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XCMS - Church Mission Society archive - 1799-2009
G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
A - Administration - 1799-1955
C - Correspondence - 1799-1949
Level
File
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)
CMS/G/AC 12B
Title
Charitable Trusts Acts Amendment Bill 1881
Extent
1 file
Date
1881
Description
Printed petition against the Bill; correspondence relating to a meeting to discuss the possible consequences of passing the Bill; letters from the Earl of Chichester [CMS President] supporting the Bill; legal opinion from Nathaniel Bridges and a letter from R. Wardlaw Thompson, LMS [London Missionary Society], suggesting exclusion from the Bill for missionary societies. [Missionary societies had been excluded from the control of Charity Commissioners; the Amendment Bill appeared to cancel some of these exclusions]
Access Status
Open
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