The necessary repairs mentioned last year have not yet been effected, and We still face that liability.
In our last Report we referred to the offer we had received of $280,000 per mow for half the area of the front Town, with the possibility of selling the whole area. "This offer waz backed by the Trustees as long as they were of the opinion that some of the funds could be used for building a church in the West End. As. how-fever, the British Court ruled against this possibility, the 'Trustees' interest inthe sale "consequently waned. Nevertheless, the acceptance or refusal of the offer was in the hands of the subscribers and not of the Trustees, and therefore it was placed before the subscribers at a meeting held on April 14, 1096, when they definitely refused to authorize the sale. The position now is that we fare gradually mortgaging that property until 1944, In effect, the subscribers are being called upon to pay an average of about $12,000 a year for the maintenance of the Jawn until the Honan Road lease falls in, instead of receiv-Ing an income of' about $50,000 per annum, The report is signed by Messrs. w. 8. King, R. Calder-Marshall, and W. Massey.
he report of the Dean and Wardens Includes a recapitulation of the services held during last year. with appreciation of the heavy burden effectively carried by. the assistant clergy. A tribute Is paid to the senior member and secretary of the choir, Mr. E. 0. Wilson, who Is leaving for Home on retirement.
Broadcasting of the Cathodrat ser~ vices through the Christian Broadcasting Association were successful, fand many expressions of appreciation were received, The open air services held Last summer were also a success, and thanks {o the Stewards of the Race Club for the use of the Public Stand, and to the China Electric Ca. for the use of amplifying apparatus are made in the report.
Other activities of the congregation fave dealt with in full.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.