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It was decided that the Committee hold evening sessions next week, commencing at 7:30 o'clock. Committee adjourned.

MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13.

The Committee met at 9 A. M., Bishop Hurst presiding. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr. J. F. Goucher.

On motion, the Secretary of the Committee was instructed to convey to the Rev. Dr. O. P. Petersen, of our Norwegian work, now critically ill in Minneapolis, the assurance of the sympathy of this General Committee and of their earnest prayers for his speedy recovery.

On motion, the appropriations to the Conferences in Kansas and Nebraska were referred to a committee consisting of Bishops Walden, Ninde, and Joyce, Dr. J. J. Bentley, and Dr. D. W. C. Huntington.

The consideration of Class No. 4 of Domestic Missions was resumed, and the following appropriations made:

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Class No. 3.

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These appropriations were afterward reconsidered, and the appropriations to Class No. 5 were all referred to a committee, who were authorized to recommend the distribution of not over $54,756 in the class, and report to the General Committee. The

The General Missionary Committee.

following committee was appointed for this purpose: Bishops Bowman, Merrill, Warren, Hurst, Walden, Mallalieu, FitzGerald, Joyce, and Newman, and Drs. Hargis, Freshwater, Carter, Bentley, Scott, and Goucher, and Mr. Alden Speare.

Afterward the appropriations to Class No. 6 were referred to the same committee to adjust with the prevailing reduction, and report.

Dr. Buckley moved that the report of the Committee on Alaska be considered, and that Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson be invited to make a statement to the General Committee concerning the relations of our Church and Missionary Society to the work in Alaska.

Dr. Sandford Hunt moved as an amendment that the report of the committee be heard, and that the General Committee take a recess of fifteen minutes, during which time the members may be addressed by Dr. Sheldon Jackson; the amendment prevailed, and the motion as amended was adopted.

The report of the committee was read; the Committee adjourned, listened to Dr. Jackson, then resumed its session, and the report of the committee was then adopted by a unanimous rising vote, as follows:

Your Committee on Work in Alaska would report that we had a consultation with the representatives of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, and, after mature reflection, we submit the following:

1. We approve the appropriation by the Woman's Home Missionary Society of $4,000 to their school in Unalaska, some $1,700 of which yet remains to be expended.

2. We congratulate the Woman's Home Missionary Society on the success of its school at Unalaska, commend it most earnestly, and will approve their employment of a teacher, who is also a preacher, and, if possible, an ordained preacher, in addition to the exclusively teaching force of the school.

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The order of the day, namely, the consideration of mission work in Chili, was taken up, and the following preamble and resolutions, presented by Bishop Fowler, were, on motion, adopted:

It is known to this Committee that there has existed for some years an incorporation known as the Transit and Building Fund Society of Self-supporting Missions. The nature and work of this society is defined in the following statement taken from its charter, namely:

The particular business and objects of said society are to provide the ways and means, and to manage, appropriate, and apply the same as follows, namely:

"1. To provide a suitable outfit for missionary preachers and teachers.

2. To pay their passage to foreign countries.

3. To pay the traveling expenses of pioneer evangelists in those countries.

"4. To build or purchase dwelling houses, schoolhouses, and houses of worship for the use of the missionaries. "5. Also to translate the sacred Scriptures and suitable religious and literary publications into foreign languages, and to print and publish the same.

6. The funds of this society shall not be used to pay salaries of agents at home, nor of preachers or teachers in foreign countries."

Under these provisions of the charter educational and evangelistic work has been carried forward in Chili, and a property amounting to about $200,000 in gold has been accumulated. At present forty-three ministers and teachers from the United States are at work in this field.

This society, represented by Messrs. Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, now presents the following propositions, namely:

"We offer to transfer all the mission work and mission property belonging to the above society in Chili to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, free from debt, upon these conditions, that Chili be set apart exclusively for self-supporting mission work, and that the mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on the plan of self-support as heretofore."

Now, therefore, the General Missionary Committee, so far as it has authority, and subject to the authority of the General Conference, accepts for itself the above proposition, and recommends the Missionary Board to accept in like manner the proposition and to enter upon and prosecute this work on the conditions hereinbefore set forth. We also appropriate $25,000 contingent upon its being given specially for this work, said money to be administered by the Board.

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On motion of Bishop Foss it was resolved that Bishops Fowler and Newman, Dr. J. M. Buckley, Dr. S. F. Upham, and General E. L. Dobbins, be appointed a Committee to express to Mr. Anderson Fowler and Mr. Richard Grant the appreciation of the Committee of the great work established and successfully carried on in Chili, and their hearty thanks for the proposition made by them and now adopted by the Committee.

On motion, Mr. Anderson Fowler and Mr. Richard Grant were introduced to the Committee and invited to seats within the bar of the Committee.

The second order of the day, consideration of Conferences represented by Dr. M. S. Hard, was taken up. On motion, the appropriation of $300 to Welsh Missions in the Wyoming Conference was reconsidered, and, on motion of Dr. Hard, $356 was appropriated.

Class No. 5.

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The Committee on New Work then made their report in part, and the following was adopted:

A communication was received from J. O. Knowles concerning the Bethel work of Meriden Street, East Boston, Mass., Dr. Bates, pastor. There is a congregation of one thousand two hundred, and a Sunday school of nine hundred, and those who have aided have gone, or cannot help longer. While the committee concede the great importance and value of that work, yet they feel compelled to decline to recommend any appropriation at this time, in view of our financial condition.

A memorial asking for $350 was received from the Des Moines Conference, to be used as follows:

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At the latter place the people are worshiping in a hall, and the presiding elder is held responsible for the rent. The request was urged upon the facts of great necessity, and also that this Conference has been very loyal to missions, and increased its collection this year $666. The memorial was urged by all the presiding elders and by Bishop Mallalieu, who presided at the last session of the Conference. The committee recommend that $300 be granted, $50 to be made available soon, and the whole to be administered by Emory Miller, the presiding elder, according to his best judgment.

A memorial from the Des Moines Conference, signed by all the presiding elders and by Bishop Mallalieu, the president of the Conference, was received, asking that $300 should be apportioned to charges on the Atlantic District, as follows:

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The following appropriations, recommended by the Special Committee for Work among Colored People,

were adopted:

The request was supplemented with facts from D. C. Franklin, the presiding elder, who was present, who stated that these points could not be attached to other circuits, and that the Atlantic District gave $270 of the advance in the Conference collection for missions for this year. The committee recommend that the $300 be granted. The Committee adjourned.

MONDAY NIGHT.

The Committee met at 7:30 P. M., Bishop Walden presiding. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr. T. E. Fleming.

The report of the Committee on Appropriations to Conferences in Kansas and Nebraska was made and adopted. The appropriations were:

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The General Missionary Committee.

The friends of both the Woman's Home Missionary Society and the Woman's Missionary Society of the Pacific Coast have felt for several years that the best interests of the Church would be promoted if the work could be carried on under one organization.

The Society of the Pacific Coast proposes to turn over to the Woman's Home Missionary Society the property, furnishings, etc., of the mission in San Francisco, to collect a special fund for the work, and to receive appropriations in future from the treasury of that society.

It is understood that the appropriations of the Missionary Society are made in advance for the Conference year, and that the action of that society last November will provide for the work until September, 1894.

It is desired by the ladies of both societies that the Woman's Missionary work in behalf of the Chinese and other Asiatic peoples in this country be conducted as a bureau of the Woman's Home Missionary Society.

In view of the earnest desire of the ladies of both the above named societies, and in consideration of the advantage which must arise from unifying the Woman's Home Missionary work of the Church, we heartily recommend the union of the societies.

Secretary Peck presented the request of Dr. M. C. Harris, Superintendent of the Japanese Mission in San Francisco, that $1,800 of the appropriation for the current year to the Woman's Missionary Society of the Pacific Coast be granted to him for the Japanese Woman's Home and for work among Japanese women in San Francisco. On motion, this request was concurred in, provided the resident bishop approves.

Bishop Walden presented the appropriations of the Woman's Home Missionary Society for 1894, aggregating $59,307 unconditional, and $66,140 conditional, and, on motion, they were referred to the Committee on Alaska.

The Committee on New Work reported the following, which was adopted:

A communication came to the committee from Dr. C. W. Drees, Superintendent of our South America Missions, asking that new work be authorized at a number of points named in the Argentine Republic, but for the reason so frequently repeated (our lack of money) the committee do not feel justified to recommend the granting of the request.

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(The new missions are Ebenezer, Nimmo, Bluebarre, Wah Country, Fortville, New Sess River, and Powell.)

After several motions had been made, and some adopted and afterward reconsidered, on motion, all the committees to whom appropriations for the foreign missions had been referred were requested to consider and report what distribution for the work as it is they can make for all the missions referred to them, on a scale of reduction of one ninth from the appropriations of the previous year.

The Committee adjourned to meet at 10:30 a. M. the next day, giving an opportunity to the committees to meet in the morning.

TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14.

The Commitee met at 10:30 A. M., Bishop Mallalieu presiding. Devotional services were conducted by Rev. Dr. J. R. Day.

On motion of Bishop Foss, it was ordered that the rules 2 and 4 of the Order of Appropriations be suspended.

The report of the Committee on South America and Mexico was considered, and in respect to South America it was ordered that after the words "for the work" should be added "not including Chili; " and in respect to Mexico $3,000 should be inserted for purchase of property in Guanajuato.

The report of the Special Committee was recommitted to the committee, and Bishop Walden and Mr. Alden Speare were added to the committee. The General Committee adjourned.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

The Committee met at 2 P. M., Bishop Foss presid

The Committee on Building Fund for Foreign ing. Devotional services were conducted by Rev.

Missions made their report, which was adopted, as follows:

Your committee would respectfully report that they have duly considered the matter referred to them, and have reached the following conclusions, which they submit to the General Committee:

That on account of the financial stringency it is inexpedient to create a general fund for church and other property in foreign missions.

That they recommend the General Committee to select from the list of proposed acquisitions of property those which are most pressing, and make appropriations therefor subject to special donations.

Appropriations to Foreign Missions were taken up, and the following made for Liberia:

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The Committee on South America and Mexico made their report, which was adopted, as follows: South America.

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On motion, the plan sent by Secretary Leonard for stimulating self-support of the native preachers in Japan, by making appropriations for the Conference year, with the purpose of diminishing the amounts annually and increasing the amount contributed by the people, and the whole subject connected therewith were referred to the Board of Managers.

The following resolutions, presented by the committee, were adopted:

Resolved, 1. That the appropriations for the several missions in China be referred for adjustment to the Board's Committee on China, with the Secretaries and Treasurer.

2. That the amount appropriated to Japan and Korea be referred to the Board's Committee on Japan and Korea and the Secretaries and Treasurer for readjustment within the estimates.

The following conditional appropriations were made:

Foochow, to build a church at Foo

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North China, for a church at Peking 8,000
Japan, for a church in Yokohama... 3,350

On motion of Bishop Mallalieu, it was resolved that the Committee approve of the use of $732 from a surplus in the Central China treasury, which was applied to certain necessary objects in that Mission by the advice of Bishop Mallahieu last year.

On motion of Bishop Walden, it was ordered that in all cases where redistributions have been referred to the committees of the Board they shall be subject to the approval of the Board.

The Committee on the Appropriations of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society recommended that their appropriations be approved, and the report was adopted.

The Committee on Southern Asia reported in favor of the following appropriations:

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