uld be for brother Craik, 50l., for the Employment Fund, and the
remaining 200l. as I pleased. I put this 200l. to the Building Fund, as
the donor had not given to this object before, having been prevented
through circumstances, and I knew he would like to contribute towards
it.

Jan. 30. I received from D. D. 35l., of which 30l. are intended for the
Building Fund, and 5l. for the School--, Bible--, Tract and Missionary
Fund.

March 19. From Scotland 10l.

March 21. From the neighbourhood of Dudley 9s. 8d.

March 28. "A thank-offering to the Lord from the Church assembling at
Bethesda Free Chapel, Sunderland, for Church mercies during the past
year." The amount is 21l. 10s. 10d.

April 29. From Cornwall 50l., from a most unexpected quarter, whereby
the hand of God is the more abundantly made manifest.

In the Report, published in 1848, the following account was given
respecting the New Orphan-House, which, except a few verbal alterations,
is here reprinted.

1, The total amount, which I have received for the Building Fund,
amounts to 11,062l. 4s. 11 1/2 d. This sum enables me to meet all the
expenses connected with the purchase of the piece of land and with the
erection of the house. I stated before that I did not mean to commence
the Building until I had all the means requisite for it, and this
intention was carried out. It was not until there was a sufficient
amount of means to meet all the sums required for the various
contractors, that a single thing was done; but when I once had as much
as was required for them, I did not consider it right to delay any
longer, though I saw then clearly, and have since seen still more
clearly, that a considerable sum would yet be needed to complete the
work. For whilst in every respect the Building will be most plain and
inexpensive, yet it being intended to be the abode of Three Hundred
Orphans, with all their teachers and overseers, it necessarily must be a
very large Building, and was therefore found to be even somewhat more
expensive than I had thought, as the whole (including fittings and
furniture) cannot be accomplished for less than Fourteen Thousand Five
Hundred Pounds, towards which the Lord has already given me, as stated,
Eleven Thousand and Sixty-two Pounds Four Shillings and Eleven Pence
Halfpenny. The sum still needed is required for all the ordinary
fittings, the heating apparatus, the gas fittings, the furnishing the
whole house, making three large playgrou