The pith of the Bill is contained in clause 3, which sbrikes a deadly blow ab whab is known among Mebhodists as bhe Itinerant System. This clause is bhe pivob on which all bhe obhers burn. Ib reads as follows: "3. Nobwibhsbanding anybhing conbained in bhe said Acb, or in the Model Deed or Deed Poll referred to in the said Act, the New Zealand Conference may from time to time (a) appoint any of its members to the same circuit or office year by year successively for any number of years ; (6) make any alteration in or modification of bhe said Model Deed, or of any schedule therebo, provided bhe same shall nob revok., alber, or change any of tho doc trines of bhe Wesleyan Methodisb Church ; (c) make, alter, or repeal such rules and regulations for bhe appoinbmenb of its ministers and the election of its officers as it may seem fit "

In order bo make the matter clear to our readers we must go back a little. Ib will be seen from the clause we have quoted bhab bhe conbemplabed Acb is bo override whab is designated bhe " Deed Poll." This hisborical document, designed bo give a con sbitution to bhe Mebhodisb Sociebies, was prepared by John Wesley himself, and en rolled in bhe High Courb of Chancery in bhe year 1784. This Deed of Declarabion, as ib is commonly termed, is the Magna Charta of Methodism, and upon ib the Mebhodisb Church bhroughoub the world bases its legal claims. When a constitution was granted to Australian Methodists bhe Deed Poll was taken as its foundation, and it is now bind ing upon the whole Wesleyan Mebhodisb connection in the colonies, as set forth in The Methodisb Conference Acb, which passed bhe British Parliament) and received the Royal assent in June, 1876. The new Bill which has been suddenly sprung upon bhe Mebhodisb people,is in direcb opposi bion to bhe New Zealand Model Trusb Deed of 1867, and the New Zealand Wesleyan Methodisb Church Properby Trusb Act, 1887, in both of which Bills is incorporabod John Wesley's Deed Poll. Tho llth clause of bhe famous Deed of De clarabion prohibibs the appointment of any minister for moro .than three years suc cessively to the same circuib. 