, GEORGE A., Esq., Vice President. SCHOFIELD, SAMUEL, E.^q. STARR, Mrs. R. PENISTON. HOYT, Rev. LEO A. KINGDON, Right Rev. HOLLINGWORTH TULLY, D. D., Bishop ('oadjntor. WRIGHT, Master PERCY PENISTON. CHANDLER, EDWARD B., Esq. CONARRuE, GEORGE M., Esq., (Philadelphia, U.S.) DAVENPORT. Rev. JOHN METCALF. FAIRWEATHER, GEORGE EDWIN, Esq. JONES, Hon. THOMAS ROSENELL. ROBINSON, Hon. ROBERT. SMITH, Rev. JOHN. STARR, FRANK P. HAN FORD, Rev. S. JONES. COLERIDGE, LORD. FORD, Mrs. GORDON, Mrs. FOWLER, Miss VICTORIA CAROLINE. ■:''l:. ».'■ Im -If V '>.^ syi Sfife: tur 173 APPENDIX. THE ENVELOPE SYSTEM. As one means of increasing the contributions and lessening the- difficulties of collection, the Board of Home Missions recommends that Weekly Offerings be substituted for Yearly Subscriptions, wherever practicable. The Weekly Offerings upon the Envelope System, have been found to work well in many parts of the Diocese where it has been tried. The tirst step towards the adoption of this system in a Parish, is to ascertain from all the members of the Congregation what sum they are willing to contribute at the Weekly Offertory; and this being done — 1. Pledges will be received from the Parishioners for a fixed weekly gum, from one cent to one dollar and upwards, to be given in an en- velope, at the services on each Sunday. 2. A package of envelopes will be given to each contributor, printed with blanks for name and amount of offering. 3. The Treasurer will enter the amount thus received each week, to the credit of each contributor, in a book to be kept exclusively for this purpose. 4. A staled meeting of the Vestry or Parishioners will be Ik quar- terly; at which mec-ting the Treasurer will report all subscriptions in arreai's, and at the close of the Parish year will also present all the last year's accounts of the Parish, which will then be audited and settled. By the above plan, the following objects are sought to be accom- plished : 1. That not only heads of families, but all in the Parish, old and young, who have any means and earning of tkeir own, may contribute according to their ability to the support of the Church. 2. That they may, as regularly as possible at the appointed time, bring their pledged Weekly Offeri/ign to Church, instead of paying them at tb« call of the Collector. [NoTK. — The principle ot the Envelope System is not interfered with when, an in exceptional cases, it may be convenient to contribute onck A FOKTNiGUT, or at any other stated period within the Quarter] 8 That the Parish revenue may not fall into arrears and debt be incurred. 4. That the income of the Parish may be materially increased, so that, mainly from this source, sutlieient provision ma;, be mad© for the sup- port of the Clergyman. All these objects may be easily attained if the Church Wardens be willingly and elHciently sustained in their efforts by those whose repre- sentatives they are. The above phin has been adopted, with some variations, in a number of Parishes in several Dioceses and has been successful. It is hoped that it may receive serious consideration in every Mission. in this Diocese, and that it may bo generally adopted. V/-'.' •■ • -i .V '' "^•tl;*'. 4^' 174 FORM OF PLEDGE. ,1H Gentlemen, — I shall be obliged by your inserting my njjme, as a weekly contributor of towards tlie salary of the Clergyman, from this date, and by your supplying uie with the rec^ui.site envelopes. Name in full Address. To the Church Wardens. Any person signing his or her name hereto, may become free from the obligation, by giving three months' noiice in writing, to either of the Church Wardens, that, after the lapse of that time, he or she will \^^^ longer give as above promised. FORm OF ENVELOPE. >> c« t: a p >> M o 43 4^ 1 S O Si •5> -1.3 4J a> c3 J3 o H No. 1 . . .% per iceek.\ I OFFKltING OF j KOIt FORMS FOR WILLIE. A BEtiUEST OF Money, or Shakes of Stock, ok Dkbentuhes, hw Brunswick" to an, St. John. ), Fredericton. St. John. Fredericton, St. John. Fredericton.