26 be suspended for the purpose of allowing the following motion to be made: That the General Synod be re quested to authorise the Diocesan Synod of Wellington to deal with the accumulated fees of the Wellington cemetery in such a manner as may seem to it most conducive to the promotion of ministerial efficiency in the city of Wellington.” In speaking to the motion the mover said that the Church of England supplied fully one-half of the inmates of the Wel lington Hospital, and he thought that as so much attention was paid to the dead a little more should be paid to the dying. It was a scandal to the laymen that the Church of England patients received so little attention at the hands of their Church. Mr Quick opposed the motion, which on a division was declared lost. On this result being announced, the Rev Mr Coffey said he desired to give notice that he should undertake no more g-eneral hospital visiting. The report of the committee on diocesan securities, which was presented, stated that the resolution of Synod No. 16 as to the calling in of moneys on debentures had not been acted upon. They considered that the Pension Fund capital should only be lent on freeholds, and the only fund to be made use of for helping districts was the capital of the Endowment Fund. The Pension Fund capital should be invested in such a way as to be readily available. 