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the following deliverance:-
"The Synod, having heard the Statements of the
Honorable John Hamilton and the Reverend Professor
George, a deputation of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of Queens College to represent to the
Synod the claims of that Institution upon our Church,
record their satisfaction with the representations that
have been made respecting its condition and prospects gene-
rally, and, in particular, with the purchase of the Sum-
merhill Property in the City of Kingston, on terms so fa-
vorable having on it buildings for all the purposes
of the College for a long time to come; and the Synod,
in compliance with the request made by the deputation
to assist the Trustees of the College to raise the sum of
[pound symbol]6,000, the purchase price of the property acquired, recom-
mend to all the congregations within their bounds to ex-
ercise the largest liberality in this behalf:- and the de-
putation having stated that, if the Synod gave their
sanction, it was the intention of the Trustees to send
out some of the Professors, in the course of the present
Summer, to solicit contributions to pay the pur-
chase price of the Property acquired, the Synod agrees