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DEACONESSES' nOME.

The annual meeting1 of the Diocesan Diaconesse«,' Home wai held on trida?, in the Cathedral Clnpter house- Tin. I.i*hop of Melbourth. pre hided and there wis i larg*, attendance

Tin llev Canon flodln submitted the annual report of the De ironesst i' Home and Houf-e of Mi «i The ix port et-t forth that two of the bitter* had Ken \iMtcd with lout; and M*riou* illness and wei\ now al'«ont on sick lea\e in other colonies Tie head sister, I-ther returned in Novemln»r last from her trip to r upland whiüi lud benefited lur pretth The Mission hall m ^prins street had beui in constant requisition Mothers' meetings w\rn held on Mond» afternoons, the au ruse attend- ance bet mr Vi Muir people hid a\a.ilod them selves of the di^tisary at the Mission hall vfctcU liad b«n of pr.nt «omeo to tho sick poor Ml expends of medicines and medical comforts had lunn paid for out of th» proceeds of tin» old clotho» unie« Tlie head sister would be »rind to roo he bundles of clothes at the mission hall Sft little «U>n*di1c *itn> t. Tlie doaconcKes wirr cillcd unon for help ind advice hy the twoplr around them and wore nlunvs reidv to miiu5tor to bodih and Fpfrittnl uiiHs of others. Ttegmlar work wis »amid on it tht canis. V bundar afternoon class at Cluireh of Fnirlind female prisoners w is held mid a sister vi«ft^d each cell once a week for pri\ ile comersation with tins inmite*. Tlie work par(\ at the mission house went on every \Nedneehv ifternoon This had been of much \w in proud nig* clothine for tin» inmates of fhe Hone», of Mi re\ Mon. w irken* wi rv w mtod and Indies who Ind time to span were requested to come and help The dearonossert wen? at home on ^ ednesda* afternoon» to recoiw \isitors Tlie Hoiw of Mr rev hid at pre«* nt IP tnnntis. Fourteen hid been received dunns thr niPt \(*ar and nine ditchirirrd Of fhe litter four Ind cone into Pitnntion.« ind were rinln? well

Three hid returned to their friends, md two hu4 leen expelled for mtsoonilnrt Tlie IniJth of the innis.tes hid been cood and (hot were happj In their In lustrions ll\c* unter the careful Inininsr of the RistiT« Tlie Necterted Clitldn-n's Home ni« now worked ns s scpirate branch of the mis Binn The tnihsrrfption IM was much tht «ame «s list venr Tlie Covrrnmcnt jrraut of £fiO had been received but the committee wtre grreatb in

need of hinds

Mr F Tt C.odfrer moved the adoption of th** rrnort Tlie foundation of the Immo and of tie Hon«c of Mere* had removed from the Church of Tnirland the reproach that «he had laboured under of not providing for tho unfortunate rta« who were now looked after with such firatlfjinp; rctsulta b\ (he dencones^p«

Tí o Iïe\ F *! TTuchcs reeondfd the motion. wH(h w*s* rnrried itninimmult

TI c following memlxTs of the connell iver* ro rToeted s \t -Mr« Rouen Mr* Pul it Major Crnei-d Tin vnps, Mrs A Miller Mrs. Tnmiiic* and Mrs. ^ ince

\ vote of thinks fn thp rhairmin wai cirrled on ti/» motion of tho ïW Cinon Codl *

The Rifthop of Melbourne In rr«nnndfnr to the enninUnmnt mon tinned that lie had recent U con» flr-nil fix of the vnunjr women st the TTmw o/ Merci and was nuirh Rtniok bv their Chrifrtta» cheerfulness T'nd r ihr cire of fhe de-iconet*»* \\*> 1I.M of thrv voimir pervons were mule happv ns well as ii« nil The \nlimtin si-ti m of tlw Clmrch nf Vnçlinl in s.mtnlfj rrndored it wcos^ siin tint tho irreifo«t pos.nhlo s<iii«fancc» «ho tld «M pu en to Mich institutions (Tfesr hear)

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