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This day

; The Wesleyaii Goa&ipeb.- :v At the Conference,; the establishmentof an independent Conference for New Zealand was considered? tt was pointed yout that the general Conference had uo legal

status, and that each colony would have to legislate to legalise the tenure of property within its bounds by the Church. It .was also urged that au attempt on the part of the New Zealand Conference to introduce improvements in the Church policy had been defeated by conservation of the Australian representatives. Thirty.' five voted for the proposed separation, and nine against the separation, on the ground that it cannot take place without i the consent of the general Conference. The representatives to the general Conference, to be held in Adelaide in May next, were elected as follows:--Revs. Reid, Morley, Williams, Lee, Buddie, Armitage, and Bull. The lay representatives were .-—Messrs Manchester, Cock, Council, Buddie, Prince, Hobbs, W.Turner, Moxham, and Mitchell. The Rev. Reid intimated he had received further information iii reference to the Ecumenical Congress. It was resolved that the Rev. Waxford and Mr Ballantyne represent this Conference on the excugive of Congress. Reports on foreign missions, the missionary ship, John Hunt, book affairs, and the theological and training institutions were read and adopted. It is supposed that the Conference will conj elude to-night.