Minister in charge of the said Circuit shall have a casting vote in such appointment; and if it shall happen at any time that there shall be no surviving or remaining Trustee of the said trust, in every such case it shall and may be lawful for the Minister aforesaid to nominate, and the Quarterly Official Meeting of the Circuit, if they approve of the persons so nominated, to appoint the requisite number of Trustees, the said Trustees of the said trust, by a vote of the majority of the members of the said meeting then present; and in case of an equal division of their votes, the Chairman of the said meeting shall have the casting vote in such appointment, and the person or persons so nominated and appointed Trustee or Trustees in either of the said modes of nomination and appointment, shall be the legal successor or successors of the said above named Trustees, and shall have in perpetual succession the same capacities, powers, rights and duties, as belonged to and were exercised by the original Trustees.

CHAPTER III.

BOUNDARIES OF CONFERENCES, DISTRICTS,

AND CIRCUITS.

SECTION I.

Of Annual Conferences.

407. I. The boundaries of Annual Conferences are determined by the General Conference.

408. II. There shall be six Annual Conferences in our work, viz. :-The Toronto, the London, the Montreal, the Nova Scotia, the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and the Newfoundland Conferences.

409. The Toronto Conference shall embrace those parts of the Province of Ontario formerly included in the Toronto, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Barrie, Bradford, Whitby, Cobourg, Peterboro', and Belleville Districts; and the Missionary Districts known as the Red River, the Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Foreign Missions.

410. The London Conference shall embrace those parts of the Province of Ontario formerly included in the Hamilton, Niagara, Brantford, London, St. Thomas, Chatham, Sarnia, Guelph, and Goderich Districts.

411. The Montreal Conference shall embrace those parts of the Province of Ontario and Quebec formerly included in the Kingston, Brockville, Perth, Pembroke, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, and Stanstead Districts, and that part of the Belleville District included in the Vennachar Mission.

412. The Nova Scotia Conference shall embrace the Province of Nova Scotia and the Bermudas.

413. The New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference shall embrace the Provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

414. The Newfoundland Conference shall embrace Newfoundland, Labrador, and the Islands contiguous.

SECTION II.

Of the Formation of Districts and Circuits.

415. I. Districts are to be formed according to the judgment of the Stationing Committee.

416. II. Circuits are to be formed by the Stationing Committee, on the recommendation of the District Meeting: Provided nevertheless, that Circuits supporting their own Ministers, or Probationers for the Ministry, shall not be divided till such divisions have been approved of by their respective Quarterly Official Meetings, and their approval signified in writing by the Recording Steward; or otherwise by a two-thirds vote of the Annual District Meeting, when the Laymen are present.

417. On the division of a Circuit, no Minister who has travelled successively the three preceding years on such

Circuit shall be appointed to either part of it-nevertheless, this rule shall not apply to those places which may be transferred in adjusting the work by the Annual District Meeting, which transfer has been sanctioned by the Stationing Committee.

418. III. No new Mission shall be established unless by a vote of the Annual Conference within whose boundary the Mission is proposed.