1821.

RECEIPTS,

FROM 5th JANUARY, 1821, ΤΟ 5th JANUARY,

1822.

Balance in favour of the Association, 5th Ja

nuary, 1821

Parliamentary Grant for 1821
Amount of Subscriptions from Members paid

in Dublin

A Donation from the Hon. and Rev. H.
Pakenham

Amount of a Bequest to the Association by the late Mrs. Letitia Hobson

Amount of Balances of Subscriptions received from the following Diocesan Committees; each Committee having defrayed all local expenses out of the Subscriptions of its Members previous to the remitting such Balances

1821.

EXPENDITURES,

FROM 5th JANUARY, 1821, ΤΟ 5th JANUARY,

Mrs. Watson for 15 Month's Rent for Board-
Room and Committee-Room

62 10 0

tal Expenses

Printing, Stationary, Advertising, and Inciden

218 24

Balance in favour of the Association, 5th January, 1822, subject to Debts and Engage

303 13 10

ments

£9510 4 9

APPENDIX, No. II.

STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTION

OF

BIBLES, TESTAMENTS, PRAYER-BOOKS,

TRACTS, AND CATECHETICAL PREMIUMS,
BY THE ASSOCIATION,

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH DISTRIBUTION, TO 5TH JAN. 1822.

BIBLES.

65,984 Total Number of Bibles distributed at reduced prices from 5th October, 1794, to 5th January, 1822-Expense,

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}

TESTAMENTS.

201,655 Total Number of Testaments distributed at

reduced prices, from 5th October, 1796,
to 5th January, 1822-Expense,

}

8,947 S 8

PRAYER-BOOKS.

115,436 Total Number of Prayer Books distributed at reduced prices, from 5th October, 1796, to 5th January, 1822-Expense,

}

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL BOOKS

AND TRACTS.

1079,979 Religious and Moral Books and Tracts, distributed at reduced prices, or gratis, from 9th October, 1792, to 5th January,

1822-Expense,

CATECHETICAL PREMIUMS.

19,415 Catechetical Premiums, distributed gratis, from 5th October, 1793, to 5th January, 1822, in which are included 5434 Bibles, 1083 Testaments, and 8486 PrayerBooks Expense,

...

...

...

APPENDIX, No. III.

GENERAL PLAN OF THE ASSOCIATION

FOR ENCOURAGING

CATECHETICAL EXAMINATIONS

THROUGHOUT IRELAND.

THE ASSOCIATION Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice, and Promoting the Knowledge and Practice of the Christian Religion, desirous to promote the Public Examination of Children in the Principles of the Christian Religion, throughout Ireland, do hereby notify that they will grant to the best Answerer, in a division of not less than Six Candidates, at every such Examination, held annually, in a Parish Church, Day-School, Boarding-School, or Academy, the following Premiums :

FIRST CLASS. - To each division of not less than Six Candidates, a Bible; or if the successful Candidate have one, any Books on the Association list, at the discretion of the Examiner, not exceeding the value of Fifteen Shillings.

SECOND CLASS. - To each division of not less than Six Candidates, a Bible; or if the successful Candidate have one, any Books selected as above, not exceeding the value of Ten Shillings.

THIRD CLASS. - To each division of not less than Six Candidates, a Bible, Prayer Book, or New Testament;

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or if the successful Candidate have all these, any Books selected as above, not exceeding the value of Five Shillings.

FOURTH CLASS. - To each division of not less than Six Candidates, a Duodecimo Bible, Prayer Book, or New Testament.

FIFTH, OR LOWEST CLASS. To each division of not less than Six Candidates, a Prayer Book, or New Testa

ment.

Provided the Examiner at such Examinations be the Minister or Curate of the Parish, or a Clergyman appointed by him, and shall transmit to the Association a Certificate in any of the annexed Forms, according to the Class the Children shall rank in. Should the division exceed the Number above specified, Premiums will be given in the same proportion of One to every Six Children examined.

And in order to encourage continued attendance at these Annual Examinations, the Association will grant Honorary Certificates to such young Persons as, having obtained the Premiums of the First Class, in a former Year, are found at a subsequent Examination, at least equal to the successful Candidates for Premiums in that Class.

And to encourage attendance at Weekly Catechetical Lectures, held by the Clergyman of any Parish, the Association will grant the Premiums of their respective Classes, to such of the unsuccessful Candidates for the above Premiums, in the proportion of One to Six (of the Number that remains, after the successful Candidates have been deducted,) as shall have attended with remarkable diligence such Lectures; provided it be Certified, that they have attended for Six Months of the preceding Year, and have made adequate progress.

The Association beg leave also to remark, that, in