Communions.—Dingwall, first Sabbath of August; Portree, second; Bonar (Creich), third; Stornoway, fourth. Vatten (Skye), and Ullapool, first Sabbath of September; Strathy (Sutherland), second; Stoer, third.
Call to Kames.—At a meeting of the Northern Presbytery, held at the Inverness Church on Tuesday, 16th July, the Rev. Ewen Macqueen, Dornoch, accepted a Call to the congregation at Kames, Kyles of Bute. The induction is expected to take place (D.V.) on Thursday, 22nd August.
Acknowledgments.—Mr. Angus Clunas, General Treasurer, 35 Ardconnel Terrace, Inverness, begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations:—For Sustentation Fund—£10 from Mr. and Miss Parker, Aberdeen; £10 4/ (50 dollars) from Lochalsh Congregation, Ontario, Canada, per Mr. A. R. Finlayson; 10/ from Mrs. Maciver, Nairn, per Mr. F. Maciver; 5/ from “Anon” (Inverness P.O.). For Foreign Missions—10/ from Mrs. Maciver, Nairn, per Mr. F. Maciver; 3/ from “Friend,” St. Andrews, per Rev. N. Cameron. For College Fund—4/ from “Friend,” St. Andrews, per Rev. N. Cameron. For Missionaries’ and Catechists’ Collection—7/ from Mr. James Fraser, Carnoch, Strontian, per Rev. J. S. Sinclair. Mr. Norman Mackinnon, Treasurer for Tarbert (Harris) Church and Manse Building Fund, acknowledges with thanks the following donations, per Rev. D. N. Macleod:—10 dollars from “Well-wisher of Cause of Christ,” Ontario; 10/ from “Friend,” Wick; and 10/ from “J. and S. A. U.,” Invergordon. Rev. A. Macrae, Portree, acknowledges with thanks, for Portree Manse Debt:—13/ from “Friends,” per Mrs. Clarkson, Gillibrand River, Victoria; and 4 dollars from “Friends” in Kelso, Sask., per Mr. A. Beaton. The Treasurer of the Dingwall Congregation acknowledges with thanks the following donations, per Rev. D. Macfarlane, for the Manse Building Fund:—5/ from “A Friend,” Edinburgh; 3/ from “C. M. L.,” North Uist; and per Treasurer, 2/6 from “Well-wisher,” post mark, Inverness. Rev. J. S. Sinclair, Glasgow, acknowledges with thanks, £1 from “Salutaris,” for John Knox’s Sustentation Fund.