Provided that the said sum shall be reduced by any amount which the said widow shall receive, or be entitled to receive, from any Diocesan or Provincial Fund, or from any Missionary Society or Church organization in Canada or elsewhere.

Moved by Archdeacon Knowles, seconded by Canon Pratt, As an addition to Clause 29.

Provided also that in cases of great need presented by the Bishop of any Diocese, and endorsed by the Metropolitan, the widow of a Clergyman may be paid the sum of $500.00.

On the vote being taken the addition was decided in the negative.

Clause 29 was then adopted.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 30 be adopted.

30. The Committee shall pay to the widow or lawful guardian of the children of any such deceased Bishop or Clergyman entitled to a pension under this Canon, as aforesaid, the sum of $40.00 per annum for each child under the age of eighteen years, and if the deceased Bishop or Clergyman leaves no widow, or should the widow remarry or die, the said sum shall be paid to the lawful guardian of the said children, but the total amount of such payments shall not exceed the sum of $500.00 per annum.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 31 be adopted. :

31. If the deceased Bishop or Clergyman leaves children but no widow, or should his widow remarry or die leaving any of his children surviving under the age of eighteen years, so much of the pension to which a widow would have been entitled shall be paid to such guardian as aforesaid in addition to the payment of the sum to which said child or children may be entitled, but the total amount so payable shall not exceed the sum of $500.00 per annum.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 32 be adopted.

32. No pension or other payment under this Canon shall be payable for any child after he or she attains the age of eighteen years or marries before that age.

Provided that the said sum shall be reduced by any amount which shall be received on behalf of the said children, or which they shall be entitled to receive, from any Diocesan or Provincial Fund.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 33 be adopted.

33. If any Bishop or Clergyman who is entitled to rank upon the Fund shall marry while upon the Fund (whether superannuated or not) or after he has attained the age of sixty years, or if any Bishop or Clergyman as aforesaid shall marry or shall have married while he is on the list of retired, superannuated or aged and disabled Clergy of his Diocese, the widow and children, if any, of such Bishop or Clergyman by such marriage, shall not be entitled to any benefit from this Fund, and the Committee shall have no power to waive this provision.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 34 be adopted.

34. The Committee, may, by unanimous vote of those present at any regular meeting, duly called, or at any special meeting called for the purpose in cases of special need, make a special grant in any one year to any widow or to any orphan (under 18 years of age) of any Bishop or Clergyman who has served in the Church and may not be entitled to a pension under the other clauses of this Canon, provided the revenue of the Fund is sufficient to meet the payments provided for under sections 29, 30 and 31.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 35 be adopted.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

35. After the 31st of December, 1927, no Clergyman shall be entitled to the benefits of this Canon for grants to himself on superannuation or to his widow or orphans on his death until the Diocese within which he is a member or in which he is on the list of Superannuation, complies with the following requirements:

(1) Establishes a Diocesan Fund for the superannuation of its Clergy and for providing pensions for their Widows and Orphans by authorizing and taking up annual collections or making assessments on its parishes for the said purposes, and annually distributes the whole of its income received from such collections or assessments and the revenue from its invested funds among those entitled thereto up to the scale of pensions authorized by this Canon or as far as such income will go and by receiving and investing in proper securities all moneys (if any) received by it in the way of bequests and donations for the said purposes, but it shall be a sufficient satisfaction of this requirement if the Province, within which the Diocese is situated, establishes such a fund for the benefit of the Dioceses within said Province.

(2) Enters into Reciprocal Agreements or formally offers to enter into reciprocal agreements with all Dioceses in Canada for the recognition of the years of service of any Clergyman passing from one Diocese

to another, so that the services in the Diocese from which he is passing shall be recognized as services in the Diocese to which he is passing. Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 36 be adopted.

36. No actual or prospective beneficiary of this Fund shall acquire any vested right in any provision granted under this Canon, and all such beneficiaries shall be subject to and bound by all Amendments thereof which may from time to time be made by the General Synod. Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 37 be adopted.

37. All applicants for benefits under this Canon shall apply in writing to the Committee, and shall produce such evidence and conform to such regulations as the Committee may require.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 38 be adopted as amended.

38. Each Diocese, or where the funds are Provincial, each Province shall before the first day of March in each year forward to the General Synod Pensions Fund Committee on forms provided by the latter, a statement of the Capital and Income of its Superannuation Fund, or of any Fund for aged and disabled Clergy, and of its Widows and Orphans' Fund for the year ending on December 31st prior thereto, together with full particulars of the receipts and disbursements of said Funds, a list of persons receiving pensions therefrom, with the amount paid to each and such other information as may be requested by the Committee.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That Clause 39 as follows be adopted.

39. In the event of any Diocese or Province failing or omitting to deliver the statements referred to in section 38, or failing or omitting to make the collections or assessments referred to in subsection 1 of section 35 hereof, or, if such collections or assessments are below the amount which in the opinion of the Committee they should be, or in the event of any Diocese or Province failing or omitting to annually distribute the whole of its revenue received from such collections or assessments and the revenue from its invested funds among those entitled thereto up to the scale of pensions authorized by this Canon or as far as such income will go, the Committee may reduce the grants from the Fund to the Clergy or to their Widows and Orphans to such sums as in the opinion of the Committee they would amount to if said collections and assessments were made and collected to the satisfaction of the Committee as aforesaid, and distributed as above provided, but the action of the Committee in this respect shall be subject to appeal to the Executive Council of the General Synod.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That the Canon on the Pension Fund having been considered section by section several amendments being made, the Canon be now adopted as a whole and as amended.

Moved by Mr. G. B. Nicholson, seconded by Chancellor Bury, and

Resolved, That In accordance with the resolution of the General Synod at its last session (1921 Journal p. 409-11), the laymen of the Synod now in session have conferred and now beg to submit the following proposals:

(a) A Mission or Campaign of Education conducted within the next three years by the laymen of the Church throughout Canada by means of addresses by laymen and through the circulation of suitable literature. (b) The purpose of the Mission or Campaign is to arouse the laymen of the Church in every Parish and Diocese to a fuller appreciation of their privileges within, and their responsibilities to the Church, to inform the members of the Church respecting the Missionary, Educational, Social, Beneficiary, Diocesan and Parochial problems and needs, and stimulate greater activity and generosity in support of its work.

(c) The problems to which the movement should be especially directed, in the first instance would be ,the work of the MS.C.C. and the Beneficiary Funds of the Church.

(d) Any action taken will be taken with the approval and co-operation of the members of the House of Bishops, the M.S.C.C. and other organizations concerned.

(e) For the purpose of formulating the necessary plan of organization and campaign, we suggest the following as a Committee: Messrs. G. B. Nicholson (Convener), W. H. Wiggs, G. C. Coppley, G. B. Woods, R. W. Allin, and L. A. Hamilton, with power to add to their number.

This was carried enthusiastically by a standing vote.

The Primate, addressing the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, expressed on behalf of himself and the General Synod high appreciation of the visit and the wise counsel and high ideals set forth in the addresses given by the Lord Bishop to which his Lordship replied, stating that his visit had been a great source of pleasure and a very valuable experience and that he was very grateful for the kind welcome and hospitality that had been accorded to him.

The House in joint session then proceeded to the consideration of the Report of the General Synod Pension Fund Committee.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That the Report of General Synod Pension Fund Committee for Triennial Period ending August 31, 1924, be adopted.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That the Treasurer's Statement of the General Synod Pension Fund of the Church of England in Canada be received.

Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by Chancellor Worrell, and

Resolved, That the Report of the Joint Committee of the General Synod on Beneficiary Fund be received.

The Prolocutor asked the indulgence of the House that advantage might be taken of the joint session to discuss certain matters connected with the Pension Fund, the Upper House concurred.

In the absence of Archdeacon Ingles, Rev. H. Little moved,

That any priest or deacon who may serve The Church in the Diocese of British Honduras for a period not exceeding three years may have his time counted as service in the Church of Canada if otherwise qualified to benefit from the Beneficiary Fund of the Church of England in Canada.

After some discussion it was withdrawn.

The Bishop of Montreal read a message of greeting to be sent to Dr. L. H. Davidson.

MESSAGE OF GREETING TO DR. DAVIDSON FROM THE UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES OF GENERAL SYNOD, LONDON, 1924 Moved by the Bishop of Montreal, seconded by the Prolocutor, and

Resolved, That this Synod is conscious of a sense of great personal loss. in the absence from this session of one of its most honoured members, Dr. Leo. H. Davidson, K.C.

Dr. Davidson has been a member of this Synod from the time of its inception and has always taken a prominent part and exercised a strong influence on its decisions. He always stood for the highest ideals and often had to take the unpopular side.

We regret his absence, not only because we lose the benefit of his counsel but more so because we miss one who has gained our sincere respect and affection.