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BAPTISMS.

AT SONNING CHURCH.

Jan. 10th-William, son of William and Elizabeth Douglas, Sand

ford.

AT ALL SAINTS'.

Jan. 10th-Joseph, son of Joseph and Emily Rampton, Dunsden. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James and Emily Herbert, Dunsden.

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MARRIAGES.

Dec. 25th-At the Parish Church, William Robinson to Hannah Gooday, both of Woodley.

Dec. 30th-At the Parish Church, Samuel Willis, of St. Giles', Reading, to Mary Ann Fitch, of Sonning.

BURIALS.

AT SONNING CHURCH.

Dec. 30th-Maria Evans, Sonning, aged 60.
Jan. 17th-William Edginton, Woodley, aged 40.

AT ALL SAINTS'.

Dec. 31st-Dinah Wilder, Dunsden, aged 65.
Jan. 6th-James Hopkins, Dunsden, aged 88.

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Bibles, Prayer Books, and Hymn Books, may be obtained at the
Boys' School, Sonning.

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Church Services.

SONNING PARISH CHURCH.

Sundays, 11 o'clock in the Morning.

3 o'clock in the Afternoon.

Half-past 6 o'clock in the Evening.

Saints' Days and Festivals, 11 o'clock in the Morning.

Daily, Half-past 8 o'clock in the Morning.

The Holy Communion is administered on the first Sunday in the month in the usual Morning Service, and on the third Sunday in the month, at half-past 8 o'clock in the Morning, and on all the great festivals.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.

Sundays, 11 o'clock in the morning;

Half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Holy Communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in each month, and on the great festivals.

Holy Baptism is administered at Sonning Church, and at All Saints', on the second Sunday in the month in the Afternoon Service. It is particularly requested that children may be brought to be baptized on this Sunday only, unless there is some urgent reason for choosing another time, when due notice must be given beforehand. The Churching of Women will be immediately before any of the Services.

SPECIAL SERVICES DURING LENT.

SONNING CHURCH.

Wednesdays: 7 o'clock in the evening.

Daily half-past 8 o'clock in the morning. A quarter past 5 in the evening.

There will be a lecture in the Woodley School Room, on Tuesday evenings, at 7 o'clock.

HOLY WEEK.

SONNING CHURCH.

Daily 11 o'clock in the morning.

ALL SAINTS'.

7 o'clock in the evening. The preachers' names will be put up at the Church doors at the beginning of the week.

Daily 11 o'clock in the morning, and on Good Friday, at 7 o'clock in the evening.

EASTER SUNDAY.

SONNING CHURCH.

8 o'clock in the morning, Holy Communion.

II o'clock, Morning Service with Holy Communion.
3 o'clock, Afternoon service.

7 o'clock, Evening Service.

SONNING CHURCH CHOIR.

The Choir Concert took place on Monday evening, the 8th of February, having been unavoidably postponed from the previous Tuesday. Though the weather was very unfavourable, the room was quite crowded, and having been very tastefully decorated by Mr. Ford, it presented a most bright and cheerful appearance.

The music, accompanied by the Rev. Arthur Sturges, of Wargrave, and Mr. Gregory, was divided into two parts,—the first consisting of sacred music, the second of secular.

The choruses were very successfully given, and great praise is due to the members of the choir, for the industry and care they have shown in practising the music. They will be gratified by the following extract from a letter which we have received from a distinguished musical amateur, who was present at the concert. The writer says, "The selection was excellent, and was sung with more appreciation than I ever heard from any choir; and the taste and care with which really difficult parts were rendered, was remarkable.”

The pieces of the second part were evidently much enjoyed by the audience, and several were demanded a second time. Owing to the absence of the Rev. E. Tapsfield, the songs of the second part were sung by Mr. Gregory, and were received with unanimous applause. In conclusion we may say that the concert was a thorough and gratifying success, and the members of the Choir will, we hope, be induced by the cordial approbation of their audience to give another at no distant period. The following is the programme of the music.

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PENNY BANK.

The Sonning Penny Bank came into operation on 21st May, 1860, and the number of depositors on that day was 9; it has reached, throughout the interval, the number of 344, and 115 is the number on the ledger now.

£645 has been received in deposits; £467 is the total amount that has been withdrawn up to 31st December, 1868.

The average of deposits monthly has been £6 6s. 6d.

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£4 IIS. 6d.

£51 16s. 9d. has been distributed to depositors in the shape of bonuses, (at the end of each half year), at the rate of id. on every 4s. deposited.

On two occasions the bank has been aided by contributions from the inhabitants of Sonning. In 1861, £6 os. 6d. was received; in 1863, £5 10s. od., total £11 ros. 6d. Since then it has continued independent of help, and the assets in the Savings' Bank at Reading, and in the New 3 per cent. Annuities in the Bank of England, shew on the 31st December, 1868, the sum of £12 over and above the amount due to Depositors on that day.

With the exception of 12s. 6d. for printing a new set of rules in March, 1866, the Bank has incurred no expence since it was first started, when an outlay occurred of £3 16s. 6d.

17th REPORT.

The list of depositors for the half year ending 31st December, 1868, shews in names 115, in money £224 9s. 7d. Comparing this with last report, there is a decrease of nine names, and of £7 16s. 7d. in money; the latter is accounted for by the withdrawal of £21, the largest amount standing in one name. Against this liability of £224 9s. 7d., we have on 31st December, 1868,

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