METHODISTS. 



of tlio votes of the conferences voting in 1870, 

 .HI 1 the completed results: 





The excess over the majority (three-fourths) 

 required by the organic law of the Church is 

 forty-five votes. 



The report made hy the Book Committee in 

 November, 1869, in reference to the alleged 

 irregularities in the management of particular 

 departments of the Book Concern, did not 

 satisfy the mind of the Church. The com- 

 mittee, according to provision made at the 

 time of its adjournment, met again in New 

 York on the 27th of January, 1871, and reached 

 conclusions which the majority report set forth 

 as follows: 1. On the question, "In respect to 

 the management or conduct of the agents, or 

 either of fhem, has there been any fraud or 

 corruption in the Book Concern ? " the com- 

 mittee were unanimous in giving an answer in 

 the negative. 2. On the question, " Has there 

 been any thing fraudulent or corrupt in the 

 practice or conduct of any employe 1 in the 

 Book Concern, so far as the printing depart- 

 ment is concerned ? " the committee voted 

 eleven in the negative, two of the 'committee 

 declining to vote. 8. On the question, " Has 

 there been any thing fraudulent or corrupt in 

 the practice or conduct of any employ^ in the 

 Book Concern in respect to the binding de- 

 partment?" the committee fully deliberated, 

 and decided in the negative by a vote of nine 

 to four. A minority report, signed by three 

 members of the committee, was presented, 

 which dissented from most of the findings of 



the majority report, and reiterated the charges 

 <>f uii>uiaii:i).'riiiciit, with -jn < ideation of par- 

 ticulars. In May a bill of charges against Dr. 

 Lanahun, the junior book agent, who had in- 

 sisted that there was mismanagement in tho 

 Concern, and that it ought to be investigated, 

 was presented by a number of ministers and 

 laymen of New York and vicinity. The charges 

 were: 1. Official misconduct and malfeasance ; 

 2. Neglect of official duty ; 3. I'ntruthfulness, 

 irascibility, slanderous disposition, and other 

 objectionable personal characteristics, whirh 

 unfit him for the position of assistant book 

 agent; 4. Insubordination to his official su- 

 periors, the Book Committee, and violation of 

 his pledges to them; 5. Want of business 

 qualifications and capacity for the discharge 

 of his official duties as such assistant book 

 agent. The committee met, considered the 

 charges, and adjourned till October without 

 taking definite action upon them. At their 

 meeting in October, they decided to suspend 

 Dr. Lanahan, and to try him upon the charges. 

 The trial was appointed for January 12, 1871.* 



The number of churches is 13,373$, valued 

 at $52,614,591. Number of parsonages, 4,179 ; 

 value, $431,283. The total receipts of the 

 Church Extension Society for 1870 were $121,- 

 867.65. The estimates for 1871 are $121,850. 

 The appropriations of the Missionary Society 

 for 1871 are, foreign, $224,198.57; domestic, 

 $356,040. 



The following is the statement of the mis- 

 sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 

 1869 : 



FOREIGN MISSIONS. 



POMESTIC MISSION'S. 



II. GENERAL SUMMARY. The 3fet?iodit Al- 

 manac for 1871 gives the following summary 



* The account of the trial belongs to 1871. It li proper 

 to state, however, that Dr. Lauahan was restored to nis 

 official functions, and that a competent special committee 

 was appointed to examine thoroughly the accounts and 

 management of the Book Concern, and to report to the 

 Book Committee at their annual meeting in 1879. 



