Report of the Committee of the General Assembly of the Church

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REPORT

COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHUKCH OF SCOTLAND

PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS INTERESTS OF

SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIANS IN THE COLONIES.

GIVEN IN BY

THE REV. PROF. STEVENSON, D.D., CONVENER.

MAY 1866,

EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY THOMAS PATON, 13 GEORGE STREET.

MDCCCLXVI. f5 (Smral fanmmxtttt lot 1866-67. THE MODERATOR,

Rev. R. H. Mum, Dalmeny, Convener. Rev. Dr Wylie, Elgin.

,, Professor Stevenson. ,, Dr Masson. The Very Rev. Principal Campbell, „ Mr Cook, Bathgate.

Aberdeen. ,, Mr Bonar. The Very Rev. Principal Barclay, „ Mr M'Fie.

Glasgow. ,, Mr Campbell, Killin. The Very Rev. Principal Tulloch, St „ Mr Stevenson.

Andrews. ,, Mr Robertson, New Greyfriars. Rev. Professor Crawford. „ Mr Fraser.

Professor Lee. ,, Mr Gray.

Professor Hill. ,, Mr Nicholson.

Professor Pirie. ,, Mr Duff. Professor Cook, St Andrews. „ Mr Buchanan.

Professor M'Pherson. ,, Mr Stewart. Professor Mitchell. „ Mr Ker, Polmont. Dr Paul, St Cuthbert's. „ Mr Stevenson, Dairy.

Dr Veitch. ,, Mr Cochrane, Cupar.

Dr Grant. ,, Mr Macdonald, Alvie.

Dr Glover. ,, Mr Murray, Morton.

Dr Arnot. ,, Mr Wilson, Tynron.

Dr Nisbet. ,, Mr Cowan.

Dr Muir. ,, Mr Kinross, Largs. Dr Hunter. „ Mr Brown, Rothesay.

Dr Sym, New Kilpatrick. ,, Mr Brown, Alva.

Dr M'Culloch. ,, Mr Bryce.

Dr Forsyth. ,, Mr Walker, Huntly.

Dr Macleod, Morven. ,, Mr Dunn, Cardross.

Dr Paton. ,, Mr Johnstone, Logie. Dr Craik. „ Mr French. Dr Macfarlane, Arroquhar. „ Mr Young, Monifieth. Dr Smith, Cathcart. „ Mr Sutherland, Dingwall. Dr Bisset, Bourtie. „ Mr Gesar, Tranent.

Dr Menzies, Maybole. ,, Mr Duncan.

Dr Liddell. ,, Mr Storie, Insch.

Dr Ritchie, Longforgan. ,, Mr Struthers, Prestonpans.

Dr Bremner. ,, Mr Monro, Campsie. Dr Irvine, Blairathole. „ Mr Graham, Kilbarchan.

Dr Macvicar, Moffat. ,, Mr Phin, Galashiels.

Dr Watson, Dundee. ,, Mr Walker, Ochiltree. Dr Macleod, Barony, Glasgow. „ Mr Cameron, Campbeltown. Dr Mackenzie, Lasswade. „ R. C. H. Macduff, Ratho. Dr Colvin, Cramond. „ D. Playfair, Abercorn.

The Right Hon. Lord Polwarth. Thomas Landale, Esq. Sir Wm. Baillie, Bart., of Polkemmet. James Baird, Esq. Isaac Bayley, Esq. Major Duncan M*Pherson. Hugh Bruce, Esq. A. Young Howieson, Esq., of Hyndford. David Milne Home, Esq. Dr Woodford, H. M. Inspector of William Pagan, Esq. Schools. Alexander Russell, Esq. James Macfarlane, Esq. R. B. Dalgleish, Esq. Sheriff Barclay. David Hay, Esq. John A. Macrae, Esq. John Stewart, Esq. John Orr Ewing, Esq. David Johnstone, Esq. David Smith, Esq. William Ogilvie, Esq. William Cooper, Esq., of Failford, W. 0. Rutherford, Esq. A. Campbell Swinton, Esq. James Johnstone, Esq. John Tait, Esq. Gavin Fullarton, Esq., of Kerelaw. John Beatson Bell, Esq. William Smith, Esq. James Taylor, Esq. George Tweedie Stodart, Esq. R. E. Scott, Esq. John Shand, Esq. John M'Culloch, Esq. aid of the building funds of the Churches of Caledon and Chin- galcousay. To the Presbytery of Quebec they have appointed the Rev. R. P. Smith, missionary. In the Presbytery of London, in addition to grants in aid of two church buildings, they have given a small supplement in aid of the stipend of the Rev. F. Nicol. In the Presbytery of Guelph they have renewed, for one year, a small grant to the Rev. J. Hay, Mount Forest. Nova Scotia.—A grant of £50 has been given in aid of Albion Mines Church in the Presbytery of Pictou. The Rev. Mr Philip having removed from Truro to this new charge, a grant of £30 has been voted in supplement of his stipend. The Rev. W. Stewart has been transferred from the Presby- tery of Halifax to Prince Edward Island, and £30 granted to him as minister of the united charges of St Peter's and

Brackley Point. There is still a pressing want of ministers in Nova Scotia, and, consequently, the Committee have been urgently requested, on the part of the Synod of this Province, to apply to the Venerable Assembly for authority empowering any of our Presbyteries to grant license and ordination, after due trial, to three students of theology, all natives of the Colony —namely, Mr Charles M. Grant, Mr Daniel M. Gordon, and Mr James W. Fraser, at the end of their third year's regular attendance in the Divinity Hall. Two of these gentlemen, it is believed, have distinguished themselves at Glasgow ; and the third, Mr Grant, has taken a foremost place among his fellow- students in Edinburgh. To complete the prescribed curriculum, nothing is wanting except their partial session, and in all the cir- stances, the Committee, while submitting the petition of the Synod of Nova Scotia to the Venerable Assembly, venture earnestly to recommend that its prayer be granted. Neiv Brunswick.—In this Synod the Rev. W. Wilson has been appointed to the charge of Campbeltown ; a grant of £60, in supplement of the salary of the Rev. H. J. M 'Lardy, has been continued, and a grant of £100 made in aid of the Rev. J. Kidd of Richmond. Fifty pounds have been allowed to the Rev. H. Home, as minister of the united congregations of Blackriver and Redbank. British Columbia.—The Committee have received the most favourable accounts both from the Rev. Thos. Somerville, who was sent out to occupy the field in this new Colony, and also from gentlemen interested in the progress of the mission there.

II. West Indies.—Passing from North America by way of the West India Islands, the Committee have to report favourable of all their stations there, St Vincent, Jamaica, and Grenada. They have increased the allowance formerly made in supplement of the salary of the Rev. Dr Milne of Jamaica to £100. British Guiana.—Of British Guiana they have little to report, save the appointment of the Rev. J. B. Dalgety to the joint charge of St. Andrew's, Georgetown. Argentine Republic.—The Committee have been much grati- fied to hear of the growing prosperity of the Scotch Churches in the Argentine Republic, and have lent assistance to the formation of a new charge in Monte Video, under the Rev. L. Macneil, formerly of Paisley.

III. The Mauritius and Ceylon.— The Mauritius.—The Rev. A. F. Wilson has now been for some time acting a3 assistant at this station. The Committee have received several com- munications from the Rev. G. M'Irvine, regarding a union between the Scotch Church and the French Protestant Church in the Mauritius. With a view to ultimate amalgamation, a society has been formed under the designation, " United Missionary Association for Educational, Benevolent, and Evangelistic Pur- poses ;" and in the meantime there is a prospect of obtaining a second church, and forming a second congregation, under charge of Mr Wilson. No final step will be taken in the matter of the union without the advice and sanction of the Home Church. Ceylon.—A grant of £100 has been voted to the Rev. R. Hogg, as acting minister of Galle. The allowance hitherto made in aid of the Rev. H. L. Mitchell's Tamil School at Gampolle, has been continued, and very favourable reports of the progress of the school have been received.* The Rev. G. Middleton has been sent to labour as a missionary in the Badulla district, left vacant by the removal of the Rev. R. Hogg to Galle, and the Rev. R. Paterson has been appointed to the long deserted Church of Jaffna. The Committee deeply regret to have to report the resigna-

* See Appendix F. — —

8 tion of the chaplaincy of Kandy by the Rev. G. W. Sprott, in whose zeal and activity they had great confidence. The va- cancy has not yet been filled up. The Committee have never lost sight of the question of chap- lains' salaries in Ceylon and of the importance of having them increased. They regret, however, to have to report that they have at present little prospect of attaining their object. The following letter from the Colonial Secretary is discouraging, and seems for the time, at least, to be conclusive :

Downing Street, 25th November 1865. Sir,—I am directed by Mr Secretary Cardwell to inform you that he communicated to the Governor of Ceylon, your letter of the 12th October last, enclosing an allegation, that in a religious census which was then in progress in that Colony, Government clerks and non-commissioned officers and soldiers were omitted. I am to state that sufficient time has not yet elapsed to enable the Governor to have furnished a report in answer to this allegation ; but that a despatch has been received from Sir H. Robinson containing a statement of the numbers of Presby-

terians in the Military and Civil Service, from which it appears that out of 4674 persons (evidently including clerks and private soldiers), 238 are Presbyterians, and that the sum an- nually paid to the Presbyterian Ministers is £1800. Under

these circumstances, I am to observe, that it would be impossible for Mr Cardwell to direct the Governor to propose an increase to the expense of the Presbyterian Establishment, Ceylon. I am &c, Frederick Roger.

The Secretary to the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland.

IV. New Zealand.—The Committee are glad to be able to report that the Church in Wellington makes steady progress under the care of the Rev. J. S. Muir. A new church is now being erected for the use of his growing congregation. The Rev. F. Macnicol sent out to the Station of New Ply- mouth in the Province of Auckland, met, on first arriving, with serious discouragements. The Committee are daily looking for —

further, and they trust more satisfactory information from Mr Macnicol, in whose energy and zeal they have every confidence.

V. Australia.—The union of the Presbyterian Churches is now completed in all the Australian Colonies. The Union in the Colony of Victoria, it will be remembered took place in April 1859, and was reported to the General Assembly in May 1861. On that occasion the Assembly issued a deliverance which, it may be desirable, here to recal to your attention. " Dr Stevenson was then heard on certain subjects which, in discussing the Report of the Colonial Committee last night, had been in his absence reserved. " It was moved/seconded, and agreed to, that the General As- sembly, as regards the union which has been consummated in the Australian Colony of Victoria, find that their ministers there, in entering into that union, have done nothing which merits censure, that the most friendly relations may continue to be cultivated as between the parent Church and the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, but that ministers of the said Church of Victoria cannot, merely as such, be recognized as ministers of the Church of Scotland." The Basis of Union for New South Wales and South Australia are printed in the Appendix of this Report.* The approaching consummation of the Union was intimated in the following letter from the Synod of Australia to the General

Assembly of the Church of Scotland :

" To the Venerable the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Synod of Australia, in connection with

the Established Church of Scotland, greeting ; grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be multiplied unto you abundantly,

" We deem it to be our duty, Reverend Fathers and Brethren, to acquaint you officially with certain events which have occurred among us, some intimation of which has probably reached you through the ordinary public channels of information. It has not been in our power to communicate formally with you concerning these matters until now, for we thought it inexpedient to present you with mere partial reports, believing

* See Appendix D. B 10 that it would be more satisfactory to you, as well as to our- selves, to reserve our statement until we were able to announce that a definite conclusion had been attained. " The annual reports presented to the Venerable the General Assembly by the Colonial Committee, having been regularly received by us, and the Church of Scotland ' Missionary Record' having also been regularly transmitted to our ministers—an act of courtesy and attention for which we respectfully tender our grateful acknowledgments—we have learned, from these sources, that, though you have received no official report from us, you are cognizant of the fact that, for some years past, we have been engaged in negotiations with other Presbyterian bodies in this Colony of New South Wales, with a view to the formation of one consolidated Church. The formation of such a Church has always appeared to us an object of very great importance, inasmuch as, in our hitherto divided and antagonistic

state, it has been impossible for the Presbyterian denomination to occupy that position, and to exercise that influence in the

Colony, which rightfully belong to it ; and it has been equally impossible for any of the sections of our denomination to carry forward those aggressive evangelistic enterprises which all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, must desire to see in vigorous operation. " We feel no hesitation in confessing that in the negotiations

respecting union our Synod has taken the initiative ; for we are satisfied that you will readily believe us, when we say that our course of action has all along been the result, not of diminished attachment to the Church of our Fathers, but of deep and growing conviction that union was essential to the effective development of those distinctive principles which all Presbyterian Churches hold in common. You have no doubt been officially informed that in all the other Australasian Colonies, unions have already been accomplished. We believe it admits of no question that these unions have in every case been attended with the happiest effects, not only in the large numerical increase of the denomi-

nation, but, in what is of higher importance, the infusion of new zeal and energy into ministers and congregations, the burial of old animosities in oblivion, and the edifying of the the whole body in love. Our only regret has been, that, in consequence of the secessions which have taken place from our Synod since its formation in 1840, and the inevitable estrange- 11 ments which have resulted from such divisions, and produced serious strife and bitterness, all the more difficult to heal on account of the very conscientiousness of the parties, our negotiations have been more protracted than the negotiations of the Presbyterian Churches in other Colonies, where no actual secessions or separations had occurred. u The chief difficulty in our negotiations with the Synod of Eastern Australia, which was formed in 1846, by three ministers who seceded from us on Free Church principles, has arisen from our Synod continuing to hold its present designation, the said designation having been the ground of the secession. Our brethren of that Synod were not satisfied with the manifest fact, that in uniting with them and others under a new and common designation, we should of necessity relinquish our present designation, but demanded that we should formally renounce it, and emit a declaration, or concur in resolutions condemnatory of the principles and position of the Church whose ordination we have most of us received, and by which many of us have been sent to this land. To this demand, in any form whatever, we have steadfastly refused to yield, for, not only were we unable, conscientiously, to assent to it, but we regarded it as entirely unnecessary and irrelevant. The causes, real or supposed, which led to the Free Church Secession in Scotland of 1843, have no existence in these Colonies. There is no patronage, and no attempt, or the slightest reason to ap- prehend any attempt, on the part of the civil government, to interfere with the spiritual independence of the Church. We have had, however, the greatest difficulty in persuading our brethren of the impolicy of referring to any transmarine con- troversies ; and it is only after more than ten years' negotiation that we have succeeded in obtaining their consent to a basis which compromises the conscientious convictions of none of the parties that have adopted it. We have to add, with regret, that a small and uninfluential minority of the Synod of Eastern Australia have refused, at the eleventh hour, to accept the Articles of Union. We are, however, not without hopes, that some of this minority may yet be enabled to overcome the scruples, which they, we doubt not conscientiously, still enter- tain to the Union. " The Reverend Adam Thomson, minister of the only con-

gregation of ( The United Presbyterian Church ' in this Colony, 12

was invited in the year 1862 to take part in the negotiations. Mr Thomson heartily responded to our invitation, and has been of essential service in all our conferences, his sagacity and experience having enabled him frequently to make the most valuable suggestions, while his geniality of temper and urbanity of manner have won for him the affectionate esteem and confidence of all parties. " We are happy, also, to bear testimony to the Christian courtesy, which has been exhibited throughout the negotiations by the brethren of the Synod of Eastern Australia. Though they were frequently engaged in warm debates with us, we have great pleasure in saying, that in scarcely one solitary instance were the bounds of charity and forbearance overpassed ; and

even when we found it for the time impossible to reconcile our conflicting views, we parted with mutual respect and regret. " In November 1864, the Synod of Eastern Australia, on its own account, but with our knowledge and tacit content, entered into negotiations with the Synod of New South Wales, the body of which the Reverend Dr Lang was a leading mem- ber, the sentence of deposition pronounced by this Synod on that gentleman in 1842, having been rescinded by us, on the ground

i that it was in excess of modern ecclesiastical usage,' in similar cases. Between these two Synods a union was effected, and a new Synod formed, which assumed the designation of ' The General Synod of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales.' Since November our negotiations have been conducted with 'the General Synod' and the Reverend Adam Thomson as distinct parties, and are now happily concluded, in a manner which will, we believe, appear satisfactory to the Venerable the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Ct The consummation of the Union between the present ne-

gotiating parties and the formation of * The Presbyterian Church of New South Wales,' has been appointed to take place in Sydney, on Friday the 8th day of September 1865. u We enclose copies of the basis and resolutions of conference, which we trust will be found to contain nothing at variance with those principles, which as ministers of the Church of Scotland we are always bound to respect and maintain.* We

* See Appendix A. and B. —

13 also enclose an extract of the finding of the Synod anent the rescinding of the sentence of Deposition of Dr Lang. " We also enclose a copy of the Act of the Colonial Legisla- ture, which has been recently obtained for the purpose of pre- serving the property of the Synod for the objects for which it is now held in trust, notwithstanding our contemplated change of designation.* " We unanimously desire, reverend fathers and brethren, to convey to you the assurance of our unabated attachment to the Established Church of Scotland, and of our unimpaired confidence in her principles. We shall never cease to look with affectionate veneration to that Church with which we must individually continue to sympathise, and with which we have been privileged to maintain for twenty-five years an official connection and correspondence. We can most sincerely declare, that in terminating, as we are about to do, our ecclesiastical relations as a Synod, with the Church of Scotland, we are actuated solely by a desire to promote the advancement of Christ's cause, in so far as that cause is associated with Presbyterian Church polity in this land of our adoption. It is our desire that those of our ministers and elders who enjoy the status of ministers or elders of the Church of Scotland, should continue individually to hold that status, with all rights and privileges thereto pertaining, notwithstanding the relinquishment of our Synodical connection and designation; and we venture to express a hope, that the General Assembly will favourably construe our conduct in the negotiations now concluded, and agree to a deliverance in accordance with our desire. " Reverend fathers and brethren, we bid you heartily farewell, that the God of all grace and glory may shower down upon the Church of Scotland, and upon all her ministers, elders, and congregations, the refreshing dews of His continual blessing, and that by her instrumentality the word of the Lord may grow mightily and prevail unto the overthrow of Satan's kingdom, and the final establishment of the Redeemer's universal do- minion, is our most earnest and constant prayer. " The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.

* See Appendix C. 14

" Signed by authority, and in behalf of the Synod of Australia in connection with the Established Church of Scotland, this nineteenth day of June 1865. " James Fullerton, LL.D., Moderator. " John M'Gibbon, B.A., Clerk."

The union prospectively referred to in this interesting docu- ment was, in due course, consummated. Any organic change involving a severance of old ties can hardly be contemplated by us here without some regret. But the motives by which our brethren in Australia were actuated, are entitled to our appro- " bation ; and in bidding those newly consolidated churches God speed," the Committee confidently anticipate the sympathy of all Scottish Presbyterians.

VI. Queen's College, Kingston, Canada.—The usual Report on this College is printed in the Appendix.* The Committee have received a memorial from the Trustees praying for further aid, in order to enable them to institute a third chair of Theology. The Committee are satisfied that the course proposed by the Trustees is a sound one, and one which should meet with all the encouragement which the Home Church can give. The "religious interests of Presbyterians in the Colonies," which your Committee is appointed " to promote,''* can in no way more surely or efficaciously be furthered than by adopting such measures as will facilitate the training of a native ministry. At the same time, the Committee could not venture to apportion a larger payment out of their annual income than the £350, which they at present grant, and have for a long series of years granted, without a special reference to the General Assembly. This is rendered all the more necessary, that a request of a similar kind with that of the Queen's College Trustees had reached them from Nova Scotia. It seemed necessary to consider both applications together, and in connection besides with the arrangements proposed in a draft minute hereto appended, and hereby submitted to the consideration of the Venerable Assembly.

The Committee have to record the death, during the past year, of three valued members of Committee, Rev. Dr Bryce, Rev. Dr Fowler, and Rev. Dr Macfarlane.

* See Appendix E. ;

Funds.—The funds are in a very satisfactory state, so far as re- ceipts are concerned. The income last year was £4214, 5s. 7d. as compared with £3638, 16s. lOd. in 1864, and £3771, 9s. 8d. in 1865. But notwithstanding this increase of income, the balance reported at this time last year, namely, ^£2115, 4s. lid. has been reduced to £1841, 7s. 4^d. The Committee had so many demands on their funds of a kind difficult to resist that they yielded to these perhaps more liberally than a more rigid regard to their finances warranted. A legacy of £500, however, is at this date due, and will restore the balance. In closing their Report the Committee venture again to solicit the liberal contributions of the Church. This appeal they are constrained to press with the earnestness which they conceive to be justified by the circumstances ; but they wish it to be well understood that their petition is urged in no com- plaining or reproachful spirit. For some considerable time past their revenue has steadily increased from year to year and they are deeply grateful for a measure of support, which, while it indicates some generous confidence in their administration, has enabled them to do more for the religious interests of the Colonies than could otherwise have been possible. But the field is by no means exhausted. Perhaps, though it might be rash absolutely to assume so much, the Australian Provinces may neither ask nor need further pecuniary assistance from the Church of Scotland ; still, there is a wide Colonial area over which the missionary beneficence of the mother-country may be most advantageously distributed. The ever-extending frontier of Canada, on which humble industry, mainly of Scot- tish origin, is invading the primeval wilderness ; —the inadequate teaching power in the Theological Department at Kingston;—the pressing wants intimated by the maritime provinces of North America, Dalhousie College included ; —Ceylon, Mauritius, the Argentine Republic, and to some extent, New Zealand and the

West Indies ; —all solicit the consideration and the contributions of the Committee. For the means of meeting these exigencies, wholly, or in part, the Committee appeal to the liberality of the

Church ; and their experience of the past inspires them with a confident hope that their appeal will not be made in vain.

In name and by appointment of the Colonial Committee, Wm. STEVENSON, D.D., Convener. 16

EXTRACT DELIVERANCE of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY on the FOREGOING REPORT.

At Edinburgh, the twenty-fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, The which day the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland being met and con- stituted, inter alia, the Assembly called for the Report of the Committee on Colonial Churches, which was given in and read by Professor Stevenson, the Convener. It was moved, seconded, and agreed to, that the General Assembly approve of the Report, and agree to record their thanks to the Committee for their diligence and attention to the business of the Colonial Mission. The General Assembly authorized any of the Presbyteries of the Church to which application may be made to take upon trials, with a view to license, the three students from Nova Scotia, namely, Mr Charles M. Grant, Mr Daniel M. Gordon, and Mr James W. Fraser, without insisting on their attendance at the Divinity Hall during a fourth or partial Session, and without, as in the case of students who are natives of this country, requiring the permission of a Synod. The General Assembly have received and heard with interest the letter of the members of the Synod of New South Wales in connection with the Church of Scotland, immediately before the Union of the Presbyterian Churches was consummated in that Colony, and they hereby direct the Colonial Committee hereafter to be appointed, to answer that letter in terms of affectionate remembrance and hearty goodwill. The General Assembly, moreover, have received the copies of the Aftides of Union agreed upon by the various Presbyterian Churches in New South Wales, South Australia, &c, &c, thanking the United Churches for having transmitted these important documents, they deem it unnecessary to do more on this head than refer to the Deliverance of the Assembly of 1861, with reference to the Union in the Colony of Victoria, as expressive of their views on the subject. The General Assembly approve, generally, of the scheme for the distribution of the funds, which is proposed in the draft minute appended to the Report, but enjoin that it be not acted on until after due correspondence and perfect understanding with the representatives of our Church in the several Colonies concerned, and this only with such prudence and discretion as the momentous interests at stake may be found to require. As regards the application for an additional grant to Queen's College, Kingston, Canada West, and for a grant to Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the General

Assembly readily recognize the importance of the objects of both ; but impressed especially in the prospect of a political union of the several provinces with the desirable- ness of having a well-appointed Presbyterian School of Divinity rather than several such schools imperfectly equipped, they direct the Committee hereafter to be appointed, to correspond with the several parties concerned, and obtain the fullest information, in the view of being able to recommend a satisfactory arrangement. And the General Assembly continuing to take a lively interest in the spiritual wel- fare of the British Colonies, and especially of our expatriated countrymen there, re- appoint the Committee, with the addition of John M'Culloch, Esq., and recommend the Colonial Mission to the continued and liberal support of the Church. The General Assembly further express unfeigned regret that Dr Stevenson has seen it to be his duty to tender his resignation as Convener, appoint a small Committee to consider the arrangements rendered necessary by that resignation, and to report to an early meeting of Assembly. The following Committee was appointed, viz, Dr Stevenson, Dr Muir, Mr Phin Mr James Campbell, and Mr Landale,—Mr Phin, Convener. Extracted from the Records of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, by JOHN COOK, CI. Eccl. Scot.

At Edinburgh, the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, The which day the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland being met and con- stituted, inter alia, the Assembly called for the Report of the Committee appointed to make arrangements for a successor to Dr Stevenson in the Convenership of the Colonial Committee, which was given in by the Rev. K. M. Phin, the Convener, to the effect that the Rev. Mr Muir, at Dalmeny, had agreed to act as Convener. The Assembly approved of the Report, and in terms thereof appointed the Rev. R. H. Muir to be Convener of said Committee. Extracted from the Records of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, by JOHN COOK, CI. Eccl. Scot. — —

APPENDIX,

PRESBYTERIAN UNION.

AT a meeting of the Conference on Presbyterian Union, on the part of representatives of the Synod of Australia, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland, the Synod of Eastern Australia, and the United Presbyterian Church, held at Sydney, 10th November 1863, it was unanimously resolved, that the Basis of Union, Formula, and accompanying Reso- lutions, as finally amended and accepted by the negotiating parties, together with a narrative of the other proceedings of the Conference be printed and circulated.

The following are the documents and resolutions referred to : Articles of Basis of Union.

I. That the designation of the United Church shall be " The Presbyterian Church of New South Wales ; " and that the Supreme Court of the Church shall be designated " The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales." II. That the Word of God, as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments^ is held by this Church as the supreme and only authoritative rule of faith and practice. III. That the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, the Form of Presbyterial Church Government, the Directory for the Public Worship of God, and the Second Book of Discipline, are the subordinate standards of this Church. IV. The subordinate standards above enumerated are received

with the following explanations :

1. That, while the Confession of Faith contains the Creed to which as to a confession of his own faith, every office- bearer in the Church must testify in solemn form his personal adherence, and while the Catechisms are sane- 18

tioned as Directories for catechising, the Directory for Public Worship, the Form of Church Government, and the Second Book of Discipline are of the nature of regu- lations rather than of tests, and are not to be imposed by subscription upon Ministers and Elders. 2. That, in adopting these standards, this Church is not to be held as countenancing persecuting or intolerant principles, or any denial of invasion of the right of private judgment.

3. That by Christ's appointment, the Church is spiritually independent, and is not subject in its own province, and in the administration of its own affairs, to the jurisdiction or authoritative interference of the civil power. V. That this Church asserts for itself a separate and independent position in relation to other Churches; and that its highest Court shall possess supreme and final jurisdiction over its inferior judicatories, office-bearers, and members. VI. That this Church shall receive Ministers and Probationers from other Presbyterian Churches applying for admission, on their affording satisfactory evidence of their qualifications and eligibility, and subscribing the Formula. Formula. I do hereby declare, that I do sincerely own and believe the whole doctrine contained in the Confession of Faith, as adopted in the foregoing Articles, to be in accordance with the Word of

God, and I do own the same as the confession of my faith ; as likewise I do own the purity of worship presently authorized and practised in this Church, and also the Presbyterian government and discipline thereof; which doctrine, worship, and government, I am persuaded, are founded on the Word of God, and agreeable thereto. And I promise that, through the grace of God, I shall firmly and constantly adhere to the same, and to the utmost of my power shall in my station assert, maintain, and defend the said doctrine, worship, and discipline of this Church, and the government thereof, by Sessions, Presbyteries, and provincial and general Synods, together with the liberty and exclusive jurisdiction thereof; and that I shall, in my practice, conform myself to the said worship, submit to the said discipline, government, and exclusive jurisdiction, and not endeavour, directly or indirectly, the prejudice or subversion of the same. And I promise that I shall follow no divisive courses from the doctrine, worship, discipline, government, and exclusive jurisdiction of this Church, renouncing all doctrines, tenets, or opinions whatsoever contrary to, or inconsistent with, the said doctrine, worship, discipline, and government or jurisdiction of the same. .

Resolutions.

1. That no official application for the supply of Ministers be made from the United Church to any of the Churches in the United Kingdom. 2. That no agency for the supply of Ministers shall be appointed in the United Kingdom for the United Church. 3. That, so soon as the necessary preliminary arrangements are effected, the Union shall be consummated.

A Committee was then appointed to consider what legal arrangements may be necessary or desirable, respecting the property of the several Churches concerned in these negotiations. A Committee was also appointed to consider what financial arrangements it may be most advisable to adopt in the United Church, particularly in relation to the support of the Ministry It was remitted to a Committee to prepare and forward a Petition to the Legislative Assembly, in relation to the Pres- byterian College Bill now before Parliament, with the view of staying legislation on the subject at present. The Synod of New South Wales having applied to the Synod of Eastern Australia to be permitted to appear by deputation to confer with that Synod on the subject of Union, and the Synod of Eastern Australia having declined to receive such deputation, on the ground that it was precluded from doing so by previous arrangements, but having, at the same time, referred the said application to its Committee on Union, with instructions to submit it to the Conference, it was submitted to the Conference accordingly, when, after full and careful delibera- tion, the following— decision was come to by the three negotiating parties : " That, as the negotiations have hitherto been carried on by Churches here representing Churches at home, it is inexpedient at this stage that other parties be intro- duced into the Conference." Before breaking up, the Conference agreed to recommend (as being, in its opinion, highly desirable) that Ministers of the negotiating bodies should practically exhibit the spirit of Union by exchanging ministerial communion as generally as possible. The Conference then adjourned.

Signed in name and by authority of the Conference,

John M'Gibbon.) „, . ch James Cameron;} ™™™' Adam Thomson, Clerk of Conference. 20

COPY of RESOLUTION of SYNOD RESCINDING the SENTENCE of DEPOSITION of Rev. J. D. Lang, D.D., Sydney.

I* That at the time of Dr Lang's deposition he (Dr L.) was strictly amenable to the Synod's jurisdiction, notwithstanding his letter of resignation, inasmuch as the Synod had not accepted his resignation. II. That the libel served on Dr Lang charging him with grave offences of schism, slander, and contumacy was relevant to infer the highest censures of the Church—that the libel was fully proven—and that the Act of Deposition which followed thereon was strictly in accordance with the laws of the Church. III. That Dr Lang's letter of 8th December last, now before the Court contains no expression of regret for the offences of

which he was proved guilty ; and that the Synod has no evidence whatever that Dr Lang has purged himself of these offences. IV. That the Synod is nevertheless of opinion that the ex- treme sentence of Deposition was in excess of more recent ecclesiastical usage; and not being desirous after so long a lapse of time to adopt any course which might be uncharitably con- strued, the Synod considers it expedient to rescind the sentence of Deposition, and the same is rescinded accordingly. V. At the same time the Synod feels it necessary to declare that Dr Lang is not by the rescinding of the sentence of De- position, restored to his status as a Minister of this Synod, or regarded as having any connection with this Synod.

AN ACT to REGULATE the TEMPORAL AFFAIRS of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in the COLONY of NEW SOUTH WALES. [Assented to, 12th May, 1865.]

Whereas by an Act of Council passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth number seven certain powers privileges and advantages were conferred —

21 upon the Presbytery of New South Wales and the Ministers of the Churches and Congregations under its spiritual superintendence And whereas by an Act of Council passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria number eighteen the several powers privileges and advantages conferred upon the Presbytery of New South Wales and the Ministers of the Congregations under its spiritual superintendence by the said Act eighth William the Fourth number seven were vested in the Synod of Australia in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland and the Ministers of the Congregations under its spiritual superintendence as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said Synod had been specially named and mentioned therein And whereas since the formation of the said Synod of Australia another Presbyterian Synod has been formed in the said Colony known as the General Synod of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales consisting of certain Ministers and representative ruling Elders of certain Con- gregations of Presbyterians the Ministers and ruling Elders of such Congregations not being under the spiritual superintendence of nor having any ecclesiastical connexion with the said Synod of Australia And whereas there is a Congregation of Presby- terians assembling in Philip Street in the City of Sydney known as " The United Presbyterian Church in Sydney " which is not under the spiritual superintendence of nor has any ecclesiastical connexion with the said two Synods or either of them And whereas the said two Synods and the said United Presbyterian Church in Sydney and the Minister thereof have agreed to unite together and form one Church to be called " The Presby- terian Church of New South Wales " and also to form in accordance with Presbyterian usage a supreme governing body for the said Church to be called " The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Sonth Wales." And whereas the said agreement cannot be fully carried into effect without amending the said recited Act fourth Victoria number eighteen in manner hereinafter provided Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows : 1. From and after the publication in the New South Wales Government Gazette of a notice that the said Presbyterian Church of New South Wales and the said General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales have been respectively formed such notice to be signed on behalf of the Synod of Australia and of the said General Synod of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales respectively by the persons who shall at the time of the formation of the said 22

Church and General Assembly hold the office of Moderator of the said Synods respectively and on behalf of the said United Presbyterian Church in Sydney by the Minister of the said Church for the time being all and every the several powers privileges and advantages which are now vested in and belong to the said Synod of Australia in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland and the Ministers and Congregations under its spiritual superintendence under and by virtue of the herein- before recited Act fourth Victoria number eighteen shall be transferred from the said Synod of Australia to the said General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales and shall vest in and belong to the said General As- sembly with respect to all the Ministers and Congregations comprehended in the same and under the spiritual superintendence thereof as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said Presbyterian Church of New South Wales and the General Assembly of the said Church had been named and mentioned in the said recited Act and had been in- vested with all and the like powers privileges and advantages thereby conferred on the said Synod of Australia in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland And thereupon all and every the estate right title and interest in all Churches and Chapels and Ministers' dwellings and the cites of the same respectively and in all burial grounds and glebe lands and in all other lands and premises which at the time of the passing of this Act are held by any Trustee or Trustees for or on behalf of any Ministers or Congregations as Ministers or Con- gregations under the spiritual superintendence of or in connexion with the said Synod of Australia or which are held for or on behalf of or are used by any Congregations of Presbyterians which at the time of the passing of this Act shall be under the spiritual superintendence of or in connexion with the said General Synod of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales or for or on behalf of the United Presbyterian Church in Sydney or the Minister thereof shall continue to be held by the same Trustee or Trustees and his and their lawful successors subject to the powers provisoes and declarations now affecting the same on behalf of the same Ministers and Congregations and their successors as Ministers and Congregations under the spiritual superintendence of or in connexion with the said General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church of New South Wales as fully and effectually in all respects as if the said lands and premises had been granted and conveyed to such Trustee or Trustees upon trust for the use of the said Ministers and Congregations as Ministers and Congregations under the spiritual superintendence of or in connexion with the said General Assembly subject to and in con- 23 formity with this and the said recited Acts and for no other trust or purpose whatsoever. 2. Any Minister recognized by the said General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales as a Minister of the said Church shall be capable of being the Minister of any Congregation under the spiritual superintendence of or in connexion with the said General Assembly and to officiate in and be the Minister of any Church used in connexion therewith any declaration or provision in any grant or other deed relating to the lands hereditaments and premises held in trust for such Congregation to the contrary notwithstanding. 3. Nothing in this Act contained or that may be done under this Act shall be deemed prejudicially to affect or to deprive any person of any right privilege advantage or emolument whatsoever which he now has or to which he is in anywise entitled any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 4. This Act shall be styled and may be cited as "The Pres- byterian Church Act of 1865."

D. BASIS OF UNION.

1. That the designation of the United Church shall be "The Presbyterian Church of South Australia."

2. That the Word of God, as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is held by this Church as the supreme and only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

3. That the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, are the subordinate standards of this

Church ; but that in adopting these standards this Church is not to be held as approving of any thing in them which may be supposed to countenance persecuting or intolerant principles, or to deny or invade the right of private judgment.

Note.—That the form of Presbyterian Church Government, and the Directory for Public worship are regarded by this Church as containing excellent suggestions on the points dis- cussed, and hence as worthy of the careful consideration of Ministers and Office-bearers.

4. That by Christ's appointment the Church is spiritually independent, and is not subordinate in its own province and in the administration of its own affairs to the jurisdiction or authoritative interference of the civil power.

5. That this Church asserts for itself a separate and indepen- 24 dent position in relation to other Churches; and that its highest Court shall possess supreme and final jurisdiction over its inferior judicatories, office-bearers, and members ; and that it shall receive ministers and probationers from other Presbyterian Churches applying for admission, on their affording satisfactory evidence of their qualifications and eligibility, and subscribing the Formula in accordance with these articles.

REPORT on Queen's College, Kingston, Canada, to the Committee of the Venerable the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for the Promotion of the interests of Presbyterians in the Colonies.

Dear Sirs,—The Trustees of Queen's College have pleasure in again selecting, from the necessarily limited materials at their command, such particulars as they deem of sufficient interest and importance for your information with regard to the progress and present state of the Institution committed to their charge. At the earnest request of the Stnatus, the Trustees memo- rialised the Synod, at its last meeting, to sanction the addition of a session to the curriculum in arts. The unanimous and cordial approval of our supreme ecclesiastical court was readily obtained to the effect, that all students for the ministry, begin- ning their course with the present session, shall be required to conform to this improved arrangement, which it had been determined to enforce with respect to all students entering College with the intention of graduating. The attendance now demanded extends over four sessions of seven months each, with this exception, that the course may be completed in three years, when the entrance examination is deemed sufficiently satisfactory for admission to the studies prescribed for the the second session. This extended curriculum is, in respect of attendance, somewhat in excess of that required by the Univer- sities of Scotland in the case of intending graduates, and it is confidently expected that all the interests involved, as regards both the purposes of a literary education and the manner in which these are most efficiently attained, will be materially promoted. It was the cause of much gratification to learn from the last Report of your Committee to the General Assembly, that the standing of one cf our students as a Bachlor of Arts, had been —

25 recognized by the University of Edinburgh, in order to his admission to the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. The lau- datory terms employed with reference to the manner in which that student acquitted himself, encourage the authorities of Queen's College to hope that under their extended curriculum the recognition of their graduates by the Scottish Universities will, whenever it may be desired, occasion no hesitation. The extension of the arts curriculum has a bearing also upon the standing of the Licentiates of the Canadian Church with a literary course of four years, and a theological course of three; it is thought that, as regards attendance, there need now be no obstacle to the recognition of our Licentiates by the Parent Church without any special procedure. It is felt, however, that an objection may be raised on the ground that the teaching power of our theological faculty is too limited. The force of this objection is acknowledged, and a special representation on the subject has recently been made to your Committee. It is believed that the representation will be allowed its due weight in your councils, and that the result will be as favourable as you can possibly make it. Without desiring to lessen to any material extent the supply of Missionaries from the parent Church, the training of a Canadian Ministry for Canada is, it is respectfully submitted, the most natural and the most likely means of securing a permanent extension of our ecclesiastical system, duly proportioned to the magnitude of the field and the plentifulness of the materials which are everywhere inviting our attention in this rapidly growing country. Careful attention continues to be given to the provision and administration of means for the assistance and encouragement of our students. These consist chiefly of scholarships and bursaries, and the system now arrived at in the dispensation of these benefits seems to be well adapted to these important ends first, the furnishing of a wholesome stimulus to the diligent

student ; and, second, the cultivation of a sense of honourable independence. Scholarships are pecuniarily more valuable than

bursaries ; they are also less easily obtained. No student be- comes eligible for the enjoyment of a scholarship, either in the Theological or Arts Department, except upon the condition of a pass examination, chiefly in writing, at the close of the session, upon the whole work of the session, and also a matriculation examination at the opening of the following session. The stan- dard of the matriculation examination being lower than that of the other, though a student do not appear at the other, or if he fail in it, he may appear at the matriculation examination and obtain a bursary. The arrangement does not exclude any student of moderate ability and application, while all have the satisfaction of feeling that by their own diligence they have won 26

a measure of support for themselves, and are thereby relieved of the necessity of asking assistance on the bare ground of po- verty—a ground oftentimes not less difficult to advance as a plea than to deal with as a reality. Upon this plan the College, from being the almoner of the Church, acts exclusively in its proper capacity as the patron of learning.

The value of a bursary is about £7, 10s. ; of our highest scholarship, <£20, Canadian currency. A growing interest is taken in the foundation of both. The Trustees have particular pleasure in stating, as the result of joint contributions in Scot- land and Canada, that they have the prospect of announcing in next calendar, a scholarship which shall be greater in value than any yet upon the list, and which shall bear the name and be- come a permanent memorial of the late Principal Leitch. Last session the liberality of our friends placed at the dis- posal of the College another means of encouraging students, namely— money prizes, varying in value from £7, 10s. to £12, 10s., to be awarded for the best essays, written during summer, on subjects previously announced. The system has been so successful as to insure its continuance. Including your grant of £50 sterling, and a scholarship from each of two benefactors, who have for a long time gladdened our hearts by their annual remittances—the Students' Mission- ary Associations of the Universities of St Andrew's and Aber- deen—we have been able to offer scholarships, bursaries, and prizes of a total value of upwards of 1300 dollars or £325, without trenching in the least upon the revenues of the College. From the same sources from which these benefactions have been received—the liberality of our friends—large additions have been made to the library during the past year, as was the case during the year immediately preceding, not a few of them having come from Scotland. The total number of students in attendance upon the various classes this winter is 110. Of these, 25 have entered as students for the ministry. During the ensuing summer seven, who have taken their collegiate course in whole or in part at this In- stitution, will, it is expected, make application for license. Our prayerful hope is that they will all prove to be prudent, able, and zealous labourers in the Church of Christ. Of the four who obtained license last summer, two are labouring in important charges in this Province, one in Nova Scotia, and one at Bombay, under the direction of the Indian Mission Com- mittee of the General Assembly. The suit in Chancery raised by the Eev. George Weir, M.A., against the Trustees, has recently been decided in the Court of Error and Appeal for Upper Canada, in favour of the College, 27

six of the seven Judges who heard the case concurring in the decision. It consequently devolves on the Board to proceed to make an appointment to the Chair of Classical Literature, at present temporarily filled by the Rev. John H. Mackerras, M.A. I have the honour to remain, &c, Jno. Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Queen's College. Queen's College, Kingston, April 5, 1866. F. EEPORT by the Rev. H. L. Mitchell on Gampolle Tamil School.

Since May 1st, 1863, a School for the instruction of Tamil children has been carried on in the town of Gampolle. It is conducted by a catechist and assistant-teacher, under the superintendence of the clergyman of the Church of Scotland stationed there, and is occasionally visited by a Committee of the Presbytery of Ceylon. Elementary education in all the ordinary branches is given, rind the New Testament, in both Tamil and English is daily read by the highest class. Simple religious truths are taught in both languages to the children who attend, and they meet every Sunday morning to repeat these lessons. The question as to the probable results, in a Missionary point of view, of such education communicated to the children of heathens, it is most difficult briefly to discuss or answer. Teaching the young Gospel truths is doing something for promoting the end which all Christians desire, if some will say it is not the best or most successful way of Christian working. The Christian who cannot sign his name or read a verse of his New Testament has less power of doing evil than one more skilled, but surely his faith is much less intelligent, and his usefulness in every way impeded. Those who visit the school-room are almost all struck with the effect which a year or two of attendance and regular training, even under the comparatively inefficient men who are the only teachers that can be got, has produced on most of the children. Including besides Tamils, a few Moor- men, Eurasians, and Singhalese,—they all bear a most favourable comparison in intelligence of countenance and general cleanli- ness and tidiness, to the untended Arabs of the street. Very handsome local subscriptions in support of the School have been given during the two past years from those in the districts around Gampolle, although not previously published. The Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland continue 28 their grant from year to year, on the condition that local subscriptions equal that amount. This is the only School in all the British Colonies to which they give direct aid, as shown in their yearly reports. A gift of above £25 was presented to the School by Lady Elphinstone, in Aberdeenshire, whose interest in it was excited through her son, G. H. D. Elphinstone, Esq., of Kotmalie. This bounty, consisting of donations by visitors at Logie House, led to the building of a new school-room and teachers' dwelling, which have been in use since July 1865. They will, it is hoped, long prove one of the monuments of this lady's Christian zeal. Acknowledgment is due of the assistance given by a planter in the vicinity who superintended their erection. The parishioners of Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, showed their kind interest in this work by contributing a sum of above <£10, which was laid out at home in the purchase of maps and school- books. These are much appreciated by the children, who are informed that Christians in a far distant land send these to en- lighten their ignorance in the hope thus to make them good. —— ——— — ——

ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 15th APRIL 1866.

CHARGE.

I. Funds on hand at 15th April 1865, Per Abstract of last Year, .... £2115 411

II. Income of the Scheme for the Year ending 15th April 1866. 1. Collections and Contributions,

From 993 Parishes and Chapels, . . £3554 11 7 Note,—From 134 Parishes and 82 Chapels no Contributions have been received, From Parochial, Congregational, and Mis-

sionary Associations, . . . 113 11 7

From Individuals, . . . . 161 9 11

£3832 13 1

2. Legacies, ...... 341 12 4

3. Interest on Bank Account, . . . 40 2 Total Income, 1865-66, 4214 5 7

Sum of the CHARGE, . £6329 10 6

DISCHARGE.

I. Expenditure during the Year ending 15th April 1866,—

I. Payments to Missionaries and Catechists, 1. Synod of Canada. Presbyteries, (1.) Hamilton, Rev. John S. Burnett, ..... £150 (2.) London,

Rev. Daniel MacDougall, . . . £150

Rev. F. S. Nicol, . . . . 11 13 4 161 13 4

Carry forward, £311 13 4 —————— . —

Brought forward, £311 13 4 (3.) Quebec,— Rev. Alexander Forbes, £12 10 Rev. Thomas Walker, 37 10 50 (4.) Montreal, Rev. William Cochrane, 150 (5.) Guelph — Rev. John Hay, £30 Rev. Adam Spencer, 69 9 99 9

(6.) Toronto,— Rev. James S. Douglas, £150 Rev. William Aitken, 112 10 Rev. James Nimmo, 29 3 291 13

(7.) Glengarry, Rev. Neil MacDougall, 150

£1052 15 10

2. Synod of Nova Scotia. Presbyteries, (1.) Halifax — Rev. G. W. Stewart, £15 The Representatives of the late Superintendent 5

(2.) Truro — £20 Rev. W. M. Philip,. 50 (3.) Pictou — Rev. Robert M'Cunn, £67 1 Rev. J. Anderson, 75 Rev. James M'Donald, 76 12 Rev. George Law, 130 5 Rev. W. Stewart, M'Lennan's Mount 13

(4.) Prince Edward's Island, 361 19 Rev. Alex. M' William, 60 17 492 16 8

3. Synod of New Brunswick. Presbyteries, (1.) St John,— Rev. Peter Keay, Nashwaak, £55 Rev. John Kidd, Richmond, 100 Rev. H. J. M'Lardy, Woodstock, 55 Rev. John Ross, St Andrews, 50 Rev. George J. Caie, 137 10

£397 10 (2.) Miramichi, Tabusintac,

Rev. James Murray, . 22 10 (3.) Restigouche, Campbletown,-- Rev. William Wilson, 15 435 4. West Indies. Jamaica, Rev. A. J. Milne, 78 9 6 5. Ceylon.

Rev. Robert Hogg, . £141 13 Rev. Joseph Burnett, 40 12 Rev. George Middleton, 37 10 219 15 10 6. Mauritius. Rev. Augustus F. Wilson, 60

Carry forward, £2338 17 10 ——— — —— — ——

Brought forward, £2338 17 10 7. New Zealand. Wellington,

Rev. James S. Muir . 100 8. British Columbia. Vancouver's Island, Rev. James Nimmo, £112 10

Rev. Thomas Sommerville, • • 113 5 OOR IK A

9. South Australia. Adelaide, Rev. John M'Bean, £30 Barossa,

Rev. James Riddick, . ' 100 — 130

£279-1 12 10 II. Outfits and Passage Moneys: To Canada, two Ministers, £51 „ Nova Scotia, one Minister, . 69

,, New Brunswick, one do., . . 47 Demerara, one do . 117 „ , „ New Zealand, one do., . 115

,, Ceylon, two do., . . 210 „ Mauritius, one do., . 103 712 III. Grant to Rev. A. J. Milne, Jamai rPstssage Bloney, 50 IV. Payment to Rev. James Nimmo, to enable him to proceed to Canada, as a Minister or Missionary, and in liquidation of his

claim on the Colonial Committee,—sum, . £81 15 Less, repaid by him, . . . . 2 8 2 79 10

V. Grant to Rev. H. L. Mitchell, Ceylon, for Tamil School,1, . 30 VI. Grants to Churches, To St John's Church, Albion Mines, Nova Scotia £50 „ Church at Chingacousy, Canada, 40

,, Church at Southwold, Canada, 40 130 VII. Grant to Queen's College, Canada, For College, £300 Bursaries, 50 350 VIII. Travelling Expenses of Candidates, 3 18 IX. Expense of Missionary Records sent to the Colonies during the

year, . past ...... 24 9 m X. Proportion payable by the Colonial Scheme, of Expense of furnishing Copies of Missionary Record for gratuitous circulation among the Clergy, &c, one-sixth part, 31 2 11 XI. Schemes' Office,

1. Collectors' and Officers' Salaries, . £32 6 8

2. Taxes, Coals, Gas, &c, . . . 13 14 7

3. Printing, Books, and Stationery, . 4 18 9

4. Postages and Incidents, . . . 5 10 56 10 XII. Printing Annual Report, Schedules, Circulars for Meetings, &c, 30 16 XIII. Expenses connected with Annual Collection, 1. Printing and despatching 130,000 Copies of Notice, ..... £32 14 6 2. Advertising, . . . . 10 16 2

3. Postages, &c, . . . . 14 4 5 57 15 XIV. Books, General Advertising, and Stationery, 9 1 XV. Postages, Parcels, and Incidental Expenses, 1. Postages, Parcels, and Incidents incurred during the past year, in the general management of the Scheme, .... £22 4 10 Note—This includes £6, 13s. 6d. of Fees paid to Procurator and his clerk, and medical advisers in connection with Queen's College and a Missionary.

Carry forward, £22 4 10 £4359 12 9* — —— —

Brought forward, £22 4 10 £4359 12 9| 2. Annual Allowance to Mr M'Callum, Glasgow,

for Circulating N otices, &c, . . 5 27 4 10 XVI. Expenses of Management, 1. Salary to Secretary, and Treasurer,

A year to 31st January 1866, . . £60 2. Salary to Clerk to the Committee,

A year to 31st December 1865, . . 25

£85 3. Allowances to Auditor and Accountant, For Auditing, Framing, and Re- porting upon the Accounts, for the year ending 15th April 1865, £13 13 Proportion of General Allowance for Superintending Funds, Au- diting the Collector's Books,

&c, for the current year, . 2 12 16 5 6 101 5 6

Total Expenditure, 1865-66, £4488 3 If

II.—Funds on Hand at 15th April 1866 —

Balance in Bank, .. . . £1842 15 1

Less balance due to Secretary; . 1 7 8| 1841

Sum of the DISCHARGE,

GEORGE MURRAY, Auditor.

Edinburgh, May 1866.