1885 A copy of a Header of Subscription May The Memers of the Church of England at English Harbor have raised [a pound sign appears here] 35.0.0 towards the purchase of a Bell with ringing gear for their church they now solicit the kindly help of friends towards raising the remaining [a pound sign appears here] 11.0.0 Mr Wm Beston of English Harbor is authorized to receive subscription Walter R Smith assistant Minister Trinity East Ascension 1885 R S Bremner 10 John Lockyer 1 D B Grant 5 Samuel J Maidment 2 W C Hart 1 Nathaniel Morris 1 Wm Hart 2 John Cross 2 Sarah Collis 2 St Johns W G & Co 10 Sir W V Whiteway 10 Bishop Jones 10 G LeMessurer 5 W F 2 6 George W Mews 5 Edwin Duder 10 George Hayward 5 Capt Nichols 5 Capt Vine 5 P & L Tessier 15 G Gray 2 6 A. M. 5 George Hutchings 10 Phillip Hutchings 10 W B Grieve 10/- John Batson (Mark) 5/- 15 Carried Over 7 11 0 [two pages later the list continues...] Amount Contributed toward the Bell for St Silas Church Eng Harbor 1885 May Amount Brot Forward 7 11 18 John Steer 10 James Avery 5 Munroe 5 J.R.["S"?]. 5 J.E.S. 5 A.O. Hayward 5 R W Facey 10 Doctor Robt White 5 Mrs Robt Facey Bell Rope 3 10 4 [some notes and calculations then appear in pencil...] D Grant only got 2/6 yet Amount from Book 33 12 10 [I can't decipher the note here] 1 9 45 5 10 2 6 45 3 4 [the three columns denote pounds, shillings, pence] [some notes on the facing page suggest that the Bell was purchased for 45.3.6]