The following business was transacted after wo went to press yesterday : — Home Mission Fund.—The following grants wore agreed to ba recommended : — Mahurangi, £15 ; Upper Thames, £40; Hamilton, £40; Paparoa, £30. In discussing fcho grant of £30 asked for Paparoa from the Home Mission fund, the Rev. Mather made bho assertion fchat " the p!«a!i was «ye Tlio E»ev. Berry thought ib was bo be regretted such a re mark had boen made. lie found that there y/cre ab Paparoa 94 church members and 400 hearers. There was certainly a sphere there for the Methodist Church and enough support for a minister.—Rev. Mather said there were nob 200 bona fide Methodisbs in Paparoa. As regarded the 400 adherents re ferred to, alargeproportiionof fchemwerealso claimed by the Ajiglican and Congregational ministers. —The amount asked was passed. Other grants passed were : —Whangarei, £20; Tauranga, £55 (conditionally thab Tauranga Church be kept; on). In reference to the latter application, Rev. Mr Marshall stated there was in Tauranga a population of about 1,000, and aboub 500 in oub dis tricts. In addition fco tho Wesleyan Church, there were Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Presbyterian Churches.— Kov. ilr Berry thoughb Tauranga was one of those places in which some arrangemenb Bhould be made, and he suggested tbateither the Wosleyan or Presbyterian Church should close, on condition that bhe other of these two churches should surrender in some obhor overchurched settlement—He thoughb the Presbyterian Church should be approached on the subject.—-On tho motion of Mr Marshall £25 4s was grantedas aspecialvote for the current year.—Rev. Mr Berry moved, " Thab bhe Chairman and Mr Thos. Buddio be a committee to approach the Presby terian Church en the quesbion."—Mr T. H. White seconded the proposal, and sug gested fchab the matter might be referred to the United Evangelical Conference.—The motion was carried unanimously. — The total amount of recommendations for the district was £1,173.
