mate ideals of the work we have in hand-"All that is hoped for in the coming of the Kingdom of God."

In these connections the Board recalls and re-affirms the statement made in the opening paragraphs of its last report to the Board of Missions:

"Any worthy and worth-while conception of our Lord's command 'make disciples of all the nations' carries with it clearly and convincingly, not only the responsibility for the conversion of individuals, their enlistment in His service and their organization into units of His Universal Body, the Church, but also the bringing under His sway of mankind in their widest associations and in their, most far-reaching modes of contact."

Looking further still into the past we find expressed the same fundamental conceptions of Christian obligation and the same exalted visions of work, in presenting its first report to the Board of Missions of the Provincial Synod of Canada, at Ottawa, October, 1886, the Board of Management of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, said, in part:

"We have only to pursue the course, provided for us, and the missionary work of extending the Kingdom of Christ must advance and prosper among us. When we consider that the Redeemer has left it to His Church to make His name known upon earth when too, we remember how closely the life of religion in the individual and in the parish advances or recedes pari passu with active personal interest in missionary work, we must rejoice tha: a method has been adopted and commenced amongst us which actually unites every congregation and offers the promise of uniting every member of our church in missionary work."

II. MEETINGS.

The Board of Management, has held three annual meetings as follows: (1) at Toronto, on September 11th, 1919, attended by three Archbishops, fifteen bishops, thirty-one clergy, seventeen laymen, six W. A. representatives; (2) at Winnipeg on October 21st, 1920, attended by two archbishops, fifteen bishops, thirty-one clergy, sixteen laymen, nine W. A.

representatives; (3) at Toronto, September 29th, 30th, 1921, atiended by 3 archbishops, 18 bishops, 34 clergy, 17 laymen and 6 W.A. representatives.

The Executive Committee of the Board has held 26 meetings, and has transacted the current business of the Society with consistent devotion and success.

III. IN MEMORIAM.

Three prominent members of the Board have passed to their reward. Thomas Fry Lewis Evans, D.D., late Dean of Montreal, and repeatedly appointed clerical representative of the Synod on the Board of Management.

Matthew Wilson, D.C.L., repeatedly appointed a lay representative of the Diccese of Huron; for several years a member of the Executive Committee, and the generous legator, of the bequest, set aside and made available during his lifetime, of the sum of $20,000.00, the capital beinginvested and the income used for work abroad. The first income is being used for the erection at Kweiteh, Honan, China, of the "Matthew Wilson Memorial" residences for missionaries.

Charles Jenkins, one of the founders of the General Synod, and in consequence one of the founders of the M.S.C.C. He also was repeatedly appointed a lay representative of the Diocese of Huron on this Board of Managment.

May the Living God, who gave them life, filled their hearts with zeal and courage for His cause, and called them, in His own good time, to return unto Himself, raise up in their stead and enlist in His service many more men of like faith, wisdom and devotion.

IV. HEADQUARTERS STAFF AND ORGANIZATION.

The Headquarters Staff and Organization, have undergone, during the triennium under review, a considerable degree of development. This is due to the three following main causes:

1. The assumption, or reassumption, of responsibilities or developments decided upon before the war, but deferred until the issue of the struggle became apparent.

2. The inordinate rise in costs, particularly printing and rents, which followed the immediate close of the struggle.

3. The necessity of adjusting our administrative machinery to the heavy increase in our administrative responsibilities in relation, particularly, to the work among Indians and Eskimo.

Records of discussions of the need of a "Secretary, resident in the West," occur again and again in the Minutes of the Board of Management. Definite action was taken at the meeting held at Saskatoon, Oct. 9th, 10th, 1913, when the Board resolved: "That the position of Field Secretary be offered to the Rev. T. B. R. Westgate, D.D., he to undertake the work at the beginning of the year 1915." Owing to internment in "German East Africa," followed by active military service, succeeded by very severe and prolonged illness, Dr. Westgate was not free to take up his residence in Winnipeg before the year 1919, while the full amount. required for stipend, office and travelling charges, etc., become chargeable to the Society in the year 1920.

Mr. R. W. Allin, Educational Secretary, completed his record of most valuable work for the Society, and resigned in the spring of 1916. At the autumn meeting in that year the Board "referred the appointment of an Educational Secretary to the Executive Committee, with power to act." Owing to war conditions and the desire of the General Secretary to "carry on," for the time, as economically as possible, no action was taken until Feb. 24th, 1920, when the Committee appointed the Rev. W. E. Taylor, Ph.D. In the interim, Mrs. Willoughby Cummings was appointed to assist the General Secretary in editorial work, particularly the Mission World and the Year Book.

The growth of the work, generally, and the heavy incipient responsibilities in connection with the Indians and Eskimo have involved a corresponding adjustment and development of the administrative machinery of the Society. The "taking-over" as from Jan. 1st, 1919, of the four Indian Boarding Schools in the Diocese of Calgary necessitated the establishment of some administrative body, more closely and continuously in touch with the schools than it was possible for the Executive to be. "The Indian Commission for Indian Boarding Schools in the Diocese of Calgary" was formed, as a temporary measure, consisting of Mr. Chancellor Savary, Mr. Sydney Houlton, and Archdeacon Tims, Secre

tary-Treasurer. The thanks of the Board are due to the members of this Commission for the care, diligence and success with which they discharged their heavy duties. The prospective assumption of responsibility for all the Indian Boarding Schools was met by the appointment of the "Indian and Eskimo Commission" with headquarters at Winnipeg, His Grace, the Primate as Chairman, the Rev. Dr. Westgate as Secretary. This Commission will have complete "domestic and educational charge" of all the Indian or Eskimo Boarding Schools, under the M.S.C.C., large questions of policy, and important appointments such as Principals, being alone reserved for approval by the Executive Committee. As an additional measure, designed to keep the work in the fullest possible contact with local conditions and local authority, the general policies are passed upon, annually, by the "Committee on Indian and Eskimo Work" which consists of the Primate, the members of the Executive Committee, all the Archbishops and Bishops having Indian or Eskimo work in their dioceses, together with selected clerical, lay, and W. A. representatives. Under this system the Board believes that the Church as a whole will be able to make its greatest contribution, in wisdom, in counsel, and in efficiency of administration to the benefit of the work.

An interesting and important feature of the general situation, from the standpoint of administration, is the question of those areas of work in which the activities of the Missionary Society overlap with those of another department of the General. Synod, or in which the work is of such a character as to make it difficult to clearly distinguish the lines of demarkation. The Church Camp Mission may be cited as an example of such fields of activity as between the Missionary Society and the Council for Social Service. A Committee representing both bodies has hese matters under consideration with a view to the presentation of such recommendations as will tend to the co-ordination of the efforts of the two departments concerned with a view to greater efficiency of the work and the greater economy in administration.

In considering the headquarters, organization and cost of administration of the M.S.C.C. especially in comparison with the headquarters of other prominent Canadian Mission Boards, the inclusive character of the responsibilities of the M.S.C.C. Headquarters Staff should be borne in mind. In the case of the other Boards noted, the responsibility for the

collection, receiving and disbursement of funds, bookkeeping, banking, etc., falls within the duties of the financial department of the Church and not within those of its Mission Board. In one prominent instance a similar statement applies to the dissemination of literature, the organization of Summer Schools, etc. The M.S.C.C. Headquarters has, in addition and with great pleasure, acted as the headquarters for the reception and disbursement, and in some cases the organization, of most of the special funds raised by the Church, as, for example, the Overseas Chaplains' Fund, and the various Famine Funds; it was also the Dominion Headquarters of the organization of the Anglican Forward Movement appeal.

Anglican Laymen's Missionary Movement.

The National Committee of the A. L. M. M. at a meeting held in Toronto, Sept. 17th, 1920, adopted a resolution, of which the following is the opening paragraph:

"That it is the view of the National Committee of the Anglican Laymen's Movement, that the Movement, as at present constituted, viz., as a separate and unofficial body, should discontinue further operations. That this decision has not been based on any lack of interest in the work of the Church at large, but is due to the belief that the success of the Anglican Forward Movement demands similar work to that carried on by the Anglican Laymen's Movement, but on a wider basis, in each of the Dioceses together with some form of official suggestion and supervision from a central body surveying the work from a National Church standpoint."

In reply, the Executive Council of the General Synod resolved:

"That this Council receive the communication from the Laymen's Missionary Movement, and recommend that the Primate appoint a special Committee to consider the whole matter and to report thereon at the next meeting of the General Synod." The Committee named by the Primate, with the Honorable Mr. Justice Hedgins as Chairman, has had this most important matter under consideration. In the meanwhile, the Board of Management places on