Group Title : Subject File

Series Title : Kwantung Synod

Date(s) : 1919 to Jun 1935

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Item Description : This file contains inwards reports and correspondence received from the Church of Christ in China Kwantung Synod including copies of some outwards correspondence written by the Foreign Missions Secretary (Rev W. Mawson) and the Foreign Missions Convenor (Rev. FB Barton).

Major Topics Include : partial report of the Board of Co-operation on the programme of reorganisation [of mission work in Kwantung Province] (1919); resolutions and regulations of the Kwantung Divisional Council (1926); By-laws of the Board of Church Missions (1927); constitution of the Medical Board of the Kwantung Synod (1927); information bulletin (1926 and 1927); statement (copy) concerning transfer of control of the NZ Presbyterian Mission to the Kwantung synod (1927); address by Kwantung Synod on occassion of transfer of control by NZ Presbyterian Mision (1927); list of Chinese church workers; statement of re-organisation of work and application of "Project Method"; financial estimates (1934); references to Miss M. Findlay as Synod Accountant; staffing matters; field grants; exchange rate fluctuations (1935).

Cross Reference : General Treasurer of Presbyterian Church of New Zealand - Auckland Chinese Mission Inwards & Outwards Correspondence, 1924 to 1956 (Circular letter & pamphlet from Kwantung Synod 1937 to 1938).
 

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