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Merciful God, Who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather ^hat he should be coirverted and live ; have meroy upon all Jews Turks, Infidels, and Heretics," and take from them all ignorance, hard- ness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word, and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to Thy flock, that they may be saved among the rem. nattt of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one Shepherd. Prosper, Lord, the labours of those societies of the Ohurch in the land of our Fathers, which Thou hast deigned to use in the pro* motion of this object, and which have nourished the Ohurch in the Colonies ; and bless in like manner with Thy Holy Spirit and Pro- vidential succour the Society in whose cause we are now met, and the undertakings which we have now in hand. " Prosper Thou the work of our hands upon us ; prosper Thou our handy work," for the sake, and through the merits of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen, Our Father, Which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will he done in earth. As it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 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, For ever and ever. Amen. ^T •4 i > THE CHURCH SOCIETY or sm DIOGESE OF QUEBEC. PATRON. His Exouliiot Tu fmovwt Xoaos, Ootiwok OmnAii.Ao.,4kOt ^'t PRESIDENT. Tai BiOBT BiTiu»D TBI Low Bmor or Quiuo. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Hon. Chief Justioe Bowea, Hon. Mr, Juitioo Mereditb, Hon. Edward Hale, Hon. Oeorge Pemberton, Rev. Geo . Maokie, D. D., Rev.S. S Wood, M. A., Rev. the Prinoipal of BUhop'i Oolkft, Hon. Vf. Sheppard, D. 0. £. B«T. I. Banmuth, D. D,« J. Ball FoiCTtt. Baq., tit a, BOOUt nNl.» B«r.B. W. SawtU, ML JL, Bar. A. W.Mooataia, M, A,, H. N. Jonaa, Bra., and aaeh ohaiiaiaB of Diatriet AMoeUtiaM aa ua aMOibaii orthaOatpoMlM. » • * V . --* CENTRAL BOARD. • The President, the Viea-PrasidaBta, and all other Offlean of tha Soeletv, all Clergymen licensed iHthin the Dioeata, and (ha Waidau of aqj Gbonb or Chapal being members of tha GorpoiatioBi and Captain Ashe, B. N., W. Petry, Bsq., M. Sheppard, Esq.. B. H. Smith, Esq., W. tt. Wurtele, Esq., W. C. Soott, Esq., W. H. Tilstone, Esq., F. A. Andrews, ~ F. H. Andrews i,Bsa,Q.C. 1, jr. Kiq., Bar. W. B. Tial. Hanllton Seotk, Bsq., B. H. Wnrtala, Esq., W. BoawaU, Esq., H. D. 0. N. Biiiianmbart.Biq<., P. A. Sbaif, Esq., Q, A. L. Wood,Bcv » J. Fatton, Jtmlor, Bsq^ C. Jndge, Bsq., Bar. O.C. Irring, O. Irriaa, Esq., W. Bhodaa,Baq., M. O. MoonUdn, Baq., 0. HAU, Esq , B. W. Waleh,BBq., 1. 8. Jn, Esq., Bdwla. A. Jonaa, Esq., F. MonUauibaittBaq B. D. HONORARY COUNSEL. O. Irvine, E>q. | F. C. VumoTons, Bsq. AUDITORS. C. Jadge, Esq., | G. Hall,, Esq. TREASURER. WilUmPetrjiEiq. SEORBXABT. B«T. ▲. J» WoolrrolMi 6 OOMMITTEES. DEPOSITORY COMMITTEE. The Lord ,Biihop, Chairman. Ber. O. v. Houimao, B«T. R. O. Pleea, Rer. 0. Hamilton, Rev. M. M. Fothorgill, Rer. O. M. Innea, H.N. Jones, Esq, Rev. U. Roe, Rev. A. von Iffland, 0. N. Monti zambert, Esq, M. Sbeppard, Esq, H. J. Pratten, Esq, F. Montisambert, Esq, FINANCE COMMITTEE. Rev. O. y. Housman, Chairman, Rev. 0. Hamilton, Rev. A. W. Mountain, H. N. Jones, Esq, C. N. Montlaambert, Esqi M. Sbeppard, Eiq, W. G. Wurtele. Esq, Rev. A. von Iffland, P. A. Shaw, Esq, R.H.Smith, Esq, O. Hall, Esq, H. W. Welch, Esq, LAY COMMITTEE. M. Sbeppard, Esq., Chairman. J. B. Forsyth, Esq, W. Boswell, Esq., M.D., Geo.. Irvine, Esq, J. Patton, Junior, Esq, P. A. Shaw, Esq, B. Hamilton, Esq, WC. Scott, Esq, N. H. Bowen, Esq, H. N. Jones, Esq, W. Petry, Esq, R. H. Smith, Esq, Jos. B. Forsyth, Esq. C. Judge, Esq, . EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Rev. G. y. Housman, Chairman. Rev. J, H. NicoUi, D. D„ Rev. 0. Hamilton, Rev. W. S. yial. Rev G. M. Innes, B0V. K SI, Votbergm, Rev. R. G. Plees, M. Sbeppard, Esq, W. G. Wurtele, Esq, Captain Asbe,R. N. 7. H. Androwg, Juor, Esq Tliit 'SleretMy. d «•** v.. DIOCESAN BOABD. w«^ •. THE LORD BISHOP, PBE8IDENT. {EUeitd by Synod.) \ (EUcUd by Church SoeUty.) Roy. a. W. Hountftio, Rev. M. M. Fothergill, Rot. H. J. Petry, M. Sheppard, Esq.. W. O. Wurtole, Eiq., H. N. JoD«B, Esq., ReT. H. Roe, Rer. G. Y. Houtmao, Ret. J. H. JenkiDi, Geo. Irrine, Esq., R. Hamilton, Esq,. 0. N. Montizambert, Eiq. {Ex-officio mtmbtri.) The Clerical SecreUry of Synod, I The Treaaurer of Synod, The Secretary of Church Society, | The Treaaurer of Church Society. [SECRETARY. Rev. C. Hamilton, M. A. CLERGY TRUST COMMITTEE. THE LORD BISHOP, Ohaibham. Rev. R. G. PleeB, Rev. W.King, . , Rev. A. J. Woolryche, Rev. G. V. Houaman, Rev. 0. P. Reid, R. Hamilton, Egq, C. N. Montiaambert, Esq, W.G. Wurtele.,E8q, M. Sheppard, Esq, J. S. Fry.Esq. TREASURER. W. G. Wurtele, Esq. SECRETARY. Reverend R. 0. Plees^ STuA.TSX> 3^C6STI^TGhS, ATSdsukh^Msamvm or tbb sooibtt. wiDMiiDAT 1867 23rd January, €BNTBAL BOARD. wiDViBDAT 1866 10t9jannar7. THTBSDAT ,»,,,* ,i ,25th January. THUBBbAY 16th February. THtmsDAT «... ....•• 15th March. WBomuDAT 11th April. iriDmaDAT. .....23rcl May. wiDnaoAT 12th September. wiDMiSDAT 14th November- W1DAI8DAT... .12th December. wiD>i8DAT..... 1867 9th January. THUBSDAT 24th January. -BEBOSITOBY COMMITTEE. MOVDAT 1866 SthMarch. MOHDAt 4th June. MoaoAv 3rd September. MOHDAT 3rd December. DZOOBSAN aOiBD. VBiDAT. •«.... ,. 26th January. THUBSDAT..... « 26th April. WIDHMIDAT 5th July. wiDNiSDAT ...,i... ,,..... 4th October. .«.< V. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1865. .^ Conscious of having acted to the best of their ability, and mth a single eye to the glory of God in the advancement of His Church, yoar Board humbly trust that their efforts during the past year to promote the objects of the Society have not been ^nrithout token of the Divine blessing. At the same time they would express the increasing difficulty they experience in having to render from year to year an account of their stewardship. In the quiet growth of the Church in this portion of the Province, little occurs that calls tor special notice ; much of what has been said in previous Repoi-id might be repeated with equal truth, and perhaps with equal propriety. Your Board hope, however, it will not be thence inferred that they have been less diligent in the several departments of their labour. They also deem it only proper to state that they cannot speak too highly of the pains taken by their Committees in the consideration of the matters brought under their notice. The Society's income for the past year as compared with that of the previous year, arising from voluntary donations and subscrip- tions, and exclusive of dividends and interest, is as follows : — Receipts General Fund Widows' and Orphans' Fund Mission Fund <. Depository Fund Bishop Mountain Labrador Mis- *) Fund ) Showing a falling off of $250.95. 2 1864. 1583.85 234.42 1748.91 16.33 252.12 3835.63 1865. 1376.76 606.07 1554.10 25.88 21.87 3584.68 10 Beceipts — Continued. Nioolet Endo\¥ment St. Sylvester Endowment Levis and New Liverpool do. Gasp^ Basin Endowment Coatioook Endowment 30.96 489.90 200.00 200.00 4760.49 200.00 200.00 55.50 4240.18 EXFENDITUBE : From the General and Special Fands $1606 have been granted as follows : — Churches. Valcartier Church $100 New Carlisle Church 50 Parsonages. Hopetown 100 Valcartier. 50 Gaspd Basin 30 Cooksbire 50 Endowment Funds. Sandy Beach Gasp6 Basin Coaticook Other Objects. Special Grant to Diocesan Board. Depository A Lay Reader Schools 100 100 100 500 100 50 276 $1,606. The income of the Mission Fund, in accordance with the By«law, has been handed over to the Diocesan Board towards the mainte- nance of the Clergy. * T ^"% 11 Expenditure from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. After payiog the sum of 6300 to the widows and orphans of two Clergymen, and of 8600 to the son of the lato Rev. R. Anderson ; this being the amount oolleoted for him and held in trust by the Society during his minority ; the balance of the income has been added to the accumulating fund. DEPOSITORY. The income of the Depository Fund has been appropriated towards the purchase of Books &c., from the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, for which your board find there is ready sale. The following return has been made : Sold^ — 130 Bibles : 221 Prayer-books : Testaments, books, tracts, &c., to the amount of $165 . 03 . Total sales $428 . 8.5 . Your Board have the pleasure of announcing that W, Petry, Esr. has accepted the office of Treasurer of the Society, in the room of H. N. Jones, Esq. resigned. For a statement of Missionary operations during the past year, your Society are referred to the Annual Report of the Diocesan Board. LOCAL ENDOWMENTS. Tliis subject has continued to occupy the attention of your Board. It was thought desirable that a form of deed should be drafted, setting forth the purpose for which the fund is in each case intended, 12 and the conditions and trasts subject to which it is to be held by the Society. A general form was accordingly drawn np and care> tally considered by your Board. After meeting with the approval of the Clergy Trust Committee it was adopted and ordered to be used in all cases in whioh the Society should be asked to take charge of local endowment funds; slight modifications being|allowed, to snit particular cases. Two more Missions, viz : those of Gaspd Basin and Sandy Beach have during the past year availed themselves of the advantages which are offered to those that make an effort towards partial independence, by raising two hundred dollars each as the nucleus of an endowment : these amounts having been doubled through the liberality of the Member alluded to in last year's Beport. Six of these funds have now been formed within about two years ; to each of whioh a grant of one hundred dollars has been made by your Board ; and as soon as all the Trust deeds shall have been executed in these oases, a request will be made to the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel for the proportion which it promised in accor- dance with the Secretary's letter, whioh will be found in last year's Beport. It was hoped that that Society would have allo.wed all the Missions having endowment funds in the hands of your Treasurers to claim a sum equal to a fifth of the amount of efi'ch fund : but though urged by the Bishop to do so, it has signifiud its intention of confining its donations to those that have been begun since its offsr was made. The following is a list of the Missions with Endowment Funds: Frampton, Three Bivers, Njcolet, Levis and New Liverpool, St. Sylvester, Qasp^ Basin, New Carlisle, Sandy Beaoh, GoiUoook. These participate in the grant of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, IP"^ ^ ^ « « V... • M 18 WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND. ^•^^ ^ * ♦ v.. Tonr Board have hitherto been without tho advantage of any fixed rule based on correct principles to guide them in granting pensions to Widows and Orphans of the Clergy. It is obvious that a continuance in this course might be attended with results very injurious to the interests of those for whose benefit the Fund is in- tended ; for if smaller pensions were granted than the funds on hand and the average collections would warrant, tke recipients would have much reason to complain ; if on the other hand the yearlyallowanoes were greater in amount than the extent of the fund would jastify, a grievous wrong would be done to those who are destined to become claimants on tho fund at a late period ; for in such case as the num- ber of pensions increased, the fund would become less and less able to meet additional claims, and would eventually disappear altogether. To avoid such injustice, as well as for other reasons mentioned in last year's report, it became the duty of your Board to procure an estimate from those who have made a special study of the prob- abilities of life and death ; showing what annual income would bo required to secure to the number of Clergy then in the Diocese, and to their successors, the certainty of a pension of $100 to their widows, to continue till death or remarriage, and of $16 to each orphan for a limited period : such allowances appearing to be the smallest that the Board could contemplate. An estimate was accordingly made by one actuary and confirmed by another ; both of whom are known to be possessed of the highest talent in their profession ; and the fact was thereby revealed that the funds at the disposal of your Board for this object, together with the customary yearly collections, were insufficient for the purpose ; unless supple- mented by annual contributions from the Clergy, for the benefit of whose families the fund is intended. Acting upon the valuable suggestions with reference to various contingencies furnished by the actuaries, your Board drafted a By-law and recommended it for your adoption. It oontained a scale of yearly payments to be re- quired of the Clergy ; j^viog to those then in the Piocese the ad< 14 vantage of the lowest rates, bnt requiring of their successors larger contributions according as the probabilities are greater of an early and prolonged demand being made upon the fund. It will be readily seen that the contributions so required bear but a small proportion to the income of the fund from other sources : and for this reason it will be found that the benefits promised, though they may appear inconsiderable, are many times greater than any that a Life Assu- ranee Company would undertake to pay in return for such contri- butions. The By-law also provided that those of the Clergy who pay the contributions above mentioned are entitled to the privileges of membership of the Society, and are exempt from the payment of the ordinary subscriptions hitherto required of all members. The proposed By-law was fully discussed at two general meetings of the Society held last winter, and with some modifications, adopt- ed. Your Board have thought it right to enter into these explana- tions in order to make the subject more generally understood ; because the meetings at which the question was discussed were not so fully attended as the importance of the matter would seem to require ; notwithstanding that care was taken tu notify all the Clergy in the Diocese of the time when the question would be considered ; sending them t(^ether with the notices, copies of the measure which it was proposed to introduce. It is desirable tiiat By-laws should be amended as seldom as pas - sible. It was therefore thought best to leave it to the Central Board to determine the uniform rate of pensions ; with power to make new uniform rates if it should become expedient. Your Board accordingly adopted the following rule : — " Widows having a claim under the By-law for the management of thi^ fund, shall be paid a yearly pension of $100, to cease on their remarrying. " Orphans having a claim shall be paid a yearly pension of $16 each ; but not to exceed $80 for any one family of chil- dren. In the event of the orphans losing both parents, the pension of each to be increased fifty per cent. The pension to cease as each boy attains the age of 17, and each girl' the r, I, 16 age of 20, or at their marriage if saoh an event happen at an earlier age. Tho widow shall not be permitted to transfer sell or dispose of her claim. Certificates rigned by a Cler- gyman to be famished to the Board every year previously to the payment of the pension, to the effect that the perEons for whom the pensions are drawn, are alive and unmarried." Should the existing average collections be kept up, and the con- tributions of the Clergy be regularly paid, there is no reason to expect that it will become necessary to reJuoe the above named rates, unless the country should be visited with pestilence, and an extraordinary number of tho Clergy should be suddenly removed from the field of their labours by death. Nor is there any probabi. lity of the allowance being hereafter increased, unless it should please Almighty God to put it into the hearts of our wealthy Churchmen, — realizing the smallness of the pittance reserved for the Widows and Orphans of the Clergy, — to become liberal bene- factors to this fund. CHURCH LANDS. The Lay Committee during the past year have been actively engaged in collecting the arrears due on Township lands belonging to the Society, and your Board are happy to state that they have succeeded in obtaining payment to the amount of $634.20, which has been added to the capital of the Sustentation Fund of the Diocesan Board. Some time will probably elapse before all the money due to the Society from this source will have been oolleoted. EDUCATION. In the department of Education, your Board have to report that 16 proviaion has at length been made for the due flopervlBiob of flohooll in receipt of aid from the Society. The Oommittoe have resolved to withhold grants from schools refusing to adopt a uniform series of books. Whilst considering what series it would be desirable to adopt, the Committee have learnt that the Government have decided on requiring all schools receiving Governmeat allowance to use the books approved by the Council of Public Instruction. . ^ The Schools in receipt of grants from the Society are Two at Bourg Louis, One at Frampton, One at Standon, One at Cranbourne, One at Stoneham, Ore at Lake Beauport, One at Yalcartier, One at St. Catherines. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS OF CENTRAL BOARD, 1865. Standing Committees appointed. C. Judge, Esq., and G. A. L. Wood, Esq., were appointed Auditors. •i- V. FEBRTJ-A-H-sr. W. Petry, Esq., appointed Treasurer of the Society. The offer of the Waterville Congregation for the Society's property at Water- ville, was accepted on certain conditions. '•,^ 17 Hale reoommendod by the FiDanoe Oommittee for the manage* ment of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund adopted. ^i^ Form of Deed of Tmst submitted by the Finance Oommittee received and adopted, with a slight modification suggested by the Olei^y Trust Oommittee. Ordered that $200 per annum aridbg from the income of the Frampton Endowment Fund be paid to the Incumbent. The Treasurer authorized with the concurrence of the Oommittee of Advice, to act on the Report of the Oommittee appointed at the last meeting, to consider the existing investments of the sevoral funds of the Society. The Treasurer instructed to transfer to the Treasure)* of the Olergy Trust Committee the amounts belonging to the Coaticook iind St. Sylvester Endowments Funds. The Treasurer recommended with tho assistance of the Oom- mittee of Advice to convert the Bank Stock in which the Widows' and Orphans' Fund is invested, into Seigniorial claims secured by Government. V. A Committee appointed to consider and report on a scheme for assuring against loss by fire all the Church property in the Diocese. IS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIOCESAN BOARD. ^ ii It will be in the reooUeotion of the Cburoh Society that last year a Oiroular was addressed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to all tho Colonial Bishops, informing them that it had resolv- ed to reconsider daring the course of the ensuing year all its termin- able salaries and grants, with a view to a more equitable upportion- ment of its funds among the continually increasing number of claimants, and to such reduction in particular grants as may be practicable and expedient. At the time much anxiety was felt as to the course which the Society would pursue with respect to its triennial grant to this Diocese which would terminate on tho 31st of December 1865. By desire of the Bishop, the Board drew up a faithful statement of the condition, resources and prospects of the Diocese, which was forwarded to the Society. And as the result of their representation, aided by the presence and advocacy of the Bishop in England, the Board have the sincere satisfaction of laying before your Society the following communication received by his Lordship: — if .^' » / SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS 79, PALL HALL, LONDOK 8. W. Jnly 15., 1866. Mt Lord Bishop, 1.— I have the pleasure of transmitting the Society's resolution for the renewal of its Grant for your Lordship's Diocese. *• Bosolred that a sum of £ 2100 (being a reduction of £ 67-10-0) per annum as a block-grant for the Diocese of Quebec, be placed at the disposal of the Bishop and the Committee of Synod for three years from 1 January 1866 : they undertaking all the Society's pecuniary responsibilities in the Diocese including the grants for k" 1« ■;' » / Labrador and the R«v. R. O. Ward, and all lalarloa and pensioui that may arise in that term. 2.— I am desired to take this opportunity to Htato the regulations under which a block-grant such as the above is usually dispensed. If they have not been in forro hitherto in your Lordxhip's Dlooese, the Society ventures to hope that your Lordship will facilitate the transaction of business by causing them to be observed in connection with the present grant. The conditions are as follows :— t "(a) A till or bills for the sum .due at the end of every quarter or half-year should bo drawn by the Treasurer of the Diocesan Church Society, or other person associated with the Bishop in dispensing the grant and should be countersigned by the Bishop. "(b) Such bill or bills should be accompanied or preceded by a letter of advice (a form of which will be sent,) stating in detail the appropriation of the sum drawn for, to the several Mission- aries, their stations, and the period of service for which they are remunerated. "(c) A balance sheet should be sent at the end of each year, show- ing: the amount of bills drawn on the Society, and the actual expenditure on account of the Society's grant, and the balance (if any) remaining in hand. . "(d) The Quarterly Reports and Annual Statistical Returns required by the Society from the Missionaries should be procured from them and forwarded to the Society by the local dispensers of the Grant." 3.— I am farther desired to state that the Society, in the hope of relieving itself gradually from its present expenditure, and of encou- raging the ultimate independence of the Colonial Church, proposes to apply the following condition, which is already in operation in some Colonial Dioceses, to other Dioceses in similar circumstances. This condition is-" «« That before the end of the three years to which the present Grant is limited, one or more of the following steps shall hare been taken by the inhabitants (from local resources) towards the inde- pendence of each of the Missions aided from the Grant :— I. The erection in each of a Parsonage with a glebe attached. II. The erection in each of a Church. III. The collection and investment of an Endowment Fund equal to half the Sooiety's grant." 20 Tho ulToct of tbiii conditioQ would b« to m»ke evory MiniioQ In which it ii fuiniled completely Mlf-iupporting in tho oourie of a Tery few yasri. And the Sooioty would b« glad to learn ai aoon aa possible your Lordship's opinion whether there is any sufficient reason against attaching this condition to the block-grant for 1860-8. If your Lord- ship be of opinion that its application would conduce to the end we hare in view, the Hooiety is prepared to make it a slipulatioa in the case of every Mi lated that the assessments levied on the several parishes by the Dio- cesan Board be paid up by the parishioners, befbre the allowances out of the Society for the Propagation of the Oospel grant are paid to the clergy of those parishes. It is also wished that the Diocesan Board bo requested (in oonformity with regulation (d) above,) before paying the Society's allowance, to procure from eaoh missionary the report required by the Society. And farther that the Board be desired to enforce as Booci as practicable the building of parsonages in the ten parishes on the Society's list where there are none, and the raising of an endowment, or procuring of a glebe in the sixteen parishes which need them. W. T. BULLOCK, ^ ^ Lord Bishop or IJubbbo. From the foregoing letter, it will be seen that in the present instance the Society for the Propagation of tho Gospel has departed from its rule requiring its grant to be diminished rt least £100 ; and that our grants will be made for the next three years less £50 only. For this favourable decision, the^ Church in this Diocese cannot be too grateful ; for had the reduction been as large as was at one time anticipated, the Board with due observance of their obliga- tions would have had no alternative, but to dose some of the poorer Missions which under other oiroumstancos would have the greater claim to the Society's liberality. But notwithstanding the renewal of the Society's grant for the next three years, it would be highly improper for the Board to withhold the fact that each succeeding year only renders them the more sensible of the dangers and difficulties » ^ '-s- rr » ' « « whioh MOOiupaDy thoir offorto to carry out tb« withes of thoM by whom they were commiisioned. Prominent amongti thee* difBealtiei b one, of whioh fteque.it mentioQ hu been made in their pre? iovi Report!, bnt to wbioh thoy are again oonitrained to eall the im- mediate attention of both Clergy and Laity — the fiiilara on the pert of the MimioDa to meet their atipuliited enxagomenta. The leriooe nature of this difficulty will immediately appear, when it ie remembered that by the Oanon, the Board are pledgoJ to pay the entire lalary of each of their Missiooaries, and that to enable them to fhlfil their engagements it is necessary that the quarterly aseeea* ments should be punctually and regularly paid. Were the Board Mtisfied with the bare discharge of their offioe, it would be easy for them, in the case ot defaulting missions, to put in foree that chuse of the Oanon which restricts assistanoe to such Missions as are willing to do their part towards the maintenance of the Gleigy. But from this piiiofal act of severity they have hitherto forborne, partly because, in their judgment sufficient time had not elapeed for Rural Missions to become acquainted with the requirements of the new system inaugurated by Synod, and partly because they entertain the belief that where the ezigCDoies of the Oanadian Church are dearly explained, and the Glorgy are faithful and diligent, the stipulated contribution will be forthcomiDg. Now, however, it will be seen by the foregoing letter of the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Qospel, that some such measare of coercion has beoome imperative, the Board being compelled to withhold the salaries of those Otorgymen whose Missions may be in arrears, until the payment in full of all such arrears. It thus becomes absolutely essential that they should be punctual in the payment of their con- tributions. If it be held impracticable to devise a uniform plan for the ooUectioa oP afsessments, it must plainly be the duty of each Misrisoe to adopt a plan for themselves wbioh shall ensure at least the discharge of their obligations to the Board. As this is a point ioTolving the permanence and effioienoy of the Ghureh amongst us, the Board would venture to suggest whether imrlead of paying the asieument out of their common fhnd as is now generally the case, it would not be desirable for each Mission to set apart a special 22 fund for this particular object. The weekly offertory, sanctified by prayer, at once presents itself as being, where practicable, most suit- able for this purpose. By such an airrangement, some of the difficul- ties and distresses which now unhappily attend the voluntary system would disappear. Churchmen would learn that the support of tho Clergy is not a thing which we may do or leave undone as we please, but a positive law of Christ, binding on all men. Before t'iking leave of this subject, the Board respectfully direct the atten- tion of the Clergy to that portion of the letter of the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, having reference to the payment of their stipends ; and would remind them that as the Mis- sions are now in coarse of being re-assessed, a favourable opportunity occurs for informing their people of the conditions on which the renewal of the Society's grant has been made. The Board are happy to state that the Mission of Lennoxville is now self-supporting, having assumed at Easter last the payment of their Clergyman's Stipend. The Missionary of Frampton is now in receipt of £150, the local endowment having become available by yielding the sum of £50 per annum. The following appointments have been made since the last Report: The Rev. H. J. Petry, to the charge of Danville cum Tingwick, in the room of the Rev. G. J. Magill, removed to Upper Canada : the Rev. T. L. Ball, to the Mission of North Inverness, on the resignation of the Rev. W. S. Vial : the Rev. J. G. Maccarther, Permanent Deacon, to the Mission of Bourg-Louis, on the resignation of the Rev. F. J. Cookesley through ill-health. Of the condition and prospects of tho Misdions in receipt of aid from the Board, your Society will be best able to judge from the valuable statistics of the Clergy and Church Wardens printed in the last Journal of Synod ; from the Tabular Statement subjoined showing the sums promised and paid by the several Missions, during the past year ; and from the descriptive statements of the Clergy which accompany the Report. > A. J. WOOLRYOHE, Secretary. EXTRACTS i^JElOlM MISSIONARY REPORTS. BOURG LOUIS. f ' / In the month of January last, I was sent as Deacon to this Mission, from which the Bev. F. J. Cookesley had been obliged to retire In failing health. I am happy to state that there are at present three hundred and twenty four members, who are firmly attached to the Ohurcli, and doing their best to further its welfare. The Mission is nine miles sqnare ; and part of ^ it is very rough. I hold Divine Service twice every Sunday, and superintend a Sunday School in the afternoon. The school is well attended and progressing fiavourably. In the month of February last, I took possession of a well built Parsonage, erected mainly through the exertions of my predecessors, but I regret to say, that it is as yet very uncomfortable, though the Bishop has kindly given me a very handsome sum to complete one of the rooms. The Par- sonage is built on the glebe, which is opposite the church. The glebe contains 90 acres which are of little or no value to the incumbent, because we have no funds at our disposal to clear and make it fit for cultivation. The parishioners are very willing to give the full amount of their quarterly or yearly assessment in farm produce to their minister. J. G. MACCABTHEB. BURY. In presenting his report for the present year, the Brv. Thomas B10HA.RDSON, would like to notice one or two incidents that took place the preceding year. As nearly every one who is at all acquainted with this Diocese is aware, the Mission of Bury consists of the Townships of Bury and Lingwick.in which are four Churches, St. Paul's, St. John's, St. Thomas, in the Township of Bury, and St. Peter's in the Township of Lingwick. Two of these, St. Paul's in the Village of Bobinson in the Township of Bury, and St. Peter's in the Village of Gould In the Township of Lingwick were consecrated last summer twelve-month, by the Lord Bishop of Quebec, when two young persons were confirmed at Ling- wick, and twenty four at the new Church at Robinson, u Oatketwtntyaeventh ofBfavoh in last year, a Sundaj School was opened in the School house in Robinson Village, under the sole man- agement of the Incumbent ; when about twenty four childrea attended. In the month of June Miss Biohardson oame to Canada and she at once helped her brother in his SundaySchool, by taking the girls under her personal care. The members in this School kept on steadily increasing until they reached nearly fifty ; when Miss O'Connor, a lady residing in the Village, very kindly volunteered to assist in the School, and her as- sistance has indeed been most valuable. On the fourth of September in last year, another Sunday School was opened, at St. John's Church, Dudswell Boad, under '^he manage- ment of Sir. John Martin : the Incumbent attending whenever it was his turn to officiate at St. John's in the afternoon. On the eighteenth of January 1865, the children belonging to the Sunday School, to the number of about sixty, met together at the school house atilobinson Village, when they were provided with a good tea, and after tea, some prises were given away, and the proceedings were closed with Evening Prayer at St. Faql's Church. It was, indeed, a pleasing sight to see the happy faces of so many children, and quite repaid one for any trouble that might h&ve been taken in the matter. During the month of March last, a Sunday School was opened at the Breokbury school house, about two miles from St. John's Church, nndec the management of Mr. Joseph Clarke : and on the 28th of last July, all three schools met at the Parsonage gleba, and spent the afternoon in play, after which they uad tea, and then short addresses were given by A. G-. Bompas, Esq., M.D., the Besds. O. B. Dodwcll, M.A., John Kemp, B.D., and A. C. Scarth, M.A. Prizes were given to those who bad fairly won them ; and then the children, to the number of one hundred and ten, walked in procession to the village church : when Evening Prayer was said by the Revds. G. B. Dodwell and A. C. Scarth, tlie lessons being read by the Rev. John Kemp, and a sermon was preached by the Rev. E. C. Parkin, of Cookshire. Altogether the encouragement given to the Incumbent to establish Sunday Schools in his mission has been most satisfactory ; the two chief difficulties, being the want of suitable teachers, and also the impossibility of his being at every school every Sunday. Tho incumbent is also able to report an improvement in singing in two of his churches. A new melodeon was purchased for the village church in the latter part of last year. In this church all the canticles are chanted, and also the responsea after the Commandmsnts. Here there is service every d& Sanday, and a celebratioa of the Holy CcmmuMon the first Sunday in every month : the congregation averaging about ninety ; and the num* ber of communicants about twenty-five. At St. John's church in the Dudgwell Road, the singing has *>een taken in hand by Dr. O. J. Bompas, who with his family conducts the singing, and it is now really very creditable. Service is held at this church every Sunday, generally afternoon, or evening. In this church they have had a new communion cloth, subscribed by the people : while a couple of carved butternut stalls for pulpit and reading desk, and a new set of communion rails, and five lamps, have been presented to to the Church by the Incumbent. The average congre- gation is about 70 : Holy Communion is celebrated every other month ; the average number of communicants being about 16. At St Thomas's church, Victoria Boad, the Incumbent is sorry that he can not speak so favourably. Here they have no singing what- ever ; while the responses, are for the most part entirely left to one fami- ly. Here the average congregation is about 30 to 40. The church is in a miserable state of repair : the plaster from the ceiling keeps falling down whilst no one seems inclined to give a helping hand. In fact there are only about 4 families in this district who care any thing about Church matters. Service is held at this church every other Sunday ; and Holy Commu- nion has been celebrated four times this year, the number of communi* cants averaging about 12 or 14. At St. Peter's church, Lingwick, there is service every other Sunday when as far as numbers are concerned there is a very good attendance : but as this is essentially a Scotch settleiaent, but litle progress can be made in Church matters. This district has sustained a very severe loss by the departure of Mr. Booke, a gentleman ot property, who used to live in the neighbourhood, and who was a liberal contributor to the Church funds. In this church there are not more than half 'a dozen communicants. The interior of St. Paul's church, Soblnson Village, has also been greatly improved by the Incumbent's sister, painting a number of illu- minated texts on the walls, and also painting the Commandments,. Creed, and Lord's prayer, on sheets of zinc, 6 feet by 9, and placing themi up in the chancel. Exertions are being made to procure a good library for the use of thr Sunday School children ; and it is intended to have a tea meeting anct Christmas Tree, for that purpose on the Wednesday after Christmasy which it is hoped will prove snecessfnl. 4 » 26 The lacumbeat would like to take this opportanity of pabUolf ' be»riag testimoay to the admirable state of order, in which his prede« cessor the Rev. John Kemp, left the Mission. It miut make all the difference to a new Incumbent, especially as was the case here to one recently come fpom Eoglaud, whether the Mission had been preyioueljr neglected : or whether as in the present instance, it had been carefully attended to. The Mission, 7th Range, affords plenty of work for a Clergyman to do. The present Incumbent has, on one Sunday, three full serrioes to perform, three Sunday Schools to attend, and to travel about 20 miles : and th» next Sunday, one Sunday School, three Services, and to travel abont 36 miles : so that his time on a Sunday is quite taken up, from nine o'clock in the mori^ing till past nine at u'.ght. In addition to this' last winter there was a service at the village church every Wednesday evening, which will be resumed, as soon as the roads will allow, and when proper arrangements can be made for lighting and warming the church. Thie does not include the work of visiting, which, in two Townships like Bury and Lingwick, is swelling considerably. For those who love statistics, the Incumbent would just mention that since he has had the Mission of Bury, about a year and nine months, he has preached 262 times, performed 48 Baptisms, 11 Mar- riages, 19 Burials, and during this year has administered Holy Communion 30 times : and since last Easter he has paid 328 pastoral visits. In short it may be very fairly said that the encouraging element pre« ponderates, and that the Mission of Bury on the whole is progressing. Of course every place has its drawbacks, and Missionaries must expect to meet with discouragements now and then, and Bury is no exception to the general rule. There are some people who seem to go upon the principle that the more one does, the more he may do, but who will never do anything themselves either directly or indirectly towards the glory of God, and for the spread of His Kingdom among men: but happily such as those are a very small minority ; so much so in fact that nine -tenths at least of the Church people in the mission, are devoted -members of the Church, and do what they can for the Church, wil- lingly and heartily. But then the mission is by no means wealthy ; and in point of pecuniary matters Bury is behind some other older establi- :«hed and wealthier missions. Bat as was said before, there is ground for great encouragement on 'Avery side. Congregations keep increasing, the demand for seats is «f W \^ if •Itogethar beyond the Churchwarden's power to comply with : th« number of conununicantB steadily but slowly increases: while the Siioday Sohpols are flourishing, and wi II serve as a nursery for instilliog Church doctrine in the minds of some of the young members of the congre- gation. A missionary meeting was held iu the School house in the TillH^e of Bobinson, last February, when the Bevds. Q. B. DodwoU and John Kemp Attended as a deputation, and gave some interesting particulars of mis- ■lonaTy worli throughout the world ; which the inhabitants of Bury feemed to lilte ; aud anticipate another meeting of the same kind, next year : which it is to be hoped will be if possible even more successful than tdie one this year. THOMAS RICHARDSON. CAPE COVE AND PERCE. Since my last Report, no change of any importance has taben place in the mission. During the past year I have been enabled to keep my appointments here and at Percu with regularity, not having been hindered once by sickness, I am thankful to say, and only twice I think, by bad roads or storms. During the summer months after my second service at PeruS, I frequently crossed to Bonaventure Island, wLiere a small but attentive congregation used to meet me. It gave us all much pleasure to see the Bishop in August, when bis Lordship confirmed forty candidates within the Mission, twenty bei:e and an equal number at Perc6. Death has been unusually busy amongst our little community during the year. Early in February a lady who at much sacrifice of time and pains, bad conducted our little choir at Perce and played the qaelodeon there, was removed uuder circumstances of peculiar sadness, having little more than a week before her death, become a mother : and but a few months ago a member of our choir here, died after a brief but severe c^ttack of typhus. She frequently during lucid intervals, ex- pressed her entire submission to God's holy will, and her implicit rttli* ance on her Saviour. I select these for notice, (tho' inore.Mt^ ^ntf '* died in the Lord,") as they were both so young, so mucb.bNtoffttil, m full of the amiable gentle spifit of the true Christian, andPQ do«ply mmI Kooerally regrottQ^* Omlng to the partial Akilaro of the •ammAr fishiag, I wa» unwilling to preii upon my congregation!, the aubjeot of regular contributions to the Church Society : but the usual sermons were preached in behalf of the Society, and with average results. It must be said for the peo- ple here that they do willingly, all that can be expected of them. I record with pleasure the gift of a harmonium and a pair of alrns^ plates to the Church, frot.. T. Savage, Esq., Church Warden, to whose kindness we have been ini*ebted on more than one previous occa- sion. I must also mention gratefully, that Messrs. C. W. Robin ft Co., of Jersey, contributed liberally towards my stipend ; that their Agents at Pero6 show me much kindness and attention, and that Miss Robin hag twice sent books as prises for the Sunday School children. During the year.— Baptisms, 12. Marriages, 5. Burials, 8. WILLIAM GORE LYSTER. % * COATICOOK AND BARFORD. I Since I wrote my last annual report, many things of an encouraging nature have transpired in my Mission. Cn looking over the record of the atttendance at two of my stations, (Barford and Coaticook) I find that the numbers are steadily on the increase. Indeed the church at Coaticook is already becoming inadequate to accomodate the numbers who attend the services. During the month of October last, I set about getting out lumber for the building of a church in Barford, where I at present officiate in a school-house. I requested a number of those who attend the service, to meet me, in the woods, near the church site, on n certain day, with their oxen, axes and saws : and, to my surprise &u'J delight, I found myself, on the appointed day, surrounded by a much stronger force than I had any reason to expect. The most pleasing feature in the matter was, that many of those who came do not belong to the Church, and yet they showed their good will by coming, in some oases unasked. We succeeded in laying up, ready for sawing, about twenty thousand feet of excellent lumber. Such a friendly feeling as was shown in this case, gives me great hope that at no very distant day, many of those who so cheerfully assisted in getting materials for the ohurob, may be induced to enquire into her Soriptnml and ApottoUc character, ant} thus become attftched and exem* IjiUfff wemlMnpf thf <*oii« foil} und^r qm ittepherd," » « « • f » ♦ >» :• One instance of the lasting affection which the children of the Ohurch exhibit for their Spiritual Mother, even after they hare forsaken her for other religious bodies, came under my notice not long since, and may here be related : An English family resident in Barford, left the Church about twelve years ago, and joined the Calvinistio Baptists ; but as soon as the Church's services were brought within their reach, they gladly attended, — their old love returned, and the whole family (nine in num- ber) came baolc to the church again. Our Sunday School at Coaticoolc is in a flourishing condition. The number of pupils on the roll has increased within eighteen months, from nine to forty-five. We have succeeded in getting up a library of three hundred volumes. To this good object, a few generous friends in Quebec contributed handsomely. I attach the greatest value to a well conducted Sunday School. Its importance, as an avenue of approach to the parents of the pupils, can only be estimated by a clergyman whose lot is cast in the midst of a population, one half of which belong to no phase of Christianity. The Endowment Fund of my Mission is gradually progressing. The^ a is at present, in the hands of the Treasurer $600. To this sum, I hope soon to be able to add the further sum of $250, the price of one hundred acres of laud, in Barford, given by Miss Green, of Quebec, and also $50, the price of twenty five acres given, for the same purpose, by Colonel Coffin, of Ottawa City. I have also the promise of twenty five acres from Mr. Ogden, the brother-in-law of Colonel Coffin. During the present winter, J hope to be able to add still more names to my list of subscrib- ers towards the fund. Through the kindness of the Rev. Charles Hamilton, of Quebec, the congregation of Coa*icook, has been presented with a solid silver Com- muniou Service. The one which is at present in use at Coatioook is to be given to the congregation at Barford. During the present year we also purchased a bell for the ^church of Coaticook, at a cost of $154. The following sums have been paid in, during the year, to the Dioce- san Board and the Church Society :— Assessment to the Diocesan Board $130.00 G-neral Fund of Church Society 7. 75 Widows' it Orphans' do 6.10 MissionFund 6.00 Expenses of Diocesan k Provincial Synods 6 . 00 Collected at Missionary meeting in January last, and forwarded oy Bev. Dean ,, 9.00 ppUected fof Chnrol^ Spoiety i^ D^oenbt^ '9^,,,, ,,. . so.oo iplM.85 ao Tht Ohofch WMd«it kt^f ttMMd one h»lf of kh* inm collected for the Ohoroh Bodely <$M,) to p»7 off the debt on oor charoh. JOHN FOSTEB. COMPTON. The Inonmbent ofthli Hhislon has reason to be thankfal for the measure of sncceM with which It has pleased the Great Head of the Oharch to bleas his labors in the field which has been assigned to him. The Qiual Sunday sorvloos hare been held, morning and evening at St. John's Ohnroh, and in the afternoon at outposts : one a school-house on {he LennoKTlUe road, the congregation of which have sent in nine dollars as a special eoBtribntlon to the Mission Fund : the other in a union house at Brook vllle, two miles from the village of Oompton. The services not being well attended here, I have removed to a school- house, about a mile ibrther on, where there is a prospect of improvement. The morning congregations at St. John's Church have been about the same as last year, and the attendance in the evening is very encourag* lug there. That at Aldrlch scho ol-house, has somewhat increased, where we have very good singing, for 'vbich we are indebted to a school'* teacher, who also teaches a singing class in the neighbourhood. I am sure that the Oentral Board, and indeed all the members of the Oburch Society will rejoice, when I say that there have been twelve adult-Baptisms this year, nine of whom were baptized in St. James Church, on Sunday morning, during service, the other three on Saint's days. This has given much encouragement, and I may add that I hope to have shortly, a class of some half dozen more. I have been blessed with pretty good health, and have been able to do a considerable amount of pastoral work, visiting the people at*their homes, and having faminar conversation with them on secular as well as religious subjects ; and I may add, that the baptisms which I have spoken o^ are the result of this fireside preaching, and social inter- course with their fiamilies. I find by my memoranda that I, during the year past, paid more than six hundred and fifty of. these visits, Aud for this purpose, with my journeys for Sunday services, I have travelled over a thuusand rpileS) more than one half of which have be^n im fovt. Th«»Mesia wt h >» l >»wni»Pt^»ob^uart»My|th th§ otmost punctuality, ■■) (.1 31 The sabwription Hit is aboot the aune m fort jrwr, Th* ooUeetiona for the three fundB are about a dollar short of last y«ar, bat at the Missionary meeting, held in Janaary last) somethlog OTor nine dollars was collected, and the Aldrich congregation sent ii>e niaa dollars as a special contribution to the Mission Fund with the $120 of assesment ; mailing the whole of the contributions from this Mission to the funds of the Church, more than two hundred dollars. The liindness of the congregation towards myself, personally, has been manifested in a very pleasing manner, by presenting Mrs. Kemp with a very handsome tea service, accompanied with their best wishes. Last year they presented us with a nice carpet, for the parsonage parlour, with good, and liind wishes, that we might remain long enough in Compton to wear it out. JOHN KBMP. COORSHIKE. In reply to your circular seeking Information as to the condition and prospects of this Mission, I have the honour to report : First. — Upon its condition. With the exception of by a very few families there Is little interest taken in Church matters. The Services, though more numerously attended than at my first appointment, are not so well attended as should be expected in one of the Society for the Propagation of the Qospel's oldest Missions. The outward deportment of the congregation is much improved. In place of a total disregard of all rubrical observances, the responses and proper postures in prayer and praise are much more general. The singing and chanting is screatly improved. Second.— Qpon its prospects. As the Church is supported by only a few families, we cannot look forward to doing more than has been bone this year, for a long time to come. It is my constant endeavour to raise the Church to its proper position, and I have reason to believe I am slowly but sorely doing so. Many things militate against my usefulness ; such as old customs and lax habits : but with the blessing of the Qreat Head of the Church, I trust in time to surmount all difficulties. d2 The ohnroh U knything but oharoh>like in its exterior or interior, ladeed the interior arrangemente are devoid of all eccieaiaatical pro< priety. It is also old, and so uncomfortable in winter as to deter many persons from attending Divine Service. EDWARD CULLEN PARKIN. DANVILLE. Last Angast I was appointed to take charge of the Mission of Ting- wick, Shipton and Eingsey, an area of country embracing about 600 square miles. Befoie the roads broke up, I had the opportunity ofmalfng nearly two complete rounds of pastoral visits to the families scattered over Tingwick and Shipton, and am now waiting for the winter roads in order to reach the families at Kingsey. The arrangements for Divine Service on Snndays are as follows : The first Sunday in the mouth, Morniug Prayer, Sermon, and Administration of Holy Communion at Danville ; Evening Prayer with Sermon at Eingsey, fourteen miles distant. Second Sunday in the month. Morning prayer, Sermon, and Administration of Holy Communion at Tingwick ; Evening Prayer with Sermon at Danville, nine miles distant. Third Sunday in the month. Morning Prayer, Sermon and Administration of Holy Commu- nion at Eingsey ; Evening Prayer with Sermon at Danvilld ; on the fourth Sunday, I serve Danville in the morning, and Tingwick in the afternoon. Having no time to hold a Sunday school, I have opened a Saturday class of instruction, at my own lodgings, for the children of the parish, as also an adult class for Bible instruction and singing prac< tice. Oar people, on the whole, are in a struggling condition, and cannot do much for the Church. According to the latest information I have received, the subscribers to the Diocesan Board are, in a majori- ty of cases, unwilling to accept the condition of your Board, regarding their pledging themselves to a fixed assessment for three years, not a few of our (professing) Church families give nothing in the way of a subEcription. Shipton is assessed at one hundred and sixty* dollars per annum. In many parties the impression prevails that the figure is too high by sixty dollars, seeing the great difBoulty there is experienced in collecting the money, unless some alteration takes place in the arrange- ments between the Board and the Mission, I think, though I am pained as to ezprflirtb* thought, tha proipeeti of tho Million will be gloomy indeed. The Tingwick Minion ii nlio itruggling with difficultiei, and flndi it hard worli to meet iti obligation to the Board. The people at Eingiej are very anzioui to hare a reiident Miiiionary. There is a flne glebe of fifty aorei of Und, twenty of which are cleared, but a parsonage ii wanted. The farm, at preient, ii rented for five poundi a year. The diitance between the church and the reiidences of most of oar people, makes attendance at church rather thin. Another came also operates to weaken our members at church. The country is studded over with District school houses, which, on Sundays, either local or perambulating preachers attend. Oar church at Danville is still in a very incomplete state, and is likely to remain so for a few years yet. It would take at iea^t between twelve and fourteen hundred dollars, to famish what is wanted, to complete the building. With regard to the expense of building their church, there seems to be bat one opinion, namely, that the money laid out already, would have built both a oborch and parsonage quite equal to the wants of the parish, and cer- tainly agreeable to the wishes of the people. There is a good deal of soreness fttit on this point, which will require some time to heal over. A more cold, smoky and uncomfortable church (during winter; the people declare they never entered. The fact is, it is hard to please everybody. I constantly tell my people that it is vain now to grumble about errors of judgment in the matter, that the best thing they can do is to use every endeavour to make the church more comfortable. Our Wardens have recently forwarded an important communication, respect- ing financial matters, to the late deputation from Quebec, tiod if the Board accept the propositions therein contained, the Mission will feel greatly relieved. I am sorry to say, in conclusion, that the deputation to the Mission of Shipton, last October, was a failure in every respect. The two Wardens and the Clerk constituted the meeting, thus sbowicg what feeble interest the congregation takes in Church matters. H. J. PBTRY. DRUMMONDVILLE. In the absence of any report from the Incumbent, the 8e<}retary has been instructed to introduce th« following extract froor a' letter ofoi^e of the Church Wardedi'f-r 5 34 The ohorch wm burnt down on tke 4tb Haj, «nd almost immadiatelf aftflr, Mr. Maglll went on hit ooUeotlon tour with the Approbation of the Bishop, and we had no regnlar lerTice until the arriral of Mr. AUnatt, the end of February following. I, however, to prevent the breaking up of the Mission, conducted the services during that time. With the exception of a fow, with more faith than the rest, the congregation never expected that we should be able to rebuild the church. The result of our exertions has been, that the Ohuroh has now been in use for nearly a year. It is roofed, floored, pannelled and plastered, has nearly half the pews erected, a stained glass east window by Spence, and five more windows for the side, ordered from Spence, but not yet arrived. This year the belfry will l>e built up in stone, and we hope to be able to complete the windows. The Church, when flnished, will be far supeiior to the one that was burut. I cannot now state the exact cost of all this, but on a rough estimate, I should say that three quarters of the expen< diture has been raised by members of the congregation, and indeed, with the exception of our own Diocese, where we found many liberal friends, I may say that the rest of Canada gave almost nothing. I ought to add that the old church was $1200 in debt ; whereas, the present one owei nothing. All this has been done by a small and scattered congregation, surrounded by a large Boman Catholic population, without any assist- ance, or, I may add, sympathy from any organised hodj in the Church. In foot, I do not believe that you can find a single congregation in the Diocese, even including Quebec, that has contributed the same amount per head, for Church purposes, within the same time. By the exertions of our congregation alone, the Mission has been saved to the Ohuroh : for at the time I volunteered to hold the services, the Methodists were negotiating with some of the members of the con- gregation, to establish a mission of their own — and bad we once been divided, ^e should never have been able to recover the blow. ■4? GASP^ BASIN. In my report to the Ohuroh Society at the end of last year, when I had but just entered upon my present charge, I expressed a hope that this year would not pass withoniT witnessing some satisfactory indica- Uoni of progress and improvement in this mission. I cannot now w^ t)iat my hope has been fatly realised, yet enough, 86 ■4? I think hM b«en Moonpliihed to call for thankfoIneM to the Dl? in* Head of th« Choroh ; and to iupiro confldance in looking to the futnro. A good foundation has b«en laid for a parochial Endowment fbnd ; $200 haying been eubicrlbed within the Miieion, to meet an equal amount generously bestowed by Robert Hamilton Esq. of Quebec, and $100 promised in addition by the Church Society, and a ftirther sum from the Society for the Propagation of the Oospel. Something also hss been done with a view to the erection of a new church here, now much required, to replace the present building ; which is not only old and insecure, but too small to accommodate the increasing congregation. A large quantity of stone has been collected for the foundation of the proposed edifice, and some money obtained in aid of the undertaking. A basaar too, was hold by the ladles of the Mission in October last, to raise funds for the completion of the church of St. James, three miles disiautiSlso for the repair of the old church of St. Paul, and to aid in finishing the parsonage. !s this way about $340 were realised. In addition to $30 kindly granted by the Church Society, towards the completion of the parsonage, I obtained from kind friends in Qnebeo and Montreal about $60. Yet the building is far from being in « finished state. Indeed so much has to be done within the Mission, in the way of building, repairing and completing, that one might almost despair of bringing so much work to a successful termination. But we must not yield to discouragement. As regard Spiritual progress within my charge, I scarcely dare to say anything. That some have profited by the means of grace and salTation which hare been placed within their reach, I humbly hope and be- liere. The attendance on public worship and the holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, though by no moans so large or so regular as it ought to be, is yet such as to afford ground for encouragement. Many ad- verse circumstances have long hindered and retarded most sadly, the work of the Church in this remote part of the Diocese. Her Ministers must now expect many difficulties, and much to try their faith and patience. Yet they must be hopeful and persevering ; and in prayer- ful dependence op. their Heavenly Master, ntrive to gain the respect, confidence and affection of the people, and to imbue their minds and hearts with the holy doctrines of the Gospel. The greatest obstacle to our usefulness, is the- intemperance which is so fearfully prevalent on this coast, and which, alas I for the sake of filthy lucre, is fostered and stimulated by many who might rea I I 3B ranably be expected to uae their iaduenoe And example to check «fi evil of such magnitude, so inimical to the real prosperity of the place, and so destractive to the sonls and bodies of their less intelligent Deighbonrs. The visit of the Lord Bishop which we had the privilege of enjoying last Snmmer, was an interesting event. I had the satisfaction of pre- senting twenty two candidates for Oonfirmation, to the Bishop : and in the coarse of their preparation, some of them evinced a degree of earnestness which yielded good hope of Obristian sincerity and stead- fastness. Oar Sunday and day-schools are still in an efficient state and well attended, on the whole. Our contributions to the funds of the Church Society this year, may appear less than they ought to be ; but it is to be remembered that extraordinary exertions have been made within the Mission for the Endowment fund, and the other objects to which I have alluded. It has also been a very bad year for all the fishing operations, on which our J^cpl« iiere have mainly to depend for subsistence. pQ-t all Church purposes, the amount raised on the spot^arlng the year, caunct I think be less than $1000, and ^OT ^ poor Mission, this perhaps will be considered a tolerable sum. B". A. SMITH. IRELAND AND SOUTH INVERNESS. ^ V In the ordinary routine of a rural mission, there are only few incidents to be reported. In the course of the year, now ended, I am thankful to be enabled to state, that I have kept all my appointments in the two churches ; and the greater part of them in three stations. I have held Divine Service one hundred and sixty four times, for the accomplishing of which, I have travelled 1517 miles; and 1359 miles in visiting from house to house. The attendance at the services of the Church is, on the whole increas- ing i though, at the same time, there are still many who " forsake the assembling of themselves together." Many have died of diptheria in this mission, daring the last three years. Several fiimiiies baveone, others two and three, and in three families, four have been cut off in a few days. In three instances, two members of the same family have been carried at the same time, to the » >• tf 1) gtavfl. When Clod's jadgments are thtts abroiul, tUft]^ the sturvivors learn wisdom. The two churches require to be shingled afresh. Trinity Cht^rch, in New-Ireland, was partly shingled last fall, and will, I hope, be finished « in spring. Christ Church— Inverness— will be roofed in spring or summer, as sufficient materials and funds have been collected for that purpose. R. G. WABD. ^ V MALBAIE. • « a » 4 Dtlrlng thdpast year Ifo bare had reason to be thankful to Almighty God for his continued presence and i»VS6r< We have had no deaths in our Mission to record; althougu aany have been severely afflicted, and brought to the gate of death. In places where so much of ungodliness prevails, aeon this coast, and where not a few live very indifferently as to their eternal interests, these opportu- nities of doing good, among the sick and their families, are very preci- ous to the Minister of God. There were twenty seven Baptisms and five marriages in the year now closing. Twenty candidates made profession of their faith, last August ; having been confirmed by the Bishop. There is a great wish manitested among such as have attained the required age, and oftentimes before that age, to be confirmed. There has been a school in operation for above a year which seems likely to be continued. The master who deserves encouragement and support is in the receipt of a grant from the Colonial and Continental Church Society, and I am hoping will receive another from the Church Society. He also conducts a Sunday School in his district which will have, I trust, the best results, and keep the young ones from desecra- ting the Lord's day. The Church yard was fenced last Summer by the congregation, and the shell of the barn put up ; the people being expected to furnish all the wood and shingles, and the Incumbent to pay for the work. For more than six years, my family has been deprived, in a country-place, of those advantages which the poorest of my flock enjoy ; and hence my anxiety for a stable to enable me to keep a horse for the benefit of my Mission. 38 Many of my people have not had such sacoess in their fishing as they «xpeoted ; the provisions have also risen ; and yet, I trust, few will withhold their hands from this Missionary work, by contributing to the maintenance of the Mission and by otherwise helping the wardens in the improvements of the Mission which we contemplate. JOSEPH DkMOUILPIED. NEW CARLISLE. In compliance with your circular of the 4th inst., asking for a report flrom this Mission, for the year about finished, I might just refer yon to former reports, as with the exception of the Bishop'« Yisit fOT AOnflrma- tion, in August last, nothing has occurred io vary jihe usual routine of parochial work. With the exception of two or three Sundays, last spring, when I was laid up with a severe attack of sickness, the Church services have been kept up as usual, and the attendance has been good, and the congrega- tion, to all appearance, devout and attentive, and though it is to be feared, from the conduct of some, that they have apparently benefited but little, I am yet thankful to say that more cheering indications are also met with, which encourage to perseverance in the Lord's work. During the months of May and June last, I had weekly classes for preparing the candidates for confirmation, and I was pleased with the regularity of their attendance and the attention paid to my instructions. The whole number prepared was thirty one, (having a larger proportion ef yon Dg men than on some former occasions,) one of whom had to remove to Ferc6 before the day of confirmation, leaving thirty to be confirmed in the churches here. There would, in all probability, have been a larger number, if I had not been prevented by the sickness above alluded to, from personally calling at the time on several families. We were notable to do much in our Sunday schools this summer, on account of the general prevalence of whooping cough, which reduced the attendance often to five or six. There has been the full average amount Of sickness, causing, as at several times the parties resided at opposite ends of the Mission, a great deal of time to be taken up in visiting them. I believe I have little more to add than to state that two ooUeotioni in each church for the Qenetal, and Widows' and Orphans' fundi of the f 89 Charoh Society, have been made and remitted to the Treasurer, amount- ing in all to $24.09. The congregation of St. Peter's Chnrcb, Paspebiac, hare collected as their share of the amount required by the Diocesan Board f 100, which have been placed to my credit with Messrs. Charles Bobin & Go. There has also baen a subscription in the New Carlisle congregation, but I have not heard the amount. OEOBGE MILNE. / NICOLET. Nicolet is a picturesque Canadian village, pleasantly situated on a river of the same name near its confluence with the St. Lawrence, opposite to and about nine miles above the town of Three Rivers. It is the seat of a large and substantially built French College with a numerous staff of Ecclesiastic Professors. The little Protestant com- munity at this place may date its origin back about thirty>flve years, when the Seigniory of Nicolet became by purchase the property of the late Colonel Chandler, a retired officer of the British Army. By this gentleman's influence some immigrants, (among them two retired officers,) were induced to settle in the village and neighbourhood. Being a zealously devoted and liberal churchman, he soon had erected in the village, and near to the Manor-house, a neat and substantial stone edifice, which, duly consecrated, was ordinarily well filled with glad worshippers. By the same gentleman's care and forethought the foundation of an Endowment Fund, for the maintenance of a clergyman in aftertime, was piously made ; which, from small beginnings, has, by careful husbandry, grown to goodly proportions, yielding, at this day* an annual revenue of $300, two hundred of which are given in aid of the Clergyman's stipend, and the surplus revenue goes annually to aug- ment the original fund. This benevolent member of the Church, whose works do follow him, lived to rejoice in the fruits of his own labors. Upon the death of Colonel Chandler, as by token of God's careAil providence for this tender vine, the care of the Church fell into tho hands of a worthy successor, Thomas Trigge, Esq., (father of the pre- sent Seigneurs,) who had been for many years the prudent counsellor, and painstaking Treasurer, of the Church Society at Quebec, (who have left on record in their Beport a well merits oWxmxj of d^pvled 40 worth ;) and to whom, in God's providence, wu ssaigned the tasic of con- solidating and completing the work, so anspioionsly began by his predecessor. To his practical experience, business habits, and per- sonal liberality, it is owing that the endowment, above referred to, has progressed with such marked steadiness and onward growth. Through his zeal and energy a very substantial stone-tower, with a lantern- cupola was added to the west end of the church, and a church-bell was appended. To this work, which cost some $750, the widow Chandler, then in England, but cherishing the spiritual ardour of her departed husband, contributed about one-half. It will be readily un- derstood that there were otbdr benefactors ; and that the noble work of those venerable Societies, whose praise is in all the churches, was here neither neglected nor deferred. To the unflagging seal and devoted energy of Mr. Trigge, the work of material progress is, never- theless, chiefly due. Such indeed are blessed and glorious beginningt: for the little Church at Nicolet, but, alas, how changed I Where is that goodly number of the true Faitb ^nd Scriptural worship, who, for a time rejoiced in the light that followed them ; and of whose numbers I find testimony, but too abundantly, from the parish records 7 The tale is soon told : scattered among a dense French population to the distance of even twenty miles, and over, from their church, moreover widely separated from each other, they, for a time, maintained a struggling social exis- tence. Death cut off some, others left the place. While the younger branches of Camilies that remained, got intermarried with French Canadians, the only companions of their youth, and are engulphed, for after generations, in the wide vortex of Romanism around. On making enquiry, when I came here a little more than a year ago, fur families whose names I found on the early records of oar Church, I found them (such as remain,) wholly or in part, (with a few exceptions) members of the Roman Catholic Church. In the village itself, besides the Seigneur and the mistress of the Manor House, I found only three entire families of our ohuroh remaining. All, including throe members of my own family, number, great and small in the village, twenty-nine. On two branches of the Nicolet River, and which converge a little above our village, were widely scattered, to a distance of some sixteen miles from the church, a few families or parts of fiamilies, the relics of a once larger community : five on the East Branch, and three on the West. For the convenience of these poor scattered members, I held a monthly 8im4»7Mrvicef Id U)(} Afternoon, at St, Monique, a village about eight M miles up the river, daring a few months of summer. They now number about thirty, but are so situated that they prefer ^tending the morning service at the church, and for which they give a noble example of self- sacrifice, having sometimes to leave home, in winter, hours before day- light. At the church we have regular morning and evening services, attendance at Morning Prayer being, during summer, about forty, old and young— in the evening, about twenty-one. Average number at Holy Communion, seventeen . Five collections have been made during the year for various objects, three will appear in the Treasurer's re- ports ; and two were for expenses of Synod. There has been one barial and two Baptisms during the year. A Sunday school is maintained at the church, numbering fifteen children. ANDREW BALFOUB. RIVIERE DU LOUP EN BAS. The condition of this Mission is nearly the same as it was last year. Our Church Services have been continued without interruption. There are eight resident families and eight communicants, but I expect an increase of the latter from among those adults who were confirmed. Our Church attendants in summer vary from 60 to 100, according to the influx of visitors ; in winter from 15 to 20. Our church fence re- quires to be renewed, this will demand an outlay of £30 currency. We propose setting apart the amount of the pew rents and Sunday collec- tions for this purpose. New steps were put to our church entrance ; and Mrs. Williams kindly made a donation of a very neat Altar- cloth. The only interesting circumstance I have to report is the following : A farmer of British origin, 56 years of age, who lives for away in the bush, 40 miles from this place, came to me and expressed his deep concern because he had never been baptized, I had a long convenation with him, and gave him a little book which explained dearly the need and nature of Baptism ; the book he took home with him and retora- ed to me in a month, when I christened him in our church, and be- sought him to strive to live now according to so good a beginning. 6 E. a. W. BOSS. 42 SANDY BEAOH. As we find that even in the d«7B of the Apostles, varying aspects, lights and shades presented themselres in the history of the churches, making those first Missionaries of the Cross alternate'^y joyful and sorrowfal, so it is now, and happy is he in whom, en a review and summary of the year's work, the joy is greater than the sorrow. On the present occasion, notwithstanding many things to make me sad, such as deep consciousness of sins of omission and commission in myselfandinmyfiock, there are yet some in the mission which are causeof joy and thankfulness. Exertions to supply their spiritual wants, and to support permanently amongst them the ministrations of the Gospel, are, in any people, indications not to be mistaken, of internal feeling and of the value set upon things eternal ; and some such marks, I am happy to say, are not wanting among us. Before the close of the year 1864, the ladies of the Sandy Beach congregation made great exertions to raise funds to complete their church tower, and to furnish it with a good bell. For this purpose.they worked with indefatigable industry, and considerable self-denial and zeal in the fabrication ofnumerous articles of usefulness and beauty, for the dis- posal of which they held a bazaar at Oasp^ Basin : aided by the active kindness of the sister congregation there, it was highly successful ; realizing Above £80 of net profit. With this money they finished their church tower, and procured from New York a sweet toned and good bell, so that now we are summoned to the house of God by the << church going bell ;" a sound so familiar and so dear, interwoven as it is, with all our earliest recollections and holiest feelings. Latterly our church has been found too sm&ll to accommodate conveniently the increasing numbers of the congregation. After consultation, we came to the determination of increasing its capacity by the erection of galleries : this involves an expense of about £160 in materials and money : and with this burden tho younger members of the congrega- tion, (who required the addition,) at once charged themselves; promis- ing to furnish all the materials, and half of the money required, by next June ; the other half to be given at the close of the year. When next the Bishop visits us, he will find, I trust, the church accommo- dation considerably increased. In the matter of providng a permanent Endo'wment for the church, we were slow to move, owing, I must say, to my faint heartedness, but we have moved at last and the com- C a \ 43 mencement ii happily made. We raised the $200.00 required, one large hearted member of our Ohurcb, though not rich, giving one half of the sum ; and our ezertioDs have been met by the promised assistance, so that the original sum is nearly trebled. A nucleus is thus formed, and a step in view towards self-sustentation. Our contributions to the fands of the Church Society are about the same as last year's, they would, I feel sure, have been more, but for several adverse causes, the chief of which was the partial failure of the fisheries, the mainstay of this part of the country, and the effort required to make up the Endow- ment, and to build the galleries. Indeed, taking all the calls upon them into consideration, the settlers here are heavily taxed, and give, in proportion to their means, quite as much as in any other part of Canada. As to the spiritual prospects of the Mission, and the work done, the result is on the whole cheering ; though there are no remarkable incidents to be recorded. Through God*s goodness I have been enabled to continue, with scarcely any interruption from ill health or other causes, the usual services. On all the principal bolydays I have the appropriate service : besides Sunday and holyday services, I have prayers and a sermon every Thursday during the winter at the house of some one of the parisliioners, going from house to house in rotation as circumstances invite. These winter evening services I consider as among the most valuable of my missionary exertions : they are popular and well attended, and keep up the impression made on the Sunday ; making the peoplefeel that religion is not to be laid aside with their Sunday clothes. As long as the roads continue good, I visit the people systematically, devoting a part of each week to the purpose : of all ways of reaching their hearts and sympathies this is the best. On the whole, there is growing seriousnesss and at- tention to heavenly things in the congregation, and especially among the youDg ; a large proportion of the newly confirmed presented themselves at the Lord's Tlible on the next celebration of the Holy Communion, after their Confirmation. These soldiers and servants of Christ, I watch over with joy and yet with trembling : dn ring above all things to present them with the rest of the flock, fauitless before the Lord in the day of His appearing. MATTHEW KBR. St. GILES. Divine Service is held once every Lord's Day at St. Sylvester ; either in the morning or in the afternoon ; rarely by lamplight. TUore was, 44 during tb« put winter, a weekly Bervioe, held by lamplight, and well attended. St. Ollea', St. Patrick's and St. Margaret's, each has Divine Serrice, on the Lord's day, once a fortnight. At the latter place the weather and roads seriously affect our little congregation, they being literally in the mountains. The service here is sometimes as early as 9 a.m., and as late as 6 p.m. At St. Mary's, St. Francis, the Gold Dig- gings, St. Oeorge's and Cumberland Mills, there is Divine Service about once in every six weeks. At three of these places Divine Set vice is held on the Sunday ; commencing at 9 a.m., and the last at 4 p,m: in the township of Jersey and St. Catharines, as often as the Missionary can command the time. St. Joseph has service in the evening as your Missionary arrives, and in the morning before he leaves, passing on to other parts upwar ds ; and on his return homewards, evening and morn- ing again. British Colonial. Bailroad river station, eleven and a half miles from St. Oilei, is attended to as often as possible :— holding Divine Service at night and returning the next morning for Divine Service at St. Giles. In visiting the above named places in this report, your Mis< sionary has travelled, during the past year, not less than 1910 miles : nor does this include the distances travelled from house to house in the ▼arions places of the Mission. In the whole extent of the Mission, we have bat five day schools and three Sunday ; that are under the control of the Missionary. In the day schools the ordinary routine of education is carried out ; the Bible and Testament classes as well as that of Cate- chism, are carefully attended to by the Missionary : not that any other branch is neglected. That there are not more schools under his care is cause of regret ; as it must be by taking the young of the flock, that good only can be reasonably expected. The report of gold in the St.. Francis District, has brought a number of old country people there. These have claimed the attention of the Missionary. At two places in the Immediate neighbourhood Divine Service has been held for their benefit. One at the village, called the Village of the Gold Diggers and the other at the diggings. At this latter place Divine Service was not commenced until the day'? labour was ended, which was not until sundown, after which they had to wash and take supper Ac, making it a late hour. The attendance was good ; nor wag there wanting that watchful eye and attentive ear that ii 10 encouraging to the man of God. At this place no collection was taken up or even mooted ; as the great object of the Missionary was that fhey should haye it preached to them without money and without price. AtOvmbarlHkd MiUi, where we have a goodly number of old country a % 45 r J settlers : but who find it most difficult to make their resources meet the demands made on them, and who could not render any assistance towards finishing the Church, which had been begun even before the Missionary took charge of the Mission (now nineteen years.) From the possibility of a strious change in the place, your Missionary thought it most advisable to make an application to the members of the Church in Quebec, for aid to finish the said building: and thankful indeed is he to be enabled to say, that the appeal was most kindly and thoughtfully responded to by the good people of that ancient city. There is now every hope that Divic<« Service, will, so soon as possible, be conducted In a place duly set apart for that purpose : which was the earnest wish of him who commenced it : and equally so with her, who was left alone to mourn his loss. In communicating to the settlers what efforts had been made towards the completion of their church, and telling them that they should, themselves, do all in their power that the last effort should prove successful, I am thankful to say that not one refused help, either by labour, materials, or a little money, should they Lave any when called on. Another settlement about 10 miles distant from Cumberland Mills, promises have been given, to make efforts, to raise a small but neat building, in which, when consecrated, the members of the Church may meet for public worship. At St. Sylvester, efforts were made to obtain subscriptions for another library. The one originally purchased for a Sunday school, as well as one presented to the Sunday school by the Clergymen- and the children of St. Peter's Sunday school, Quebec, being all but used up. We succeeded beyond our expectations, and sent £10 currency, home to the venerable society, the Society for Proitnoting Christian Knowledge, for books ; making at the same time, an application for an addition to the sum, which was most liberally respond- ed to by a grant of one third of the amount of the purchase money Application was also made to the same venerable society for a grant of books to form a small library for this part of the mission. The application was made through our esteemed Bishop, during his Lord' ship's stay in England. This grant was freely accorded to these settlers to the amount of £8 sterling, your missionary prays that the good seed that will hereby be scattered, through these grants, may pro- duce an abundant harvest. • An Endowment Fund for this parish has been commoDced, though we have not been fortunate enough to add any amount to it this year. Thisis a cause of no little regret to the missionary, aaaworkofthi nature must, of necessity, take years to accomplish it. 46 The number of Baptiami ii 21 ; of Marriages 3 ; and of Deaths 10 ; the latter a much greater number than ordinary. yr. KINO. THREE KIVERS. The Bev. J. ToBBANOB reports that the blessings vouchsafed to his pariah during the patt year have been great. Although nothing of nay moment has occurred, works have been contemplated which have not been carried out for want of means. As the Church is self-supporting and the congregation very liberal, acoofdinc to their means, in any new enterprise, and in the repair of the church, which is much required, a hope is entertained that assistance will be received from the more generous public without. Whenuver the people are called upon, they are ready to give to the advancement of every good work, and sanguine hope is entertained that a corresponding feeling will be manifested elsewhere by those able to give of their abundance. A growing in- terest continues to be taken in the services of the Church which are well attended, and the psalmody is highly creditable, although it is notasgeneially joined in as could be desired. An addition of fifty books was made to the Sunday school library during the present year. The communicants have increased to fifty-seven. 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H ^1 i?5 » OS •aw-" T\ *_ ^> 3 a rt «u o g 0.0.2 «^ CO 0.2 CO a Ml'*-' » a 2 ■« ^ 2 «o 3 .^ o o 00 < b M n 8 ■< •n go o 00 Si 5 u M o CO ® ■Q 9 !9 9 M <0 CO ceo « io ^c« e« lA t^ ^ CO CO ^ ^ «" CO o» •-' p» o» ■s -a 73 d t; CO ■ a •o a o A \i^ 9 «• ■*' ^" fc^ OB CI ft»i S a 5 s • a ►.a^s S 00 in «o 00 - s 00 « I pa d : I ei CHtJECH SOCIETY. LIFE MEMBERS. His Sxoellency Vigcount MoBCk, $50.00 Lord Bishop of Quebec. . . 60.00 Bead, Sir Bdtnand Walker Bart, (sev«n aoDualsnb- soriptionfi) 350.00 Anderson W.H 50.00 Andrews, Thomas 60 . 00 Ashe, Osptaiu, B. N. 60.00 Bell,AlM. D 50.00 Benson, Thomas 60.00 Black, Hon. H., 0. B.... 50.00 Bonner, J 50.00 Boweo, Hon. Chief Justice 60.00 Brooke, Mrs 50.00 BurstaU, E 60.00 Burstall, H 50.00 BnrstslI, Mrs. J 60.00 Carpenter, A. C. 60 . 09 Carter, J 60.00 Cockell, Miss > 50.00 Chapman, W 50.00 Dalton, Lt. Col. B. A 50 . 00 Drum, W 50.00 Estconrt, Lady 50.00 Forsyth, James F 50.00 Forsyth Joseph B 60 . 00 Forsyth, Mrs. Joseph B. . . 50.00 Gale, J. V 50.00 George, Miss 50.00 Glover, Thos 60.00 Hall, G 60.00 Hall,G. B 50.00 Hamilton, Mrs 100.00 Hamilton, Bobert 60.00 Hamilton Mifis 50.00 Hamilton, Bev. C 60.00 Haslett, James 50.00 Hellmnth, Bev. I., D. D.. 50.00 Hincks, Hon. F 60.00 Jackson, Bev. C 60.00 Jones, H. N ,... 60.00 Larey, C.B 50.00 Lloyd, Bev.W. V 60.00 LOT«Ut J SO. 00 Mackie, Rev. Geo., D. D.. 100.00 Marler, G. L 60.00 Meredith, Hon. Justice.. 69.00 Milne, Rev. G.. 60.00 Mountain, Rev. A. W 100.00 Mountain, Mrs, G. K., [England] 50.00 Mountain, Mrs. A. W 50.00 Mountain, Miss K 60 . 00 NicoUs, Rev. J. H., D. D. . 50.00 Noad, H. J 60.00 Parke, G.H 60.00 Pemberton, Hon. G 50.00 Pennefather, Rev. T 94.66 Pennefather, R. T 60 . 00 Petry, W 50.00 Petry, Miss 60.00 Pipon, Mrs. C, [Jersey].. 50.00 Poston, C 50.00 Poston, W 50.00 Poston Thos 60.00 Poston, E 50.00 Price, W 60.00 Pye, John 60.00 Ramsay, Rev. J 60.00 Rhodes, W 60.00 Rhodes, Mrs 60.00 Rolph, Hon. J 60.00 Ross, Hon. J 50.00 Ross, Mrs. J 60.00 Rowan, Lieut.-General Sir Wm., K. C. B 50.00 Scott,H. 8 50.00 Sealy, J 100.00 Sewell, Rev. E. W 50.00 Se well, Rev. H. D 50.00 Sheppard Miss 50.00 Smith,C. W 60.00 Spragge, W 60.00 Spragge, Mrs 60.00 Smith, Lieut. Col. W. R. B.[Oublin]r 60.00 Stayner, T. A 60.00 Stuart, G. Okill 60.00 Taylor, Miss i. so.OO \ r y. 69 ¥ ^^ ^ft ^ * •► \ ■i *• Thompson, Bev. Prof.... 60.00 Trlgge, H. W 60.00 TroUope Major Gen. C. B. 60.00 Usborne, Q. W 50.00 Yalleau, W. B 50.00 Wainwright, B 50.00 Wood, G.A.L 50.00 Wait, Rev. W. W. (in four annual subscriptions). . . 400.00 Wilbraham, Rev. C. P. (Audley Vicarage near Newcastle, Stafford) 60.00 Wood, W. P 100.00 Young, D. D 100.00 CONTRIBUTORS OF $50 AND UPWARDS, DECEASED. Baldwin, Hon. B Black, J Boxer, Bear Admiral Burnet, Mrs. D Caldwell, Sir H. J., Bart. . Campbell, Sazton Campbell, A.... Chandler, Colonel (to Ni- colet Endowment Fund) Christie, Major W. P Cochran, Hon. A. W ..... . Doolittle, Ber. L Douglas, G. M., M. D . . . . Elgin and Kincardine, the Right Hon. the Earl of. . Estcourt, Major Gen Fletcher, Hon. Mr. Justice Fraser, Hon. J. M Gillespie, A Gray, F. .B Hale, Hon. E Hamilton, F'. Heath, James Hoffman, C Hunt, James Jessopp, H Kerr, J. H LeMesurier, H lAbds, Bev. J 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 60.00 50.00 100.00 104.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 60.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Maclaren, James 50 . 00 Mackie, Major W. S. (88th Regiment) 50.00 Metcalf, the Bight Hon. Lord 100.00 Mountain, Right Bev. G. J. Lord Bishop of Quebec, (annual for 2 1 years) 100 . 00 Do. to Depository Fund (annual for 21 years).. 10.00 Do. to Mission Fund (an- nual for 5 years) 800 . 00 Mountain, Col., C. B 73 . 00 Mountain Lieut. J. G. (26th Regiment) 60.00 Nairne, John 60.00 Paterson, P 50.00 Petry, W 60.00 Racey, J 60.00 Stewart, Hon. J 50.00 Stuart, Hon. Sir J., Bart. » Chief Justice 100.00 Syme8,G.B 60.00 Symes, R 50,00 Triggtt.T 50.00 Willoughby, Rev. M 60 . 00 Wood, R , 60,00 Walker, Hon. W 100,00 LEGACIES 1845— W, Yule, of Chambly 1848 — Hon. Chief Justice Heid, of Montreal 1850— Col. Chandler, of Nicolet, (for Endowment Fund) 1862 — Miss Finlay, of Quebec, to the Lord Bishop, for Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, to be applied at his discretion ; by him transferred to charge of ChurcU Society 1854— Miss Walker, of Lennoxville, (for the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen) 1863 — Mountain, Bight Bevd. G. J., Lord Bishop of Quebec (tdv Mission Fund) lion. W. Walker, (to Widcws' and Orphans' Fund).. $100,00 400.00 100.00 2000,00 40.00 600.00 400.00 $3640.00 w CONTRIBUTOES, 1865. QUEBEC. OATHEDBAL HiB Szcbllenoy Yisoount Monok $50.00 Lord Bishop of Quebec. . . 40.00 ArmstroDg.J. D 5.00 Anderson, H. 8 5.00 Boswell, D G.OO Bowen.N. H 5.00 Bramley, Thos 4.00 Bowles, Joseph 5.00 Chapman, John 1.00 Campbell, W.*D 6.00 Dunn, T. H 5.00 Daikers. B 2.00 Dunsoomb, J. W 5.00 D'Estiinaaville, Miss 1.00 Doyle, Francis 2 . 00 Forsyth, James B 5.00 Fry, J. S • 5. 00 Oillard, Mrs 2.00 Giles, John 4.00 Hamilton, Robert 40 . 00 Eamilton, Miss 6.00 Hamilton, Mrs. Oeo 6.00 Hatch, Bevd.E 5.00 Hunt, Mrs. James 6 . 00 Jones, Edwin 10.00 Jameson, Mrs 5.00 Lomas, Robert 5.00 Leggatt, H. P 2.00 Langton, John 5.00 Montizambert, C.N 6 . 00 Mountain, M. G 5.00 Marsden, Dr. W 5.00 O'Regan, P 2.00 Petry,W.G 6.00 Petry, Wm 6.00 Petry, Miss 6.00 Poston, E 5.00 Poston, Mrs.W 5.00 Paul, Henry 6.00 Price, WilLam. 5 00 Porter, John 6.00 B»e, l^m,,, JO.OQ Ross, ThoB 6.00 Scott, W.C 6.00 Smith, R. H 40.00 Shaw, P. A 6.00 Sheppard, Maxlield 6.00 Soougall, Wm 6.00 Tilstone, C. H. E 6.00 Taylor, Fennings 6.00 Taylor, Miss 6.00 Welch, H.W 2.00 Wicksteed, G. W 6.00 Wicksteed, H. A 5.00 Waterson.J. S 6.00 Wilson, C. W 2.00 Wherry, Wm 1.00 Wurtele, W. G 5.00 Widow 4.00 WIDOWS* AND orphans' FUND. Friend 10.00 Widow 8.00 UKPOSITORY FUND. Bramley, Thos 2.00 Barber, Ed 2.00 MISSION FUND. Widow 4.00 <' Balance of a Tithe acct." 26.96 471.96 CATHEDRAL DISTRICT ASSO- CIATION. Subscriptions collected by Mrs. Williams, President, Mrs. W. D. Campbell, Miss Forsyth, Mrs. Griove, Hiss f, J, Irvine, Mrs. F. > i n Montizantbert, Miss Petrjr, Miss Taylor and Miss Walker. Ashwottb, Mrs $ Ashe, Mrs (1864 & 1865).. Bowles, Mrs Baker, Mr Boswell, Mrs Bell, Mrs. A Cbampion, Mrs , . . . Clarke, Mrs Clapbam, Mrs Clapham, Mrs Oreaves.... Forsyth, J. B Forsyth, Mrs. H. (for 1864) Forsyth, Miss Fry, Mrs Friend Glover, Mrs Ouerout, Miss HauiiltoD, Robert HamiltOD, Mrs Hamilton, Miss Hassard, Mrs Harbeson, Mrs Healey, Mrs Housman. Revd. G. V Hatch, Mrs. lanes, Revd. G. M July, Mrs H Kirkwood, Mrg.,, ,,,,,.,« Knight, Mrs Mazham, Mrs McCrea, Col Hontizambert, Mrs. F Montizambert, C. N Montizambert, Mrs Montizambert, Mrs McLaren, Mrs Meredith, Mrs Marsden, Mrs Mountain, M. G O'Regan, Mrs O'Regan, P Petry, W Petry, Miss Price, W Poston, Mrs, Price, Miss Roberts, Mrs Roberts, Miss Scott, W. W. Mrs Spragge, Mr Spragge, Mrs Sheppard, Maxfleld 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.60 20.00 5.00 3.00 3.00 7.00 1.00 5.00 400.00 40.00 40.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 5.00 1.00 4.00 4.00 1.00 0.50 00 00 00 Taylor, MiBfl.....< 20.00 Taylor, Mrs. F 1.00 Walker, Mrs 6.00 Walker, Miss 2.00 Vannovous, Mrs 1.00 Welch, H.W 6.00 White, Mrs. J 1.00 Wicksteed, G.W 40.00 Winter, Miss 0.60 Wood, G. A. L 40.00 Wood, Mrs. G. A. L 20.00 Williams.Mrs 20.00 Welch, Mrs 1.00 Young, D. D 60.00 Missionary boxes 26 . 08 10.00 4.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 20.00 4.00 10 00 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 40.00 4.00 6.00 $9^4.68 CHAPEL OF THE HOLY TRINITY. Baile, J 2.00 Gibsone, W 2.00 Hickman, W 1.00 Knight, A. F. A... 8.00 Norris, T 2.00 Scott, W.W 6.00 Shaw, 8. J 2.00 Scott.E. B 2.00 Yon Exter, John 6.00 $26.00 ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL. Kelly. James, (1864 & 1866) 4.00 Lloyd, Miss F 1.00 Nightingale, Mrs 3.00 0»Neil, Miles 2.00 Pleas, Revd. R. G 2 .00 Taylor, E.H 5.00 widows' and obphans' fund. Plees, Revd. R. G 7,50 DBPOSITO&T FUND. Plees, Revd. R, G 2.00 $26,60 73 «v 1 ! BT. MATTHEW'S OBAPEL. OINIRAL FOND. Bruce, Robert $ 2.00 Irvine, Geo 5.00 Judge, C 2.00 Roe.Bevd.H 2.60 8yk«8, Bevd. J. S 2.00 Scott, Hamilton 2.00 Tilstone, W. H 5.00 Vansittart. J. Q 6.00 Wright, W.B 2.00 Collected by Mrs. Harbeaon. Brov^n, Mrs.... 1.00 Oolston. Mrs 1.00 Cox, Mrs. 1.00 Glover, Mrs 2.60 Harrison, Mrs 1.00 Harbe8f>D,Mr8 2.00 Harbeson, Miss 1. 00 Job8on,Mrs 0.50 Knight, Mrs. H 0.60 Magen. Miss 1.00 O'Connor, Miss 4.00 Smith, Mrs O.eo Smith, Mr 0.80 Winter, Miss 1.00 Woodbur)r, Mrs 4.00 widows' and orphans' vdnd. Roe, Bevd.H 7.50 Sykes, Bevd. J. 8 7.50 $64.60 St. PETER'S CHAPEL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION. Gbniral Fund. AndrewB,F $ 2.00 Andrews, Fred 2.00 Brown, William... 5.00 Campbell, George 2.00 Hamilton, Bev. C 5.00 Harrington, T. D 6.00 Jones, H. N » 10.00 Lambert, T 2.00 Nettle, Bichard 2.0U Nevin8,T 6.00 Wiley, Col 6.00 MisHiON Fund. Drum, J 1.00 Elliot, W 0.60 Fothergill, Mrs 2.00 Lee, B 0.50 Morgan, Mrs 2.00 Parke, Wm 0.60 Phillips, G.T 1.00 Sebire,W 1.00 MiSSIOMART BOXIS. Black, 8 0.70 Oaron, T 0.33 DellAnnie 1.70 Eastaff, Miss 1.35 Fothergill, Mrs 1.17 Jones Miss 4.11 Perry, J 0.26 Smith, Mrs 0.20 Tremain, Miss.. '. . .. 0.€.«. Widows' k Orphans' Fund. Fothergill, Bev. M. M 7 . 60 Total $98.79 St. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL ASSO- CIATION. Andrews, F. H. junr., $ 2.00 Burstall.E 6.00 Burstall, J 6.00 Campbell, Major., H. W. (2yearf>.) 20.00 Carroll, Mrs. 2.00 Cochran, Miss 6.00 Forsyth, Joseph B 6 00 Gait, Mrs 2.00 Godley, Denis 10.00 Jackson, E.junr.,.. 2.00 Levey, Mrs 6.00 Mountain, Rev. A. W 20.00 t% /•' i ' t\ 78 Mountain, Mias. K in.oo Ponney, Thus. G l.DO Peacock, George 1 , 00 Swift, Mrs 1.00 Smitli, C. Chaioner , 5 .00 Vial.Rev.W.S 2.00 Wilson, C 1.00 Collected by M. A. Mo88... 1,00 MIHSION FUNII. Collected by M. A. Moss... 0.25 DliPOSITOUY FUND. Mountain, Rev. A. W 5.00 Collected by M. A. Moss ... 0.50 widows' I AND orphans' FUND. Collected by ¥ , A. Moss ... 0.95 $111.70 ACTON. Contribution 0.00 BOURG LOUIS. Davidson, J 0.50 Henderfion, Mary 0.25 Henton,J 0,25 Levington, Maria 0.12 Levington, 0.13 Maccaither, Rev. J. G 1.00 Mooney, H 0.25 Moon(^v, Mrs. 0.12 Turaer, . . . , , 0.50 Woods, A 0.25 Amount received without Dames 1.26 $4.63 BURY. CAPE COVE. Robin&Co 5.00 Dolbell.W 2 00 Payn,C 2.00 Lyster, Rer. W. G 7.50 $16.60 Contribution. 10 0,00 COATICOOK. Bacon, Mrs Bacon, Mies Helen M. Buzzill, Mrs Barber, Miss Barber, Miss Kliza. . . . Culling, Horace Cutting, Mrs. Horace. CutUng, A.H Cowhatd, Mrs Cowbard, Wm Doak, Geo. Poster, Rev. J , Foster, Mrs Pox, A. K Pox, Mrs Fox, Miss Fox, Alice Grant, J, B Grant, Mrs. J. B Harnden, Mrs Molony, Major Molony, Mrs Molony, Kdw Molony, Frank Nevers Wm , Nevers, Mrs. W . . . Nevors, Uoyal , N«vers, Mrs. Royal . . Norton, Mrs Norton, Osmore Perry, Chas E bleeper, Lewis Sleeper, Mrs. L Sleeper, Miss Sleeper, G. H Slrtopcr, W Sleeper, Charles Sleeper, Mrs. W.... Slreper, Florence... Smith, Mrs. J. A . . . . Tomkins, J. H White, SamusI Thompson, Capt.. .. 0.25 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.1.3 2 . 50 0.60 0.50 0.25 0.25 0.50 1.73 0.50 1.00 1.00 0.52 0.25 1.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 0.50 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.37 0.37 0.25 0.12 0.50 0.50 3.50 0.50 0.'^5 0.25 0.50 0.25 0.50 0.25 0,50 0.50 0.50 2.50 74 Br In Ju Bo By 8c« Ti; Va Wi { Br< Col Co: OI( Hii Ha Ha Jot Ko: Mai O'C Hm Sm: Wii Wo Roc Syk St.; And And Broi Cam Han Han Tbompaon, Mrs., O.SO Thompson, Mins 0.60 Tbomp8on,J. B 0.25 Thompson, Mrs. J. B 0.26 Johnson, Thomas 0.50 Johnson, Rich 0.50 JohnBon, Henry 0.50 Shurtlefif, A 0.50 $30.00 Wlggett,E. a. Young, Mrs.. " i.oo 0.26 $46.07 DANVILLE. Petry, Rev. H. J 6.00 COMPTON. BArtlett, Mrs 0.26 Blossom, B 0.50 Butterfield, Mrs . 35 Andrews, Miss 0.50 Chesley.J 1.00 Doak, Mrs. W.R 1.00 Doak, Oliver I.OO HaokettjO. H 1.00 Kellum, A. O 1.00 Kemp,Mr« 2.00 Kendreck, Mrs 2.00 McCulioch, J 0.50 Moore, J 1.00 Paige, Mrs. D. W 2.00 Bandnl, S 1.00 Rea,0. P 1.00 Rice,John 0.50 Snow, Wm 1.00 Stim8on,P. S 1.00 S. V, A. G ..«••....• 2. 32 Bliss, A 1.00 Blossom, J 0.50 Booth, Mrs 0.50 Crosby, Mrs 0.50 Doak,WR 1.00 Doak, Jas 1.00 Olines, Mrs 0.50 Hitchoocb, B 1.00 Kemp, Rev. J 4.00 Lougee, J 1.00 Mayo, R. S 1.00 MileB,J 1.00 Paige.Mrs. W 2.00 Pritchard, A. 1.00 Bichardson.C 0.60 Rice.C.G 1.00 Shnrtliff, J i.OO SnoWyMrsA 0.50 Stimsoo, Miss. E 0.50 Stimion, 1.00 Smitb,A 3.00 DUUMMONDVILLE. Sheppard.W 5.00 DUD8WELL. Contribution 0.00 EATON. Collected at a meeting.... 10.00 FRAMPTON. BAST FRAMPTON. Henderson, Gilbert Senr.. $2.00 Henderson, William 2.00 Henderson, Mrs. W 2.00 Henderson, W. A 1.00 WEST FRAMPTON. Hodgson, Thomas 2.00 Hodgson, Mrs. T 1.00 Hodgson, Henry 1.00 Hodgson, Mrs. H 1.00 Jenkins, Rev. J. H 2.00 Jenkins, Mrs. J. H 1.00 Ross, Andrew 1.00 Ross, Mrs. A 1.00 Ross, Miss 1.00 Ross, Miss.M. A 1.00 Ross, Robert , . . , 1 .00 $20.00 • n Y5 BTANDON. •A Bagley, William 0.50 Bagley, Mrs. W 0.60 Dickson, Hugh 1.00 $2.00 OASPfi BASIN. Collected by Miss Smith and Mist Vibert. Go£an, Mrs. Felix.... ..... $ 1.00 Lowndes, Jas. J 6.00 Lowndes, Henry 5.00 Moody, Henry O., M.D.... 3.00 Percbard, Ed i.OO Pope, John l.OO Pye, Thomas 1,00 8haw, Joseph 1,00 Short, John 1.00 Vibert, Miss 0.50 $19.60 Collected by Miss Pope. Aunett,W 0,25 Annett, Mrs. W 0.25 Annett,F 0.50 Baker, Oapt 0,50 Coffin,A 0.50 Coffin, B 0,25 Coffin, Mrs. B 0.25 Coffin, B.Jr 0.50 Coffin,J 0.25 Coffin, J. Jr 0.25 Davis, H 0.50 Pope, Miss 0,50 $4.50 Collected by Miss Charlotte Jinnett . Bechervaise, John . 30 Bechervaise Mrs 0.25 Boyle, Mrs. Annabella.... 0.25 Coffin.Mr 0.25 Grant, Charles 0.90 Grant. Wm.C 0.10 Grant, Peter 0.10 Miller, Jane O.IO Patterson, James . 60 Patterson, Peter 0.20 Patterson, Albert 0.16 Patterson, John 0.10 Patterson, George 0.26 Haddard, Samael 1 . 00 Tripp, D«nlel 1.00 Tripp, Joseph 0.60 $5.35 Smith, Rev. F. A 7.60 TotrU $26.86 HATLEY. Bacon, Miss 1.00 BoyntOQ, A. S 1.60 Burrage, Rev. fl. Q 1.00 Cook, W.G 1.60 Gilbert, Dr. P. D 2.60 Oanniog, Richard 1 . 60 Jackson, Rev. C 2 .00 Jones, Miss 0.75 Pool,H. L.... 1.00 Pool, Mrs 0.60 Thwaite, James 0.62 Thwaite, Thomas 0.60 Thwaite, Ruth 0.50 Weston, Mrs 1 .00 Weston, George . 56 HISSION FUND. Sunday School Teachers.. Sunday School Scholars. $ 2.25 1.80 $20.42 HOPETOWN. Tocque, Rev. P. (W. 4 0.). 7 . 60 IRELAND AND SOUTH INVER- NESS. TBmiTT CHUBOn, IRBIiAND. Bennett, Mrs. Robert . 60 8 76 BruO' Irvii Judg Bo«, Bj\^ Scott TiUt Tans Wrifi HI Broifl! Oolst) 01ov«| Harrl Harbdi Harb< Jobso Koigk, Mageii O'Con 8mitb Smith Winte Woodl W1D< Roe, I SykeB, Bt.PR Andrew Andrev Brown, Campbt Hamilt« Harrioi Bonnott, Charles BuDDctt, Harvey Bennett, Richard Cross, Mrs. Henry, senr ,. Cross, Henry, Jr., Cross, Mrs. Henry, {r.,... Thurber, Mrs Wilson, James Wood, Thos Wood, Mrs. Thos Wood, Henry Wood, Anne Wood, Frederick, H Wood, Mrs. Frederick.. 0.60 0.60 0.26 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.60 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 CHRIST OHCROH, INVEKMHaS. Briggs, Mary Jane 0.12 Johnston, Samuel John .... . 60 Johnston, William James . . . 60 Kerr, John LOO Kerr, Robert 1.00 Kerr, Semlna 0.60 Kerr, Qeorge A Ibert . 60 Little, Henry 0.60 Porter, Thoma 1.00 Porter, Margaret Anne .... , 1 .00 Porter. Elizabeth 1 . 00 Ward, Rev. R. a. (W. 4 0.) 7 . 60 Ward.R. O.jr. 0.60 TITard, William James . 60 Ward, Emily 0.60 Ward, Marianne..... 0.60 Afrlend 0.12 LEVIS. Akors, Capt. R. E 9&.00 Andurson, Miss. (Mission- ary box) 8.65 Davidson, H 6.00 Simmons, J. H l.CO SimpKon, W 1.00 Woolryche, Rev. A. J.... t.60 $28.15 Total $33.50 LEEDS. Contribution . 0.00 LENNOXVILLB. Scarth.A. C 2.00 Weolsey, George 2.00 Smith, Mrs. J 0.60 Smith, Mrs. C 0.60 Dodwell, Rev. Professor... 6.00 Irving, Rev. G. C 5.00 $15.00 MALBAIE. Alexander, James Bucklay, Mrs Cabot,F Cadorut, Elisa. S Collas, John ft Ellas Collas, James Do Moullpied Rev. J.... Duval, E Desvouges, Jane Duncan, Alexander Fauvel, John Oirard, William Giraid, Mrs. Philip Httcquoil, F., Hocquard, Mrs Hotton, J. Sen Hunt, Emily Ann Hunt, Mrs. Jacob Hunt, Mary C Ingrouille, Jane Ingrouille, Mrs , Johnson, John Le Boiitillier, E Le Gresiey, J. P., Peter.. , Le Gresley, John Lo Gresloy, Francis Lo Grosley, Judith Le Marquant, C McCallnm, Isabella Macbeth, Robert Mourant, Philip Packwood, George Pack wood, Mrs. E Packwood, Matilda Ro8i<, John Ross, William Tapp, Thomas Tou;se], John Touzel, Jane 1.00 0.25 0.60 0.25 3.00 0.50 7.50 0.60 0.26 0.60 3.00 0.60 0.25 0.60 0.26 0.60 0.25 0.25 0.60 0.12 0.60 0.50 0.26 1.00 0.60 0.25 0.25 0.12 0.25 1.00 0.25 0.60 0.60 0.25 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.26 ^ ^ f< 77 8.65 6.00 l.CO 1.00 7.50 1.00 0.25 0.60 0.25 3.00 0.60 7.50 0.60 0.25 0.60 8.00 0.50 0.25 0.60 0.25 0.60 0.25 0.25 0.60 0.12 0.60 0.60 0.25 1.00 0.60 0.25 0.25 0.12 0.25 1.00 0.26 0.60 0.60 0.25 0.60 0.60 0.50 0.50 0.26 TouzOl, JuHm 0.25 Vftrdon, John l.O" Vardon, EliaB 0.25 Vardon, Mary Ann 0.25 Vardon, Philip P <'.60 Vardon. T. H 0.26 VIbert.John JTV 81 •■»■■*' Mrs. Anderson 0.25 Edward Gosneld 100 AnnGoaneld ...*. 0.50 Esther Gosneld 0.25 Joseph Gosneld 0.20 Esther Ann Gosneld o.lO Elizabeth Gosneld <» . 05 G. Richardson 0.50 J. H. Eichardson 0.50 George Smith 0.50 Janet Smith . 50 Maria Reid 0.25 Rev. R Mitchell 2.50 JohnTayloi 1.00 Mrs John Taylor 0.50 John Gosneld 0.50 James Fachnie 0.25 Mrs Samuel Taylor 0.50 $12.35 STANSTEAD. Allen, Rev. A. A C.oo *f THREE RIVERS. Adair, Mrs 3.00 Adair, James 3.00 Amiraux. Mrs 1.00 Broster, John 5.00 Craip, Mrs 1.00 Crosby, Mrs. C. H 1.00 Dunn, Mrs 1.00 Foaron, H. G 1.00 Fenwick.Dr 1.00 Farmer, T.G 1.00 Gouin.Chas.L 1.00 Hart, Mrs. A. B 2.00 Hooper, Younger 2.00 Hartison, John 1.00 McDougall, James 2.00 Ogden, C K 5.00 Ogden,Hy 1.00 Ritter.J.U 3.00 Rickaby, Theoph 3.00 Robitoille, Mrs 1.00 Btobbs, P 2.0O Shortis, James 3 .00 Torrance, John, Rev 5.00 $49.00 UPPER DURHAM. (for 18G4.> Stevens, G 1.00 White, W.fl 1.00 (for 1865.) Burrill,W 1.00 Breadon,J 1.00 French, B 1.00 French, A 0.50 Hall, J 1.00 Lyster.C 1.00 Lysier, S 1. 00 Lyster. W 1. 00 LysUn. '-' C 1.00 Stever-.: d^ 1.00 SteveiSj W 1.00 Stevenj,B 1.00 Wood, Mrs 1.00 Woods (children) 1 . 50 •Vbite, H. W 1.00 widows' and orphans' fund. Breadon, J 1.00 $18.00 VALO ARTIER. Rev. A. A. voiflfflaud 7.60 DONATION. Hamilton, J. 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Smith, Smith, Lillioti Lilliot; Pozer, ! Lilliotd Suiter, Suiter, Suiter, 1 WiiliiD, Corrigai Corrigai Stevenst S6 GENERAL BY-LAWS. ABTIOLE I. HisEzoolIenoy the Governor General, If a member of the Church of England, ehall be requeated to become Patron of the Society. The Preiild;nt of the Society shall be the Lord Biahop of Quebec, or Bishop administering the Diocese ; and the Vice-Presidents shall con- sist of such Ohairmen of the different District Associations, hereinafter provided for, as are members of the Oorporation, and such other persons as shall be nominated at the general annual meeting of the Society, from among the members of the Corporation. The President shall have the custody of the seal of the Society. ARTICLE II. Or THB Tbqasdbkb. The Treasurer shall receive all subscriptions, donations, rents, issues and profits payable to the Society, for which purpose a paid collector or collectors may be employed. Such monies shall be deposited in such Bank or Banks as shall be from time to time indicated, or approved of, by the Central Board. No money shall be paid by the Treasurer without the authority of a resolution of the Central Board, certified by the Secretary, expressing the name of the person to whom, and the purpose for which, the money is to be paid. The Treasurer shall also have the custody of all deeds, bonds, securi- ties, and other documents relating to the property of the Society, which after registration shall be deposited in one of the approved Banks ; (unless otherwise especially ordered by the Central Board,) and shall submit his accounts at the stated periodical meetings of the Board. ARTICLE III. Or THfl SlCRITART. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all the proceedings of the Society, as well as of the Central' Board, and shall be subject to the direction and control of the Central Board, in all his duties and pro- ceedings. He shall be allowed a salary aild travelling expenses upder the direction of the Central Board, and may appoint an assistant, subject to the control and approval of thd Board, provided that such appointment shall entail no additional bairdeh upon the Society. \\ 87 l^he DrfiAsttrei', the Seai^fitary, the AtidKors, and ottiflr neoessary dffioarB of the Society, shall be appointed by the Central Board. I'hetfe appointments shall not be for any specified period, but may be can- celled at the pleainre of the Central Board. ARTICLE IV. Or MlBTINOS OF TBI SOCIBTY. The Society sball meet at Quebec on the morning of the fourth Wednesday in January of each year, for the reception of the Annual Repori, the Report of the Clergy Trust Committee and the accounts of the Treasurer for the previous year ending 31st December ; for the election of the Vice-Presidents, and Central Board, and the Clergy Trust C ommittee, and for general business : whereof not less than fifteen days notice shall be given by the Secretary, in at least one of the leading newspapers of Quebec, and elsewhere, as may seem to him expedient. A special meeting of the Society may be called at any time by the President, or in his absence from the Diocese, or in the event of a vacancy in the See, by two of the Vice>Fresidents, and ten other members of the Society, by a written order to the Secretary, who shall notify tlie same in the manner hereinbefore provided in respect of the annual meetings. The time for holding the publio celebration of the Society's anniversary, shall bt decided by the Central Board at the December meeting. ARTICLE V. Of the Corporation. All members of the Church of England, subscribing ten shillings per annum, shall be capable of being elected members of the Corporation. But no person shall enjoy any of the privileges of membership, whose snbscTiption is more than one jetapo arrear. -The annual snbsciiptions shall be considered due on the first day of January in each year. Members of the Church of England giving a contribution in one sum of twelve pounds ten shillings, shall be eligible as life members. Contributors may direct their contributions or any portion of them, to bo applied under the direction of the Central Board, to any one of the five objects specified in the constitution of the Society. No person ejected a member of the Corporation shall be entitled to vote for three months after such election. 88 ARTICLE VI Of thb Cintbal Board. 3 1 B C I C 3 J A G IV Ik J i 11 11 li n li It n 1 There shall be a Central Board for the management of the general "business of the Society, consisting of the President, the Vice-Presi- dents, and other Officers of the Society, all Clergymen licensed within the Diocese, and the Wardens of erery chnrch or chapel of the United Church of Englaad and Ireland within the same, being members of the Corporation, and of such others as shall be chosen annually at the general meeting of the Society, from among the members of the Corporation. The Central Board shall m u' t nine times in the year, viz : On the Thursday after tho Annual Meeting ; on the third Thursday in February and March ; the bccoixi Wednesdny aftor Easter and Ascension Day ; the second Wednesday in Bepi zaber, Norember, December and January. At this last meeting the dlscnasion of the Annual Report shall be the first order of the day. Special meetings may be called by the President, or in his absence from the Diocese, or iu the (ivent of a vacancy in tho See, by two of the Vice*Fresident8, and four members of the Board ; an'l not less than seven members present at any meeting shall form a quorum. When a sufficient number of members to form a quorum shall not assemble oa the regular day of meeting, the members present shall have power to adjourn to another day, and so on totiet quotUs, until a quorum shall be found , and business shall and may then be proceeded with. It is one of the rules of the Central Board that no application for a grant of money shall be entertained , unless such application shall have reached the hands of the Secretary a fortnight at least before the next ensuing meeting of the Board. The Central Board shall have authority to make such rules as may be necessary for the government of its own affairs ; provided.tbat none of them be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the spirit of the Constita- tion or By-laws of the Society. The Central Board shall be held to be accountable to the Corpora* tion, and shall report to the annaa! meeting a general ?'■» r>nt of its proceedings, and of all moneys received and expended di e pre* ceding year, submitting at the same time a list of OfBcers ; year then commencing. The Central Board shall make no grant of money for the benefit of any Fun \ or Mission unless the subscriptions for the preceding year .'< fjtom laoh Pariah or MLulon 8 i have reaohod the hMda of tho Troa> ^^nt of the Society. Nu portion of the Sooisty'n ir hai i be empioyod in angmentlqg the ^ itipends of officiating clerg) u. .i . ppurting sohooli, or in erecting V/ churches or parsonage houses, witliin tbo limits of the City of Quebec. ARTICLE VII. Of District Asbocutions. In connexion and correspondence with the Central Board, there shall be formed District Aasooiations, except in the City of Quebec and the Banlieu thereof, to bo composed of the Clergy, and all other mem* bers of the Society resident within the bannds of such Districts, a con- tribution of five shillings per annum constituting membership of such District Associations. The District Associations, except as hereinbefore excepted, shall continue as heretofore settled by the Central Board of the Society, before its incorporation, until otherwise hereafter deter- \ mined by the Central Board. The senior Clergyman holding a pastoral charge within svoh * bounds, and being a member of such Association, shall, ex-officio be Chairman thereof. They may have a Vice-chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer, and shall meet at such places as they may themselves deter- mine ; at one of which meetings the officers shall be appointed, and a report of the proceedings of the year read. The District Associations shall have authority to malce rules for the government of their own affairs, provided such jrules be not contrary to, or inconsistent with the Constitution or By-laws of the Society. They shall report annually to the Central Board, at least oue month before the annual general meeting of the Society, and at such other times as the Secretary, on behalf of the Board, shall require, a statement of their proceedings, and a detailed account of the moneys received and expand- ed by them during the year. One half of all the moneys paid into the hands of the Treasurers of the District Associations, respectively, and not specially appropriated bythecontributors,a8providedfor by Article V. shall be transmitted ^ to the Treasurer of the Society, to be at the disposal of the Central Board, and the remaining half of all such collections shall, when re- ^ quired, be expended within the parish or district in which they have been made, for such objects only as are specified in the Constitntion of this Society. All moneys remaining unappropriated at the general 12 ^f^^. o . > *-^<^J^. \t \^. ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) III 1.0 i^Kil 1^ S us 120 1.1 j^ iU. 1 1.6 S^^^^BB illtS^^^^S ^Ma^^^B -^ Sdenoes Corparation as WIST MAM STRHT WHSm.N.Y. 14SM (716)t73-4S03 90 aunual meeting of the Distriot Association, shall be forthwith trans- mitted to the Treasurer of the Society, to be at the disposal of the Central Board. ARTICLE VIII. Of SaB'ComiiTTiRS or thb Society. For the more effectually carrying out the designs of this Society, the Clergymen and churchwardens in every parish and missionary station, and the Minister and wardens of every ohapelry within the Diocese, shall be a Sub-Committee of the Society in correspondence with the District Association within whose bounds such parish or missionary stationiis situated; or in Quebec with the Central Board through the Sec- retary of the Society. This Committee shall meet as often, and at such periods, as they ihemsel /es shall decide to be most convenient ; invit- ing the co-operation of all the parishioners in their deliberations and designs. They shall collect subscriptions and donations from the members of the Church in such manner as they shall deem most efTec- tivOj and endeavour, by every means in their power, to augment the resources of the Society, All moneys raised by such Sub-Committees shall be remitted to the Treasurer of the District Association, or to the Treasurer of the Society, where such moneys shall have been raised within the City and Banlieu of Quebec. ARTICLE IX. Of Sirmoms. One sermon at least shall be preached during the year within the limits of each parish, station or chapelry, on such Sunday as the Bishop shall appoint, in favour of one or more of the objects of the Society, and a collection shall then be made in aid thereof, the proceeds of which shall forthwith be remitted to the Treasurer of the Society. Any parish, station or chapelry in which such sermons shall not have been preach- ed, shall not be considered entitled to any grant or benefit from the Society until a sermon shall have been so preached. ARTICLE X. Of tub Lat Comhittbe of tub Society. A Lay Committeei, consisting of not less than thirteen members, shall be chosen at the first meeting of the Central Board after the annual meeting of the Society, from among the members of the Corporation. ( 91 Three memb'^ra shall form a qaorum, and they shall have power to fill up any vacancy or vacanoies which may arise within their own body, and shall be governed by the constitution, rules and regulations adopt- ed and in force before the incorporation of the Society, until the same shall be altered by the Committee or by the Society at the general meeting. The proceedings of the Lay Committee shall be subject to the sanc- tion of the Bishop of the Diocese. The clerical and other members of the Central Board may attend at any of the general meetings of the Committee, and may p^'opose and discuss matters therein, but shall have no vote. The Committee shall report their proceedings to the Central Board at their stated meetings. The objects of the Committee shall be : First. — The placing the Clergymen, now resident, and doing duty in the Province, upon a just footing as regards the sufficiency and perman- ency of their incomes. Secondly. — The providing for the permanent and adequate support of an increased number of clergymen, so that, with the least possible delay, the members of the Church, in every portion of the Diocese may have the means of access to a church within a practicable dis- tance. Thirdly — The buildin{;, in every place where it may be required, a church of stone or bi ick, upon a well considered plan as to dimensions external form, and iiiternal arrangement, keeping in view the proba- bility of its requiring enlargement. Fourthly. — The building, in a good situation, convenient to the church, a comfortable parsonage of brick or stone, the plan of which should be carefully considered, with reference to size and internal arrangement, and should admit of additions being made, witii the sanc- tion of the Bishop. Fifthly. — The insuring such churches or parsonages against losses by fire. Sixthly.'— The procuring an adequate and permanent support for all the institutions, authorities and functionaries, suitable and appertain- ing to the establishment of the Church of England in this Diocese. Seventhly.— The investing all life subscriptions, urie.'jn so far as the application of these may be otherwise limited by the « r iributors, in a permanent and uccumulating fund, of which the inteiu. t only shall be applied to the general purposes of the Society. Eighlhly,-~The encouraging tbe formAtion of a looitl endowment 92 fdhd, at every station or place havioi; a church or clergyman, by special contributions or by setting apart a portion of the pew rents, to form an accumulating fund, until the net income shall in each case amount to fifty pounds per annum ; for the more effectual promotion of which object the Society will engage, whenever such fund shall be formed and shall amount to one hundred pounds, invested in bank stock, or other public securities, to add thereto an amount not exceed- ing one hundred pounds; provided always that such investment shall stand in the name of the President of the Society. ninthly. — The management and the superintendence of all lands belonging to the Society. ARTICLE XI. AH meistings of the Society, of the Central Board, and of District Associations, shall be opened by the following prayers — (see any ofth€ Society'! Reports,) — or such others as the Bishop may appoint. No alteration or amendment in the Constitution of By-laws of the Society shall be made unless such alterations or amendment shall be proposed at one and adopted at another general meeting of the Society, provided that not less than one month intervene between the two meetings, and that the object of the meetings be stated in the advertise* ment by - h'ch they are called. At al U tgs of the Society, of the Central Board, or of Committees, theOhair::-^ in case of an equality of votes, shall have a double or casting vote. ARTICLE XII. Whereas some members of the Church, who are not unmindful of the great spiritual wants of their own neighborhood, still feel con. strained in pious gratitude for the blessings they enjoy, to allot some- thing, however, small, from the means with which a Gracious Provi> dence has blessed them, towards the spread of the glorious Gospel among the nations, which still sit in darltnesa : the Society will gladly receive and forward to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Church Missionary Society, or the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, whatever sums may be given for the con> reraion and instruction of the Heathen or the Jews. ARTIOE XIII. Or TBI Clkbot Tbust Committii. Whereas according to the provisions of the Statute of this ProTioce, 93 PMeeii daring the proaent sessioa of t'arliaitteQt, entitled, "An Act to mtAe better proviBions for the appropriation of moneys arising from the lands heretofore known as the Clergy Beserves, by rendering them available for municipal parposes," the Clergy of the United Ohurob of England and Ireland, receiving annual stipends from the Clergy Re- serves Fund, are permitted under certain restrictions, to commute snch annulil stipends, and to receive in lieu thereof certain sums of money in fall satisfaction and dischat'ge of such annual stipi^nds for ever ; and whereas it may be assumed that the Clergy so commuting will desire to place such commutation-money in trust, as well for their own mainten« •nee and support during their natural lives, as for the maintenance and support of the said Church in all times to come ; and whereas the Church Society was incorporated for promoting among other objects the " en- <* couragement and support of Missionaries and Clergymen of the said « Church within this Diocese (Quebec) and for creating a fund towards " the augmentation of the stipends of poor Clergymen, and towards " making provision for those who may be incapacitated by age or in- << firniity, and for the widows andorphanii ofthd Clergy of the said " Church in the c^id Diocese ;" and the said Church Society may there- fore properly undertake the management of the said commutation money, as coming especially within the scope and intention of its organisation, and it is necessary to provide for its due administration : — Be it therefore enatod under the authority of the Act incorporating the said Society, and with the sanctidn of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, that for the purpose of administering any sum or stims of money that may be paid to the said Church Society, either as commuta- tion money received from the Government of this Province out of the Clergy-Reserves Fund, or from any person or persons for the general support and maintenance of the said Clergy, there shall be a Committee of the Society, to be called " The Clergy-Truat Committee," who shall admini^er the isaid money as a separate and distinct Fund from all other moneys or funds of the said Society, and shall keep separate and distinct accounts of the same Under tUe riama of " The Clergy-Trust Fund." That the said Clergy-Trust Committiee shall be composed of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese for the time being, and ten other members of the said Society, Ave lay and Ave clericail ; thire'e of the Clergy being elect- ed from the number of thosd diredtly ii^tetelAt^d in the contemplated Gommotation; and that the fii^st ineiiibirs dftixd liid Committee shall d4 be nhoaen immediately after the passage of this By-Law and shall eon> tinue to hold office as such Committee until the annual meeting of the said Society in 1866 ; when, and also in every subsequent year, the members of the said Clergy-Trust Committee shall be elected from among the incorporated members of the said Society, at a special general meeting to be held on the morning of the day appointed for the annual general meeting of the Society ; and five of such Commit- tee shall be a quorum to transact the business of the said Committee. It shall be the duty of the said Committee to invest all money receiv • ed by the said Society for the purposes in the first clause mentioned, from time to time, in good and sufficient securities, of a description to be previously sanctioned by tbe Church Society, or by the Central Board, and to keep distinct accounts of the same and of the changes made from time to time therein. That the said Committee shall have full power and authority to appoint all such officers and servants as they may consider necessary for the proper and efficient management of the said Trust Fund : to fix the amount of salary they may receive, and direct payment thereof, and to take proper security from them for the due performance of the duties with which they shall be charged. That the said Committee shall pay half-yearly, in the months of January and July, the sums that may be covenanted to be paid by the said Society to the several Clergymen who shall commute their salaries from the Clergy Reserves Fund, and pay the amount thereof to the said Society, according to the provisions of the said covenants entered into between the Society and the said Clergymen respectively for that purpose, and that such payments shall be made upon warrants to be signed by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese for such Clergymen respectively, and shall be the first charge upon the funds of the said Trust. y That the said Committee shall lay before the Central Board at its periodical meetings a statement of all moneys invested and on hand belonging to the said Trust Fund, and shall also lay before the Society at its annual meeting a full statement of all investments and changes in investments, and all moneys received and paid by or on account of the said Trust during the current year. That any vacancy occnring in the «aid Committee from death, re> signation, refusal or inability to act, during any current year, shall be filled up by^ )he appqi^^fp^^t of* new m9mber of tbe Committee by the Lord Bishop of tbe Diooeie, in writing, and suob vaoanoy and appoint' i 95 uent ahall be notified by tbe Lord Bishop to the meeting of the Central Board next thereafter, and shall be entered in the minutes thereof. eath| re« shall be Be b7 the appoint' The By-Law foregoing was proposed at a special general meeting of the Church Society held at Quebec on the 9th day of March, 1865, and adopted at another special general meetin; held on the Uth day of April following. ARTICLE XIV. MiSBtO!! FCND, SCBTIMTATION FuMD, DiOCKSAN BOARD. The annual grant of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Mission Fund ot the Church Society, shall be entrusted to the management of a Diocesan Board on tbe following terms :— A.— The conditions attached to its grant by the Society for the Pro- pagation of the Gospel shall be strictly observed. B.— 'In order to anticipate, as far as possible, the contemplated re- duction of the annual grant of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the capital of the Mission Fund shall form a Sustentation Fund, which capital shall be progressively increased by the following mt^ans :— 1.— The addition of the annual interest arising thereon. 2. — ^The addition of any surplus from the Bevenue account. 3.— The addition of special subscriptions, donations and legacies. G. The Revenue account of the said fund shall consist of the annual grant of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, of the proceeds of sermons, and of annual subscriptions for missionary purposes, and of grants to be made from time to time by the Central Board of the Church Society ; and shall be augmented by incorporating with it tbe fund already commenced as the Clergy Stipend Fund, and shall be avail- able for the general purposes of the Diocesan Board, among which pro- minence shall be given to the object of raising the stipends of all the Clergy of the Diocese to a minimum of £150 currency per annum. D. — ^TheDiocesan Board shall be composed of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese as President ; the Treasurer of the Church Society ; the Secre- tary of the Church Society, who shall also fill the same office at the Beard, if so required by the board ; of the Clerical Secretary of the Synod, of the Treasurer of the Synod, who shall also fill the same office at the Board ; and of six Clergymen and of six laymen ; all the mem- 96 ben ot tht) fipwrd, betntf alio memben of the Corpontioo of tbe Ohiifo)i Society, one half of wbopa, in each order, shall be elected by the Ohnroh Society, and the other half by the Synod of the Diocese, the members of the Board to hold office for a period of three yean, and until their sncoessors l^e respectively chosen. Any vapan< cies arising from death, resignation, or removal from the Diocese, shall be provisionally filled up by the Lord Bishop, and the persons so appointed shall continue in office till the next meeting of the Diocesan Synod, or of the Church Society^ when the vacancies aforenam- ed shall be respectively supplied. Seven members of the Board shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. TLo Board shall have authority to make rules and regulations for the management of their affairs, provided that none of them be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the By-Laws of the Church Society, or the Canons of the Diocesan Synod* The Board shall report their proceedings to the Central Board of the Church Society and to the Synod of the Diocese, and shall annually prepare for the Synod and the Church Society a general state- ment of the condition and prospects of their missionary stations. The proceedings of the Board shaVl be subject to the sanction of the Lord Bishop. All moneys entrusted to the Board shall bo applied exclu- sively towards the support of the Clergy of the Diocese. All appoint- ments to any cure or charge in connection with the Board, shall be' made by the Lord Bishop, acting in concert with the Board. On the occurrence of a vacancy, in any parish or mission, orattherequeaitof the churchwardens of any parish or mission, or at tha desire of the Lord Bishop, and at the expiration of every three years, it shall be the duty of the Board to confer and arrange with the local autho- rities as to the amount to be contributed therein towards the main- tenance of a' resident Clergyman, it being an instruction to the Board that no Clergyman, being in Priest's Orders, shall hereafter be appointed, with their concurrence or by their assi8tanc«>, to a sole charge whose clerical income shall be less than £150 currency per annum ; and that no aid shall be given to any congregation, parish or missiony which shall be considered by the Board unwilling to do its part towards the support of a pastor. All moneys collected by the churchwardens for the support of tbe Clergyman shall be transmitted totheTreasurer of the Board, and the entire salary of the Clergyman shall be paid out of the general fund so formed. In every instance where a congregation, parish or mission, shall be found to have failed in contributing the amount promised, it shall be the duty of the Board to malce immediate enqni|ries of the local authorities as to the oanie of the non-Ailfilment, and to take such action as they shall see fit. H 97 Ml le Be ?* 6 A ARTIOLS XV. ro* THI MAMAaiinMT or THB widows and OAPHAMt' rCND. PuMd 7th MMob, 186S, 1. Clergymen deairom of pwtictpatlng ia the benefit of the Widows* and Orphan's Fund are required to pay oontrlbations in aid of the said Fund, before the first of May in each year, which oontrlbations shall entitle them to membership, and are fixed at the following rates, tIs :' Those now in the Diocese to pay aonoally $7.60, with the privilege to those whose contributions are not in arrear, of commuting all ftature dues by the payment of one sum of $75. Those who shall come into the Diooeae after the pMsing of this By-law are required to produce a medical certifloate of good health, and to pay annually the rates set opposite tbeif respective ages in Table T. 2. Those coming into the Diocesr at the age of 55 years and upward, not to be required to contribute, nor to receive any benefit from the fund. 3. Those, whether at present in the Diocese, or hereafter to come ini who shall marry a second time, will be required to pay annually the sums found in Table I opposite their respective ages at the time of such second marriage, assuming that ll:t\t second wives be rer/pectively not more than five years younger thaic .Uiiy. In the event of a greater dis- parity of ages, they will be required to pay a larger annual sum as found in Table II, which table shows the additional annual payment, for each year in excess of five^in the difference of their ages. 4. Those hereafter to come in, who may have mariied a second time previously to their entry, will be required to pay in addition to the fixed rates in Table I, the increasing rates found in Table II, opposite their ages at the time of their coming into the Diocese. 5. Clergymen wishing to avail themselves of the benefits of the fund, tnust preach at least two sermons every year at the different stations where tbey officiate, and take up collections for the objects of the Church Society, unless excused by a letter from the Bishcp; one of which sermons shall be in aid of the said fund. 6. The Widows and Orphans of such Clergymen only, as 8h|^l be at the time of their decease, in the performance of missionary or parochial duty, under license from the Bishop of this Diocese, or superannuated after at least ten years service within thin Diocese, and who shall have complied with the requirements of this By-law, shall be entitled to receive a pension from the Widows' and Orphans' fund in accordance with a general scale to be established by the Central Board, which 13 98 Board are •npow«r«d (o iMkc a turn «m1« wb6n«T«r the altered dr* oamitanoei of the Mid fand ehall appear to require it. ProTided that the fluniliei of Olergjmea who may be at the time of their deoeaie, ■tipendiaries of the OoTemnent, for other fhoo clerical datlee, or of Bdaoatiooal inititatiou. to the anount of £300 par aaoaai, ihall have no claim opoo thie ^ind— and that no Widow whose income sbaU amount to |600 eball be entitled to a peniion. 7. The Widow and Orphani of any Clergyman who may have negleot. ed to comply with the requiremente of tbie By«law iball not be entitled to any benefttafrom the Fand. Bat snob Olergyman daring hie life, may by a vote of the Central Board, be allowed to ^oalify bimaelf by paying the arrean from the time of hie entering the Diocese, and by producing a certificate frop a physician that he is in j^ood healttu As far as respects the Clergy now in the Diocese, the arrears to be computf «d only firom the time of the passing of this By-law. 8. Those receiving benefits shall be required to furnish oertifloates as directed by the Central Board. 9. It shall be ibeduty of the Secretary to ascertain at the beginning of each year whether the Clergy hare paid their contributions in acoor* dance with this By>law, and have complied with its other requirements, and to report thereon to the Central Board. Aoi or OiiMOTifAii. TABLE I. TABLE II. Under 30 f7.S0 .27 ots. II 31 7.60 .?7 <• 32 7.70 .27 II 88 t.80 .27 11 34 7.90 .a7 K 35 8.00 .29 II 36 8.10 .30 II 87 8.20 .82 II 38 8.30 .83 II 39 8.40 .35 II 40 8.60 .37 II 41 8.66 .39 II 42 . 8.80 .42 II 43 9.00 .46 II 44 9.26 .47 K 46 9.60 .80 IC 46 9.80 .83 •( 47 10.15 .55 II 48 10.56 .69 »« 49 11.00 .62 II SO 11.60 .66 « 61 12.00 .70 II 62 12.65 .75 II g 13.10 .80 18,80 .86 69 14.50 .90 ^4 ♦1 M RSSOLUTIOKB OF CBRTRAL BOABD. : BffATID MnTUIQ— JctT STB, 18S6. A«io/v