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line to the east line of range three; thence north on said line to the Michigan State line, excluding 'Avon Church, McFarland, Goodman Church, Brooklyn, and the town of Pine Grove in Portage County.

§ 111. WYOMING CONFERENCE shall include that portion of the southern part of the State of New York which is not included in the New York, New York East, Newark, Central New York, and Genesee Conferences; and that part of the State of Pennsylvania which is bounded on the west by Central New York Conference, including the territory east of the Susquehanna River, and on the south by the Central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Newark Conferences, including Narrowsburg, and on the east by the Newark and New York Conferences.

II. Foreign Countries

¶ 454, § 1. BENGAL CONFERENCE shall include Bengal and Behár.

§ 2. BOMBAY CONFERENCE shall include all of the Bombay Presidency north of the Belgaum District, and such parts of Central India as lie south of the twenty-fifth parallel of latitude and west of the Central Provinces Mission Conference.

§ 3. CHILE CONFERENCE shall include the Republics of Chile and Bolivia.

§ 4. EASTERN SOUTH AMERICA CONFERENCE shall inIclude the Republics of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.

§ 5. FOOCHOW CONFERENCE shall include the Fokien Province in China excepting so much as is included within the Hinghua Conference.

§ 6. HINGHUA CONFERENCE shall include the Hinghua Prefecture and adjoining territory in which the Hinghua dialect is spoken; and the Ingchung Prefecture and adjoining territory in which the Amoy dialect is spoken.

§ 7. ITALY CONFERENCE shall include the Kingdom of Italy, and those parts of contiguous countries in which the Italian language is spoken.

§ 8. KOREA CONFERENCE shall include all our work in the Kingdom of Korea.

§ 9. LIBERIA CONFERENCE shall include the western coast of Africa north of the equator.

§ 10. MALAYSIA CONFERENCE shall include the Straits Settlements, the Malay Peninsula, French Indo-China, Borneo, Celebes, Java, Sumatra, and the adjacent islands (not including the Philippines) inhabited by the Malay race.

§ 11. MEXICO CONFERENCE shall include the Republic of Mexico, except the States of Chihuahua and Sonora and the Territory of Lower California; it shall also include Central America.

§ 12. NORTH CHINA CONFERENCE shall include that portion of the Chinese Empire including and north of the Provinces of Shantung and Honan.

§ 13. NORTH GERMANY CONFERENCE shall include all that part of Germany north of a line running from the northwest to the southeast, between the Provinces of the Rhine and Westphalia, and from the southern point of Westphalia to the northern point of Bavaria; thence by the north and northeast boundary of Bavaria, between Bavaria on the one side and the Turingen States and the Kingdom of Saxony on the other, so as to include the present districts of Berlin, Bremen, and Leipzig and the circuit of Cassel.

§ 14. NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE shall include the United Provinces of Agra and Oude east of the Ganges.

§ 15. NORTHWEST INDIA CONFERENCE shall include that portion of the United Provinces of Agra and Oude which lies south and west of the Ganges; the Punjab, and such parts of Rajputana and Central India as lie north of the twenty-fifth parallel of latitude.

§ 16. NORWAY CONFERENCE shall include the Kingdom of Norway.

§ 17. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS CONFERENCE shall include the Philippine Archipelago and the Sulu Islands.

§ 18. SOUTH GERMANY CONFERENCE shall include all of the Empire of Germany not included in the North Germany Conference.

§ 19. SOUTH INDIA CONFERENCE shall include all that part of India lying south of the Bombay and Bengal Conferences and the Central Provinces Mission Conference.

§ 20. SWEDEN CONFERENCE shall include the Kingdom of Sweden.

§ 21. SWITZERLAND CONFERENCE shall include the Republic of Switzerland and those portions of France in which the German language is spoken.

CHAPTER III

BOUNDARIES OF MISSION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS

I. United States and Territories

T 455, § 1. ALASKA MISSION shall include the District of Alaska.

§ 2. ARIZONA MISSION shall include the Territory of Arizona, the Needles in the State of California, and the State of Sonora in the Republic of Mexico.

§ 3. ATLANTIC MISSION CONFERENCE shall include the eastern portion of North Carolina commencing at Little River Inlet; thence following the South Carolina State line to the west boundary of Robinson County; thence northward to the Virginia State line on the western boundary of the following counties: Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Wake, Granville, and of the following counties in the State of Virginia: Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Greenesville, Southampton, Nansemond, Norfolk, and Princess Anne.

§ 4. BLACK HILLS MISSION shall include Crook County, Wyoming, and all that part of the State of South Dakota west of the meridian 101 degrees west longitude; and, if ratified by the Dakota Conference and the Black Hills Mission, all that part of the State of South Dakota west of the Missouri River.

§ 5. CHINESE MISSION shall include all the Chinese work on the Pacific Coast, except in Oregon and Washington.

§ 6. EAST OKLAHOMA MISSION shall include all of Oklahoma lying south and east of the Oklahoma Conference.

§ 7. HAWAII MISSION shall include the Hawaiian Islands.

§ 8. ITALIAN MISSION shall include all the Italian work in the territory included between the Atlantic Ocean and a meridian drawn west of Indianapolis, Indiana.

§ 9. NEVADA MISSION shall include the State of Nevada and as much of the State of California as lies east of the west summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, except Siskiyou and Modoc Counties in the State of California.

§ 10. NEW MEXICO ENGLISH MISSION shall include the Territory of New Mexico excepting Chama, the county of El Paso in the State of Texas, and the State of Chihuahua in the Republic of Mexico.

§ 11. NEW MEXICO SPANISH MISSION CONFERENCE shall include the work among the Spanish-speaking people in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, the State of Colorado, El Paso, Texas, and the States of Chihuahua and Sonora in the Republic of Mexico.

§ 12. PACIFIC CHINESE MISSION shall include all the Chinese work between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, excepting that this action shall not become operative as regards the Chinese work in Portland until after the close of the Conferences involved, and upon concurrence of the Bishops resident in Portland and San Francisco.

§ 13. PACIFIC JAPANESE MISSION shall include all the Japanese work west of the Mississippi River.

§ 14. PACIFIC SWEDISH MISSION CONFERENCE shall include the Swedish work in the States of California,

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