WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 4

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

Yksteuuay. jubilee and chubcli bulldino and IiOAN FUNDS. Tho committoo appointed to considor what arrangomonta can bo mudo for tho secretariat of tho Jubileo and Church Building and Loan Funds for tho prosont3 r ear recommended (1) that tho Superintendent of St. Alban's Cirouit ho appointed poorotary of thoso funds for the pvpHont ypar, and that a hum of -£75 I") grunti'd— .i'flit to be paid from Uio Loan Viuhl and .£?:> I'iom (!i<- Jubilvo Fund ; (2) that the fommi'tuo *;T tho Jubilee and <;inucli Tmilding '.md Loan Fund lio in-slruclr-d lo irm-O'lur during tlio year and r.-poif Ik !io\t ('mifurcnro how \v*i to give effect lo tho resolution of this Oonferonoo re tlio eonnoxional secretaryHhijiH, nntl also to suggest three names tor that tillico for considera'.ion of Conference. Tlio recommendations wore adopted. Tho Kov. VV. Baumbcr was appointed General Soorotary to tho Chnrch Building and Loan Fund, and the Socrotary, with tlio Riivh. U. R. JJowHbnry, L. M. Isitt, and Buddie, and Mchhi-h. Turner, Harris, Blaokwell, and England, wero elected as tho committee VOTK OK THANKS. Tho Roy. Mr. Marten was specially thanked for his past Horvicos aa Secretary of tho Chnrch Property Fund, and ho was ro-appointed. WKSLEYAN JUDII.EE THANKSGIVING PUNb. The Kov. W. Morley brought up tho roport of tho Woßloyan Jubileo Thanksgiving Fund. > The report showed that tho total subscriptions promised to tho fund up to this dato amount to 67832 10s lOd, of which tho sum of .£3991 3s has been donated to the general fund and .£3841 7s lOd to local objoots. Tho trusts of churches in tho Several ■circuits havo already boon rolioved of debt to tho amount of JJIOGO, which would still havo remained unpaid but for tho stimulus ot tho jubilee movement. In addition to subscriptions already paid thore has boon rocoived from Thanksgiving Sunday collections £701 5s Od ; Sunday scholars' ©fforiug, X'2«B 10h lid ; proceeds of public meetings and soireos, X'.'iBo ; and inaugural mooting at Chriatcliurch, £Gd 12s lOd. Thoso, with .£l9 11s recoived from frionds outside circuits-and in othor colonies, £8 15s special receipts, togother with tho lato Mr. James Kooso's legacy of £h(>7 8s 2d, make a total of .£9849 9s sd, to which has to bo added .893 12s Gd roeoived for interest on doposits, tho entire amount being .£9943 Is lid. On account of subscriptions there was paid up to 31st January last .£3560 13s 9d, a sum which tlio Committoo considors exceedingly satisfactory. Tho amounts from Thanks* giving Sunday, children's offerings, &c. iiavo, with few oxeoptions, also boen brought to crodit, and thoso, with tho snm received from - tho oxecntors of tho lato Mr. James Koeso, some outsido subscriptions, and sundry small items, givo a total of JES6H 17a sd, to which has to bo added tho amount received for intorost, making in all .£5735 9s lid. ThoCommitteooxprcssed.rogretattho resignation of tho Hoy. W. Morley, Chairtnivn and Secretary, and rccommonded that tho question of publishing somo permanent record of tho jubiloo celebration should bo again considered. Tho balance-shoot was also read. On tho motion of tho Kov. VV. Morloy, it •was rosolvod to request the stewards of tho Franklyn-road Church, Auckland, to furnish roturns in connection with tho jubileo movomont. On tho motion of tho Roy. VV. Baumbor, the following rocommondations of a joint meeting of tho committees of tho /übileo and Chnrch Building and Loan Funds, hold in Chnstchurch, woro adopted:— 1. That "solution 15, page 74, Conference minutes, DonL 80 Inotllfiotl a 8 to allow tho sum of i-JOOO to bo at once transferred from tho Jubiloo Fund lo tho Loan Fund. 2. That tho Loan Fund Committco bo empowered to grant special loans to embarrassed trusts on such terms as may bo docidod upon by tho said committoo after investigation by them of , tho circumstancos of such trusts ; (o) that tho said committoo bo also empowered to ucquiro now sites ; (d) that the total sum to be used by tho committeo for tlio two precoding pnrposos do not oxcood .£2OOO. Tho Roy. W. Banmbor alluded to tho rosignation of the Bey. W. Morley as General Soorotary, and explainod that tho Committee deplored tho loss of that gentleman's services. The Roy. W. Kirk movod a resolution flsprossing the regret of the Conferouco at tho resignation of the Kov. W. Morley. Tho motion was secondod by Mr. "Allon, of Auckland, and carried by aoclamttion. Tho Eov. Mr. Morloy, in acknowledging the compliment, said that thoro was every I reason to bo satisfiod with the rosults of the Jubiloo movoraont. Ou tho motion of tho Roy. Mr. Morloy tho ■roport was idoptcd, and it was also resolved that it and tho resolutions just passed should be printed. Tho committeo wore appointed for another year. Tho Rev. W. Baumber and Mr. E. C. Brown wero appointed goneral treasurers of the fund. CONNEXIOJfAL TBUBTS. Roports in connection with tho various eonnoxional trusts wero road and adopted. THE THREE KINCIB COLLEGE. On tho motion of the Eov. H. Bull, a vote of thanks was passed to. the Rev. VV. Leo for baa services as Acting-Principal of tho Throe Kings College, Auckland, and to tho ICev. J. H. Simmonda, who had also assisted in the work sinoo tho Rev. A. Reid's death. The following gentlemon wero appointed a committee to manage the Colloge :— Tho Ministers of the Auckland and Manukau oiroiuts, Messrs. J. Edson, R. Hobbs, F. L. Prime, T. Buddie, A. S. Russol], J. Gittos, P.H. Mason, W. H. Smith, F. A. White, W Griffin, T. M'Master, R. Arthur, t! Allen, G. A. Buttle, J. L. Wilson, J. Heron, G. Winstone, W. Thorite, S. J. Ambury, A. C. Caughoy, and J. C. Dickinson. At 5 o'clock tho Conference adjourned until 7.30. BUNDAY SCHOOLS. On resuming, tho Roy. W. B. Marten read the roport on tho Sunday Sohools. Tho number of schools was shown to bo 220, as against 227 at tho last annual session, tho number of scholars boing put down at 19,409, or an inoreaae of 76 ovor tho provioua year. Thore are 20G0 teachers, or 64 more than when the Conference last met. Tho cost of management was .£2024 18s, or .2113 10a 2d leas than in tho previous year. Tho roport was adopted. On tho motion of the Rev. W. B. Marten, a vote of thanks was passed to the Rev. G. Bond for hia services as goneral secretary, and ho was reappointed. On the motion of tho same gontloman, the following wero appointed as district Bocretarios :— Auckland, Roy. T. G. Carr; Wanganm. Roy. C. E. Beecroft; Wellington, Rev. J. Dnkeß : Nelson, Roy. F. W. Isitt; Canterbury, Eov. D. J. Murray ; Otago, Roy. J. A. Luxford. A NEW DEFABTURE. Tho committeo on Sunday-school Examinations recommendod— l. Tho ostablishmont of a Now Zealand Wesleyan Sunday-school Union, with branches in each district. 2. That a Committeo of Management, consisting of an equal numbor of ministers and Sunday-school workers, be appointed by the Conforenoe, whoao duties shall bo— (a) To soleot a Central Board of Examiners, who shall prepare examination papers and arrange for the Buper\iaion of all examinations, (b) To arrango for a regular supply of tho necessary literature. 3. That annual examinations bo hold, the dates to be hereafter fixed. Tho recommondationa wero adopted. THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. Tho Reva. J. Borry, and W. Morley, and Mr. T. Allen, three of tho dolegatos from Now Zealand to tho fficumonical Conference, Washington, gave acconnts of the proceedings at that gathering.