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READING OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

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B ritish and Foreign Bible S ociety,—Reading Auxiliary. -Presid ent,.
Mi*. M a rtin H. F. S u tto n ; Hon. Secs., R e v . F. J. H ow ard, M.A., R ev .
P. N. H arrison, M.A., B.D., and M r. H. A. C h u rc h ill. Offices, A b b e y
H all. D epo sitary, M r. Thorp, 17, K in g ’s Road.
S ociety fo r Prom oting Christian Knowledge. -P resid en t, H is Grace^
T h e A rch bish o p o f C a n terb u ry .
D ep o sitory. M r. Thom as Hunt,
30 and 31, M a rk e t P lace.
Church Pastoral Aid Society.— S e c re ta ry , M r. R ich ard Penson,
C lan field , A lex a n d ra Road. T rea su rer, M r. John Sim onds.
Religious Tract S ociety.—Reading A u xiliary.— Hon. S e c r e ta r y an d
T rea su rer, M r. H. A. C h u rch ill. Offices, A b b ey H all, D e p o sitary and
c o lle cto r, M r. Thorp, 17, K in g's Road.
Sunday School Union.— C om p rising 61 of th e E v a n g e lica l N oncon­
fo rm ist Sun d ay Sch ools in th e to w n and neighbourhood, w ith
te a ch e rs , num bering ab out 884 and ab ou t 6,919 sch o la rs. T rea su rer,
M r. Jam es C a tle y , In g le sid e , T ile h u rs t R o ad : Hon. G en era l Sec.,
M r. H. L e w is , 3 A le x a n d ra R o ad .
Reading Poor Children Holiday F u n d — Form ed to p ro v id e freeh o lid ays and cam ps in th e co u n try (from ten to fo u rteen days), to th e
poor ch ild ren of R ea d in g. In m any ca ses boots and c lo th in g are
p rovid ed in ad d ition . Sup ported e n tir e ly by v o lu n ta ry co n trib u tion s.
A v e ra g e a tte n d a n ce a t th e cam ps 700 ch ild ren . P resid en t, Coun­
te s s R e a d in g ; V ic e -P re sid e n t, "Lieut.-Col. L eslie W ilson, C.M.G.*,
D.s.O,, m .p , ; Sec., A. W. A. W ebb, 191 W okingham R oad.
Reading and D istrict Evangelical Free Church Fed eration .— P r e s i­
d e n t, R e v .P . N .H arrison ,M .A ..B .D .,9 D enm ark R o a d ; V ic e P resid en t,
R e v . T. N. P h illip so n ; T rea su rer, M r. A rth u r F. C la rk , 53 A le xa n d ra
R oad ; S e c re ta ry , R ev . W. R . P eaco ck , 14 K e n d rick R oad , R e a d in g.
English Church Union, — P resid en t, T h e V is co u n t H alifax . The
Union co n sists o f com m unicants only, and in clu d es 35 B ishops and
ab ou t 4,000 o th er c le rg y , and ab out 33,000 la ity . T h e South B erks
D is tric t Union in clud es th e B ran ch es o f R ea d in g, M aid en h ead ,
W indsor, N ew bu ry and H enley. P resid en t, th e R e v . Canon A . H.
Drummond, Boyne H ill, M aidenhead. Hon. S e c r e ta r y and T re a su re r,
R ev. E. H. P. C a rte r, 37 A lexa n d er Road, R e a d in g .
A n n iv e rs a ry
u su ally in th e month of July.
Reading Shelter fo r G irls, 41 R u ssell S tre e t, in co n n ectio n w ith th&
O xford D iocesan A sso ciation fo r R esc u e and P re v e n tiv e W ork, un d er
th e P re sid e n cy o f th e Bishop of O xford. T h e Hon. L o c a l S e c r e ta r y
is M rs. Bartholom ew , Park House, R e a d in g ; Hon. T re a su re r, H.
Goodm an. Esq.. Tow n Hall Cham bers, R eading. R e s c u e W o rker and
L a d y-in -ch arge o f th e S h elter, M iss G. L ooker, 41. R u s s e ll Street,.
R e a d in g.