i they had 800 members, iusiead of 160 i Ta» | claims of the Society should, be prominently ' »«t before the merchants and employers oflabl^ «i Dunedin, who should give it their iropga* t. J n America, there were in many citie& fiaaO buildings erected by the Merchants fortheusa of similar Associations. The evangelistic efforts; of the Association should also be well carriedl out. It was well that the/members should have such work to do. A branch not yet attempted! was the institution of lectures and instruction,, m order to fit Christiana for usefulness, both' public and private. D ,- Talraedge, at Brook lyn, had a Free Colleg./, and it would be well that here workers shoul & be assisted with hints for the framing of a religious discourse, or pro vided with arguments against the popular objections to the inspiration of the Holy Scrips tures, or with directio as for the treatment of anxious enquirers. Mr Barr seconded the adoption of the re~ port. He was gratifiud te find the Association so successful, notwithstanding the difficulties it had had to contend! -with, If nothing more than the Theatre services had been accom plished, the Association deserved the thanks of the Christian coma unity, and he war? sure they would support it. He trusted the j'oung men would make a point of using the roams of the Association as a place of rendezvous. An im portant feature to him uas its affiliation to the Auckland Society, leading already to thfir joint engagement of Philip Phillips. After some suggestions* from the Chairman, and some remarks from the Secretary, in which he suggested that the Committee should -.take steps to prevent the large attendance of chuvch goers at the Theatre services, to the crowding out of those who attended no place of worship. Mr W. Ingli3, the recently appointed Gen eral Secretary, addressed the meeting. Hfl gave a resumZ of the movement since its com mencement in 1844 in London up to the year 1868, when there were 12,000 young- men in the membership in Great Britain and Ireland. He read copious extracts from various sources, ad vocated the holding of services for children* warned them against allowing the Theatre ser vices to take the place of the Church — converts should be passed on from the Theatre to what ever denomination they chose to select. 