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150 In 1875 the chapel being found too small, the foundation stone of a new building was laid on Christmas Day, and it was opened for service on Sunday, July 22nd, 1877. It is of gothic design, and accommodates four hundred persons on the ground, and is sufficiently lofty to admit of galleries being built when needed; it has been designated the "Johnston Memorial Church." The total cost of the building was £1,600.

The number of families in this congregation is at the present time 70—of children in the Sunday school 260, with a staff of 26 teachers. Divine Service is held on Sundays at 11 a.m., and 7 p.m.; Thursday evenings at 7·30 p.m.

A young mens' Mutual Improvement Society holds its meetings every Wednesday evening, and a similar society for young women every Monday evening.

At Australind about thirty years ago a small Congregational Society was formed by some who had been in the habit of meeting for religious worship in the house of the late Mr. John Allnutt; and a cottage was purchased and converted into a chapel, where Divine Service was held every Sunday morning by Mr. Allnutt, and a Sunday school established. Having been invited to hold Divine Service at Bunbury, the workshop of Mr. Gibbs was used for that purpose. At length a chapel was erected, and a church in accordance with Congregational principles was formed in Bunbury, of which Mr. Allnutt was acting pastor whilst he lived. After his death the Colonial Missionary Society sent out the Rev. Andrew Buchanan, during whose pastorate of eight years, the chapel at Bunbury was enlarged, and a manse built for the minister's residence; a small chapel was erected at Busselton, and anothier at Quindalup.