Report of the general committee on the endowment of Queen's college.

This Institution lias been recently subjected to a financial embarassment of 10 greatest severity.About eighteen months ago the failure of the Com-Brcial Bank reduced its annual income by 1000 dollars, and in December last, ie Government of Ontario, having resolved to give DO aid to educational Inst i- utious connected with particular Churches, discontinued the annual grant of DO dollars allowed by the Government of Canada prior to the Confederation I the British American Provinces.Being thus deprived of more than half its •venue, the continuance of it on its present footing seemed to be almost imllnble.At a meeting of Synod held here in January last for the special consideration .fthis crisis, it was resolved to appeal to the friends of the College for an en- dowment of at least 100,000 dollars, which, bearing interest at six per cent, would fully make up for the reduction which has taken place.The support [rivm to this scheme has been encouraging in the highest degree.We already kstimate our subscriptions at 70,000 dollars and receipts over 25,000.So many ocalities have yet to be visited that no difficulty in obtaining the amount rehired is now apprehended.On the contrary it is proposed to extend the effort ind endeavour to raise 50,000 dollars more, for the purpose of founding an ad- litional professorship in each of the Faculties of Arts and Theology, and making »ther improvements which the Trustees have for some time been anxious toin- :roduce.To complete so great an enterprize, especially in a new country like this, is v work of time.Many of the subscriptions are payable by instalments, and for Ids reason it is not expected that the smaller endowment of 100,000 dollars will if completed before April, 1871 .The sustentation of the College in the mean- he, without using any part of the collections intended for the endowment, is i subject of pressing importance and great anxiety.In order to meet this diffi- culty the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland has been asked to authorize an appeal to the friends of the College in Scotland, and this the Committee has generously done in the pages of the Home and Foreign Missionary Rtcord.About £1000 Sterling a-year for the next two years will be required. Any assistance you can give or induce others to give will be most thankfully received.Simon S. Laurie, Esq., Secretary to the Colonial Committee, 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh, will forward any contributions which may

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