W. Report on Finance and Expense

That the Upper House concurring, that the Report of the Committee on Finance and Expense be adopted.

X. Auditors

That the Upper House concurring, the Board of Finance be authorized to employ the services of a Chartered Accountant in connection with the audit of the Synod's books and accounts. That the Upper House concurs in Message X.

Y. Honorarium to Hon. Clerical Secretary

That the Upper House concurring, the Rev. F. H. Hartley, the Clerical Secretary of the Lower House be given an Honorarium of Two Hundred Dollars and that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the same.

That the Upper House concurs in Message Y.

Z. Expenses of Session

That the Upper House concurring, the Honorary Treasurer be authorized to pay all expenses necessarily incurred in connection with the holding of this Session.

That the Upper House concurs in Message Z.

A2. Head Office of General Synod

That the Upper House concurring, the Head Office of the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada for the next triennial period be locatd in the City of Toronto.

B2. Royalties on Book of Common Praise

That the Upper House concurring, the receipts from Royalties of the Book of Common Praise be paid to the General Treasurer of the M.S.C.C. for augmentation of the General Reserve Fund of the Society.

(Sgd.) J. P. D. LLWYD,

Prolocutor.

That the Upper House concurs in Message B2 from the Lower

House.

(Sgd.) S. P. Rupert's Land,

Primate

APPENDICES

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

I.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

To the Members of the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada

Your Council begs to report as follows:

The Executive Council has held two meetings, one in Brantford on Sept. 22nd, 1922, and the other in Calgary, Sept. 24th, 1923. In Brantford the matters referred to the Council by the General Synod were considered.

(1) Re Statistical Forms.

A committee was appointed to draw up a Statistical form which form was submitted to the Dioceses for approval and suggestions and after adoption by the Council at its meeting in Calgary was used for the statistical report to the present Synod.

(2) Re Finance in connection with the Commission on Faith and Order.

A committee was appointed with power to make an appeal for ́funds to the Church in Canada, the first report on same being presented to the Council at the meeting in Calgary.

(3) Re Conserving all Records and other Historical Material relating to the Church of England in Canada.

A committee of three was appointed which made its first report at the meeting in Calgary. The report was adopted and the committee reappointed with the addition of another member.

(4) Re Annual Assessment of Dioceses on behalf of General Synod Expenses.

The following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved: That this Executive Council recommend the Diocesan Synods to assess their Dioceses annually for one-third of the approximate amount required to pay the expenses of the delegates to the General Synod."

(5) Re Memorial of the Diocese of British Columbia re Expenses to Lambeth Conference.

No action was taken.

(6) Re the Payment of the Transportation Expenses of Delegates during time of Synod.

The Council felt that this cannot be done unless the Dioceses are willing to carry out the resolution in reference to the payment of the assessment on Dioceses annually

Re "The Organization of the Church."

To His Grace the Primate and Members of the Executive Council of the General Synod of the Church of England. in Canada.

The Sub-Committee appointed by His Grace the Primate, to consider matters relating to the organization of the Church, consisting of The Bishop of Huron, The Bishop of Ontario, The Bishop of Ottawa, Dean Shreve, Canon Cody, Canon L. W. B. Broughall, Chancellors Worrell, Gisborne and Boyce beg to report as follows:The Organization of the Church in Canada.

With regard to any change in the administration of the three great Departments of the Church, the Committee is not at present prepared to make any radical recommendations. Nevertheless, there is one broad principle which, in the opinion of the Committee, ought to be recognized in any action that may be taken on the subject in the future, viz: That in view of the fact that the M. S. C. C. is the Church's sole agent in her great missionary task in Canada, and in the foreign field represents the totality of the Church's functions, i.e., Evangelization, Education and Social Service, and executes them by the provision of living agents and equipment, it will necessarily follow that in any reorganization of the three Departments, the work of the M. S. C. C. must be recognized by preserving the independence of its appeal. In the meantime the Committee would recommend that in order to lessen the large expense involved in attendance upon meetings of the several Boards, each Diocesan Synod shall apponit as its representatives to each of the Boards of the General Synod, viz: M.S.C.C., G.B.R.E., and C.S.S., only one Clergyman and one Layman (instead of two Clergymen and two Laymen as at present).

Your committee in considering the above subject would make three suggestions in connection with procedure:

1. That Canon II. Cause 4, page 549, (Journal, 1923), be amended to read "The First. Order of Business on the Third Day of each Session shall be the Consideration of the Work of the Missionary Society aforesaid."

2. That Canon VII. Clause 12, page 557, (Journal, 1923), be amended to read "The First Order of Business on the Monday of the Second Week of the General Synod shall be the Consideration of the Report of the Board."

3. That in all Reports of Committees to the General Synod any requests asking for the action or endorsation of the Synod be placed in the form of resolutions at the end of such report.

Finally the Committee would recommend that a statement of all the extra-parochial contributions of the Church of England in Canada for its work, including M.S.C.C., G.B.R.E., C.S.S., W.A., and Diocesan, be compiled for the information and use of the General Synod at each triennium.

"DAVID HURON,"

(7) Re A Nation Wide Mission of the Holy Ghost.

The following resolution was adopted :

Chairman

"Resolved: That while sympathizing with Canon Heeney's desire this Council deems a Dominion-wide Mission impracticable and suggests that the matter be left to the individual Bishops to take such action as they may deem advisable in their respective Dioceses."

(8) Re The Year Book.

The following resolution was adopted:—

"Resolved: That the Executive Council having considered the letter from the M.S.C.C. resolves (a) That the Year Book be published with the authority of the General Synod. (b) That the three Departments of the General Synod be charged for the space allocated to each in proportion to the space taken by each. (c) That Diocesan Synods be asked to purchase and supply copies free of charge to their Clergy. (d) That the offer of the M.S.C.C. for the preparation of the Year Book be accepted. (e) That a Committee be appointed to confer with the three Departments as to the