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388 OTHER INTERDENOMINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS4. That the Committee is of the opinion that a Missions Building erected in a central location in Shanghai, to serve as the businessand administrative headquarters of different missionary societies andorganizations, will do much to further the cause of co-operation andco-ordination of missionary work, will make for increased efficiencyin missionary business administration, and will prove a worthywitness to visitors to Shanghai of the magnitude and unity of themissionary enterprise.Also, the China Continuation Committee wish to thank theotlicers of the American Presbyterian Mission (North) who havesympathetically entertained the suggestion of the use of theirproperty at 18 Peking Road for this purpose, and to assure them ofthe Committee s deep interest in this important matter. The AnnualMeeting hereby continues the appointment made by the ExecutiveCommittee at its Tenth Meeting, designating the Foreign Secretaryof the Continuation Committee as a committee of one to use allavailable means to promote the enterprise.It is a pleasure to note that the firm of architects*referred to in last year s report of the special committee onBusiness and Administrative Efficiency lias arrived inShanghai. They have opened offices both in Shanghai andPeking and are already securing a large amount of missionary building.^e careful workSelf-su ort being done by the committee on Self-support is indicated by theresolutions adopted at its suggestion by the Annual Meeting,and especially by the questions stated in its report as emerging from a study of the material thus far gathered by thecommittee. The resolutions are as follows :1. That a new Special Committee on Self-support be appointed and that it be composed of such members as will be able tomeet, in the course of the, year.2. That the new committee be instructed to follow up thework of last year s committee as follows:a. To study the reports already received with a view to outlining a few of the general principles on which for theplansdevelopment of self-support should be based, provided that thedata already received are found to be sufficient to warrant suchfindings.b. To submit such findings to those who have co-operated inanswering the questionnaire, in order to secure their criticismsand suggestions.Messrs. Shattuck and Hussov.