PRESENT.

ELDERS.

Samuel Hartt.

Charles McMullen.

Samuel Wormwood.

Abner Mersereau.

Edward Wayman.

Wm. E. Penington.

Joseph Noble.

John G. Flanders.

E. McLeod.

Jacob Gunter.

LAYMEN.

Leonard Slipp.

Daniel Clark.

Robert McLeod.

John Wallace.

Solomon Smith.

Alex. McLean.

B.J. Underhill.

John Mitchell.

Benj. Noble.

George Maxson.

E.M. Truesdale.

Richard Holmes.

John Alexander.

Brother R. Holmes was re-appointed Clerk of General Conference. Brother E.M. Truesdale, Assistant Clerk.

The Committee appointed on Saturday to draft additional rules relating to the General Conference and District Meetings, submitted the same, which were adopted.

These rules are embraced in the “Extracts from rules” published in the foregoing pages.

The following from the record of the District Meeting held at Sussex, on Monday June 24th, was read:—

First—Whereas our General Conference has found (from the experience of years) the necessity of having a fund subject to its control, to be appropriated in such ways as the Conference may deem expedient. And, whereas our efforts to “lengthen our cords, and strengthen our stakes” have sometimes been defeated from want of means to enable us to carry forward our labours. And moreover believing it to be our duty to use every Scriptural means in our power to promote and advance the true cause of God; this District Meeting therefore recommend to the General Conference the following propositions:

1st. That we proceed to raise a fund, to be controlled and disbursed by the General Conference, and to be called the General Conference Fund.

2nd. That said fund be raised in the following manner: Every church member (male and female) be requested to give a yearly subscription of not less than one shilling; (subscriptions from others not church members also received,) said subscriptions to be collected by the Deacons or, others appointed for that purpose in each church, and by them paid to the Treasurer appointed by the General Conference.

3rd. That a strict account be published annually, with the Minutes of the Conference, of the amount of money received from each church, and the purposes for which said money is disbursed, and to whom paid.

4th. That said account with minutes be distributed gratuitously among the churches.

Resolved, 1st.—That the foregoing propositions be adopted by this Conference.

2nd.—That all the Elders, Deacons and Clerks of Churches be requested to bring them before the Churches and endeavour to carry them into immediate effect.

3rd.—That all subscriptions shall be voluntary.

4th.—That this fund shall not prevent the raising of other funds in the Churches, necessary for the immediate support of the Gospel among them.

5th.—That B.J. Underhill, St. John; and E.M. Truesdale, Woodstock, be joint Treasurers to the General Conference.

Adjourned till Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock, A.M.