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 at $6,225, to which was added $617 for the slate walks in the churchyard.

On September 29th, contract for the tile roof was awarded to the Ludowici Roofing Tile Company, of New York City, for $1,820, which Company commenced to put the tile on the roof over the old tin on April 5, 1906.

The American Seating Company commenced putting furniture in the church on May 14, 1906, in fulfilment of the contract made with them for the sum of $5,950, a large number of orders for special furniture having been subsequently added. This work was sufficiently completed by May 27, 1906, for the Confirmation Service held by Bishop Randolph. In the afternoon the sermon was preached by Rev. Samuel H. Bishop, of New York City.

On Sunday, June 10, at five o'clock, Bishop Edwin S. Lines, of New Jersey, preached in the church. On September 23, 1906, the church carpet and hassocks were received, having been presented by Mrs. William Pollock, of New York, who also gave the cushions for the pews.

On November 14, 1906, the Hutchings-Votey Organ Company, of Boston, commenced to install the new organ, in fulfilment of their contract in the sum of $3,350, not including the organ fronts. The work was completed on December 6th, and the organ used for the first time at the service held under the auspices of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, on December 9, 1906, the sermon having been preached by the Rev. John J. Lloyd, D. D., of Lynchburg, Virginia.

On December 19, the work of putting in the chandeliers and gas fixtures (furnished by J. B. McCoy & Son, of New York City, for the sum of $412.50) was begun, and on December 20, at 7:30 P. M., the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the sailing of the colony from England, which landed at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, was observed by appropriate service, and an address was delivered by Rev. C. Braxton Bryan, D. D., Historiographer of the Diocese of Southern Virginia. At this service, the choir appeared in vestments for the first time.