the counties of Mercer, Wyoming, and McDowell, in the State of West Virginia.

32. ERIE CONFERENCE shall be bounded on the north by Lake Erie, on the east by a line commencing at the mouth of the Cattaraugus Creek, thence up said creek to Gowanda, leaving said town in the Genesee Conference; thence to the Allegheny River at the mouth of the Tunungwant Creek; thence up said creek southward, excluding the city of Bradford on said creek, to the ridge dividing between the waters of Clarion and Sinnemahoning Creeks; thence southward to the Mahoning Creek; thence down said creek to the Allegheny River, excluding the Milton Society, but including the Horatio Society in the Walston Circuit, and the Perrysville Society in the Ringgold Circuit, and Putneyville Society in the Putneyville Circuit; then across the said river in a northwesterly direction to the southwest corner of Lawrence County, including Wampum and Petersburg; thence along the Ohio State line to the place of beginning, excluding Orangeville Church. § 33. FLORIDA CONFERENCE shall include the State of Florida, except that portion lying west of the Appalachicola River.

§ 34. FOO-CHOW CONFERENCE shall include the Fo-Kien Province in China, excepting so much as is included within the Hinghua Mission Conference.

§35. GENESEE CONFERENCE shall include all that part of the State of New York lying west of the Central New York Conference, excepting that part of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties now included in the Erie Conference. It shall also include Gowanda and Corning, in the State of New York, and so much of Tioga County, including Tioga Charge, in the State of Pennsylvania, as is not embraced in the Central New York Conference; also so much of Potter County, in the said State of Pennsylvania, as is not included in Central Pennsylvania Conference; also, including so much of McKean County, in said State of Pennsylvania, as is embraced in the Olean District, including the city of Bradford.

$36. GEORGIA CONFERENCE shall include the work among the white people in the State of Georgia.

$37. HOLSTON CONFERENCE shall include the work among the white people in all of that part of the State of Tennessee not included in the Central Tennessee Conference.

38. IDAHO CONFERENCE shall include all of the State of Idaho not included in the Columbia River Conference, and the counties of Baker and Malheur in the State of Oregon.

§ 39. ILLINOIS CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of Illinois not within the Southern Illinois Conference south of the following line, namely: Beginning at Warsaw, on the Mississippi River; thence to Vermont; thence to the mouth of the Spoon River; thence up the Illinois River to the northwest corner of Mason County; thence to the junction of the Central and the Alton and Chicago Railroads; thence to the southwest corner of Iroquois County; thence east to the State of Indiana, leaving Bentley, Vermont, Manito, Mackinaw Circuit, and Normal in the Central Illinois and Warsaw and Bloomington in the Illinois Conference.

§ 40. INDIANA CONFERENCE shall be bounded on the north and east by a line beginning where the National Road intersects the west line of the State of Indiana; thence along said road to Terre Haute; thence along the Vandalia Railroad to Belmont Street, West Indianapolis, including Locust Street Charge in Greencastle; thence north to Michigan Street; thence east to the Belt Railroad; thence north and east along said railroad to a point due west of Ninth Street; thence east to the Lafayette and Indianapolis Railroad; thence north on said railroad to the Michigan Road; thence on said road to the north line of Marion County; thence east on said county line to the northeast corner of said county; thence south on the east line of said county to the National Road; thence east on said road to the State line; on the east by Ohio, including Elizabeth, Hamilton County, Ohio; on the South by the Ohio River, and on the west by the State of Illinois.

§ 41. IOWA CONFERENCE shall be bounded on the east by the Mississippi River, on the south by the Missouri State line, on the west and north by a line commencing at the southwest corner of Appanoose County; thence north to Marshall County, leaving Knoxville in the Iowa Conference and Monroe in the Des Moines Conference; thence on the south line of Marshall County due east to Iowa River; thence down said river to Iowa City; thence on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad to Davenport, leaving Davenport and Iowa

City in the Upper Iowa Conference, and all intermediate towns in the Iowa Conference.

§ 42. ITALY CONFERENCE shall include the kingdom of Italy, and those parts of contiguous countries where the Italian language is spoken.

843. JAPAN CONFERENCE shall include the Empire of Japan.

44. KANSAS CONFERENCE shall embrace that portion of the State of Kansas lying east of the sixth principal meridian, and north of the south line of township sixteen, including the town of Pomona, lying south of said line, but excluding Louisburg, Ottawa, and Baldwin, lying north of said line, and Solomon City Circuit, lying east of the sixth meridian.

45. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE shall include the State of Kentucky.

$46. LEXINGTON CONFERENCE shall include the States of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, excepting so much of the State of Illinois as is included in the Central Missouri Conference,

$47. LIBERIA CONFERENCE shall embrace the western coast of Africa, north of the equator.

§ 48. LITTLE ROCK CONFERENCE shall include the State of Arkansas.

§ 49. LOUISIANA CONFERENCE shall include the State of Louisiana.

$50. MAINE CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of Maine west of the Kennebec River, from its mouth to the great bend below Skowhegan, and of a line running thence north to the State line, including Skowhegan and Augusta, and that part of the town of Winslow north of Sebasticook River, and also that part of New Hampshire east of the White Hills and north of the waters of Ossipee Lake and the town of Gorham.

$51. MEXICO CONFERENCE shall include the Republic of Mexico except the States of Chihuahua and Sonora and the Territory of Lower California; it shall also include Central America.

$52. MICHIGAN CONFERENCE shall include the State of Michigan in the lower peninsula west of the principal meridian as far north as the southeid boundary of Roscommon County; thence west to the southwest corner of said county;

thence north to the southern boundary of Charlevoix County; thence east to the southeast corner of said county; thence north to the Straits of Mackinaw, including Mackinaw city.

§ 53. MINNESOTA CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of Minnesota lying south of the following line: Beginning at the eastern boundary of the State at the northeast corner of Washington County, thence running west to the northwest corner of said county, thence south to the northeast corner of Ramsey County, thence following the line of Ramsey County to where it strikes the east line of Hennepin County, thence following the east and south lines of Hennepin County to the point where the Hastings and Dakota Railroad crosses the line of said county, thence following the said Hastings and Dakota Railroad to Granite Falls, thence west on a town line to the western boundary of the State; all towns on the Hastings and Dakota Railroad to be in the Northern Minnesota Conference.

$54. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE shall include all of the State of Mississippi south of a line beginning at the northeast corne' Kemper County, and running along the northern border of said county, and of the counties of Neshoba, Leake, Madisor Yazoo, Sharkey, and Issaquena to the Mississippi River.

§ 55. MISSOURI CONFERENCE shall include so much of the State of Missouri as lies north of the Missouri River.

§ 56. MONTANA CONFERENCE shall include all of the State of Montana not included in the North Montana Mission, and also the National Park.

$57. NEBRASKA CONFERENCE shall include all that part of the State of Nebraska lying south of the Platte River and east of the west line of range twelve, west of the sixth principal meridian.

§ 58. NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE shall include all the State of Massachusetts east of the Green Mountains not included in the New Hampshire and the New England Southern Confer

ences.

§ 59. NEW ENGLAND SOUTHERN CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of Connecticut lying east of the Connecticut River, the State of Rhode Island with the town of Blackstone in Massachusetts, and that part of the State of Massachusetts south of the towns of Wrentham, Walpole, Dedham, Milton, and Quincy.

$60. NEW HAMPSHIRE CONFERENCE shall include the State of New Hampshire, except that part within the Maine Conference; also that part of the State of Massachusetts northeast of the Merrimac River.

§61. NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of New Jersey lying south of the following line, namely: Commencing at Raritan Bay; thence up said bay and river to New Brunswick; thence along the turnpike road to Lambertville on the Delaware, including the City of New Brunswick and Lambertville Station.

§ 62. NEW YORK CONFERENCE shall consist of the territory now in the New York, Poughkeepsie (including Gaylordsville), Newburg, and Kingston Districts.

§ 63. NEW YORK EAST CONFERENCE shall include Long Island, those charges in New York city east of South Ferry, Whitehall Street, Broadway, Park Row, Chatham Street, Bowery, and Third Avenue to the city limits; thence between the Harlem and New Haven Railroads, including Round Hill, Pound Ridge, Hunting Ridge, High Ridge, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Danbury, all stations on the Housatonic Railroad south of Canaan Township, excluding Gaylordsville, but including Ellsworth, thence east to Winchester, north to State line, east to Connecticut River, and south to Long Island Sound.

$64. NEWARK CONFERENCE shall include that part of the State of New Jersey not included in the New Jersey Conference, with Staten Island in the State of New York, and such portions of Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan Counties in the State of New York as lie south and west of a line extending from Tompkins Cove on the Hudson River, intersecting the New Jersey State line at a point south of Sloatsburg; thence along said State line to the Wallkill River; thence due north intersecting the Erie Railroad at a point west of Middletown; thence in a northwesterly direction to a point where the Port Jervis and Monticello Railroad crosses the northern line of Forest burg Township in Sullivan County; thence southwest to a point on the Delaware River below Lackawaxen, in Pennsylvania; also, such portions of Pike and Monroe Counties in the State of Pennsylvania as lie north of the Philadelphia Conference and east of the Wyoming Conference, the same being now in