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APPENDIX VIII.CHINA CENTENARY MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.The Committee s Final Report.At a meeting of the Executive Committee held onthe ist of February the secretary s and treasurer sreports were presented and passed, and thus the longlabours of the committee were brought to a close. Itwill be remembered that the Executive Committee wasto continue in office until the accounts and business ofthe conference had been settled, and it will not be asurprise to anyone familiar with the conference recordsand resolutions to know that it has taken the committeenearly three years to complete its duties. Before thechairman formally declared the Executive Committeedissolved, the following missionaries were nominated asthe permanent committee :Rt. Rev. Bishop F. R. Graves, D.D.Rev. G. F. Fitch, D.I).Rev. R. J. Hykes, D.D.Rev. E. Box."Rev. D. E. Hoste.Rev. G. H. Homlfield.Rev. D. MacGillivray, D.D.The Permanent Committee organized by electingthe Rt. Rev. Bishop Graves, Chairman Dr. G. F.;Fitch, Treasurer and;Rev. G. H. Bondfield,Secretary.Secretary s Report. A report on the work of thevarious committees appointed by the conference waspublished in the September and October numbers ofthe Chinese Recorder, 1908, and ispresented herewith.To that report there is but little to add.i. The Committee (No. 8) on the Preparation of aMessage to the Literati of China issued their message