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78 desire also to acknowledge the full notices of the proceedings by the newspapers of the city, and instruct the clerk to insert in the minute-book copies of the Otago Daily Times reports of the opening of the church, and of the social meeting which was held on the following Tuesday."

The following is a summary of the church Building Accounts as at the close of 1876:—

At the annual congregational meeting in February 1878 it was shown that the debt on the new church had been reduced by the sum of £676 16s, and that the total liabilities of the congregation stood at £8701 8s 8d, while the total cost of the church, including walls, railing, lamps, architect's fees, &c., was £18,332 18s 7d. After full discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Robert Wilson, that a committee should be appointed to make an effort during the year to reduce the debt on the church by at least £3000. Mr Wilson was appointed convener, and it was mainly through his indefatigable exertions that the labours of the committee were attended with a large measure of success. At the next annual meeting Mr Wilson reported that £1800 3s 7d had been collected by his committee, and that a further sum of £601 3s had been promised. The balance-sheet of the Deacons' Court for the year ending December 31, 1878, showed the debt of the congregation to be £6811 13s 5d, being a reduction of