Yesterday being the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Victorian Wesleyanism was celebrated with much enthusiasm by the members and adherents of that denomination. In the morning a jubilee breakfast, at which the attendance exceeded 1,600, was held in the northern annexe of the Exhibition Building; and this was followed by a monster gathering in the main hall. The Rev. William Lizard Blamires, the president of the Wesleyan Conference, occupied the chair, and he was surrounded on the platform by a large number of ministers and prominent laymen of the church. The jubilee choir filled the seats above, and Mr. W. R. Bennetts, the organist of Wesley Church, was in charge of the grand organ.

A jubilee hymn, specially written for the occasion by the Rev. J. G. Millard, and composed by Mr. J. W. Egglestone, was sung with impressive effect.

The CHAIRMAN said that he desired to extend a cordial welcome to the large assembly of Wesleyans that he saw before him, and in which both city and country were well represented. That was a great historical day in the history of their church for it marked the completion of the first 50 years of their history in this land. They were met together to show their gratitude to God for the remarkable progress that had been vouch-safed to the Wesleyan cause in this country, and to be animated to renewed energy and zeal by the contemplation of what the Almighty had done for them in the past. He was glad to see around him many tried and true veterans of the Wesleyan cause in Victoria, and he was specially pleased at the presence amongst them of the son and daughter of the Rev. Joseph Orton, the pioneer Wesleyan preacher of Victoria. (Applause.)

The Rev. John Christian Symons then delivered a commemorative address the principal portions of which are subjoined: -

Most of the present generation know little of the men who laid the foundation of our church in this fair land. They have a very inadequate idea of their toil, anxiety, and self sacrifice. If I detain you somewhat beyond my proper time, and if I tire you with details which some may care little about; if I am considerably egotistic in some of my remarks, I must ask you to remember that most men become garrulous in their old age.

I may also plead privilege, as the senior of all my brother ministers in full work, so far as this colony is concerned - that there are only two ministers in full work in the Australasian conference whose colonial ministry began before mine - and that my first sermon in Victoria dates back to November, 1846.

Fifty years ago, on the 24th of April, the first public religious service was conducted in Port Phillip - or Australia Felix as it was then called - by the Rev. Joseph Orton. Previous to this - in 1835 - the late Mr. Henry Reed of Launceston, had visited the settlement. In a statement published by himself, he says: - "I went over to devise some means of preserving the natives from destruction. There were then but two or three huts in the place - Batman's, Fawkner's, and I believe another. Batman's brother; William Buckley; and three Sydney natives occupied Batman's hut. Had prayers in the hut with these five men every day, read the Scriptures and preached Christ to them; the Sydney natives understanding a little English. No doubt this was the first time the Gospel was ever proclaimed in Victoria. The Yarra Yarra tribe corroborreed to me where the City of Melbourne now stands, and alone I accompanied them up the river, and lived with them for a short time."

In 1835 Mr. Batman crossed Bass's Straits in a small schooner of 30 tons called the "Rebecca," and, after exploring Port Phillip Bay, sailed up the Yarra. Reaching the site of Melbourne on June 8th, 1835 he records in his journal, "This will be the place tor a village." Having purchased, as he supposed, from the aborigines about 500,000 acres more or less, for a few blankets, tomahawks, and trinkets, he returned to report his success to the company which he represented, and to send over stock and emigrants.

On his second voyage (April, 1836), when he brought over his wife and family, Mr. Batman was accompanied by the Rev. Joseph Orton, who, on the 24th April, preached two sermons on Batman's Hill at which most of the Europeans of the settlement, numbering at that time about 40, together with about 50 aboriginals, were present. The services were in the open air under the shade of the she-oak trees, which grew somewhat thickly upon the knoll. Among those present were Mr. James Simpson, the first police magistrate, who acted as clerk, and Dr. Alexander Thompson, who raised the tunes and led the singing. Thus, at this first service there was an evangelical alliance; the preacher a Wesleyan, the Clerk an Episcopalian, and the precentor a Presbyterian. A striking feature in the congregation was 10 Sydney blacks, dressed in red shirts, white trousers, with black kerchiefs round their necks. The chief wore a full military suit, with a colonel's cocked hat and feathers. Little did that small band of enterprising pioneers on that Sabbath morning dream that in 50 years the spot on which they stood would be the terminus of a national system of railways; that the desolate wilderness around them would be transformed into a city of 350,000 inhabitants - 'Marvellous Melbourne,' as Mr. George Augustus Sala has called it - and that we to-day should be assembled in this noble building to celebrate and commemorate that humble service, and unhappily that the natives whose condition so moved the preacher would have all but disappeared before the white population.

Among the earliest settlers of Port Phillip were some families of Methodists. Near the end of 1836 or the beginning of 1837, these formed themselves into a society. They consisted of Mr. George Lilly, Mr. John Jones Peers, Mr. William Witton, Mr. Thomas Jennings, and one or two others. In March, 1837 they numbered seven, and Mr. W. Witton was appointed leader. Of this small band, Mr. Witton and the widow of Mr. Peers still survive and reside in the colony.

One ot the objects of Mr. Orton's first visit was to arrange for a mission to the aborigines. Taking Buckley with him for a guide, he proceeded about 40 miles beyond Geelong and selected a spot for a mission station on the River Barwon, which afterwards became known as Buntingdale. Early in June, 1838, Mr. Orton proceeded to Sydney to obtain a 'location grant' for the mission. Sir Richard Bourke received him very favourably, and recommended the Legislative Council to provide half the cost of establishing the mission, and half the annual expense of its maintenance, up to a sum which had been named in the annual missionary report.

Meanwhile the Rev. Francis Tuckfield and the Rev. Benjamin Hurst, who had been sent from England for this mission, had arrived in Hobart Town. Mr. Tuckfield left for Buntingdale in June, 1838, taking with him a tent, timber for temporary buildings, and stores. Mr. Hurst was detained by sickness, and did not proceed to his destination for some months. Mr. Tuckfield preached in Melbourne on 21st July, 1838, from 1 Corinthians xv, verse 3, a most appropriate text with which to begin his mission. Proceeding to Geelong, he preached there on 28th July, from Psalms lxxxiv, verse 11; and while making arrangements for the mission station at Buntingdale, continued to preach in Geelong twice each Sunday until February, 1839. The services were held at first in a large shed or store on the Barwon belonging to Dr. Alexander Thompson.

Mr Orton visited Port Phillip again in April, 1839, and found that in the three years since his first visit the few huts and tents of 1836 had grown into "an extensive town, containing 400 or 500 houses, many of them handsome buildings." The Methodist Society had increased to 30, a brick chapel had been built, which would hold about 150 persons; there were two or three local preachers, a Sabbath school had been commenced, prayer meetings were regularly held in several places, tract distribution was in regular operation, and altogether the young church showed a vigorous life.

The brick church just referred to was the first place of worship erected in the colony. It stood at the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane, and was built by Mr. John Jones Peers, upon his own land, and leased by him on trust for a church at a nominal rent. Before the lease terminated the new church was erected, and Mr. Peers cancelled the lease. When the new and larger church in Collins Street was built, this humble erection was transformed into a cottage, in which Mr William Clarke, for many years organist of Collins Street Church, resided. Subsequently it became the kitchen of the Queen's Arms Hotel, and still forms some portion of that building.

This church soon became too small, and as most of the population was westward of Swanston Street, application was made to the Sydney Government for the grant of half an acre of land at the corner of Collins and Queen Streets. This land had been bought for £40 by a gentleman in Sydney, who forfeited his deposit of £4 rather than complete the purchase.

The Rev. William Simpson had been deputed by the Van Dieman's Land District meeting to visit Port Phillip. Referring to this, he says - "A most eligible piece of land has been reserved by the Sydney Government for the purpose of a chapel, with an intimation, however, that it will not be secured to the society until funds to the amount of £300 are actually raised and deposited in one of the banks. In consequence of this and inasmuch as attempts are now being made by the gentry of the town to obtain the land for other public purposes, I thought it necessary to endeavour to secure the land to the society at once. I accordingly called together a few of the friends, six ot whom volunteered to raise £50 each by the second Tuesday in January, and to write to Mr. McKenny immediately to obtain a grant. So that I hope there is no danger of our losing so valuable a plot of ground."

This meeting must have been in December 1839. I have ascertained through Mr. William Witton that the six Methodists to whom we are so greatly indebted were Messrs. Peers, Lilly, Jennings, Witton, Thorpe and Willoughby. The land being secured, no time was lost in commencing the building. The foundation stone was laid by the Rev. Benjamin Hurst on the 11th of May, 1840, "in the presence of an immense assembly." The church was of brick, 47 feet by 57 feet; the design Gothic, and was prepared by Mr. Peers, and for that period of the colony it was a bold and noble enterprise for so small a community.

The church was opened on Thursday, the 24th June, 1841. The Rev. Samuel Wilkinson read the liturgy, and the Rev. William Waterfield, of the Independent Church preached in the morning from Matthew vi.,10. The Rev. Joseph Orton preached in the evening from Psalm cxxxvii, verses 7,8. On Sunday, 27th, the Rev. Francis Tuckfield preached in the morning from Psalm cxxxvii, verse 5; in the evening the Rev. James Forbes of the Scots Church, preached from Acts viii, verse 5. The collections from these services amounted to £122 14s. 9½d. The tea meeting, held on Monday, 28th, was addressed by the Revs. Messrs. Samuel Wilkinson, William Waterfield, Joseph Orton, James Forbes, Francis Tuckfield, and Messrs. Dredge, Joseph Ankers Marsden and Abel Thorpe.

The cost of the building was reported to be (when completed) £3,000, of which £1,000 was given by the Government, £1,200 contributed, £300 promised; leaving a deficit of £500. Though out of chronological order, it may be as well here to state that in 1849 the church was lengthened 30ft., according to the original design. In 1857, while the Rev William Lawrence Binks was superintendent, the land was sold tor £40,000, with a portion of which Lonsdale Street church and premises were built. The church itself was pulled down, and some of the materials were used in the North Melbourne (or Hotham) Church, particularly the windows, pews and portions of roof. On the site of the church the Bank of Australasia now stands.

Dear old Collins Street, what memories cluster around that name and spot! There I worshipped on my first Sabbath in Melbourne; there I preached my first sermon in the colony, now 39½ years ago. There I was ordained in company with my dear brother Wells. There many who are present and many of your fathers and mothers worshipped. It had a grand history.

Mr. Orton paid a third visit to Port Phillip, arriving in Melbourne on 3rd October 1840. He found the Swanston Street Church crowded to excess, "the spacious and handsome church in Collins Street in course of erection." At the first quarterly meeting, on January 28 the number of members reported was 109. Of the eleven persons present, two are still alive - viz., Mr. William Witton and Mr. Thomas Wellard.

The Rev. Samuel Wilkinson was the first resident Wesleyan minister in Melbourne. He arrived from Sydney in April, 1841; both he and Mr. Orton were present at the quarterly meeting on May 14. Shortly after Mr. Orton returned to Tasmania, from whence he took ship for England, but died on the voyage. At this quarterly meeting it was resolved - "That the cordial thanks of the meeting are due to Mr. J. J. Peers, for his indefatigable and continued exertions on behalf of the Melbourne chapel."

In 1850 the Rev. William Butters succeeded Mr. Sweetman. By this time Melbourne had become a large and handsome town, and the colony was in a prosperous state. Population was settling in various districts. As far as it was possible, the Wesleyan Church strove to meet the spiritual wants of the colonists not only in the towns but also among the pastoral and agricultural parts.

A bush missionary - the Rev. Samuel Waterhouse - was appointed to itinerate among the families scattered in the wilderness. But a new era was to burst suddenly upon the young colony. During 1851 gold had been discovered in large quantities in New South Wales, and had produced intense excitement throughout Australasia. Crowds rushed to the new El Dorado; many places were almost depopulated, and persons of all classes were hurrying away to the goldfields. Years before this gold had been found Victoria , but not in such quantities as to excite much attention. Towards the end of 1851 rich finds of the precious metal were discovered near Mount Alexander and Mount Buninyong - now known as Castlemaine, Sandhurst, and Ballarat. As may be supposed, the gold attracted to Victoria the worst characters from the surrounding colonies: and as money was abundant, drunkenness, lawlessness, and immorality prevailed.

Thoughtful Christian men stood paralysed, and felt themselves powerless in such a whirlpool of disorder and such an outburst of vice. The excitement and infatuation pervading the community were highly unfavourable to religion: the circumstances were unparalleled; there was no experience enabling any one to predict what the issue would be. These were such times as those only who passed through them can realise, and they have no desire to repeat the experience. The young church was just 16 years old, its ministers only numbered five, viz., Revs. William Butters, John Harcourt, Frederick Lewis, William Lightbody, and Samuel Waterhouse, and one of these - Mr. Waterhouse - was under orders to proceed to Fiji.

It was impossible to leave the congregations in the settled towns, especially as almost all the local preachers had 'gone to the diggings.' Messrs. Butters and Harcourt visited, and held occasional services at Mount Alexander, and Mr. Lewis did the same at Ballarat. Never did the peculiar organisation of Methodism appear to greater advantage than at this juncture. Many local preachers, both from Victoria and the sister colonies, had gone to dig for gold. These valued brethren commenced and maintained religious services in many a gully and on many a creek side, where on the Sunday the sound of singing, the voice of prayer, and the proclamation of the Gospel was heard, and companies of rough, bearded, earth-stained diggers gathered round these evangelists, and joined in the worship of Almighty God.

Small companies of Methodists, as they 'camped' near each other, held their class and prayer meetings in each other's tents, and thus, amid the excitement and confusion around them, maintained their piety. If the history of each neighbourhood, as to the commencement of religious services could be written, it would be found that in a large majority of instances Wesleyan local preachers were the first to begin them.

The first building erected for public worship on any of the Victorian goldfields was on what is now called 'Wesley Hill,' near Castlemaine. It was a rough structure, built of slabs with canvas roof, and was opened for divine worship on the first Sunday in July, 1852, on which occasion I preached twice, and held a love feast and sacramental service in the afternoon - a service which no one who was present will ever forget.

Speaking of this period, the late Mr. Edward Stone Parker, in a public meeting in 1864, said:- "The Rev. J. C. Symons and another carried on the work with spirit, and built with their own hands a canvas place at Mount Alexander in which to hold their meetings for worship." Thus the Wesleyan Church has the honour of holding the first public worship in Victoria, building the first place of worship, sending the first resident minister to the goldfields, and building the first place of worship on the goldfields.

When full particulars of the gold discoveries reached Europe and America, ships were soon crowded with living freight, and the influx of people from all parts of the world was enormous. In the month of October, 1853, over 30,000 persons were added to the population. Dwellings could not be found, and thousands pitched tents on the Government land just south of the Yarra, and 'Canvas Town' sprang into existence. School-houses, vestries, and in some few instances places of worship were converted into lodging places, and many a respectable family was glad of such shelter. To meet this condition of things in some degree the Wesleyan Church erected, at a cost of some £6,000, the large wooden building so long known in Carlton as 'The Wesleyan Immigrants' Home.' This building, plain and somewhat rough though it was, rendered great service, and was really a 'home' in a strange land to thousands of persons.

The Methodists of England were not indifferent spectators to the new circumstances which were transpiring in Victoria, and the English Missionary Society - as a kind and wise parent, to whom we had been much indebted - determined to send a deputation to inquire into our state, and to strengthen our hands The selection of the Rev. Robert Young for this duty was a popular one; for he was widely known as a preacher, and had considerable experience as a missionary. He was received everywhere with enthusiasm. Victoria welcomed him at a breakfast meeting in the Wesleyan Home, at which an address - which I had the honour of preparing - was presented to him. He was invited by the ladies to a public tea meeting in Collins Street Church, which was crowded to excess, and during which £600 was raised to pay the passages of six ministers from England, to which another £100 was added by a single individual to pay for an additional minister.

The plan to constitute the Australasian missions into a church to be affiliated with the British conference was readily adopted, together with a proposal submitted by Mr. Young, which was not in the original plan, viz., that the management of the South Sea Missions should be committed to the Australasian Church, and ultimately that it should bear the entire expense of these missions.

At the first conference, in 1855, Victoria reported the following statistlcs, viz:- 31 churches, 40 other preaching places, 14 schools used as churches, 15 ministers, 59 day School teachers, 41 Sunday School teachers, 151 class leaders, 1,955 church members, 84 on trial, 3,507 Sunday scholars, 3,007 day scholars, 18,897 attendants on public worship. The population of the colony was 364,324.

The appointment by the first conference (1855) of the Rev. Daniel James Draper to this colony proved to be an eminently wise one, and his administration of the affairs of our church was of great and permanent value. To the far sightedness of Mr. Butters and Mr. Draper in securing sites of land, and their diligent attention to the claims of various parts of the colony, much of our present position is due.

Our statistics for the present year show a wonderful record, for half a century, considering the circumstances of the colony during that period. They are as follows, viz.:- 480 churches, 123 ,school houses 82 parsonages, 109 ministers, 33 home missionaries, 16,095 church members, 751 local preachers, 4,691 Sunday School teachers, 40,459 Sunday scholars, 94,223 attendants on public worship, 2 colleges. Cost of buildings £530,000 on which there are debts £135,000 of which £35,000 is due to the Church Loan Fund; value of land given by the Government and private donors, £100,000; amount paid for land, £22,000; accommodation in churches and schools used as churches, 112,899, or one in nine of the entire population.

And now I must be permitted to pay a passing tribute to the memory of some of those ministers and laymen who have laboured in Victoria, and have passed into their rest. It must be distinctly understood that I name those only whose ministry and work in Victorla began before the first Australasian conference, 1855. Joseph Orton, the pioneer, who after a life of unusual pain and toil sleeps in the deep sea; William Simpson lies beneath the sod in Guernsey; Benjamin Hurst is laid to rest In the cemetery at Goulburn; William Schofield lies in the Sydney burying-ground; Francis Tuckfield sleeps among the dead in Portland; Edward Sweetman and Frederick Lewis found graves in the land many of us still fondly call 'home;' Daniel James Draper (with his estimable wife, and I doubt not many of his shipwrecked companions) went to heaven as his body sank beneath the waves on that awful 11th of January of 1866. In our own 'God's acre' repose the precious dust ot William Hill, whose cruel murder while in the vigour of his able ministry sent a thrill of horror through the entire community; of Joseph Dare whose eloquent voice was hushed almost before he had reached middle age; and of John Eggleston in the ripeness of a life of intense earnestness and usefulness which ended so suddenly that he 'Ceased at once to work and live.'

I might, had I time, refer to instances of personal adventure, of toil, of hardship, of danger, on the part of Wesleyan ministers and people, which would almost vie with the backwoods preachers of Canada and America. Nor have these days quite gone; for in some of the distant stations our pioneers have still to endure hardships of no common order, riding over arid plains in the scorching heat of an Australian summer sun, or through the dense forest, with tracks almost impassable, or crossing creeks and rivers swollen with winter rains, and lodging in shelters of the roughest kind, but meeting everywhere with warm-hearted, hospitable people, who welcome them as the heralds of salvation.

The history has been one continued series of progression marked by greater or less expansion. There have been periods of commercial depression, and these have sometimes checked progress. There have been times of great migration such as the rush to Lambing Flat in New South Wales, or Port Curtis in Queensland, or Otago in New Zealand. Then, too, we have had land fevers within our own borders, when men of all classes have been seized with a land hunger, and when tens of thousands have broken up comfortable homes, left settled neighbourhoods and ordinary occupations and good wages, and have rushed hither and thither to obtain selections and make new homes in the 'bush,' far away from the conveniences of civilisation, the comforts of social life, and the ordinances of religion.

All this produces a restlessness and excitement which is very unfavourable to substantial church progress, and which often proves destructive to personal piety and family religion. Still, notwithstanding these and other unfavourable conditions, the Methodist Church has fairly adapted itself to the circumstances of the people, has followed them with the ordinances of religion, and has striven to be faithful to the traditions of its history, and the direction of its founder to go to those who wanted them most. And so to-day our churches are found not only in the larger cities and towns, but in the smaller mining townships, the agricultural villages, among the 'selectors' in the sparsely populated plains of the interior; while our ministers and local preachers are labouring, and our Sunday schools are seeking to train the young for Christ, throughout the widespread colony.

I have made no reference to other denominations, and to the good work which they have done in the past and are still doing. This is neither from forgetfulness nor indifference, but simply from want of time. Most cheerfully do I recognise their great services in God's cause, and most earnestly do I desire that they may have God's continual and abundant blessing upon their labours.

What shall the future be of our beloved land, and our beloved church? I am surrounded on this memorable occasion by many who have borne the burden and heat of the day; who will soon finish their work on earth, and leave our places to be occupied by you who are younger. We have done our best as in the sight of God. It is not inconsistent with Christian humility to say here to-day that by the help of God we have good reason to be thankful for the work we have been able to do, the results of which you, the present generation, inherit. I charge you, in God's name, brethren, that you be faithful to the trusts, and to the inheritance which we transmit to you. Be faithtul to the doctrines, to the discipline, to the traditions of your fathers, so that those who may be spared to celebrate the Centenary, as we now do the Jubilee of Victorian Methodism, may say of you that you have done your duty.

Before Mr. Symons had concluded his address some persons at the rear, who were apparently unable to hear the speaker, became somewhat noisy and inattentive, and Mr. Symons thereupon brought his address to an abrupt close. In doing so he gave expression to his astonishment that the oldest man and the senior minister on the platform was not allowed a quiet hearing on such an occasion. The Chairman assured Mr. Symons that whatever interruption had arisen was solely due to the inability of a portion of the large assemblage to hear him, and was not occasioned by any want of respect to him personally. Mr. Symons was an honoured and an honourable man in the church. (Applause.)

Mr. Symons, who had left the platform, was persuaded to return soon afterwards, and was greeted with prolonged applause.

The Rev. John Watsford (the minister in charge of the Jubilee Fund), read the list of promised subscriptions up to date. Blank forms of promise were distributed amongst the audience, and for nearly an hour a large staff of volunteers was engaged in collecting them and returning them to the platform. As each came to hand Mr. Watsford announced the name of the donor and the amount of his or her subscription to the fund. There was considerable enthusiasm and applause as the large donations were acknowledged. Just before the audience dispersed Mr. Watsford announced, amidst general acclamation, that the promises and cash received that morning, added to the golden offerings of Sunday last, would amount altogether to £19,000.

At half-past 5 another immense gathering numbering between 3,000 and 4,000 sat down to supper, at the close of which they poured into the main hall of the Exhibition Building. The audience kept constantly increasing, until at 7 o'clock the building was densely crowded from the platform to beneath the dome. The galleries, too, were packed, and the platform seats were occupied by a closely-wedged mass of persons comprising the Jubilee Choir. The Rev. W. L. Blamires presided, and, as was the case at the morning meeting, all the leading ministers and laymen were seated on the platform.

The chairman briefly opened the meeting with an expression of thankfulness for the great and gratifying success of their jubilee celebration. The Wesleyans of Victoria should now more than ever realise the importance of the trust that had been committed to their care in these lands, and should be determined to hand that trust down, in all its vigour and vitality, to generations to come. (Applause.)

The Rev. James Walter Crisp eulogised the prominent part taken in this movement by the young people, who were the hope of the church in the future.

The Rev. William Abraham Quick stated that he was particularly pleased to know that one of the great objects of the Jubilee Fund had already been achieved, for they had now sufficient funds for the erection of the affiliated college. (Applause.)

The Rev. Ralph Brown referred to the rapid growth and complete organisation of Methodism in this country, as evidenced by the Wesleyans, according to Hayter, occupying the first place as regards number of churches and Sunday schools.

Some time was occupied in the collecting and announcing promised subscriptions to the Jubilee Fund, but eventually Mr. Watsford intimated thut the total amount either promised or paid into the fund was £21,520, being £19,077 for the morning and £2,443 for the evening. The announcement was greeted with prolonged applause.

During the evening the choir, under the leadership of Mr. Wilson, sang a number of appropriate hymns, and at the close of the meeting gave a very good rendering of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus."

Subjoined is a list of the larger subscriptions to the jubilee fund:- Mr. John Danks £1000; Mr. J. Jamison £1000; Mrs. McColl £620; Hon. J. Campbell, M.L.C. £500; Barkly-street £500; Messrs. Hitchcock and Coburn £300; Mr. S. G. King £300; Mr. W. R. Bennett £300; Mr. F. Lavers £300; Mr. J. Warwick £250; Mr. R. Howell £250; Mr. Joyce £250; Mr. A. Brown £200; Mr. H. Berry £200; Mr. Montgomery £200; Rev. J. D. Dodgson £150; Mr. H. Cornell £150; Mr. A. Crook £130; Mr. Whiting £125; Mr. Eggleston and family £110; Mr. J. Sundercombe £105; Mr. Chambers £105; Mr. H. Heath £100; Mr. J. Adamson £100; Mr. J. A. Hicks £100; Mr. J. C. Hutton £100; Mr. J. Lewis £100; South Geelong Church £100; Mr. J. May £100; Mr. Newton £100; Mr. Fealonby £100; Mr. A. Booth £100; Mr. T. Pearce £100; Mr. Miles £100; Mr. Richhards £100; Rev. W. P. Wells and family £100; Mr. F. E. Beaver, M.L.C. £100; Rev. J. Watsford £100; Mrs. Hordern £110; Mr. J. Fullarton £100; Mr. T. Vasey £100; Mr. T. Gordon £100; Rev. J. G. Turner £100; Mr. R. G. McCutcheon £100.