THE SOUTH CHURCH. 



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Ladies' Benevolent Society, the proceeds of fairs and 



other entertainments given under their auspices, 2,880.78 

 Contributions, pledge funds, etc., . . 2,00:}. 45 



Sale of parsonage property, . . . 9, 500. 00 



Bequest of Cornelius B. Erwin for parish chapel, 12,500.00 



All other other sources, . . . 13,106.05 



Total, .... 



EXPENDITURES. 



For current expenses, including repairs. 



Church edifice, including parish chapel and fu 



Interest on indebtedness. 



Insurance, 



Parsonage property, 



Total, . 

 Cash on hand January 11, 1892, 



$417,322.40 



nish- 



$174,183.09 



179,257.22 



44,596.23 



8,006.44 



11,124.34 



417,167.32 

 155.08 



417,322.40 



In addition to these receipts there should be reported the sum of 

 $8,000, which is the amount contributed for the original church edi- 

 fice, but which does not appear in the accounts of the treasurer, the 

 church having been built and entirely paid for during the year pre- 

 ceding the organization of the society. Also the sum of $4,100, rep- 

 resenting the value of the plot of land formerly owned by the Union 

 Hall Company, on a part of which the parish chapel now stands, re- 

 ceived by the society as a gift from the late Cornelius B. Erwin. Includ- 

 ing these items the total receipts of the society, from all sources, except 

 loans, during the past fifty years have been $429,422.40, an average of 

 $8,588.45 per year. 



The receipts from pew rents the first year were $773.12, and the 

 expenditures for current expenses $774.99. From 1842 to January, 

 1868, or during the time the first church edifice was occupied, the re- 

 ceipts from pew rents were $34,637.62, an average of $1,332 22 per 

 year, and the expenditures for current expenses were $37,542.10, an 

 average of $1,443.93 per year. From 1868 to 1892, the period that the 

 present church edifice has been in use, the receipts from pew rent were 

 $137,943.02, an average of $5,747.63 per year ; and the expenditures 

 for current expenses were $136,640.99, an average of $5,693 37 per 

 year. In 1871 the largest amount was realized from the sale of pews, 

 namely. $8,01)3.02. For current expenses the expenditure was the 

 largest in 1890, amounting in that year to $6,877.84. 



