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F.VANGKLISTIC WORK. 133The first three applicants have been accepted forthe orphanage which Mrs. Chambers and others arestarting, and which was heartily endorsed by the meetingof the Association at Wuchow, when $400 was subscribedfor the inauguration of this noble enterprise. This isnot a part of the work of the Board, but, like manyenterprises, is supported by the contributions of individuals, Chinese and foreigners.American Protestant Episcopal.Shanghai District. Shanghai, Sinza, Kongwan,Santingko, Kiading, Soochow, Tsingpoo, Woosung,Wusih, Zangzok, Sungkiang, and Yangchow. (Stationsand out-stations.)The missionary district of Shanghai has had a mostsuccessful year in all departments of its work evangelical, educational and medical. Chief among the eventsthat have made the year a notable one was the Conference of the Anglican Communion in China, held in St.John s University, March 2yth to April 4th, 1909. Attending that Conference were eight bishops, fifteen foreign clergy and fifteen Chinese laymen. The businessof the Conference was centered in the reports of theeleven committees appointed in 1907, and of these, themost important one was that of the Committee on Organization of a Synod. After due deliberation, a preamble,constitution, and canons were finally adopted and orderedto be translated into Chinese, transmitted to the severaldiocesan synods for deliberation, and again discussedat the next Conference. If adopted, then, in all probability the Conference will dissolve and the first generalsynod of the church in China will be immediately convened. In the meantime the English form, alreadyadopted, will be sent to the home churches for consideration, with the expectation that it will be approved. . . .It is impossible that this happy result should havebeen attained at this time if the long standing differences