Mr. J. Grant, 4 Millburn Road, Inverness, General Treasurer, acknowledges with grateful thanks the following:—
Sustentation Fund.
M. M., Perthshire, £10; B.D.O.A., £5; Miss C. McK., Balnaera, Strathcarron, £5.
Home Mission Fund.
Miss C. McK., Balnaera, Strathcarron, £5; Mr. R. H. Conway, Glencairn Street, Stevenston, Ayr, £6.
China Mission Fund.
Anon., Glasgow postmark, £15.
Aged and Infirm Ministers’ and Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund.
Mr. R. H. C., Stevenston, £4.
Organisation Fund.
Mr. R. H. C., Stevenston, £4.
Publication Fund.
Anon., Glasgow postmark, £5; Mrs. C. M., 47 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, o/a Trinitarian Bible Society, £1; Mrs. McP., Tokomaru Bay, N.Z., 3/8.
Magazine Free Distribution Fund.
Anon., Glasgow postmark, £10; Psalm 74-22, 12/-; Miss C. McK., 12 Porthenderson, 15/-; Friend, N.S.W., 10/-.
Young People’s Magazine.
Anon., Glasgow postmark, £5.
Dominions and Colonial Missions.
A Friend, Alberta, £25 11/-.
Prospective Home of Rest.
‘Octogenarian,’ per Rev. Wm. Grant, £2.
Jewish and Foreign Missions.
B.D.O.A., £5; B.D.O.A., o/a African Schools, £5; Anon., Glasgow postmark, £5; Mr. R. H. C., Stevenston, Ayr, £6; A Friend Abroad, £3; Two Friends, Edinburgh, £2; A Friend in New South Wales, £3; Mrs. C. M., 15 Doris Drive, Toronto, o/a Mission Car, £1 2/1; Miss A. McL., Mount Stewart, North Ireland, per Miss M. M., 10/-; Mrs. S., 29 Queen Street, Grafton, N.S. Wales, £2; Miss M. G., 29 Queen Street, Grafton, N.S. Wales, £2.
Legacy Fund.
Received with grateful thanks from the Executors of the late Miss Dorothy C. McLeish, Ailsa Craig, Ontario, the sum of £522 17/8 (1400 dollars), bequeathed to the following funds:—South African Missions, £186 15/8; Jewish and Foreign Missions, £74 13/4; China Mission, £74 13/4; Home Mission Fund, £186 15/6. In addition the residue of this estate is bequeathed to the Funds of the Church amounting to £792 9/6 per Messrs. Carrothers, Egener, Fox and Robarts, Barristers, London, Ontario, Canada.
Synod Proceedings Fund.
Mr. J. A. S., Dalchalm, Brora, 2/-.
The following lists sent in for publication:—
Bayhead Congregation.
Mr. A. Macdonald, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks, o/a Sustentation Fund, 10/- from W. McD., Lochmaddy, and £2 from Mrs. B. McD., Grimsay; £2 from Mrs. A. McL., Grimsay, o/a Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund; also £1 for Foreign Missions per Mr. N. McIsaac.
Edinburgh Manse Purchase Fund.
The Hon. Treasurer gratefully acknowledges the following:—A Friend, in memory of the late Mrs. Campbell, per Rev. D. Campbell, £5.
Halkirk Congregation.
Rev. Wm. Grant acknowledges with thanks £1 from A Friend, Stornoway, o/a Trinitarian Bible Society; also for same, £1 from A Friend, Edinburgh.
Inverness Manse Purchase Fund.
Mr. Wm. MacKenzie, Treasurer, acknowledges with grateful thanks £2 from M. G., Kyleakin, and £1 from Mr. H. McK., Craig Dunain, both per Rev. A. F. MacKay; from A Friend, Inverness-shire, £5, per Mr. J. Grant; also £1 from A Friend in N.S. Wales.
Ness Manse Purchase Fund.
The Treasurer thankfully acknowledges the following:—A Friend, Ness, £2; A Friend, Halkirk, £1; Mr. A. McL., 17 Port of Ness, £2. The Ness Kirk Session hereby intimate that the Manse Purchase Fund is now closed and would sincerely thank all friends at home and abroad who have so liberally helped in paying off the debt.—Donald Mackay, Session Clerk.
Oban Congregational Funds.
Mr. J. Martin, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges a donation of £3 from Miss McColl, Ballachulish.
Dingwall Church Building Fund.
Mr. D. Matheson, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks the following:—Mr. and Mrs. G. M., Maropiu, New Zealand, £5, and £1 from A Friend, New South Wales.
Halkirk Congregational Funds.
Rev. Wm. Grant gratefully acknowledges receipt of £30 for various Church purposes from Mr. David Mackay, The Rowans, Castletown, per Rev. J. A. R. Mackenzie. (We regret to learn that Mr. Mackay, our kind Wellwisher, has since passed away. We extend sincere sympathy to all who mourn his loss.)
Gairloch Congregation Car Maintenance Fund.
Mr. A. MacLean, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges the following for 1954:—Mrs. McK., Badachro, £1; Anon., £1; Anon., 14/5/54, £1; Anon., 4/9/54, £1; Miss J. McL., Laide, £1; Mrs. C., Ullapool, £1; Mr. R. McK., Inverness, £1.
Plockton Church Building Fund.
The Treasurer returns grateful thanks for following donations:—Mrs. McL., Leckmelm, Ullapool, £3; D. M., Raasay, £2; D. McK., Point Plockton, £1; D. McN., Glasgow, £2; Two Glasgow Friends, £1.
Raasay Manse Building Fund.
Mr. E. MacRae, Treasurer, acknowledges with grateful thanks the following:—Friend, Applecross, £2; Mr. and Mrs. M., Maropiu, N.Z., £5; A Friend per Mr. E. M. S., £1.
Shieldaig Sustentation Fund.
Mr. J. Gordon, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks a donation of £1 from D. M., Dumfries.
Staffin Manse Building Fund.
Mr. D. Gordon, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges the following:—Staffin Congregation, £125 18/-; A Friend, £1.
Stockinish Mission House Building Fund.
Norman Mackinnon, Congregational Treasurer, wishes to make grateful acknowledgment of the following donations received on behalf of the above-named Fund, viz:—Mrs. E. M., Lingerbay, £1; Miss C. MacC., Leacklee, £2; Mr. A. MacL., Finisbay, 8/-; Mrs. C. MacL., Ardourlie, £1; Mr. R. MacK., Stockinish, £2; Mr. J. N. MacK., Stockinish, £1; Mr. J. A. MacD., Glasgow, £1; Mrs. F., West Calder, 10/-; Mr. D. MacK., Ibrox, £1; Mrs. J. MacL., Murnaig Villa, £1; Miss C. M. MacD., Collam, £1; Mr. K. M., Georab, 10/-; Mrs. D. M., Cluer Point, 10/-; North Tolsta Congregation, per Rev. F. Macdonald, £24; Donated by the late Miss E. Macdonald, Grosebay. £10; Card per R. MacK., Inverness, 15/-; Card per M. Matheson, Stornoway, £21 7/6; J. MacL. and Family, 6 Leacklee, £30.
Ullapool Church Building Fund.
Mr. A. Corbett, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks the following:—Mr. and Mrs. D. McG., Ullapool, £20; Miss B. McK., Linnie, Killearnan, £10; Mr. and Mrs. M., Maropiu, N.Z., £5 per Mr. J. Grant.
St. Jude’s South African Clothing Fund.
The Committee acknowledges with grateful thanks contributions amounting to £15 14/6.