FINANCES OF THE FREE CHURCH.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SPECTATOR.
Dundee, 7th June 1848.
Sin—In your impression of May 27, at page 506, under the head of Scotland, M your notice of the meeting of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scot- land, yen misinform your readers when you say the income of the Free Church for the past year has been 47,4241." I have consulted the report on the public accounts given in the General Assem- bly the week before last, a copy of which is now lying on my table; and I find that the "general abstract, showing the whole sums raised for the various objects of the Free Church of Scotland, for the year from 31st March 1847 to 31st March 1848," is as follows: I. Clergyman's Sustentation Fund £89,051 8 11 2. Church Building Fund 34,392 15 31 3. Congregational Fund 71,686 2 51 4. Missions and Education 53,568 3 5. Miscellaneous 27,797 9 9 Total £274,496 0 3
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