M I,N~r r·ES:.,

of a 'Meeting of the Executive

Committee' of the National

Christian 'CounciL

Held at, Bishop·s HOqSe.~C'alcuttaton.

Tuesday and Wednesday,

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COIT)II}ittee of t~e N atio~al C~ristia~ Cou~cil.

J1eld at Bis~op's JIouse, Calcutta, o~ Tuesday a9d Wed~esday, february 14tl] a~d 15t~, 1928.

A meeting of the Executive of the National Christian Council was held at Bishop's House, Calcutta, on February 14th and 15th, 1928. There were present: The Most Rev. the J\1etropolitan of India (Chairman), BishOp Robinson, Rev. Dr. A. H. Clark (Treasurer), the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Dornakal, Dr. C. Rose Greenfield, the Rev. Dr. Yohan Masih, Rai Bahadur A. C. Mukerji, Mr. K. T. Paul, the Rev. Dr. H. C. Velte, and the Secretaries--Miss Van Doren, Rev. Dr. 1\1.acnicol, l\lr. P. O. Phillip, and Rev. Dr. M. T. Titus.

The meeting was opened with prayer.

1. I nte'rim If,f'inutes.

]\IIinutes of action submitted to the members of the Executive by correspondence and passed by them were $ubmitted and confirmed.

(a) Mr. Philip was appointed a member of the Com­mittee tQ. arrange for the meetings of the World's Student Christian Federation, and Messrs. K. T. Paul and B. L Rallia Ram were appointed to represent the N. C. C. at a meeting of the Continuation Committee of the World Conference 0n Life and Work.

(b) A special meeting of the memb~r's'o'f the Exe­Cutive resident in the neighbourhood-: of P()ona was appointed to meet in Poona, February 23-24, 1927.

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( c) The transference of the Secretariat to Poona was formally sanctioned and a resolution passed authoris­~ng the Secretaries to approach Missionary Societies. with proposals for the -formation at Miraj of ,a United Institqtion for training medical workers.

(d) The meeting, of the members of the Executive living near Paona was held at Poona on February 23 and 24, when the following resolutions were passed and subse­quently accepted by circulation:-

(i) _ The, Jerusalem Meeting of the 1. M. c.

RESOL VED that the following be chosen to form the Indian delegation-:-

1. Dr. S. K. Datta, National General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.

2. K. T. Paul, Esq., O.B.E., Joint National General Secretary, Y .... M. C. A.

3. Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Dornakal.

4. P. O. Philip, Esq., Secretary, N.C.C.

5. Rev. M. C.Chakravarti, Brotherhood ,of St. Andrew, Calcutta.

6. Miss K. Sircar, B.A., Kinnaird College, Lahore.

7. K K. Kuruvilla, Esq., M.A .. B.D., Kottayam.

8. S. C. L.Nasir, Esq., B.A., B.T., Y.M.C.A., Nagpur.

9. Rev. T. Narasimhan; London Missift; Attur, Salem Dist.

10. MissT~N. Tilak, Social Service Training Centre, Bombay.

11. P. Chenchiah, Esq .. Advocate, Egmore, Madras.

12. Rev. K. R. Karunakar, United Theological College, Bangalore.

13. A member to represent Burma-(Tt1Ta San Ra, In~ein.)

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14. A member to re'present Ceylon~(Rev. J. S. de Silva, Kalutara.)*

,and that the following be chosen to form the non-Indian delegation:-

1. The Most Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta.

2. The Rev. Bishop F. B. Fisher, M. E.Church, Calcutta .

. 3. Rev. J. McKe'nzie, Wilson College, Bombay.

4. Dr. C. Rose Greenfield, Poona .

.5. Miss E. E. Donohugh, M. E. Mission, Ghaziabad, U. P

6. Rev. Dr. L. p, Larsen, Madras.

RESOLVED that, with a view to prepar4ig plans for the Jerusalem Meeting, groups should be formed throughout the country who should discuss together the subjects that are specially appointed for consideration at Jerusalem and that the various Provincial Councils and Hill Conferences and other similar gatherings should be asked to give special consideration to the subjects that are to be before the Jeru­salem Meeting.

{ii) Industrial InvestigaPion:

RESOLVED to select Mr. S. C. L. Nasir, Senior Secre­tary, Y. M. C. A., Nagpur, who is in charge of the Welfare Work in connection with the Empress Mills there, to be an Indian co-worker in the industrial survey, and that the remainder of the grant should be made use of for the provision of local assistants in the various areas as required. There will thus, as at present arranged, be three principal investigators engaged in this task-Miss Matheson, Miss Wingate, and·Mr. Nasir.

«iii) Inter-communal Rivalry:

RESOLVED to ask Miss Van Doren to collect informa­tion in regard to methods that might be followed in schools and colleges with a view to assuaging theserivalr.ies. It was further resolved to publish the investigations of Dr. Datta on the subject of the causes of inter-communal rivalry in India and also that bulletins be issued from time to time seeking to make clear hoth to Christians and to non-Christians

*'The memt'efs to represent Burma and Ceylon were chosen by the Burma and Ceylon Christian Councils.

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"\vhat ,Christians' conversion means, what tolerance implies in·, its relation t'o religious conviction. etc. and that Provincial Literature Committees be a~ked to translate and publi~h sucn, documents.

(iv) Religious Ed1.tCati6n:

'RE-SOL VED that Miss Van Doren be asked to prepare a . memorandum setting forth the aims of the investigation on' this' suoject which is projected; that she be asked to address the Provincial Councils on the subject and to endeavour to secure ·that groups be formed which may be chosen, if so' desired, on denohtlnational1ines and which ~hould be request­ed to prepared,statements of their conclusions' and to make suggestions; that then in N oyember 1927 a Conference of selected' persons rep'resenting' all India should be called together to consider the subject; that this Conference be formed into two sections-one to deal with the teaching of religion to Christians and the other to deal with the teaching of religion to non-Christians, and that each section be invited

, to prepare· a report,

',(v), Conf-e14?l1Ce 'of the Christian ,~I{ edical Association held . at J.l'ira j.., '

'RES.OLVED that a 'statement should be prepared setting - forth tbe ,-iews 'of the Conference of the Christian Medical Association held at ::..riraj in De(:ember 1926 to the effect that the Miraj ~ledical School should receive the support of other missions carrying on medical mission work; and that this statement should be sent out to missions engaged in medical mission work in India.

RESOLVED to forward Dr. ~Iacphail's letter on in­surance of missionaries and the resolution in regard to it of' the )'1iraj Conference, to the Conference of British' Missionary Societies and the Foreign ).Iissions Conference of North America for consideration by them and such 'action as they may deem it a(h'isable to take.

(vi) The Teaching of Christial1 Ideals in l'vfol'al and' Social Life.

l,{ESOL VED to write to selected European missionaries and selecte'd Indian Christians and non-Christians in order to obtain their opinions as to (a) the manner in which mis­siqrtaries should adjust their ideas and conduct to the social ideals of India ,so as not to offend Indian sen.timent, and (b) ,,,hat the special needs and temptations of Indian Christian young people and Indian workers are in connection with these mor'al and social problems and how the'se needs and tcmpta-

!j":' tions can· hest be' met and these. ,-y"Oung people helped. Ftll'ther. it ,\'as resolved that when this body' of opinion has,

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. ~ been collected it should b~ disctJ;sse4.- by:a sel~~ted -gr~~p: of foreign and Indian people. . r _,.; I

«vii) World Alliance for Promoting Internati01iil·Frie~d­ship throu.gh the Churches.

RESOLYED to propose to the Alliance that the National Christian Council should keep in tO~lch with the World

'Alliance and should make use of the literature it issues.

{viii)' tRural Education.

RESOLVED to ask 11iss Van Doren to collect and llrepare with a yiew to publication, accounts of different types of rural education now in existence in India.

~(ix) Conference on E'lxl1lgelism in /ll. India.

RESOL YED to make a grant up to Rs. IOO if it can be shown that this assistance is necessary.

(x) .AIr. P,a,ton's Retlwn to India.

RESOL \ 'ED that in the opinion of the Executive it is most desiral)le that ~Ir. Paton should be enabled to pay a visit to India in the coming cold weather in order. that he may help forward some of the important plans which he has already initiated .

• (xi) Final'tcc.

RESOLVED -that an account be. opened with the Im­periaI' Batik ;of India, Poona, the account to be operated on

- by Dr .. AIde}l H. Clark, Treasurer of the ~ ational Christian Council.

(xii) India·n Literature Fund.

RESOLVED that an account Le opened in the same Bank for the Indian Literature Fund in connection with the National Christian Council and this account to be opera­ted on by Dr. K. ~Iacnicol, Secretary of the Council.

( e) A special grant of Rs. 400 ,,-as made to l\i[r. P. -0. Philip on account of heavy expense incurred during the -sickness of his wife.

(f) Successive appointments of delegates to Jerusalem, -due to the inability of some of those appointed to accept the appointments, ,,,ere made as follows:-

Dr. Frimodt-Moller in place of Dr. Larsen;

Dr. Oliver in place of Dr. C. Rose Greenfield:

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Rev. J. Reid, "R. ::VI. S., Calcutta, in place of "Bishop" Fisher.

Prof. E. Ahmed Shah in place of Father Chakravarti.

(g) The Indian Literature Fund Executive was ap­pointed as follows:-

Dr. H. C. Velte, Rev. V. P. Mamman, Rev. Dr. Yohan Masih, and Rai Bahadur N. K. Mukerji, with Rev~. Dr. H. D. Griswold as Chairman and Rev. Dr. N. Macnicol as Secretary.

(h) A statement in reference to the book Mother IndM by Miss l\1ayo was issued in the name of the members of the Executive with the exception of Bishop Robinson whose dissent was published along with the statement.

2. It was reported in reference to 1 (d) (i), and 1 (f) above that two vacancies still remained to be filled up from among the Indian delegates to Jerusalem, in place of Miss Sircar and the Bishop of Dornakal, both of whom had signified their withdrawal from the delegation, as well as two vacancies· from among the 11on-Indian delegates in place of the Metropolitan and Miss E. E. Donohugh, who had similarly found it necessary to. withdraw. It was reported that Dr. E. Stanley Jones had already been C.o­opted to the Jerusalem Meeting from America. It was accordingly

RESOLVED to appoint Mr. S. K. Chatterji, Dr. J. R. Chitambar, and Miss McDougall as delegates and to request that Dr. E. Stanley Jones be transferred from the co-opted list to that of the delegates from India.

3. In connection with (h) above it was

RESOL \TED that the Executive Committee be authorised to act by circular in such a matter. but that when any member dissents the reasons for his dissent should be com­municated to the other members of the Executive before final action is taken.

4. It was reported that in connection with (d) (ii) above Mr. S. C. L. Nasir, who had been selected as one of the group to conduct the Industrial Investigation, had:

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been' unable to aceeptthe appointment and that Mr. Reuben David had been selected in his place. This action of the Secretaries was confirmed.

5. J.ndia1l, Christian },If al't1iage Act. It was reported that the Hon'ble Mr. S. R. Das, Legal Member of the Government of India had been consulted in reference to the likelihood .of .the proposed amended Indian Christian Marriage Act being proceeded with even if the Roman Catholic section of the Christian community declined to' join in asking for such a revised Act. The Bishop of· Bombay, who had taken a large part in preparing the re­vised Bill and who was, present, was requested to give his opinion as to whether a further attempt should be made to obtain facilities to proceed with the Bill. At his sug­gestion it was

RESOLVED that it be remitted to a Committee consist­ing of Bi'Shop of Bombay and Dr. Macnicol with power to co.­opt a third member to investigate further the question of whether this' pr~jected Bill should be proceeded with.

6. Divorce Law and Lotteries. The Secretariat were instructed (i) to continue to investigate the position ag regards the laws affecting divorce and to consider whether steps should be taken to haye the procedure simplified, (ii) to enquire further as to the law relating to Lotteries.

7. Censorship of Cinema Films. It was reported that Rev. ]. F. Edwards had kindly consented to take charge in behalf of the N. C. C. of matters rel'ating to Cinema Films and that he had prepared and sent to the Cinematograph Enquiry Committee a series· of replies to their questionnaire on this subject.

8. Theological Ed~tcatioll. The question of the position of Theological Education was· considered with special reference to the possibility of further co-o'peration being brought about and, to that end, to the advisability or otherwise of a meeting of the Theological Education Com­mittee being held in the near future. After discussion' it was

RESOL VED (a) that the Secretaries be instructed to collaborate with the Convener of the Theological Education Committee in interviewing representatives of various theo­logical institution" throllghont India and discussing with

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them how far co-operation was possible;' and thatwben these­investigations haye been completed the CO~lVener. of . the' Theological Committee shall call the Committee together if he feels this to be desirable.

(b) that Rev. C. R Hill be appointed to the Theological Education Committee in place of Dr. A. A. Parker.

9. tndustrial Investigation .. The group under the leadership of Miss M. Cecile l\1atheson, along with Miss Iris Wingate and Mr. Reuben David, which is engaged in behalf of the Council in a study .of Industrial Conditions in India met with the Executive Committee by invitation and submitted to them an interim Report prepared by Miss Matheson at the request of Dr. John R. ]\llott and Rev. \"1. Paton for submission to the Jerusalem Meeting. Miss Matheson read this Report, which had not for lack of time been fully considered by the .other members of the group, to the Executive and after discussion in which certain'diffe­rences of opinion among the members of. the group were considered, as also the advisability or otherwise of such a statement being submitted at such an early period in the investigation, it was

RESOLVED that it be left to the Survey Group to pre­pare a short interim report, as requested by Dr. Mott, avoiding matters on which there is difference of opinion and emphasising 'what are matters of clear agreement; that it be clearly indicated that this is a purely tentative statement, based on the information that had been obtained within a limited time; and that the Group must not be considered to be committed finally to any conclusions this interim Report may contain.

10. N ext ,Meeting of the Council. The question was considered of the next meeting of the National Christian Council, its location, its date and the form that the meeting should take. !A memorandum by Rev. \\!. Paton was read and full consideration was given to the fact that the charac­ter of the meeting shDuld be largely influenced by the desire to make the results of the Jerusalem Meeting available to India and to apply its conclusions to India, as well as by the presence in India at the close of the year of a number of distinguished Christian leaders from other parts 'of the world who would be taking part in the meeting of the Committee of the \Vorld's Student Christian Federation. After full discussion it was

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RESOLVED:-(a) that the National Christian Council meeting I be

appo1m:ed-subject to s.uit21ble .arrangements beiag iound. to be i>ossihle-to meet at .Madras, beginning. on Q]j .a:bat1t the 30th of Decemter, 1928;

(b) that the Executive should meet a day earlier, and that the Council itself sit as an· enlarged meeting for the purpose of considering problems affecting India, especially in the light of the Jerusalem Meeting, for four days while the Council itself would continue to sit for two additional days specifically to transact., its ordinary business; .

(c) that the enlarged meeting of the Council should contain a membership of about 120, being 60 in addition to its usual mmbership, these to be chosen mainly by the ten Provincial Councils; that these additional members, so chosen, need not be chosen solely from those who are members of the Provincial Councils; that in making this selection the Provincial Councils requested (a) to ensure as far as possible that the representation of Indians shall be at least equal to that of non-Indians. and (b) to give consideration to the claims of such Churches and Missions as shall not be' re ... presented on the National Christian Council;

(d) that the National Christian Council, while making arrangements for this meeting with a deep sense of its im­portance. regret that they cannot undertake to meet the cost of the travelling expenses of the additional members whom they desire to have associated with them in this meeting of· Council, but must leave it to the Provincial Councils to make such arrangements in this matter as they may find to be possible and to consider whether they can take measures to assist in meeting the charges incurred in sending these ad­ditional members;

(e) that each Provincial Council be requested accord­ingJy to nominate 5 members to this meeting of Council in addition to the ordinary members nominated, in accordance '\v'ith the rules, to the N. C. c.; and that the Executive be authorised, if they see fit, to invite ten additional members whose presence they may consider to be specially desirable;

(f) that the delegates from India to the Jerusalem Meeting be requested to discuss with Dr. John R. Mott and others at Jerusalem:

(i) The need for the pro\"ision of additional financial resources in order that the results of the Jerusalem meeting may be fully communicated to India and that its influence and inspiration may be made available:

(ii) The subjects that should te discussed at the proposed enlarged meeting of the N. C. c., which-it is proposed to hold at the end of this year and the assistance: ~3;t may be rendered by visitors to India who have taken part in the Jerusalem Meeting.

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11. Treasurer's Report. The Re\. Dr. P_. H. Clark submit~ed· statement of accounts for the year ending Dec. 31st 1927, as follows:-

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COUNCIL Account for 1927.

Receipts.

To BR-Iance on J aUllary 1st, 1927 " Contributions from Great Rr·t lin " Contributiolls from America " Contributions from Provillc:al Conncils :-

Oeyloll Rs. 200 Andhra 200 Mlldras gOO BUI'HlR- 200 Bengal and _t\.ssam 200

" ContL'ibntions f.·om Other Sources n Rank Interest " Jerusalem delegates

Total Rs • •••

Pa!Jments.

By Secretaries and N.C C. Office :­Saillries, Allowance alld Rent Tra.vel 11lId Office Rent

14,822 8 6 2,568 10 6

Thro. Mr. P. C. Philip: Salaries of Clerks ete. 4,026 6 Postage, Telegrams &c. 1,000 ~l 0 Printing, Stationery &c. 358] 4 It Office Equipment 642 10 6 Travel, Hemoval to PIJOIJII. 334 5 0

Total thro Mr, P. O. Philip

Total Secretaries and office " Committee Meetings and Conferences " Pri.ttt1ng~;tndPubli8hitlg

.By Expenses of Honorary Officer " Audit Fee for 1926 " Bank Charges ...

Miscellaneou s Jerusalem delegates ...

On hand

6,362 8 11

lis. a. p.

3,412 6 3 12,883 2 10 13,9,3 11 1

1,100 0 0 2,328 8 9

10 15 2 2,045 0 0

35,753 ]:2 1

23,753 11 11 185 4 0 B43 8 0

2,060 0 0 32 0 0 34 10 0 6! 2 6

1.300 0 0 7,480 7 8

-----_. Total Rs. 35,753 12 1

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1927

At first sight the finances of the Council for 1927 would ~em to be in' a fairly healthy condition. The balance brought forward into, 1928 is Rs. 7480-8-8, which is about Rs. 4000 more than the ,balance brought forward into 1927. A more careful examination, however, leaves little room ior satisfaction.

The 1927 budget was charged with Rs. 2000 for fur-:­Jough expenses, Rs. 4000 for one-half ,of tlie cost, of the 1928 Council Meeting, Rs. 1500 for one-half cost of the ,delegates to Jerusalem, Rs. 1500 for one-halI cost of Con­.irence on Religious Education. None of these items were met in 1927. All must presumably be met in 1928, in add­ition to the 1928 expenses. These items more than wipe out the balance. Furthermore we ,a<:tually received in 1927 Rs ... 7W more from Dr. John R. Mott toward the expenses of the Jerusalem Conference than, we expected for that 'Conference. Thus, if we take our 1927 obligations into .account the 1927 account is over Rs. 2000 in deficit.

The cause for this unsatisfactory state of affairs is not far to seek. The three great resources of contributions to -the Council all show a decrease in 1927 over 1926. This 'is in part acc~unted for by the special appeal made in 1926 to meet the large deficit of the previous year in the account. Mr, Paton in 1926 most effectively presented the needs of the Council in person in England and America and in this way secured a large financial help. It is disappointing that the support then secured has fallen off so markedly. Had it. not been for economies in expenditure in 1927 the Council 'financeS' would be in worse condition than they now are, but jt is clear that the Council must give special attention to means for increasing its income if it is to meet successfully the large expenses of 1928. It is also clear that, unless con­'siderably larger subscriptions for 1928 are assured than were received in 1927, the Council is in no position to under­take any new and unbudgetted expenses in 1928. On the contrary we must bend every effort to so enlarging our in­-come as to avoid a threatened deficit.

I give below a comparative summary of the main sources of income lor. 1926 'and 1927 together wt.th 'a tenta­tive budget for 1928:

~ MAIN, INCOM::E OF N~C.O. O()ntrihutio?s froID. Great Britaill

" "America

1926' 1~,130 281 2.14

1.200 8J 5{jQ

i92,7 12 .. 883 13,973

1,1QO 2~32,8.

Proy: Councils " Other sou:rces

Total

Te.ntative Budget for 1928. Income.

B~l~nce Contributions, Great

Britain Co~tributions, Ame­

dea, .•• C~ntributj.ODS, Other

sources CQnt~ibutions, Provo

Councils. Defici.t

Total

7,480

13,000

14,000

3,000

1500 10,220

49,200

Secretaries' Sa.laries and rent

Office expenses Travel of Secs. Honorary Officer ••. Council Meeting •.• Printing & Publish-

ing .•. Furlough charges ••• Conferences & Com­

mittees ExecutiveCommttee

Meeting Jerusalem "Confer­

ence Miscell an eous Contingencies

Total

Loss 1,247: 9,241

1QQ,: 6.22~f

16 810~

14,oeO~ 7,000i 3,000' 3,000' 8,000'

1,000': 4,000:·

4,000

900'

3,700' 100 500

49,200

. In view of the serious condition of the finances Dr. Clark requested that those Societies that had not made their usual contribution to the funds of the Council ·in 1927 should 'have reminders sent to them by the Secretariat. After discussion it was

RESOLVED that an attempt should be made to obtain from ::"lission Boards an approximate estimate of the amounts they are likely to be able to contribute during the .next two' or three years. .

[The Auditors' Reports on these funds and on the Indian Literature Fund are printed in the Appendix..I

12. School of Islamic Studies at Lahore. The Rev. Dr. M. T. Titus gave an account of the position of'matters in .oonnection 'with the propos.ed School of Islamic Studies at Lahore. A memorandum on the subject had been received from Rev. W. Paton who had been conducting negotiations with the Societ:es _chiefly concerned. These negotiations were now in s,o advanced a state that it was now proposed that a meeting of the :Moslem Work Coinmittee be held to proceed with the establishment of the Scheol. In view of the fact that it seemed desirable that in addition to the mem­bers of the Moslem V\fork Committee others representative .of Societies interested in this project should be invited to be present at this meeting Dr. Titus suggested that the Secre.:. taries of the N. C. C. be associated with the Convener of the Moslem Work Committee in calling it together. It was accordingly

RESOLVED :-

(i) that the steps so far taken to establish the Islamics centre at Lah'Ore be approved and that the Moslem Work Committee in conjunction with the Secretaries be authorised at its next meeting to proceed to:-

(a) draft a constitution for the centre,

(b) provide for a Board of Governors,

(c) appoint a staff,

(d) prepare a budget to be submitted to the British and American societies through ~/lr. Paton, and

(e) plan for opening the centre at the earliest pos­sible date as requested by the British societies.

(ii) that representatives of the United Presbyterian 11is­sion, the Wesleyan ~lethodist Mission and the C. M. S. be invited to meet with the ~loslem Work Committee at the session which will consider these matters.

(iii) that Rev. L. Bevan Jones and Rev. H. J. Lane­Smith be yery cordially thanked for the valuable sen-ice they have rendered to ~lissions to Moslems in India by the Survey which they have prepared and which has been issued by the N. C. C.

(iv) that the grateful thanks of the Executive Committee of the N.C.C. be conveyed to Dr. Zwemer for the exceedingly

valuable service which he has rendered during the cold weather by conducting intensive courses on Islam and on problems connected with Christian work among 1fohammedans at various centres throughout India, courses which have been largely attended by missionaries and Indian Christian leaders

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and workers; and that the thanks of the Executive Committee be at the same time conveyed to the A.G.L.S.M •• the Society in America which has made possible this Yisit which has' proved so valuable and stimulating.

13. Survey of Medical Missions, Dr~ Greenfie1d~, Secretary of the Christian Medical Association, submitted­a report of the progress of the Survey of Medical Missions which is being carried out by Drs. Goheen and Oliver under' the auspices of the Association and in cooperatio'n with the· N. C. C. The report is as follows:-

At the N. C. C. Meeting in November 1926 an in­terim report of the Survey of Medical Missions was presented.

In December 1926 the Christian lVledical Association, met at l\1iraj and passed various recommendations brought in by the Survey Committee as the fruit of experience­gained by those doing the Survey. These dealt with post­graduate courses, preparation of missionaries, continuity of service and self-support. The importance of Preventive JVledicine was brought before the Meeting and the duty of doing more along these lines was laid upon the members. A. Sub-Committee on Preventive Medicine was ap'pointed with Dr. Driver as Convener. The Sub-Committee on Tuber .. -culosis was continued. Arrangements were made for fin-­ancing these Committees.

The Survey Committee held an informal meeting at this time and arranged for further survey-Dr. T. T. Thompson to survey Hyderabad and adjacent territory; Dr. Goheen Punjab, North and Central India among men's hospitals; Dr. Oliver to work among women's hospitals in the Punjab; and Dr. Douglas in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa among the same. Dr. Frimodt-Moller has visited most if" not all Sanatoria for Tuberculosis patients. Mr. Philip of the N. C. C. Office has collected statistics covering medical" ,,,ork done by Government in British India and as far as . possible in Native States.

A course in laboratory technique was begun in July 1927 at Arogyavaram at the U. M. T. S. and a course ar­ranged for medical missionaries in eye work by Dr. Kugel­berg at the request of the Committee.

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A list of equipment· needed for a hospital of 50 beds was prepared and published.

As the Survey Committee has had no formal meeting .since September 1926, which was previous .. to the November meeting of the N. C. C., it is unable to .present anything like a report of the results of the Survey. As the survey had been done by medical missionaries at work in India it has not been possible for them to give uninterrupted time to it. For this reason there has been delay. It was plan­ned to have a meeting during the time Mr. Paton would be in India but as he has not been able to come the meeting has been deferred till March 7 and 8 to suit the convenience of those going to Jerusalem. Mr. Paton has been kind enough to send a letter of counsel to assist us in drawing up the report and we have invited the co~operation of Mr. Philip and Dr. MacniCDl.

It was a matter of great disappointment to all medical missionaries that no place has been given to medical work in the programme of the Jerusalem Meeting. The C. M. A. Executive prepared and forwarded through the N. C. C. a letter to Dr. ~,fott calling attention to this omission and suggesting certain matters for consideration. \Ve received a sympathetic reply and hope that the presence .of two medical missionaries from India may rescue this branch of the Church's work from oblivion. The C. M. A. is grati­fied by the choice of two of its 111.ost outstanding members \dlO have also been helping in the Survey, on the Indian delegation.

The Financial Posi~ion. The N. C. C. Treasurer re .. ports Rs. 202 in hand. In November a fourth appeal was issued to all :Mission Hospitals to subscribe at the rate of Rs. 15 per 50 beds, that is Rs. 10 for the Survey Fund and Rs. 5 for the use of the Committees on Tuberculosis and Preventive Medicine above-mentioned. The N.C.C. Office kindly assisted in issuing the circulars. The Surv<ry Funds have been held so far by the N. C. C. 'Treasurer, but as this appeal included the other Sub-Committees it was feIt advis­able to put the money in the hands of the C.M.A. Treasurer. He reports Rs. 890-2~8, the contribution of 63 hospitals. He has also received Rs. 445~1-4 for the work of the Tuber .. .ct11osis and Preventive Medicine Committees.

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Future of the SU1·vey. The Survey is practically -finish­ed. The expenses of the Committee in :March will have to be met. These may be Rs. 700 and there will be little left to carryon. The C. M. A. cannot finance the Report. Mr. Paton, I think, led us to understand that there was a likeli­hood of money for publication being obtained from friends at home interested in this type of work.

We therefore ask the N. C. C. to include the work of the Survey again in its budget. Apart from financial help the Survey Committee would value advice from the N. C. C. as to the use to be made of the material collected during the Survey.

After discussion it was RESOL \TED that the balance on the account for the

Survey which was with the Treasurer should be handed over to the C. M. A. and that an attempt should be made to obtain the amount required for publication of the Survey Report by means of special contributions.

14.H onorary Officer. Attention was drawn to the fact that the appointment of Miss A. B. Van Doren to the staff of the National Christian Council comes to an end with "the date of her next furlough," that is, December 1928 or April 1929. The question of a successor was con­sidered and various possible arrangements were discussed. It was

RESOLVED:-

(a) that the Secretaries be instructed to consider what may be done to secure the amount necessary to place the salary of the Woman Secretary on the Budget of the Council, and

(b) that if that is found to be practicable an attempt be made to secure ~Iiss Gordon for the position from October 1929.

15. India.n Literature Fund. Dr. Macnicol reported on the ·meeting of the Indian Literature Fund Executive held at Poona on November 9. 1927. (The Report is printed in the Appendix). There was a serious diminution in the con­tributions received for this Fund and,. were it not that Mr. Paton was able to guarantee a sum of £ 300 secured in the form of special contributions toward the English Edi­tor's salary the situation would have been very serious.

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As it was little could be done beyond maintaining the Liter­ature Establishments in the various language areas. Itwas

RESOLVED':-

(a) That th'e Secretary of the 1. L.' F. be requested to prepare and print a new appeal for support for this Fund;

(b) That Rev. J. F. Edwards be appointed chalrman of the I. L. F. Executive in place of' Rev. Dr. Griswold who has not been able to return to India.

16. German Mission Property. Dr. Macnicol reported · that arrangements had been made with the Home Department of the Government of India in accordance with which the Home Department had written officially

., to the N. C. C. stating the arrangements in accordance with which it was proposed to allot the properties of

:the various Germ;an Missions, which have been held in trust for the Government by the N. C. C., to their , former owners or to other Missions with which the former ,'owners had entered into agreements. These arrangements have been communicated to the vadous Missions concerned :and their formal consent was being awaited. "When consent

· has been received steps will be taken to distribute the pro­perties accordingly. In this connection the N. 11. S. pre­sented through its Secretary, Rai Bahadur A. C. Mukerji

: a request that it be allotted a seat on the new Board being · set up in Chota N agpur to hold the property temporarily. ~It was

RESOLVED:-

(a) That the Government of India be asked to grant to the N. M. S. a seat on this Board in view of the f:rct that it is taking over part of the former field of the Gossner lvlission in Chota N agpur ;

(b) That ::vlr. D. ~1. Panna of Hazaribagh be nominated 10 the \"acancy on the present Board of Trustees holding the 'Gossner :Mission Property, caused by the departure on fur­lough of Rev. I. Cannaday.

17. India Sunday School Union.

RESOLVED that Rev. Augustine Ralla Ram. Re\'. C. w. :\1iller and Mrs. Pelly te nominated as representatives of the N. C. C. on the I.S.S.U. 'Committee.

18. Religious Education Conference. Miss Van Doren .lfeported the holding of a Religious Education Conference

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in Bombay, in accordance with the instructions of the N. C. C., from January 31st to February 2nd of this year~ The Resolutions of the Conference were submitted and would be sent to the Jerusalem Meeting.

RESOL VED that the Report should be submitted to the' Jerusalem Meeting as that of a Conference' of missionaries· and Indians convened by the National Christian Council.

19. School for deaf and dumb children. A letter was read from Miss G. I. Mather of the C. M. S., Aurangabad who is now on furlough in England. Miss Mather urged that the N. C. C. should give careful consideration to the need to provide training for the deaf and dumb in Northern India. She enclosed various statistics as to the numbers of deaf and dumb children, the schools for their training in various parts of India and the need for the extension of such training.

It was RESOLVED that the Secretaries convey to Miss ~Iather the sympathetic interest of the National Christian, Council in the project and the assurance that the matter will be placed upon the agenda for the next meeting of the National Christian Council in January, 1929.

20. Rural Education. 1\1iss Van Doren further re­ported that in accordance with the instructions of the Executive an account of different types of rural education now in existence in India had been prepared and was in the Press with the title "Fourteen Experiments in Rural Education."

21. Objectiona.ble Literature. It was reported that 1\Ic C. F. Andrews had drawn the attention .of the N. C. C. Sec­retaries to the fact that Christian literature of a kind that would be considered offensive by non-Christians was being sold and was likely to produce communal bitterness and division and to cause pain to the adherents of other religions. The facts had been communicated to the Secretary of the C. L. S. and he had replied that publications of an earlier date than 1909 were not now being issued by the C. L. S .. and, further, that the C. L. S. were willing to send to Mr. Andrews free of charge any publications of the Society that he might desire to examine and would consider any re--

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presentations that he might- make to them in regard tot those which seemed to him offensive.

RESOLVED that Mr. C. F. Andrews be invited to COD­tribute an article to the liN. Co C. REVIEW" drawing at­tention to this subject.

22. "National Christian Council R'eview." A report en the circulation and the financial position of the "Review" was submitted by Mr. p, O. Philip:~

Numerical return of subscribers as on Feb. 1st, 1928:-

Subscribers in India 766 Subscribers abroad 156

922'

In addition to the above a considerable number of ad­ditional copies are printed for exchange, advertisers" copies, and for advertisement, bringing the total gross cir­culation to 1100 copies per month.

The following is a statement of the finances of the paper as it stands on February 1st,. 1928 :

Income

Balance in hand Subscriptions

Printing Postages

Expenditure'

Reft:nd of part subscription Balance in hand

Rs. 387-15-2' " 720- 7-6,

Rs. 1108- 6-8:

Rs. 259- 6-0' 78-13-0'

" 0- 8-6.· ,. 769-11-Z

Rs. 1108- 6-~

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23. Rev. W Pato.n.Itwas intimated that· Mr. ,Paton who had hoped to visit India in February had :found it impossible to carry out his intention.

RESOLVED that a cordial invitation be extended to Mr. Paton to \"isit India during the coming cold 'weather, especially in view of various projects in which he had a large share while Secretary of the N. C. C. and which his presence in India will help forward.

24. Vote of Thanks. A cordial vote of thanks wa's passed to the Chairman of the 'Council, the Bishop of Cal­-cutta, for his kindness in permitting the meeting of the Executive to be held in his house, and to him and the mem­hers of his ·household for all that they had done for the eeomf9rt and convenience of the members.

APPENDI:CES

APPENDlX. 1. FlN ANC1AL STArEME'N'r BY AUDIT01{S

National Christian Council. statement of'Recelpts and Payments f'or the Year Ended 81st December. 1927.

REOEIPTS PAYMENTS Its. As. P. :its. As. P

Balunce 01~ l,e Janua1'Y, 1928. Sec,'eta'l'ies: 1'0 By

Cash at Bank 3,412 6 3 Salal'ie~, Allowances and 14,822 8 6 l'ent

Cont1'ibution8 Trav,elling Expenses 2,222 2 0 ---- 17.044 10 6

From Great BI'itain 12,883 2 10

" America 13,973 11 1 Office Manugement: ~

" Provincial Oouncils:-

Ueylon 200 0 0 Uierks' salaries, allowances 5,066 1 6 AlJdhra 200 0 ° and rent Madras 300 0 0 Postages, Telegrams and 960 9 10 Burma 200 U 0 Cablefi Bengal 200 0 0 Frinting and Stationery 358 H 11

------ 1,100 0 0 Office Equipment 842 10 6 Office removal Charges 334 5 0

" Other sonrces 2,328 8 9 -----

------ 30,285 6 8 7,562 9 9 Jer'usalem, Delegatel5 Less: Sale of old furniture 893 7 6

and l'efund fl'om Calcutta Amount received 2,045 0 0 Electric Co. Lel:!lS: PaYlllelltlS 1,300 0 0 ------ 6,669 2 :3

---- 745 0 °

Indu8triCtt SU1'vey

Contributions received. Less: Expenditul'e

Medic'.ll Survey

ContrihlltihllS receivad Less: Expenditul'e

Balllc Intere8t

'Rombay 10th March, 1928.

17.479 3 10 13 827 14 0

1.444 1a 0 1,241 15 0

3,651 5 10

202 14 0

10 15 2

TOT AL RI:!. 38,=~07 15 11

Examined allti fOl1lld COl'1'cct Sd. A. F Ferguson & Co.,

CHARTERED ACCOUNTAN'l'S, AUDITORS.

OtAer Payment8

Council meetings and COllferallces .

Printing and Publishing Hononry Officer's expenses Audit Fees Bank Charges Miscellaneous

185 .(

843 8 2,060 0

32 0 34 10 64 2

0

0 6 0 0 6

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Balance 01~ 31st December, 1927

1. Oa,Rh and stampfl in balld 227 6 3 2. With [mperial Bank 11,147 4 5

of India, Poona

3,219 8 (3

11,374 10 8

TOTAL R~. 38,307 15 11

The Indian Literature Fund of the National Christian Council. Statement of' Receipts and Payments "or the Year Ended Sist October, 1927.

To

RECEIPTS

Balance on 1st i.l"o/(6mbe1·, 1920.

At Bank on (iurrEmt Account. 6,566 I? 8 Fixed Deposit 5,387 6 9

Cont,·ibutiO?ls. From A mel'ica 10,480 13 0

" Great Hritain 7,999 15 2

,t India 1,840 0 0

lltte/·est. On Current Account 81 12 6

" Fixed Deposi t 104 0 6

185 13 0 Less: Interest 011 Fixed

Deposit accrued to 31st Oct.ober, 1926 taken in hist year 185 6 9

Total Rs.

Bombay 10th March, 1928. Examined and found correct.

Sd. A. F. Fergnson & Co.,

PAY ME NT S.

RI'!. A. I'. By For A. C. L. S. M.

" Publications 763 4 0

1,658 12 4 13,395 0 0 11,954 8 5 " Literature 'Workers

20,320 12 2

068

32,275 5 10

Committee l!-xpense6.

M/scella'f!e01t8. Sundl'jes 1~ 9 6 Audit Fee 16 0 0 HaJlk Obarges 13 9 6

Balance on .t!l1.~t Octo be,', 19P!i.

At Bank on CUl'1'E'nt Account. 10,587 7 6 It " on }'ixed Deposit. ·5,306 0 6

UHA RTERED ACCOUN1'ANTS, Al}Dn'OR~.

Rs~ A. P.

15,~t7 0 4

522 10 6

42 8 0

15,898 8 0

32,215 5 10

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i-II. pROCEEDINGS OF THE 'EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INDIAN

LITERATURE FUND.

HELD IN POONA

November 9th, 1927~

The Executive Committee of the India Literature Fund met :at the N. C. C. Office, I, Staveley Road, Poona, on November 9th.

1927·

In the absence of Rev. Dr. Griswold Chairman of the Exe­. cutive Committee, Rev. Dr. Velte was invited to preside. The· 'following were present:-Rev. Dr. Velte, Rev. Dr. Yohan :Masih, Rai Bahadur N. K. Mukerji, as also Re\'. Dr. N. :'\'facnicol and

-Mr. P. O. Philip.

The Meeting was opened with prayer by the Chairman.

It being understood that Dr. Griswold who was appointed Chair--man by the N. C. C. in November 1926 was unable to return to India the question of the appointment of a successor to him was considered and it was resolved, in view of the generous support of the A. B. C. F. M. to the I. L. F. to suggest to the Executh'e of the N. C. C. the name of Rev. J. F. Edwards as being a mis­sionary of that So'ciety for the appointment in succession to Dr •

. Griswold.

The financial statement 'was then presented by Dr. ~lacnicol. 'This showed that the amount available for distribution in Grants for the coming year was approximately Rs. 9,308, when ear-marked sums contributed for special purposes and grants yoted last year but not yet paid were deducted. It was pointed out that by the decision of the N. C. C. (Proceedings of Waltair Council, page 35) a11ot-

-ments could only be made from funds actually in hand. A dis­cussion then followed on the state of the Fund, which showed that the amount a\'ailable for distribution was steadily decreasing and that, were it not that :"lr. Paton had been able to secure promises

. of specially designated sums for the English Editor, thus largely -relieving the general funds of the I. L. F., the position of the LL.F. -this year would be very unsatisfactory indeed. The' contributIons from America for Moslem Literature -which are not distributed

-by the 1. L. F.-relieve the 1. L. F in one important direction, but the needs of literatur~ in all other respects throughout the country are very imperfectly realised as yet and need to be pressed anew upon the attention of Missionary Socie,ties in both America arid

·Great Britain. It was recognised that the financial position of most of societies was very difficult at the present time, but it was felt that steps must be taken to draw attention anew to the im­

-portance of this department of work.

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The subject' of grants was then taken up. During the year"" ending' Oct. 31st, 1927, the total amount paid out in grants was­Rs. 12,860-8-6. In view of the limited sum available for distribu­tion for 1928 it was resolved to consider first grants that seemed'" to have a first claim and that it appeared to be necessary to. make in order to maintain centres of literary work in various language areas. When these had been allocated the question of grants for special pub1ications could be considered.

In the case oi the English Editor a resolution had been passed by the General Committee of the 1. L. F. in November of last year that after December 31st, 1927 "not more than twenty-five per cent of the total income shall be devoted to English work". It was considered that that meant not more than 25 per cent of the amount available for distribution. that is, this year, of Rs. 9,308. Dr. Macnicol reported that he had received a cabled intimation from Mr. Paton that he had secured a guarantee­of £300 annually, for three years, for Dr. A. J. Appasamy as English Editor. He had intimated this fact to the C. L. S .• and Mr. \\Tarren had replied that the Committee of the C. L. S. unani­mously agreed' to offer to continue the present arrangement by which they pay one-fifth of Dr. Appasamy's salary and allowances, and the Indian Literature Fund four-fifths. Dr. Appasamy's Report of his work during the past year was presented and the Co:mmittee expressed much satisfaction at what he had been able to: do himself and- to get others to do. The Committee was of opinion that _Dr. Appa.sa.·my was doing most valuable work in the department of literature in Eng-lish.

The claims of the various yernaculars were then discussed and. it was felt that some vernaculars had been neglected and ought to have their claims considered. This 'was especially the case in regard to Malayalam literature for which a promise of hel~ had been made which it had not teen possible hitherto to realise.

Another request that was considered was from NIr. Manila}; Parekh for a grant of Rs. 50 as a contribution towards the publica­tion of his two English works, namely, "Brahmarshi Keshulr­Chunder Sen" and "Rajarshi Ram Mohan Roy" A similar re­quest from Mr. Parekh had to be refused last year as no money was availabl~, and it was found that the position was the same this year also. It was felt that in the case of an application by an individual a new principle was introduced, different from that which governed the usual applications from Societies and that in the case of an independent individual desiring assistance from the 1. L. F. the Ms. would ordinarihr have to be submitted for consideration before publication. -

The question of the preparation of a Bible Dictionary on the' Lasis of the Universal Bible Dictionary was discussed and Mr. N. K. Mukerji reported what was being done in the Hindi area to prepare such a Dictionary, specially suited to Indian conditions. when it was ready. would he t\"ailah1c in English in typed copies.·

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IndiYiduals, were being invited to prepare articles and the Ms._ for translation into other vernaculars. Dr. Y ohan Masih was.­one of the Editorial Board entrusted with this work which would~ it was hoped, be of service to many language areas. . It was resolved in these circumstances to make a grant of Rs. 500 to.­this scheme. It was resolved alsi:)-.Qs had also been resolved last year-to make a special appeal for a fund to help forward the preparation of this Dictionary in various areas and to send a­letter to this, effect to the various Mission Boards.

The fonowing grants for the ensuing year were then sanc­tioned :-

English Editor Village Teachers' Journal Kanarese area Marathi area Burma Ceylon Literature for Moslems Tc1ugu . Hindi-Literature Workers Hindi-Bible Dictionarv Malayalam -Oriya and Santali

Rs. 2,000-0-0 350-0-0 600-0-0 600-0-0

1,000-0-0

I,500-0-0 -350-0-0 900-0-0 .f~0-0-0 300-0-0 300-0-0, 200-0-0

Total Rs. 8,980-0-0

The balance of R~. 328 on the total of Rs. 9,308 which was available for distribution would be required for office expenses and" the travelling expenses of the Executive Committe.

Of the above grants the sml1 allocated to the "Village Teachers" Journal" was granted in "iew of the fact that this Journal. which is produced by the ?lor oga School, serves the cause of village schools throughout the whole of India and is translated into varioll:; vernaculars.

The Kanaresc, Marathi, and Telugu grants are for the litera­tUr<: -establishments in these areas as in former years.

In the ca!>c of Burma, Rs. 1,500 were granted last year for literary workers paid on the contract system. It was resolved' this year to grant Rs. 1,000 and that if an improvement in the receipt of funds should make it pos-sible an additional sum of Rs. 500 might be granted later on in the year.

In the case of Ceylon the scheme for a literature missionary there, which had been prepared in association with the Baptist Mission and the Ceylon Christian COl1ncil, invol vcd a grant by the I. L. F. of Rs. 3,000 for the whole year. It was felt that the stc1'.t of the Fund did no make it possible to vote all that sum now but that Rs. J .500 he voted now and that, if funds should·

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-permit, a second sum of. RS.I,500 should be granted towards the enfi of the year.

IJ;l the case of the ,grant of Rs. 350 for "Literature to Mos­'lerns" which is towards the salary of Ms'. J. A. Sudh~n as a litera;y worker, it was resolved' to enquire. if this amount was -required.

In making these grants for 1928 it was resolved to record, -that, as in the past, it must be recognised that no promise' of ~(lssistance is given beyond the year for which the grant is made,

Dr. Macnicol then reported that he had recch'ed' from 1\·1rs. Henry W. Peabody, Chairman of the Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions Heverly, Mass., a sum of "Rs. 1,907 as well as a set of electros for illustrations, for the publica­-tion in two vernaculars in India of a version of a book !'A Straight Way Toward Tomorrow", a book dealing with work for children throughout the world and intended specially for women. Full 'liberty was given "to cut or adapt" the book in any way so as to -make it suitable to India. It was resoh'ed that the book be given for this purpose to the Tamil and Hindi areas and that it be

-reproduced with a large measure of freedom.

Dr. Macnicol reported that he had received a letter from Miss Ruth E. Robinson from America offering a subsidy of

'$500 for a Hindi edition of "The Treasure Chest," the magazine to be produced with absolute freedom on the part of the Editor, so

-long as it was a paper for India's children and young people with :a strongly Christian tone. The offer had been accepted for Hindi for the Bhaml-da'ya, which would be cdited by :Miss D. Kilpatrick

·of Mhow. Miss Robinson hoped also to supply money for another such magazine which she suggested should be in Bengali. Miss 'Rowlands, Convener of the Bengal & Assam Literature Committee had accepted the offer and it was hoped that arrangements wO,uld

-he made for this paper also.

Dr. I"facnicol also reported that 12 Tamil Mss. had been received 1.n connection with the competition for the Findlay Prize and that 'they had been handed over to the judges appointed to examine them. It had been already decided Lythe Committee that the Prize should be offered in 1928 for a literary work in Hindi. The subject for the competition, it was resolved, should be on this occasion "The Teaching of Jesus", and intimation of the conditions should be '.made in the uN.C.C. Review" and other magazines in January 1928.

In the case of the Farquhar Prize, which is to be offered 'triennially, the first year of this competition is 1928, and the la~guage for which it is offered is Bengali. It was resolved to .:authorise the Secretary in consultation with the Literature Com­mittee of the Bengal and Assam Christian Council to select a subject for this competition. .

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Another question which was brought up in connection with the discussions on literature was that of the position of publishing societies in view of the fact that a new Act of the Legislature has recently been passed penalising heayily criticisms of "religious· heads.'~ It was felt that this important matter was not suitable for consideration by the 1. L. F. but that the N. C. C. itself might require to consider it and that it would be necessary for pubtishing :societies to' exercise great care as to the contents or their publications least they inadvertently contrayene the Act.

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