The morning call., 1894-04-26

thirty-three missionaries holding regular
services at seventy different stations. TIE
tabulated reports OF these missionaries
furnish the following statistics: Number
of communicates, 17O6; baptisms. 266, of
which 101 were adults; confirmed, 1856
marriages, 81; buTialS, SO; 1853 public
services have been held, and the holy COM
muuion has been administered 600 times.
Receipts from pledges and offerings, S12,-
sources, $40, 962 Is. making total of $685.
137. With the quarterly and confirmation
offerings, amounting TO S6130 ~, this
makes total of S29 267 70 during the year.
This would be much larger mad not vari-
Gus missions, failed to report.
Among the expenditures were S7424 80
paid in pledges 10 the board, 1880 for
additions to church property, S1612 Il
toward reduction of church debt and
1922 80 for diocesan purposes, more than
double the am cunt given last year. Special
mention was made in this connection OF
Santa Ana and Orange, they having given
to diocesan funds the sums Of Sl34 45 and
$50 so respectively. Additions TO church
property represent value Of at least
$3.50.
After Treasurer Bokkelen had read his
financial Teport, which was printed yes
terday, Bishop Nichols called upon the
different missionaries to speak on the sub
v.
L. c. Sanford of Selma and Fowler. Rev.
W. Z. Burrows of Santa Ana and Orange,
and Rev. j. Nicholas of Sonora.
In the afternoon session the committee
on canoDs reported back the resolution
which called for the dividing of the north
ern convocation into three parts with the
recommendation that it be rejected. This
the nomenclature. from dean TO. arch
deacon" aud from ''convocation" to "arcb-
deaconry" and divided the conyocation as
follows:
First archdeaconry of San Francisco to
include San Francisco County. San Mateo,
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San
Joaquin.
Second arehdeaconry of San Jose TO cor
sist of the counties of Santa Clara. Monte
rey, San Benitn and Santa Cruz.
Third. San Joaquin archdeaconry, to in
clude the remainder of the territory not
included in the Northern ConvocatioD.
A motion was made to divide the reso-
luton and deal with the nomenclature
first This was done and the motion to
change the name dean" to ''arehdeacon"
a2d "convocatiOn" to, 'archdeacoary" was
defeated. The question of dividing the
c0nvocatl0n then came I'D and the debate
was carried On with some feeling. The
committee and its friends main tanned that
they were looking for the division of the
uiOCSoc oolHoW mere IN 1879, ana 10 QlVlQc
the Northern CODvocatiOn into three con-
vacations would verbalance the Northern
ana Southern diOceses. The friends of the
petition from the convocation argued that it
had nothing TO do with the Southern Con-
vocation ana would materially help the
missionary Interests and strengthen the
missionary borders. A good many mis-
slonaTles could not get TO the cOpyocation
as 1t stands. The members of The com
mlttee sala they had no objection TO diyid-
ing TIE Northern ConvocatIon into as
many parts as necessary, and as long as
the nomenclature was not changed tnat
was a. they cared about. After some fnr-
Their discussion the proposed change was
made, tie resolution being ADOPTED nv an
almost unanimous VOTE
La regard TO the proposed amendmant
allowing women to vote at vestry eIections
the committee on can0ns returned IT, snp
costing that it 'be not approved" Rev
B. w. r. Taylor explained for the Commit
tee that they used the mild term, as they
did not want to use the harsher phrase.
abe rejected"
a general laugh greeted the announce
ment, and motion was made that despite
tire adverse recon- me ndati0n the cOnven-
ton should consider the matter.
Rev. a. p. Anderson said the matter had
come up in succeeding conventions year
after year and was q very vital question
despite the charge that il was chestnut.
Rev. G. B. Spalding thought 1t unjust
that women should not be allowed TO vote,