ACTIONS 
 
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 OF THE 
 
 Board of Managers of 
 
 The Missionary Society 
 
 The General Missionary Committee 
 
 AND 
 
 The General Conference 
 
 IN REGARD TO 
 
 SELF-SUPPORTING MISSIONS 
 
 IN CHILI 
 
 Published by order of the Board 
 September, 1897 
 
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Communication of the Board of Managers to 
 the General Missionary Committee, 1897. 
 
 THE MISSION IN CHILL—ORIGIN OF THE WORK. 
 
 In tlie year 1877 William Taylor, who had been prosecuting 
 an evangelistic work in India from November, 1871, to June, 
 1875, and who had returned to England and the United States 
 to secure and send out preachers to take cliarge of the young 
 churches which had been organized, and who had remained in 
 this country, traveling extensively, preaching and selling his 
 books, and selecting preachers for the India work, was attracted 
 to the religious condition of South America. On October 16 he 
 set sail from New York for the west coast, by way of Panama, 
 landing at Callao, Peru. 
 
 It was his purpose to ascertain the condition of the people, the 
 need of religious teachers, the number of the English-speaking 
 race, and the possibilities of organizing work on the same principle 
 which he had pursued in South India. It was not, however, his 
 purpose to engage in evangelistic labors, but to secure the co¬ 
 operation of English and American residents in such work, to be 
 developed by preachers whom he should send out. 
 
 He soon found that the cooperation of foreign residents could 
 in most cases be more readily secured in founding schools, or 
 school and church work combined, than churches alone. At 
 Coquimbo, Chili, he formed a Committee of the principal English 
 residents, who engaged to make ready a place for worship and to 
 raise funds for the support of a pastor. At Valparaiso, Chili, he 
 formed a similar Committee among merchants, who agreed to 
 raise funds among shippers and captains to support a chaplain to 
 seamen in the Bay. At various other points in Chili and Peru 
 he made arrangements for schools and for school and church work 
 •combined. 
 
 In April, 1878, after an absence of six and one half months, he 
 returned to the United States, and on July 1 of that year sent 
 ■out a party of nine preachers and teachers. 
 
 Protestant Missions had been begun thirty years before by the 
 American and Foreign Christian Union, which was formerly 
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 the Foreign Evangelical Society. In 1873 that work had passed 
 under the care of the American Presbyterian Board of Foreign 
 Missions, and has been supported by that Board ever since. At 
 only one of the places occupied by that Board did Mr. Taylor try 
 to start work, and that was among seamen. He did not purpose 
 to interfere Avith Avork already begun, but to try to reach those 
 Avho were Avholly neglected. In 1879 all the Mission stations 
 Avere bright Avith promise, and Chili Avas prosperous, but war 
 broke out between that country and Peru, and lasted for five 
 years. The work on the four Northern stations Avas entirely 
 broken up, but in the meanwhile Avork had been begun at Santi¬ 
 ago, the capital. 
 
 The first property bought for the Mission Avas in January, 
 1883. In 1884 William Taylor was elected Lay Delegate by the 
 South India Conference to the General Conference of 1884, and 
 to fulfill that function left South America, and Avas at the General 
 Conference elected Missionary Bishop for Africa, arid withdrew 
 attention from South America. 
 
 This led to the establishment of the Transit and Building Fund 
 Society. The names given in the article of incorporation are that 
 the names of the Trustees, Directors, or Managers for the first 
 year of its existence are: William Taylor, Asbury Lowrey, An¬ 
 derson FoAvler, Richard Grant, and Chauncey Shaffer. In the 
 first seven years the amount contributed to South America was 
 $70,720.62. During the same period Anderson FoAvler alone gave 
 for Santiago College $48,600, making a total spent by the Tran¬ 
 sit and Building Fund Society in the period of $119,320.62. 
 
 In 1885 I. H. La Fetra, one of the original missionaries, was 
 made general agent for Bishop Taylor’s work on the west coast 
 of South America. Amid various vicissitudes the Avork, both 
 educational and evangelical, has progressed, and has been Ausited 
 by Bishop William L. Harris, in 1881, Avho there ordained eight 
 men who had previously been elected to orders by A'arious Con¬ 
 ferences. He found Chili at war with Peru, and suffering under 
 the effects of the conflict. 
 
 In 1887 Dr. and Mrs. Asbury LoAvrey visited the field. At 
 that time, OAving to the existence of cholera, the ports were closed 
 to vessels coming from the north. Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey, and a 
 party of seven missionaries Avho accompanied them, journeyed to 
 Chili by the way of England and the Straits of Magellan. 
 
 In 1889 Bishop Walden made an episcopal tour of South 
 America, and visited Santiago and Concepcion. The General 
 
Conference of 1884 had altered the Discipline so as to authorize 
 the organization, outside the bounds of Conferences, of Missions, 
 and for their attachment to one of the home Conferences as an 
 outlying presiding elder’s district. After the visit of Bishop 
 Walden this provision was applied, and Cincinnati Conference, at 
 its session in September, 1890, admitted the churches of this Mis¬ 
 sion, and organized the Chili District of the ('onference. 
 
 Tn 1893 Bishop Newman visited the Mission officially, accom¬ 
 panied by Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Moses, of Washington. The 
 History of the Chili Mission of the Methodist Episcopal CJmrch, 
 published in Santiago, represents him as having made a ‘‘ some¬ 
 what thorough inspection of the work,” and as having conversed 
 extensively vvith the missionaries. The attempt to form the en¬ 
 tire work in South America into one Annual Conference by Bishop 
 Newman, at the Annual Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Mis¬ 
 sion in the Argentine Republic, at Buenos Ayres, on July 1, 1893, 
 resulted in the organization of the South America Conference. 
 There were, however, present only the members of the Argentine 
 Mission. 
 
 The foregoing sketch of the rise and progress of the Missions 
 in Chili is necessary to make clear to those not familiar with it 
 the action hereinafter set forth of the successive General Com¬ 
 mittees, and of the Board of Managers and the present state of 
 the case. 
 
 Chronological Extracts from Official Records. 
 
 The Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, at its regu¬ 
 lar meeting on September 21, 1897, passed the following resolu¬ 
 tion ; 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, a Special Committee of three persons was ordered 
 to draw up a statement as to the relation of the Mission in Chili to the property 
 in Chili, and setting forth the relation of the Methodist Episcopal Church to 
 evangelistic work in Chili; to have the report ready for consideration at our next 
 meeting ; and that the report, when completed, be printed and sent to each mem¬ 
 ber of the Board. 
 
 I.—Report of Committee. 
 
 The Committee appointed under the preceding resolution con¬ 
 sisted of J. M. Buckley, James F. Rusling, and Anderson 
 Fowler, and in the discharge of the duty imposed on them re¬ 
 spectfully present the following report : 
 
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 II.— Action of General Conference of 1888. 
 
 The General Conference, in 1888, passed the following resolu¬ 
 tions: (Journal, page 440, report 16.) 
 
 The Committee on Missions, to whom was referred memorials concerning 
 Bishoy) Taylor’s Self-supporting Mission work, respectfull}' reports as follows : 
 
 Whereas, The plan of Self-supporting Mission work, which has been in¬ 
 augurated in South America and Africa by Bishop Taylor, has elicited much 
 enthusiasm in the Church, and deserves an opportunity for full development 
 under the fostering care of the whole Church ; and, 
 
 Whereas, It is not desirable to bring this experiment into competition with 
 the established methods of missionary administration which have long existed in 
 the Church, and inasmuch as there is no reason for antagonism between the two 
 methods, if both are conducted under the same authorities; and, 
 
 Wh reas, The Missionary Board and the General Missionary Committee are the 
 only agencies through which the General Conference administers its Missions ; 
 and. 
 
 Whereas, The agencies are sufficiently broad and flexible in their scope and 
 purpose to embrace all departments and methods of missionary work; and, 
 
 Whereas, The principle of self-supporting has long been recognized and culti¬ 
 vated in the regular Missions of the Church; therefore. 
 
 Resolved, 1. That we direct that all property acquired in the prosecution of 
 the Self-supporting Mission plan be held by and for the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 2. That the Missionary Board appoint a Standing Committee on Self-support¬ 
 ing Missions, who shall have the oversight of the Missions on the self-supporting 
 plan. 
 
 3. That missionaries employed and churches organized on the self-supporting 
 plan shall be entitled to the same rights and be amenable to the Discipline of the 
 Church the same as missionaries and churches in other fields. 
 
 4. That Missionary Bishops in charge of Self-supporting Missions be instructed 
 to report annually to the Missionary Board the condition of all Self-supporting* 
 Missions, including the number of missionaries, the number of stations, and the 
 number of communicants in each station, and a financial exhibit of all the re¬ 
 ceipts and expenditures. 
 
 5. That the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, the southern province of Brazil, 
 Paraguay, and Chili may during the next four years, by a vote of two thirds of 
 the members present and voting, and with the .approval of the Bishop having the 
 jurisdiction, be organized into an Annual Conference, to be called the South 
 America Conference. 
 
 6. That the General Missionary Committee be requested to organize the Portu¬ 
 guese stations in Northern Brazil into a Mission. 
 
 III.— Action of General Conference of 1892. 
 
 The General Conference of 1892 passed an enabling act to 
 prepare tlie way for uniting the Mission in Chili with all the 
 work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in South America in one 
 Conference. 
 
IV.—Formation of South America Conference. 
 
 Against the judgment, wishes, and expectations of the Transit 
 and Building Fund Society the whole of South America, includ¬ 
 ing Chili, was formed into a Conference, known as the South 
 America Conference, July 1, 1893, by Bishop J. P. Newman. 
 
 V. —Action of Board, September 19, 1893. 
 
 At the meeting of the Board of Managers, September 19, 1893, 
 the Committee on South America and Mexico reported from their 
 minutes of September 8, stating that Bishop Newman had made 
 a report to the Committee concerning the work in Chili, and after 
 giving certain facts, the Committee recommended the appoint¬ 
 ment of a Committee to confer with Anderson Fowler, Richard 
 Grant, and Asbury Lowrey, of the Transit and Building Fund 
 Committee, with reference to a transfer of the evangelistic work 
 of that Committee to the Board of Managers, and ordered that 
 the said Committee should report to the October meeting. 
 
 The Committee, as finally constituted, consisted of Sandford 
 Hunt, E. L. Dobbins, and John S. McLean. 
 
 At the meeting of October 17 this Committee reported as fol¬ 
 lows : 
 
 Your Committee, appointed to confer with the representatives of the Transit 
 and Building Fund Society of Self-supporting Missions in South America, repre¬ 
 sented by Anderson Fowler, Richard G-rant, and Asbury Lowrey, would respect¬ 
 fully report that we met the representatives named, and spent an afternoon iu free 
 consultation in regard to the matters submitted for consideration. The representa 
 tives of the Transit and Building Fund Societj^ state that they have no evangelistic 
 work which can be turned over to the Missionary Society separate from their 
 schools, and that the school property, which constitutes the larger proportion of 
 the property in Chili, was purchased and is still held by the original purchasers 
 for the Transit and Building Fund Society of Self-supporting Missions. Without 
 entering into details at length, it was very evident to your Committee that the 
 only way that the Missionary Society can obtain possession of said property in 
 South America is by actual purchase from those parties who hold the same. 
 
 The question of purchase of property for the Missionary Society is one which 
 the General Committee must determine and provide for by appropriation. 
 
 We therefore recommend the further consideration of the subject to the General 
 Committee. 
 
 On motion, the report was adopted. 
 
 VI. — Action of General Committee of 1893. 
 
 The “ Order of the Day,” namely, consideration of the work in 
 Chili, was taken up. 
 
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 The following jjreamble and resolutions, presented by Bishop 
 Fowler, were, on motion, adopted : 
 
 It is known to this Committee that there has existed for some years an incor¬ 
 poration known as the Transit and Building Fund Society of Self-supporting 
 Missions. 
 
 The nature and work of this Society is defined in the following statement 
 taken from its charter, namely, The particular business and objects of the said 
 Society are to provide the ways and means, and to manage, appropriate, and 
 supply the same as follows, namely: 
 
 1. To provide a suitable outfit for missionary preachers and teachers. 
 
 2. To pay their passage to foreign countries. 
 
 3. To pay the traveling expenses of pioneer evangelists in those countries. 
 
 4. To build or purchase dwelling-houses, schoolhouses, and houses of worship 
 for the use of the missionaries. 
 
 5. Also to translate the sacred Scriptures and suitable religious and literary 
 publications into foreign languages, and to print and publish the same. 
 
 6. The funds of this Society shall not be used to paj' salaries of agents at 
 home nor of preachers or teachers in foreign countries. 
 
 Under these provisions of the charter educational and evangelistic work has 
 been carried forward in Chili, and a property amounting to about $200,000 
 in gold has been accumulated. 
 
 At present forty-three ministers and teachers from the United States are at 
 work in this field. 
 
 This Society, represented by Messrs. Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, 
 now presents the following proposition, namely, “ We offer to transfer all the Mis¬ 
 sion work and Mission property belonging to the above-named Society in Chili 
 to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, free from debt, 
 upon these conditions, that Chili be set apart exclusively for Self-supporting 
 Mission work, and that the Mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on 
 the plan of self-support, as heretofore.” 
 
 Now, therefore, the General Missionary Committee, so far as it has authority, 
 and subject to the authority of the General Conference, accepts for itself the 
 above proposition, and recommends the Missionary Board to accept in like man¬ 
 ner the proposition, and to enter upon and prosecute the work on the conditions 
 hereinbefore set forth. 
 
 We also appropriate $25,000 contingent upon its being given specially for this 
 work, said money to be administered by the Board. 
 
 On motion of Bishop Foss, it was resolved that Bishops Fowler 
 and Newman, J. M. Buckley, S. F. Upham, and E. L. Dobbins 
 be appointed a Committee to express to Mr. Anderson Fowler 
 and Mr. Richard Grant our appreciation of the great work estab¬ 
 lished and successfully carried on in Chili, and our hearty thanks 
 for the proposition made by them and now adopted by the Com¬ 
 mittee. 
 
 VII. —Action of the Board of Managers, December 19, 1893. 
 
 At the meeting of December 19, 1893, the Joint Committee on 
 Self-supporting Missions and Finance, appointed at the last meet- 
 
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 ing as a Special Committee on the Transference of the Property 
 of the Bishop Taylor Transit and Building Fund Society to this 
 Missionary Society, presented its report, as follows : 
 
 The action of the late General Committee on tiie offer of Messrs. Anderson 
 Fowler and Richard Grant, representing the Transit and Building Fund Society 
 of Self-supporting Missions, with reference to the work in Chili, was laid before 
 this Committee. 
 
 The snbjeet was serionsl}’’ considered and debated, and your Committee beg 
 leave to report as follows: 
 
 Wherecis, The following paper was addressed to the Board of Bishops by 
 Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, representing the Transit and Building- 
 Fund Society of Self-supporting Missions, namely: 
 
 7b the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church : 
 
 We, the undersigned Committee of the Transit and Building Fund Society 
 (incorporated under the laws of the Slate of New York), offer to you, as repre¬ 
 senting the Methodist Episcopal Church, to transfer all the Mission work and 
 Mission property belonging to the above Society in Chili, upon the condition that 
 Chili be set apart exclusively for Self-supporting Mission work, and that the 
 Mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on the plan of self-support, as 
 heretofore, and upon which the Transit and Building Fund Society is incor¬ 
 porated. 
 
 (Signed) Anderson Fowler, 
 Richard Grant. 
 
 P. S .—It is estimated b}^ Rev. Ira H. LaFetra, superintendent of the work in 
 Chili, that at least $20,000 in gold will be required annually to make the work 
 a great success. 
 
 And Whereas, The following paper was presented by Bishop Fowler to the 
 General Missionar}' Committee and adopted by said Committee: 
 
 It is known to this Committee that there has existed for some years an incor¬ 
 poration known as tlie Transit and Building Fund Society of Self-supporting 
 Missions. 
 
 The nature and work of this Society is defined in the following statement taken 
 from its charter, namely: 
 
 The particular business and objects of the said Society are to provide the ways 
 and means, and to manage, appropriate, and apply the same as follows, namely: 
 
 (1) To provide a suitable outfit for missionary preachers and teachers. (2) To 
 pay their passage to foreign countries. (3) To pay the traveling expenses of 
 pioneer evangelists in those countries. (4) To build or purchase dwelling- 
 houses, schoolhouses, and houses of worship for tlie use of the missionaries. 
 (5) Also to translate the sacred Scriptures and suitable religious and literar}'- 
 publications into foreign languages, and to print and publish the same. (6) The 
 funds of this society shall not be used to pay salaries of agents at home, nor of 
 preachers or teachers in foreign countries. 
 
 Under these provisions of the charter educational and evangelistic work has 
 been carried forward in Chili, and a property amounting to about $200,000 in 
 gold has been accumulated. At present forty-eight ministers and teachers from 
 the United States are at work in this field. 
 
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 This Society, represented by Messrs. Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, 
 now present llie following proposition, namely, ‘‘ We offer to transfer all the 
 Mission work and Mission property belonging to tlie above-named Society in 
 Chili to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, free from 
 debt, upon these conditions, that Chili be set apart for Self-supporting Mission 
 work, and that the Mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on the plan 
 of self-support, as heretofore.” 
 
 Now, therefore, the General Missionary Committee, so far as it has authority, 
 and subject to the authority of the General Conference, accepts for itself the 
 above proposition, and recommends the Missionaiy Board to accept in like manner 
 the proposition, and to enter upon and prosecute this work on the conditions 
 hereinbefore set forth. 
 
 We also appropriate $25,000 contingent upon its being given specifically for 
 this work, said money to be administered bj' the Board. 
 
 In view of these facts, and of the action of the General Missionary Committee, 
 your Committee recommends to the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society 
 to adopt the propositions herein contained, and recommends the Board to instruct 
 its legal counsel to prepare the necessary documents for transfer of the property 
 to the Missionary Society. 
 
 On motion, the report was adopted by a rising vote. 
 
 VIII.— Action of the Board of Managers, January, 1894. 
 
 At the meeting on January 16, 1894, on motion of Sandford 
 Hunt, the rules were suspended in order to take up and consider 
 the matter of the Self-supporting Mission work in Chili. 
 
 On motion of Sandford Hunt, the action taken a month ago 
 adopting the recommendation of the Committee on Self-support¬ 
 ing Missions was reconsidered. 
 
 E. L. Fancher then offered the followinsf as a substitute for 
 the action taken at the last meeting: 
 
 The action of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, at its last 
 meeting, in December, 1893, relative to the Self-supporting Missions in Chili, is 
 hereby reconsidered, and in place lliereof the following is substituted: 
 
 1. There are difficulties attending the proiiosed transfer of title to the Mission¬ 
 ary Society, such as stamp tax and transfer tax, and as a foreign corporation it 
 could not hold the title longer than a few years under the laws of Chili. 
 
 2. It is therefore proposed that the present beneficiaries authorize the trii.stees 
 now holding the legal title to transfer the beneficial use to the Missionary 
 Society. Also that Richard Grant and Anderson Fowler become the trustees to 
 hold the title for the Missionary Society; thej' to deliver to its Treasurer a dec¬ 
 laration of such trust, and their agreement to execute at any time such powers of 
 attorney or other papers as will authorize transfers of title to the property, or 
 any part thereof, on request of said Board of Managers. 
 
 3. It is understood that said property is to be freed from all mortgage or other 
 debts by the present holders of title. 
 
 4. The general treasury of the Missionary Society is not to be charged with 
 any payment for or on account of the said Missions. 
 
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 5. AYhenever the |25,000 contingent appropriation made by the General Mis¬ 
 sionary Committee shall be contributed for the maintenance of the Missions, or 
 any part thereof, tlie Board of Managers will assume the oversight thereof, and 
 continue them as Self-supporting Missions, so far as said special contributions re» 
 ceived will enable the Board to do so; subject, however, to any further action of 
 the General Missionary Committee or of the General Conference. 
 
 Sandford Hunt moved that tlie original report and the substi¬ 
 tute be referred to the Committee on Self-supporting Missions 
 and Finance, as a Joint Committee, for careful consideration, to 
 report at the next meeting. * 
 
 On motion of C. S. Harrower, this motion was laid on the table. 
 
 Bishop E. G. Andrews, Vice-President, took the chair. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved that the paper offered by Judge Fancher 
 be accepted as a substitute for the last clause of the report 
 adopted at the last meeting, namely, and “ I’ecommend to the 
 Board to instruct its legal counsel to prepare the necessary docu¬ 
 ments for transfer of the property to the Missionary Society.” 
 
 Bishop Foss resumed the chair. 
 
 E. L. Dobbins moved to strike out the fifth item from the sub¬ 
 stitute, and it was so ordered. 
 
 M. D’C. Crawford moved to strike out the fourth item, but 
 the motion did not prevail. Yeas, 10; nays, 20. 
 
 The substitute as amended, by the omission of the fifth item, 
 was then accepted and adopted, and the report made at the last 
 meeting, as amended, was then adopted. 
 
 Sandford Hunt moved that the paper as adopted be referred to 
 the Committee on Finance and Self-supporting Missions, with 
 Judge Fancher, for careful revision of the language, and it was 
 so ordered. 
 
 Anderson Fowler moved that the Corresponding Secretaries be 
 requested to immediately issue a call upon the Church for the 
 contribution of 125,000, conditionally appropriated by the Gen¬ 
 eral Committee for the Self-supporting Missions in Chili. 
 
 C. C. Corbin moved to amend so that the appeal shall be 
 issued as soon as the representatives of the Ti-ansit and Building 
 Fund Society declare their acceptance of the report as adopted 
 to-day, and it was so ordered. 
 
 The motion as thus amended was then adopted. 
 
 IX. —Action of Board of Managers, February, 1894. 
 
 At the meeting on February 20, 1894, the Joint Committee on 
 Self-supporting Missions and Finance reported from its minutes 
 of January 16, 1894 : 
 
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 'J’he Board at its last meeting referred its action then taken in regard to the 
 Self-supporting Missions in Chili, modifying the action taken at the previous 
 meeting of the Board to this Committee to revise its phraseology. 
 
 Your Committee reports the following as embodying the action of the Board at 
 the December meeting, as modified by its action at the January meeting: 
 
 Whereas, Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, representing the Transit and 
 Building Fund Society, presented to the Board of Bishops an offer to transfer all 
 the Mission work and Mission property belonging to said Society in Chili to the 
 Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, free from debt, on the 
 conditions that Chili be set^part exclusively for self-supporting work, and that 
 the Mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on the plan of self-sup¬ 
 port, as heretofore; and. 
 
 Whereas, The General Missionary Committee, so far as it had authorit}', and 
 subject to the authority of the General Conference, accepted for itself saidproposi- 
 ti< ri, and recommended the Missionary Board to accept tlie same, and to enter 
 upon and prosecute this work on the conditions named, and appropriated 
 $25,000 contingent upon its being given especially for tliis work, said money 
 to be administered by the Board. Therefore, the Board of Managers of the 
 Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church accepts said proposition 
 on the conditions named, so far as it has authority, and subject to the authority 
 of tlie General Conference. 
 
 Section 1. In view of the difficulties attending transfer of title to the Society, 
 
 Sec. 2. It is proposed that the present beneficiaries authorize the Trustees now 
 holding the legal title to transfer the beneficial use to the Missionary Society ; 
 also that Richard Grant and Anderson Fowler become the Trustees to hold the 
 title for the Missionary Society, they to deliver to its Treasurer a declaration of 
 such trust, and their agreement to execute at an}' time such power of attorney or 
 other papers as will authorize the transfer of title to the property, or any part 
 thereof, on the request of the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sec. 3. It is understood that sucli property is to be freed from all mortgage or 
 other debts by said holders of title. 
 
 Sec. 4. And that the General Treasury of the Missionary Society is not to be 
 cliarged with any payment for or on account of the said Missions. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved that the Board approve of this report as 
 a correct embodiment of its action, and the motion prevailed. 
 
 Richard Grant moved that R. B. Kelly, Attorney of the Build¬ 
 ing and Transit Fund Society, be heard by the Board as repre¬ 
 senting said Society in regard to the transfer of the property and 
 work in Chili. 
 
 Bishop Walden moved to suspend the “ Order of Business ” in 
 order to allow this motion to be passed, and it was so ordered, 
 and the motion of Richard Grant was adopted. 
 
 R. B. Kelly then addressed the Board and presented a paper 
 representing the views and wishes of the Building and Transit 
 Fund Society. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved to reconsider the fourth item of the sub¬ 
 stitute, namely, “ And that the General Treasury of the Mis- 
 
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 sionary Society is not to be charged with any payment for or on 
 account of the said Missions,” as adopted at tlie last meeting, and 
 to refer the same with the paper just submitted to the Joint 
 Committee on Self-supporting Missions and Finance. 
 
 The motion was divided, and the first clause, providing for the 
 reconsideration of the fourth item, was adopted. 
 
 Bishop Andrews moved to substitute for item fourth, as 
 adopted at the last meeting, the following : 
 
 Whenever the $25,000 contingent appropriation made by the General Mis¬ 
 sionary Committee, or any part thereof, or any other or furtlier sums shall be 
 contributed for the maintenance of the Missions in Chili, the same shall be set 
 apart and tised solely and exclusively for such purpose, and the Board of 
 Managers will assume the oversight of such Missions and continue them as Self- 
 supporting Missions, so far as this Board has authority (and so far as contributions 
 sliall be made expressly therefor), and subject to any further action of the 
 General Conference. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved that this substitute, the paper presented by 
 Mr. Kelly, and the whole matter connected therewith be referred 
 to the Joint Committee on Self-supporting Missions and Finance. 
 
 Richard Grant stated that he agreed to the substitute of Bishop 
 Andrews, whereupon Bishop Foss withdrew his motion. 
 
 The substitute was then adopted. 
 
 Bishop Walden moved that the report as amended be adopted, 
 and it was adopted by a rising vote, as follows: 
 
 Whereas, Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, representing the Transit and 
 Building Fund Society, presented to the Board of Bishops an offer to transfer all 
 the Mission work and Mission property belonging to said Society in Chili to the 
 Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, free from debt, upon the 
 condition that Chili be set apart exclusively for Self-sui^porting Mission work, and 
 that the Mission work in Chili be carried on and conducted on the plan of self- 
 support, as heretofore. And, Whereas, The General Missionary Committee, so 
 far as it had authority, and subject to the authority of the General Conference, 
 accepted for itself said proposition, and recommended the Missiouar}- Board to 
 accept the same, and to enter upon and prosecute this work on the conditions 
 named, and appropriated $25,000 contingent upon its being given specially for 
 this work, said money to be administered by the Board; 
 
 Therefore, the Board of Managers of the Missionary Societ}' of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church accepts said proposition on the conditions named, so far as it 
 had authority, and subject to the authority of the General Conference: 
 
 Section 1. In view of the difficulties attending transfer of title to the Society. 
 
 Sec. 2. It is proposed that the present beneficiaries authorize the Trustees 
 now holding the legal title to transfer the beneficial use to the Missionary So¬ 
 ciety; also that Richard Grant and Anderson Fowler become the Trustees to hold 
 the title for the Missionary Society, they to deliver to its Treasurer a declaration 
 of trust, and their agreement to execute at anj^ time such power of attorney or 
 
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 other papers as will authorize the transfer of title to the property or any part 
 thereof, on the request of the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sec. 3. It is understood that such property is free from all mortgage or 
 other debts, by said holders of title. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whenever the $25,000 contingent appropriation made by the Gen¬ 
 eral Missionary Committee, or any part thereof, or any other or further sums 
 shall be contributed for the maintenance of the Missions in Chili, the same shall 
 be set apart and used solely and exclusively for such purpose, and the Board 
 of Managers will assume the oversight of such Missions and continue them as 
 Self-supporting Missions, so far as this Botird has authority (and so far as con¬ 
 tributions shall be made expressly therefor), and subject to any further action of 
 the General Conference. 
 
 X.— Action of General Committee, 1894. 
 
 On motion, the consideration of appropriations for Self-sup¬ 
 porting Missions in Chili tvas taken up. On motion of Bishop 
 FovSS, the following resolution was adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That we make a conditional appropriation of $25,000 for the purposes 
 named and for other kindred work in the Self-supporting Missions in Chili, to be 
 at tlie disposal of the Board, so far as special contributions may be made for 
 these purposes. 
 
 A .—In 1895 Bishop Fitzgerald visited South America and held 
 the South America Conference in March of that year. 
 
 XI.— Action of General Committee, November 19, 1895. 
 
 The Committee on Chili presented the following resolution : 
 
 The General Missionary Committee, finding it impracticable to administer suc¬ 
 cessfully the work in Chili upon the plan adopted by the Transit and Building- 
 Fund Committee, from which it was received, most respectfully requests the 
 General Conference to consider the question of placing this work in the same 
 relation to the Missionary Society as our other work in South America. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved that the whole matter be referred to the 
 Board of Managei’S. 
 
 On motion of Sandford Hunt, the whole subject was laid on the 
 table. 
 
 XII. —Action of Board of Managers, December, 1895. 
 
 The Committee on Self-supporting Missions reported from 
 their minutes of December 16, 1895 ; 
 
 The General Committee made no direct appropriation for Chili, but left the 
 matter wholly with the Board of Managers. It is desired that the Board shall 
 decide what amount shall be used in that Mission for the year 189G. 
 
 Your Committee recommend that $1,G00 be appropriated for immediate use 
 and until the needs of tiie work can be further considered. 
 
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 Treasurer La Fetra, of Chili, asks the privilege of using a balance appropriated 
 for f\irnishing to the pa}unent of rents. He sa 3 ’s he has kept everj’ expenditure 
 within the estimates, except for moving expenses, which he could not control. 
 Your Committee recommend that this request be granted. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 A statement received from Treasurer La Fetra, of Chili, shows that at the end 
 
 of 189.3 there Avere owing for— 
 
 Pesos. Pesos. 
 
 Balance on Concepcion Girls’ School. 11,926 50 
 
 Mortgage on Concepcion Boys’ School, for lot. 5,000 00 
 
 - 16,926 50 
 
 Rents, 1892 and 1893. 11,928 80 
 
 Sundry expenses. 1,945 99 
 
 Furniture for Santiago College. 11,291 60 
 
 Book agenc}^ and printing office, books and material on 
 
 hand, over capital. 10,061 40 
 
 Passage of Mr. and Mrs. Davis. 751 20 
 
 Total . 52,905 55 
 
 The interest on this amount for 1894, as per Brother La Fetra’s 
 
 statement, was. 1,132 12 
 
 Toward payment on this indebtedness. .. . 54,037 07 
 
 In January, 1895, according to his statement, the Mission Treasurer 
 
 received from the Transit and Building Fund Societj". 25,306 00 
 
 Leaving unpaid. 28,731 67 
 
 And from the Missionary Societ}'' for rents, etc., for November and - ■- 
 
 December, 1893. 1,115 15 
 
 Leaving unpaid. 27,616 52 
 
 Add interest for 1895, estimated. 583 48 
 
 And there remains 3 ’et to be paid. 28,200 00 
 
 Or in United States gold about. $9,400 00 
 
 Your Committee recommend the following: 
 
 *• Whereas, The work in Chili was to be turned over to the Missionaiy Society 
 free from debt; therefore, 
 
 “ Resolved, That this statement of indebtedness at the close of 1893, and interest 
 on the same, be referred to the Transit and Building Fund Committee.” 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 XIII.— Action of Board of Managers, January, 1896. 
 
 At the meeting on January 21, 1896, the action of the Board at 
 its December meetinor concerninor the indebtedness of the Chili 
 work at the close of 1893 was promptly forwarded to the Tran¬ 
 sit and Building Fund Committee. Brother Richard Grant, the 
 Treasurer, replies that their Committee will require more evidence 
 than this statement shows before paying any more money. A 
 joint cablegram has been sent to Brother La Fetra, instructing 
 him to bring the account books with him to the United States. 
 It is desired that the Board shall decide whether any further 
 
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 action shall be taken concerning said indebtedness at the present 
 time. 
 
 Your Committee on Self-supporting Missions recommend that action on the 
 above be deferred until the arrival of Brother La Fetra with the books. Adapted. 
 
 For action General Conference of 1896 see page 33, 
 
 XIV.— Action of the Board of Managers, July, 1896. 
 
 July 21, 1896. Your Committee recommend the adoption of 
 the folloAving : 
 
 Wltereax^ The General Conference, subject to whose authoriW all the agreements 
 between the General Missionary Committee and the Board of Managers in behalf 
 of the Mi^sioTiary Society, and Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, in behalf of 
 the Transit and Building Fund Society, have been made, at its recent session re¬ 
 ferred tlie matter of the work in Chili to the Board of Managers with power; and. 
 
 Whereas, This action makes it necessary for the Board to clearly define the pol¬ 
 icy upon which it will carry on said work; therefore. 
 
 Resolved, 1. That this Board purposes to carry on the work in Chili upon the 
 plan of self-support, as originally agreed upon. 
 
 2. That as the charter of the Transit and Building Fund Society allowed the 
 appropriation of money to provide outfits, to pay passage, to pay traveling e.v- 
 penses of pioneer evangelists, to build or purchase dwellings, schoolhouses, and 
 houses of worship, and to tramslate, print, and publish the Scriptures, therefore 
 the General Missionary Committee has authority to make appropriations for any or 
 all of these purposes as it makes any other apj)ropriations. 
 
 On motion of J, B, Graw, it was ordered that this report be 
 postponed until tlie September meeting, and that it be printed, 
 together with an historical statement of the past actions in the 
 matter, and each member of the Board supplied with a copy as 
 soon as practicable. 
 
 XV.— Action of the Board of jNIanagers, September, 1896. 
 
 The Committee on Self-support reported as follows : 
 
 September 15, 1896. The following paper was presented to the 
 Committee by the Transit and Building Fund Society : 
 
 Meeting of the Self-supporting Committee of the Transit and Building Fund 
 Society held July 27, 1896, in Anderson Fowler’s office. Produce Exchange, New 
 York city; Brother Grant, secretary pro tern. 
 
 Present, Asbury Lowrey, D.D., Brother Fowler, Brother Grant. 
 
 Brother Fowler opened the meeting by saying we were called together to con¬ 
 sider a proposition in reference to the work in Chili, now before the General Con¬ 
 ference, represented b)’- the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, and to 
 decide whether we should modify said proposition so as to enable the Missionary 
 Board to administer the work in Chili on the same lines as they do all their other 
 Mission work. 
 
 Resolved, That we, the Board of Jfanagers of the Transit and Building Fund 
 Society, being anxious to work in harmony with our brethren of the Missionary 
 Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, hereby authorize Richard Grant to 
 accept for us a sum of not less than !|100,000, to be paid in ten annual payments. 
 
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 with interest at not loss than 2)^ per cent per annum, for the property owned by 
 this Transit and Building Fund Society in Cliili, being the amount which we esti¬ 
 mate as being contributed by the donors for self-supporting work and used for 
 the same in that country. First payment of $10,000 to be made at the next meet¬ 
 ing of the General Committee, November, 1896. All other payments yearly at 
 the meeting of the General Committee. 
 
 (Signed), Richard Grant, Treasurer and Secretary tern. 
 
 In view of this communication from the Transit and Building Fund Society, 
 your Committee respectfully ask leave to withdraw their report made at the July 
 meeting, and to present the following: 
 
 Whereas, All negotiations between the Transit and Building Fund Society and 
 the Board of Managers and the General Missionary Committee were made subject 
 to the authority of the General Conference; and. Whereas, This was understood 
 by the' members of this Board generally and by the members of the General 
 Committee, as we believe, to implj' the authority of the General Conference to 
 order the method in which the Mission in Chili should be carried on even to the 
 extent of dropping the self-supporting plan if it should be deemed necessary ; 
 and, Whereas, The General Conference delegated its power in the premises to 
 fhe Board of Managers; and. Whereas, The representatives of the Transit and 
 Building Fund Society have proposed to the Board of Managers, in case of our 
 unwillingness to pledge ourselves perpetual!}' to carry on the work in accord¬ 
 ance with said plan, either to purchase the property in Chili for $100,000, payable 
 in ten annual installments, or to return the property to their hands; therefore. 
 
 Resolved, 1. That we deem it unwuse and impracticable to pledge this Board in 
 perpetuity to carry on the work in accordance with the plan of said Society. 
 
 2. That wm cannot entertain the proposition to purchase the property. 
 
 B. That a Special Committee of three be appointed to confer wdth the repre¬ 
 sentatives of the Transit and Building Fund Society, to adjust all the details 
 necessary to a retransfer of the property, and report to this Board at its next 
 meeting. 
 
 On motion of E, L. Dobbins, the Committee was permitted to 
 withdraw its report made at the last meeting. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, the report just presented was laid 
 on the table. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was resolved that when we 
 adjourn we adjourn to meet on Monday 19, at 3 p. m., to transact 
 business connected with Self-supporting Missions. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was ordered that a Committee 
 of three be appointed by the Chair to confer with the representa¬ 
 tives of the Transit and Building Fund Society to see if it be not 
 possible to come to some agreement by which this Board can 
 continue to carry on the work, and, if not, to perfect details for 
 the retransfer of the property to the Transit and Building Fund 
 Society, and report to the adjourned meeting, October 19. 
 
 The Chair appointed J. M. Buckley, E. L. Dobbins, and Secre¬ 
 tary Leonard said Special Committee. 
 
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 On motion of A. K. Sanford, the report was taken from the 
 table and referred to the Special Committee just appointed. 
 
 XVI.—Action of Board of Managers (Special Meeting), 
 
 October 19, 1896. 
 
 October 19, 1896.—At an adjourned meeting of the Board of 
 Managers held October 19, 1896, J. M. Buckley made a report for 
 the majority of the Special Committee on the Self-supporting 
 Missions in Chili, appointed at the last meeting. 
 
 Secretary Leonard presented a minority report. 
 
 J. M, Buckley moved that the modified proposition of the 
 Transit and Building Fund Society be accepted, namely, that the 
 Missionary Society purchase the property in Chili for 1100,000, 
 to be paid in twenty annual installments of |5,000 each, with 
 interest at 2}^ per cent, the Society to own the property free of all 
 conditions. 
 
 S. F. Upham moved that the resolutions of the minority report 
 be substituted as follows : 
 
 Resolved, 1. That we now declare our willingness to accept in perpetuity the 
 property belonging to the Transit and Building Fund Society, pledging ourselves 
 to carry on the school and evangelistic work on the principle of self-support to 
 the utmost of our ability, reserving the right to make such direct appropriations 
 from time to time for the support of the work as the exigencies of the case may 
 require. 
 
 2. That if the Transit and Building Fund Society decline to accept the fore¬ 
 going proposition, we will return to that organization the bond they have given 
 us, in which they agree to deed the property to the Missionary Society upon our 
 request, surrendering on the part of this Board all authority over the Mission 
 property now existing in the Republic of Chili owned by the Transit and Building 
 Fund Society. 
 
 Alden Speare moved to amend by striking out all after the 
 word “ Resolved ” and substitute tlie following : 
 
 1. That we deem it unwise and impracticable to pledge this Board in perpe¬ 
 tuity to carry on tlie work in accordance wuth the plan of said Transit and 
 Building Fund Society. 
 
 2. That we cannot entertain the proposition to purchase the property. 
 
 3. That a Special Committee of three be appointed to confer with the repre¬ 
 sentatives of the Transit and Building Fund Society, to adjust all the details 
 necessary to a retransfer of the property, and report to this Board at its next 
 meeting. 
 
 The motion to amend was lost by a vote of eight to twenty- 
 two. 
 
 S. F. Upham’s motion to substitute the resolutions of the 
 minority report was lost by a vote of eleven to eighteen. 
 
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 The motion of J. M. Jluckley was then adopted by a vote of 
 twenty-one to ten. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was ordered that the same 
 Committee prepare a resolution to present to the General Com¬ 
 mittee on this subject, and report the same to the Board at its 
 regular meeting to-morrow. 
 
 XVII.— Board of Ma^jagees (Regular Meeting), October 
 
 20, 1896. 
 
 No action was taken upon Chili. 
 
 XVIII.— Action of Board of Managers (Special Meeting), 
 
 November 5, 1896. 
 
 The Chairman stated that the meeting was called by the Cor¬ 
 responding Secretaries, at the request of the Committee on 
 Finance, to further consider the Self-supporting Missions in 
 Chili, and for such other business as might be presented. 
 
 The Minutes of the adjourned meeting of October 19 and the 
 majority and minority reports of the Special Committee presented 
 at that time were read for information. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, the Committee on Finance were 
 requested to state the reasons which led to their request for the 
 calling of this special meeting. 
 
 After some statements by members of the Committee, on 
 motion of J. M. Buckley, Judge Fancher, the Counsel of the 
 Society, was requested to state to the Board what difficulties he 
 found in the way of carrying out the action adopted by the 
 Board at its adjourned meeting, October 19. 
 
 E. L. Fancher then addressed the Board in response to this 
 request. 
 
 II. K. Carroll moved to reconsider the action taken by the 
 Board at its adjourned meeting, October 19. 
 
 After much discussion, on motion of C. S. Ilarrower, the 
 previous question was ordered ; and the motion to reconsider 
 prevailed. 
 
 Homer Eaton moved to substitute the minority report for the 
 action now before us. 
 
 Bishop Andrews moved to refer the whole matter to the 
 General Missionary Committee. 
 
 After much additional discussion. Bishop Foss moved the 
 previous question, and it was ordered. 
 
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 The motion to refer the whole inatter to the General Missionary 
 C'omniittee was then adopted hy a vote of fifteen to thirteen. 
 
 Secretary Smith asked direction from the Board in regard to 
 the estimates from Chili. 
 
 Bishop Foss moved that they he sent to the General Com¬ 
 mittee, to be considered by that body, and it was so ordered. 
 
 The Chair being requested to rule as to what was referred to 
 the General Committee, ruled that all the reports and papers con¬ 
 nected with this matter and all that were referred by the General 
 Conference to this Board were referred to the General Com¬ 
 mittee. 
 
 XIX. —Action of Board of Managers, December, 1896. 
 
 The General Committee at its recent session adopted the fol¬ 
 lowing : 
 
 1. That it is our judgment that we should continue our work in Chili, that we 
 may receive for the Church the advantages of the labor alread}' performed and 
 the propert}^ secured. We therefore recognize Chili as a Mission field, within 
 the bounds of the South America Conference. 
 
 2. That we recommend that the Board purchase the property for $100,000, 
 payable in twenty annnual installments, without interest. 
 
 3. That the General Committee place at the disposal of the Board $20,000, to 
 provide for the first payment and the needs of the Missions for the current year. 
 
 Your Committee recommend: 
 
 1. That in accordance witli the recommendation of the General Missionary 
 Committee, this Board authorize the purchase of the property in Chili for $100,000, 
 provided the title be found correct, payment to be made in annual installments 
 of $5,000, without interest, beginning February 1, 1897, with the distinct under¬ 
 standing that the Board will be under no obligation to carrj^ on the work on the 
 self-supporting plan, and distinctly disclaims any purpose to do so, but proposes 
 to carry it on in the same way as its other Missions. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 2. That a Committee of five be appointed bv the Board to complete the 
 transfer of the property, provided they find the title correct. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was ordered that E. L. Fancher, 
 G. G. Reynolds, E. L. Dobbins, Lemuel Skidmore, and J. M. 
 King constitute said Committee. 
 
 On motion of Alden Speare, the tliird resolution was laid on 
 the table until the Committee just appointed shall report. The 
 resolution is as follows: 
 
 3. That this Board select three persons to serve as Trustees, in whom the title 
 of the pi’operty shall be vested. 
 
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 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was ordered that Bishop An¬ 
 drews, the Corresponding Secretaries, and the Committee on Self- 
 supporting Missions be a Committee, with power, to distribute 
 the $15,000 appropriated for the work in Chili. 
 
 XX.— Action of Board of Managers, January 19, 1897. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, it was ordered that the report of 
 the Special Committee on the Chili property be made to the 
 March meeting of the Board, and that the Treasurer make no 
 payment on the property until after this report shall have been 
 made. 
 
 On motion of C. C. Corbin, it was ordered that the Recording 
 Secretary incorporate in the notices for the March meeting a 
 statement that the reiiort of the Committee on Property in Chili 
 will then be considered. 
 
 ^4 —In 1897 Bishop Vincent visited South America, and held the 
 South America Conference February 9-12 of that year. 
 
 On February 19, 1897, under the enabling act of the General 
 Conference of 1896, he organized at Santiago, Chili, “The West¬ 
 ern South America Mission Conference.” 
 
 XXI. —Action of Board of Managers, March, 1897. 
 
 On motion of C. C. Corbin, the order of business was sus¬ 
 pended so as to take up the report of the Special Committee on 
 the Chili Property. 
 
 The report was then presented by E. L. Fancher, as follows : 
 
 The Committee appointed at the December, 1896, meeting of the Board of 
 Managers of the Missionary Society, to examine and report touching the title to 
 certain Mission stations in Chili proposed to be sold h}" the Transit and Build¬ 
 ing Blind Society to tlie Missionary Society for !|100,000, have held two meet¬ 
 ings. The first met at the office of E. L. Fancher on January 12, 1897, at 2 p. M., 
 when there were present E. L. Fancher, G. 0-. Reynolds, E. L. Dobbins, and J. 
 M. King. Also present S. L. Baldwin, Recording Secretary of the Missionary 
 Society. 
 
 The second meeting was held at the same place on March 12, 1897, when tliere 
 were present E. L. Fancher, J. M. King, E. L. Dobbins, and Lemuel Skidmore. 
 
 The Recording Secretary laid before the Committee a copy of the minutes of 
 the Board, adopted at its last meeting, in reference to the Mission stations in 
 Chili; also the deeds and otlier papers delivered to Secretary Leonard by Messrs. 
 Grant and Fowler, representing the said Transit and Buildiii'g Fund Society, in 
 January, 1894; also printed copies of the several actions of said Board of Man¬ 
 agers in reference to the said so-called Self-supporting Missions in Chili, witlt doc¬ 
 uments and papers printed therewith. 
 
 The Committee respectfully report that they have examined the said papers; 
 they also examined a reported statement of treaty made in 18.33 between the 
 
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 United States and tlie Republic of Chili, showing that as to citizens of either 
 country who died holding real estate, and lepdng heirs in the other country, such 
 heirs, by reason of alienage, shall not be deprived of their inheritance, provided 
 they disposed of the property within three years. The Committee also exam¬ 
 ined the Constitution of Chili, as amended in 1888; also extracts from the Codigo 
 Commercial and the Civil Code of that republic, and letters from Senor Gano, the 
 Chilian Minister at Washington, D. C. 
 
 The Committee, from tho papers before them, further report as follows: 
 
 ]. The Transit and Building Fund Society is a corporation created under the 
 General Laws of 1848 of the State of New York, for the purpose of carrying on 
 Mission work on tho plan of self-support. In Chili it must be regarded as a 
 foreign corporation for such purpose, and has not there pursued industrial or com¬ 
 mercial business, so as to have license to occupy lands in Chili under the Codigo 
 Commercial or the Civil Code. Nor does it appear that, as such foreign cor¬ 
 poration, it has acquired the real property constituting the Missions in Chili by 
 the ‘‘ express j^ermission of the Legislature in Chili, as required by Article 556 of 
 the Civil Code of Chili, as follows; 
 
 “Corporations can acquire property of all classes, by whatever title; but can¬ 
 not hold real property that they acquire without permission of the Legislature. 
 Without this express permission the}^ will be obliged to transfer the said real 
 property within five years following the day on which they acquire possession of 
 it: and if the}' do not do so, the aforesaid real property will be confiscated.” 
 
 2. Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, in whose names the title appears to 
 stand of record in the Conservado, are both, as the Committee is informed, cit¬ 
 izens of the United States, and, as to Chili, are foreigners. As such, they are 
 aliens, and cannot individually take title to real estate in Chili, nor could they, as 
 agents of a corporation, take title, except under said codes, without authority of 
 the President of the Republic, and in that case the charter and by-laws of the 
 corporation must be exhibited for the approval of the President. The Constitu¬ 
 tion of the Republic of Chili defines who are its citizens in the following terms: 
 
 Ch.vpter IV.— Citizens of Chili. 
 
 The following are Chilians: 
 
 (1.) Those born within tho territory of Chili. 
 
 (2.) Children of Chilian parents born in foreign countries, by the sole fact of 
 becoming domiciled in Chili. The children of Chileans born in a foreign country, 
 when the father is at the time in the service of the Republic, are Chilians, even 
 for the ends of which the fundamental laws, or any others, require birth on 
 Chilian territory. 
 
 (3.) Foreigners who, having resided one year in the Republic, shall declare 
 before the municipal authorities of the territory in which they reside their desire 
 to fix their domicile in Chili, and shall ask naturalization papers. 
 
 (4.) Those wlio may obtain naturalization bj' special favor of the Congress. 
 
 3. At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society on the 
 15th of September, 1896, a paper was received from said Transit and Building 
 Fund Society, conUiining the following resolutions : 
 
 Resolved, That we, the Board of Managers of the Transit and Building Fund 
 Society, being anxious to work in harmony with our brethren of the Missionary 
 Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, hereby authorize Richard Grant to 
 accept for us a sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), to 
 be paid in ten (10) annual payments, with interest at not less than than two and 
 
one half (2^) per cent per annum, for the property owned by the Transit and 
 Building Fund Society in Chili, being the amount which we estimate as being 
 contributed by the donors for self-supporting work, and used for the same in that 
 country. 
 
 This specifies a trust created by the donors of the fund. The Transit Society, 
 by their own statement, is bound by the trust. It would not affect a bona fide 
 purchaser, for a valuable consideration, without notice of the trust; but in this 
 case express notice of the trust has been given to the Missionary Society. Its 
 Board of Managers have already decided not to assume the trust. 
 
 4. Under the laws of Chili the Missionary Society cannot hold title to lands in 
 that Republic without the express permission of the Legislature or of the Presi¬ 
 dent of the Republic with the consent of the Council of State, it being a foreign 
 corporation in Chili; nor could it establish agents there to take the title without 
 the authority of the President of the Republic. 
 
 5. The Constitution and Charter of the Missionary Society of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church are in direct antagonism to the fundamental laws of Chili, con¬ 
 tained in the Constitution of that Republic (hereafter cited), and it would be idle 
 to suppose that the President and Council of State of that Republic would ap¬ 
 prove of the same under Article 548 of the Civil Code. 
 
 Article 548 provides: “The ordinances or by-laws of corporations that might 
 be formed by the same shall be submitted for the approbation of the President, 
 with consent of the Council of State; and if they have nothing contrary to pub¬ 
 lic order, to the law, or to morals, permission shall be given.” 
 
 G. 'When the Transit and Building Fund Society transferred its title to Richard 
 Grant and Anderson Fowler, it does not appear that it held title by legislative 
 permission, nor that such transfer was made pursuant to a previous decree of a 
 Judge, as required by Article 557 of the Civil Code of Chili. 
 
 Article 557 reads: “Real property that corporations possess, with the especial 
 permission of the Legislature, are subject to the following rules: 1. They can* 
 not transfer it, nor burden it with mortgage annuity, usufruct, or servitude, nor 
 lease for more than eight years if farm lands, nor more than five years if city 
 property, without previous decree of a Judge, with knowledge of the cause, by 
 reason of necessitj^ or manifest utility.” 
 
 7. Article 468 of the Code of Commerce of Chili provides: “Foreign corpora¬ 
 tions cannot establish grants in Chili without authority from the President of the 
 Republic. Such agents, acting without such authority, are declared to be per¬ 
 sonally liable on their contracts made as such agents, and subject to all responsi¬ 
 bilities theretofore established, and without prejudice to any action which might 
 also lie against the corporations.” 
 
 8. Article 546 of the Civil Code reads: “ Fonndaxions or corporations which 
 have not been established by a law, or which have not been approved by the 
 President of the Republic, with the consent of the Council of State, are not legal 
 persons.” 
 
 Article 547 of the Civil Code is this: “Industrial societies are not compre¬ 
 hended in the provisions of this title ; their rights and obligations are regulated, 
 according to their nature, by other titles of this Code and by the Code of Com¬ 
 merce : neither do the provisions of this title extend to corporations of public 
 right, as the nation, the treasury, municipalities, churches, religious corporations, 
 and establishments that are supported by funds of the treasury; these corpora¬ 
 tions and foundations are governed by laws and special regulations.” 
 
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 0. Whether the President of the Republic of Cliili could or would give author¬ 
 ity to agents of a foreign Protestant Missionary Society to carry on its work on 
 lands in Chili, see the following constitutional provision : 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILL ' 
 
 Article V (lY). Chapter III.— Religion. 
 
 “ The religion of the Republic of Chili is the Apostolic Roman Catholic, and 
 the public exercise of any other is excluded.” 
 
 Note —The law of July 27, 1865, which interprets this article, reads: 
 
 “Article I. It is declared by Article Y (lY) of the Constitution that it is per¬ 
 mitted to those who do not profess the Apostolic Roman Catholic religion to 
 practice their worship within the confines of buildings of private ownership. 
 
 “Article II. It is permitted to dissenters to found and sustain schools for the 
 instruction of their own children in the doctrines of their own religion.” 
 
 These fundamental provisions exclude Protestant Mission work and all public 
 dissident worship. 
 
 10. See also letters from Senor Gano, the Chilian Minister at Y''ashington, 
 D. C., as follows : 
 
 Legacion de Chili, Washington, January 5, 1897. 
 Mr. John Eton Wayland, 229 Broadway, New York city. 
 
 Dear Sir: Referring to your esteemed favor of the 23d of last December, I 
 beg to say that, in order to answer properly the questions you ask me regarding 
 the acquisition of land in Chili by a corporation, I should have to know what 
 purposes does that corporation follow or expect to follow, that is to say, 
 whether the corporation’s purposes are simply religious, industrial, or commercial. 
 Once I get your reply in this regard, will be most happy to satisfy your wishes. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 (Signed) Domingo Gang. 
 
 Legacion de Chili, Washington, January 14, 1897. 
 Mr. John Eton Wayland, 229 Broadway, New York city. 
 
 Dear Sir: By direction of H. E., the Chilian Minister, I beg to reply to both 
 of your esteemed favors of the 23d of last December and of the 5th inst. 
 
 “Foreign corporations cannot establish agents in Chili without the consent of 
 the President of the Republic.” 
 
 Corporations and institutions of charity can onl}^ exist in Chili by virtue of a 
 law, or by the approval of the President of the Republic, with the consent of the 
 Council of State, and the rules or statutes of said corporations or institutions 
 must be submitted in like manner to the approval of the President of the 
 Republic, and must obtain the consent of the Council of State; and such ap¬ 
 proval is only given when said statutes do not appear to be anything against the 
 public order, the laws, or tlie morals. 
 
 Regarding the acquisition of property, the corporations and institutions to 
 which I have referred can acquire them of any kind, and by any title, but cannot 
 keep any I'eal estate they may acquire without the special consent of the Legisla¬ 
 ture. I think that such consent could not be had for a corporation of the nature 
 of the one to which you have referred in your letters, because in Chili there is 
 no liberty of worship, and according to the explanation given in July, 1865, to 
 Article Y, to-day the fourth, of the Constitution of Chili, those possessing tlie 
 Roman Catholic religion can only perform their religious services inside a build- 
 
ing of their private property; they can also establish and maintain schools for 
 the teaching of their children in their religion, but cannot establish Missions with 
 the purpose of teaching publicly dissident worships. 
 
 However, and in case yon might so desire it, you might address for further 
 information the Minister of the United States before the Government of Chili. I 
 am, sir, Yours respectfully, 
 
 (Signed) M. Acletile Cients. 
 
 Upon all the foregoing, the undersigned members of the Committee are of the 
 opinion that the title to the Mission premises in Chili, offered to be sold by the 
 Transit and Building Fund Society to the Missionary Society of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, is not “ correct,” nor such as the Missionary Society can ))ur- 
 chase with a view of prosecuting its missionary work thereon. 
 
 Dated March 12, 1897. (Signed) E. L. F.vncher, 
 
 Geo. G. REYxoLns, 
 Lemuel Skidmore. 
 
 On motion of J. F. Rusling, the report was accepted. 
 
 On motion of J. F. Rusling, the thanks of the Board were 
 presented to the Committee for this exhaustive report. 
 
 On motion of Bishop Foss, the order of business was further 
 suspended to consider the matter of the work in Chili. 
 
 E. L. Fancher offered the following resolution : 
 
 Resolved, 1. That the report of the Special Committee concerning the title to 
 lands in the Republic of Chili be delivered to the Treasurer, to be kept on tile. 
 
 2. And forasmuch as it appears that the Missionary Society cannot hold lands 
 in Chili without express authority of the Chilian Legislature, nor appoint agents 
 there to act for the Society without the consent of the President of the Republic 
 and of the Council of State, the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society 
 decide that they cannot adopt the recommendation of the General Missionary 
 Committee to purchase the Mission premises in Chili, which the Transit and 
 Building Fund Society offer to sell for $100,000 to the Missionary Society. 
 
 J. M. Cornell moved that the further consideration of this 
 question be deferred until a meeting to be held one week from 
 to-day; but the motion was lost by a vote of 17 to 17. 
 
 The first item of the resolution was then adopted. 
 
 The remainder of the resolution was adopted by a vote of 16 
 to 15. 
 
 The resolution, as a whole, was then adopted. 
 
 On motion of Bishop Foss, the following additional resolution 
 was adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That we have learned with great regret, through the exhaustive report 
 of our Special Committee, that we cannot take title to property in Chili; and that 
 we request the Committee on South America and Mexico to consider and to 
 report to the Board, at its next regular meeting, the most economical method of 
 administering our work in Chili until the next meeting of the General Missionary 
 Committee. 
 
 On motion of Alden Speare, it was ordered that the papers 
 
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 relating to property in Chili, handed by Anderson Fowler and 
 Richard Grant to this Society, be returned to them. 
 
 XXII. —Actio?^ of Board of Managers, April, 1897. 
 
 April 20, 1897.—At the March meeting of the Board the fol¬ 
 lowing resolution was adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That we have learned with great regret, through the exhaustive 
 report of our Special Committee, that we cannot take title to property in Chili; 
 and that we request the Committee on South America and Mexico to consider 
 and report the most economical method of administering our work in Chili until 
 the next meeting of the General Missionary Committee. 
 
 Your Committee on South America and Mexico recommend to the Board that 
 we continue the work in Chili until the next meeting of the General Missionary 
 Committee, as heretofore, provided that satisfactory arrangements can he made 
 with the owners of their properties for their use. 
 
 lu pursuance with this recommendation, a sub-committee, con¬ 
 sisting of Andrew Longacre and J. A. Punderford, was appointed 
 to ascertain from Messrs. Fowler and Grant what terms can be 
 made for the rent of their property now occupied by us, and to 
 report at the next meeting of the Board. 
 
 II. K. Carroll moved to strike out the words “ until the meeting 
 of,” in the second line, and to substitute the words “ in accord¬ 
 ance with the action of;” and it was so ordered. 
 
 On motion of J. F. Goucher, the word “ use ” was substituted 
 for the word “ rent,” in the eighth line. 
 
 On motion of J. F. Goucher, it was ordered that the Commit¬ 
 tee to confer with Messrs. Fowler and Grant be made a Commit¬ 
 tee of five; and the Chair appointed J. M. King, E. L. Dobbins, 
 and E. B. Tuttle as the additional members. 
 
 The report as thus amended was then adopted as a whole. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, the Secretary in charge was 
 instructed to send out the teachers already ordered for Santiago 
 College, without waiting for the decision of the questions now 
 pending in regard to the use of the property. 
 
 XXIII. —Action of Board of Managers, May, 1897. 
 
 On motion of J. M. King, it was resolved to hear the report of 
 the Special Committee on the Chili property at this time. 
 
 The Special Committee to confer with Anderson Fowler and 
 Richard Grant in regard to the use of the property in Chili re¬ 
 ported as follows ; 
 
 That they first propounded the question whether the purchase of the property 
 according to the original terms was open for consideration, to which Messrs, 
 Fowler and Grant responded distinctly in the negative. They then inquired as 
 
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 to the terms on wliich tlie Missionary Sociot}^ might rent tlie property, to which 
 Messrs, Fowler and Grant responded that $200,000 was a moderate estimate of 
 the value of the property, and that with this fact in mind they would be willing 
 to let this or any Committee appointed by the Board estimate the sum which 
 would be a reasonable rental. Your Committee learned that Messrs. Fowler and 
 Grant had personally put into this property the sum of $172,000. 
 
 Your Committee recommend that the sum of $5,000, set aside by the General 
 Committee for the purchase of the property, be appropriated to pay the rent from 
 the time of the March meeting until the meeting of the General Committee—this 
 being all the money at tlie disposal of the Board for this purpose. 
 
 J. M. Buckley moved tliat the report be adopted. 
 
 J. F. Goucher moved that it be recommitted, with instructions 
 to further confer with the owners of the property and report at 
 the next meeting the result of their conference. 
 
 After discussion, on motion of Bishop Andrews, the previous 
 question was ordered ; and the motion of J. F. Goucher was 
 adopted. 
 
 XXIV. —Action of the Board of Managers, June, 1897. 
 
 Tlie report of the Special Committee on the use of the property 
 in Cliili was presented as follow's: 
 
 The Special Committee to confer with Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant 
 respectfully report that they have agreed with them on the following: 
 
 . 1. That rent be paid for the property in Chili at the rate of $700 per month 
 
 from March, 1897, until different arrangements are agreed upon. 
 
 2. The Missionary Society .assumes the payment of insurance and taxes. 
 
 The property to be kept in repair by the schools themselves, as under the 
 administration of the Transit and Building Fund Society. 
 
 4. The school property at Cocpiimbo and the vacant lot at Iqulqne are not 
 being used b)- the Missionary Society, and are therefore not included in the above 
 proposition. 
 
 J. F. Rusling offered the following substitute for the report: 
 
 Whereas, After careful and pra 3 'erful effort since 1893, and with our large ex¬ 
 perience in world-wide Missions elsewhere, we have found it impracticable to 
 conduct the so-called Self-supporting Missions in Chili on a self-supporting basis, 
 as those previous!}-' in charge thereof likewise did; and. 
 
 Whereas, We have offered to accept said Mission, and to organize and conduct 
 it on the same basis and in the same way as all other Missions, in the fear of 
 God and for the best interests of tlie Mission cause, as we firmly believe; and. 
 
 Whereas, The Transit and Building Fund Society, heretofore in charge thereof, 
 and the legal custodians of said Mission and Mission property, as claimed, refuse 
 to transfer the same to this Society', except upon such self-supporting basis, with¬ 
 out the payment by us of the sum of $100,000, or an annual rental that will 
 amount to about $10, 000 a year; and. 
 
 Whereas, We are advised by the Counsel of this Board that under the Con¬ 
 stitution and laws of the Republic of Chili said Transit and Building Fund 
 Society have no valid title to said property, and can give us no such title; and, 
 
 WhereoM, By tlie action of the last General Conference this Board was vested 
 
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 with full power to consider and dispose of this Chili business, and, after a full 
 year’s negotiation and deliberation relative to the same, the time has now come- 
 to settle and dispose of it; therefore, 
 
 Resolvtd, 1. That in view of the foregoing facts, and also of the present con¬ 
 dition of our Missionary treasury, we regretfully decline to accept said Chili 
 Mission on the basis or terms proposed, and hereby relinquish said Cliili Mission 
 property to its aforesaid original owners. 
 
 2. Tliat the Counsel of the Boai’d be instructed to prepare the necessary 
 papers to effectuate the above action, and the proper officers of the Board be- 
 authorized to execute the same under his counsel and advice. 
 
 3. That an accounting be instituted by the Treasurer of this Board between 
 tliis Board and said Transit and Building Fund Society, and that a report be made 
 to this Board at an early day of the moneys received and expended by this Board 
 on account of said Chili Mission and property during the period they Intve been 
 under our supervision and control. 
 
 4. That a Special Committee of seven be appointed by the Chair, of whom our 
 senior Corresponding Secretary shalfbe one and the Treasurer ofthisBoagdanother, 
 to consider and report, at the next meeting of this Board, what steps shall be 
 taken to organize and conduct our Mission in Chili on the same basis as our Mis¬ 
 sions elsewhere, and what further appropriation, if any, is needed for this pur¬ 
 pose this year, and whether onr present appropriation for Chili, with these 
 changed conditions there, may not well be reduced. 
 
 After discussion, J. M, Buckley moved to lay the substitute 
 on the table. 
 
 Pending this motion J. F. Rusling demanded a call of the 
 house ; and a quorum not being present, the Chair declared the 
 Board adjourned. 
 
 XXV. —Board of Managers, July, 1897. 
 
 Alden Speare moved that the order of business be suspended 
 in order to take up the report on the Chili property, and it was 
 so ordered. 
 
 The motion pending at the meeting on June 15, to lay the sub¬ 
 stitute offered by J. F. Rusling on the table, was voted upon, 
 but did not prevail. 
 
 The first resolution of the substitute being taken up, after dis¬ 
 cussion, Bishop Andrews moved the previous question ; but the 
 motion did not prevail, 13 voting in the affirmative and 9 in the 
 negative. 
 
 After some further discussion, James II. Taft, Vice President, 
 took the chair. 
 
 After further discussion, on motion of Alden Speare, the 
 previous question was ordered. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, the vote was taken by yeas and 
 nays, and was as follows : 
 
 Yeas.—.]. II. Taft, T. H. Burch, C. C. McCabe, C. D. Foss, 
 
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 Oeorge Abele, Alden Speare, G. G. Reynolds, II. A. Monroe, 
 J. F, Rusling, Lemuel Skidmore, P. A. ^\'elch—11. 
 
 JVays. —J. M. Buckley, H. K. Carroll, E. L. Dobbins, J. M. 
 King, C. R. Barnes, Archer Brown, E. G. Andrews, R. W. P. 
 Goff, C. S. Coit, F. M. North, Richard Grant—11. 
 
 'I’he Chair declared the resolution lost. 
 
 On motion of J. M. Buckley, the second resolution was laid on 
 the table. 
 
 On motion of Bishop Andrews, the rest of the document was 
 laid on the table.. 
 
 On motion of Bishop Foss, the report of the Committee was 
 taken up.' 
 
 Bishop Foss moved the following substitute for the report of 
 the Committee: 
 
 That we autliorize the Committee who presented this report to negotiate for the 
 rent of tlie property in Chili until the next meeting of the General Missionary 
 Committee, on the basis of a rental not exceeding $400 per month from the 
 date of the meeting of this Board in March. 
 
 'Phe substitute tvas adopted by a vote of 9 to 7. 
 
 'Idle foregoing history shows an anomalous condition. 
 
 The Transit and Building Fund Society are the owners of all 
 the property now used by the Methodist Episcopal Church for 
 its Mission established in Chili by the General Committee at its 
 last session at Detroit, Mich., in November, 1896. The Board of 
 Managers has not purchased it, nor rented it, and yet the Mis¬ 
 sionary Society is not using it according to the principles of the 
 Building Fund Society, nor does it vacate it. 
 
 We append the best attainable financial exhibits of the Mission: 
 
 Accounts of the Chili Mission for 1894 and 1895. 
 
 All accounts in Chill currency, worth 36 cents gold to the dollar (peso). 
 
 The Schools. 
 
 1894. 
 
 Total income of six schools for the year.$137,693 84 
 
 Current expenses and native teachers. $85,521 77 
 
 Salaries of American teachers above living expenses. 23,431 39 
 
 Contributed to fund for Gospel work. 12,124 15 
 
 Spent on repairs, improvements, and lurniture. 16,616 53 
 
 -$137,693 84 
 
 1895. 
 
 Total income of six schools for the y'ear.$137,650 81 
 
 Current expenses and native teachers.$87,450 83 
 
 Salaries of Americttu teachers above living expenses.... 24,339 47 
 
 Contributed to fund for Gospel work. 13,093 00 
 
 Spent on repairs, improvements, and furniture. 12,767 51 
 
 $137,650 81 
 
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 Publishing Department. 
 
 Printing office, net gain, 1894. $3,475 15 
 
 “ “ “ “ 1895. 5,639 86 
 
 Contributed to fund for Gospel work . $1,000 00 
 
 Expended on plant. 8,115 01 
 
 Book Agenc}', net gain, 1894. $',994 80 
 
 “ “ “ 1895. 1,212 59 
 
 Increase of capital in two years 
 
 The Churches. 
 
 Xative Ohurclies. 
 
 1894. 
 
 The seven native churches cost for the year. 
 
 The congregations contributed. $2,052 18 
 
 The Missionary Society paid for rent. 3,708 00 
 
 Paid from general mission funds. 13,696 60 
 
 1895. 
 
 The eig7d native churches cost. 
 
 The congregations contributed. $3,867 19 
 
 The Missionary Society paid for rents, moving, etc. 7,770 35 
 
 Paid from general mission funds. 15,903 08 
 
 English Churches. 
 
 1894. 
 
 The three English churches cost for the year. 
 
 The congregations contributed. $5,140 00 
 
 The Missionary Society paid for moving. 60 00 
 
 Paid from general mission funds. 800 00 
 
 1895. 
 
 The three English churches cost for the year 
 
 The congregations contributed. $8,847 63 
 
 The Missionary Society paid for moving. 266 00 
 
 Paid from general mission funds. 815 30 
 
 Miscellaneous Expenses. 
 1894. 
 
 Insurance, rents of school buildings, tracts, stationery. 
 
 printing, etc... 
 
 Special contributions, sale of Bibles, etc. $2,481 55 
 
 The Missionary Society paid rents, insurance, etc....... 4,307 85 
 
 Paid from general mission funds . 1,950 30 
 
 1895. 
 
 Insurance, rents of school buildings, tracts, stationery, printing, etc.. . 
 
 Special contributions, sale of Bibles, etc. $1,997 32 
 
 The Missionary Society paid rents, insurance, etc. ...... 3,966 25 
 
 Paid from general mission funds.316 28 
 
 General Mission Fund. 
 
 1894. 
 
 Expended on native churches.$13,696 60 
 
 “ “ English “ 800 00 
 
 “ “ miscellaneous items. 1,950 30 
 
 $9,115 01 
 
 $9,115 01 
 
 13,207 31> 
 $3,207 39 
 
 $19,456 78 
 
 $19,456 78 
 $27,540 62 
 
 $27,540 62 
 $6,000 OO 
 
 $6,000 00 
 
 $9,928 93 
 
 $9,928 93 
 
 $8,739 70 
 
 $8,739 70 
 $6,279 85 
 
 $6,279 85 
 
 $16,446 90 
 
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 Received from the schools... 
 
 “ “ printing office, 
 
 Debt incurred. 
 
 1895. 
 
 Expended on native churches. 
 
 “ “ English “ . 
 
 “ “ miscellaneous items. 
 
 Received from the schools. 
 
 “ “ printing office. 
 
 Debt incurred. 
 
 $12,124 15 
 500 00 
 3,822 75 
 
 $15,903 
 
 08 
 
 815 
 
 30 
 
 316 
 
 28 
 
 $13,093 
 
 00 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 3,441 
 
 66 
 
 $16,446 00 
 
 $17,034 66 
 
 $17,034 66 
 
 Accounts Which Shoui.d Have Eeen Paid by the Missionary Society. 
 
 Improvements and furniture of schools.$29,384 04 
 
 Printing office plant. 8,115 01 
 
 Chapel and parsonage furniture and fittings. 3,667 13 
 
 Moving and transit expenses, 1804. 1,102 15 
 
 -$42,268 33 
 
 Debt incurred in two years on Gospel work. 7,264 41 
 
 Additional amount which should have been available for Gospel work. $35,003 92 
 
 Total Income from All Sources. 
 
 1894. 
 
 The schools.$137,696 84 
 
 Publishing department. 33,426 20 
 
 Contributions by the churches. 8,192 18 
 
 Miscellaneous receipts. 2,481 55 
 
 The Missionary Society. 8,015 85 
 
 -$189,811 62 
 
 1895. 
 
 The schools.$137,650 81 
 
 Publishing department. 67,712 16 
 
 Contributions b}^ the churches. 12,714 82 
 
 Special contribut’ns by tlie churches for benevolences, etc. 1,731 08 
 
 Miscellaneous receipts. 1,997 32 
 
 The Missionary Society... .'.. 12,002 60 
 
 -$233,808 79 
 
 Total receipts for two years 
 
 $423,620 41 
 
 Expenditures on Account of Special Gifts 
 
 Received for Chili Mission. 
 
 (All amounts are stated in United States currency.) 
 
 1894 For outgoing of new missionaries.$1,352 98 
 
 For Rev. Harry Compton’s work. 70 00 
 
 1896 For Miss M. A. Milks’s work. 15 00 
 
 -$1,437 98 
 
 Appropriation.s. 
 
 (All amounts stated in United'States currency.) 
 
 1893 For debts of 1894 and two months of 1893.$2,566 00 
 
 1894 For homecoming of W. C. Hoover. 566 15 
 
 For outgoing of G. F. Arms. 513 64 
 
 $3,645 79 
 
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 J895 For transit of eight teacliors.$2,400 00 
 
 For rents. 1,725 00 
 
 For traveling. 220 00 
 
 For insurance. 455 00 
 
 For furnishing Girls’ ScliO'il at Concepcion. 500 00 
 
 Total.$5,300 00 
 
 Less part of appropriation Ibr transit unused. 320 73 
 
 Total regular appropriation.$4,979 27 
 
 For homecoming of James Benge. 326 87 
 
 For homecoming of Eva L. Schultz. 179 55 
 
 For outgoing of W. C. Hoover. 536 99 
 
 For moving expenses of preachers. 1,150 80 
 
 For interest. 51 02 
 
 For loss by exchange. 1,061 76 
 
 - 8.286 26 
 
 1896 For rents.$3,260 00 
 
 For traveling. 733 33 
 
 For insurance. 733 33 
 
 $4,726 66 
 402 23 
 594 05 
 175 00 
 100 00 
 
 - 5,997 94 
 
 3 897 For debts previous to 1897.$5,000 00 
 
 For salaries of men in the Spanish Gospel work.. . . 2,396 10 
 
 For insurance. 850 50 
 
 For outgoing of new missionaries. 1,950 00 
 
 For outgoing of old missionaries. 1,376 20 
 
 For homecoming of old missionaries... 500 00 
 
 For traveling expenses of presiding elders. 200 00 
 
 For traveling e.xpenses of preachers on circuits .... 200 00 
 
 For rents of chapels and parsonages. 2,527 20 
 
 For purchase of the property (in part). 5,000 00 
 
 Total.$20,000 00 
 
 The purchase of the property by the Society not 
 having been consummated this last amount has 
 not been used. 6,000 00 
 
 Total regular appropriation.. 
 For homecoming of C. S. Winans. 
 For homecoming of I. H. La Fetra 
 For homecoming of Emilie J. Day 
 For relief of Nettie Wilbur. 
 
 Total regular appropriation, net.$15,000 00 
 
 For homecoming of Harriet M. Christopher. 229 55 
 
 For homecoming of Jennie S. Farwell. 260 40 
 
 For homecoming of T. W. La Fetra (in part). 400 00 
 
 - 15,889 95 
 
 Grand total 
 
 $33,819 94 
 
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 Action of the General Conference of 1896. 
 
 (Report of Committee on Missions, No. VI.) 
 
 Having cnrefully considered matters referred to it in regard to 
 Self-supporting Missions in Chili, your Committee recommends 
 the adoption of the following : 
 
 1. Whereas^ Messrs. Anderson Fowler and Richard Grant, representing the 
 Transit and Building Fund Society, through the Board of Bishops offered to 
 transfer to the Missionary Society their property in Chili, free of debt, on con¬ 
 dition that the work should be carried on on the principle of Self-supporting 
 Missions; and, 
 
 Wlmreas^ The General Missionary Committee, in session at Minneapolis in No¬ 
 vember, 1893, and the Board of Managers, in New York, subsequently did ac¬ 
 cept said offer on the condition named, subject to the action of this General 
 Conference; therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That the General Conference refer this whole matter to the Board of 
 Managers of the Missionary Society, with power. 
 
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