winter as well as a picnic held in the summer.

A horse and carriage was supplied to Father Cotton which greatly assisted his Parish work of visiting and getting to and from locations for services. Work in Murray River was, however, hampered by the lack of a church. Services had to be held in a hall until enough money was raised by the congregation to rent a house in the town and remove the room partitions. This was accomplished sometime in the fall of the year. In addition to the new building, a small organ, forty hymn books and fifteen prayer books were purchased.

Repairs were made to the church buildings and the old school house in Georgetown with the purchase of a new organ for the school being made. Mr. Charles Harris appraised the situation in Georgetown as follows:

The Church people here are not many, and are placed in a hard position as to maintenance. Georgetown being separated from any station which can be satisfactorily worked with. It is too small to be a self-supporting parish; too large to be a mere mission. In past years there seems to have been going on quietly a good work. May it be the will of God that this work shall go on.159

The work of the Church received a setback blow with the death of Mr. James Easton alter a prolonged illness. A brass tablet was placed in the church to his memory.

The Departure of Friends.

St. Peter’s Cathedral also suffered the loss of one of its faithful and beloved servants during the year as the Honorable Fred Brecken passed away. An additional loss was felt by the whole of the Anglican Church in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island at the resignation of Bishop Courtney. He was subsequently replaced through election of his successor, Bishop Worrell, in

1904.

The School Defecit.

A special meeting of the congregation of St. Peter’s was called for April 29th to discuss grave concerns surrounding the financial arrangements of the school. A committee was appointed with appropriate powers to investigate the

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