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TEMPORALITIES' BOA.RD. 
 
 Montreal, July 8th, 1891. 
 Rev. and Dear Sir, 
 
 At the semi-annual meeting of the Temporalities' Board, held here on the 1 2th day of May 
 last, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : 
 
 (i.) That inasmuch as $60,046.4015 the amount indicated by the actuary as required to 
 guarantee tne annuities of the commuting and privileged ministers (calculating the interest at s7) 
 be It resolved that the said sum of $60,046.40 be administered separately, so as to secure in their 
 rights, for their lives, those whose claims the Board has always treated as paramount. 
 
 (2.) That the Executive Committee of the Board be instructed to prepare and issue to the 
 Beneficiaries and Trustees of Queen's College a statement showing the condition and capabilities of 
 what remains of the fund after the above sum of $60,046.40 has been deducted, with intimation to 
 them that on and after 31st December, 1891, the Board will pay in full the amounts allowed by the 
 Temporalities' Act of 1882, namely, at the rate of $ioo. each half-year to non-privileged ministers and 
 $1000. each halt-year to Queen's College, together with all arrears to these parties accrued from July, 
 1882, up to said date, but at the same time informing them that in all likelihood the portion of the 
 fund available for providing for their claims will be exhausted before the probable termination of the 
 live.j of all the non-privileged ministers. 
 
 It being understood that if at any time the Board shall be advised by competent authority 
 that the amount reserved to meet the claims of commuting and privileged Beneficiaries is insufficient 
 for that purpose, they shall take from the portion of the,fund held for the non-privileged Beneficiaries 
 \,hat is deemed necessary to guarantee the acknowledged superior rights of those that are privileged. 
 
 It being further understood that any amount ot int-.-rest over 5% accruing on the investments 
 reserved for the commuting and privileged Ministers shall be paid into the section of the fund set apart 
 for the non-pnvileged Ministers and Queen's College ; but, on the other hand, if the interest on the 
 former section of the fund at any tmie lall under five per cent, the deficit shall be made good from 
 the latter section. 
 
 As instructed above, the Executive Committee of the Board now beg to lay before the Benefi- 
 ciaries a full statement of both the liabilities of the fund and of its capabilities according to the 
 Actuary's last estimate, made in November, 1890. 
 
 Valuing the lives of the Beneficiaries, according to the Carlisle tables, and calculating at 5 % 
 he advises the Board as follows : — 
 
 Required for the Commuting and Privileged Beneficiaries . . . . $ 60,046.40 
 the Non-privileged , 146,901.80 
 
 Total, .. .. $206,948.20 
 
 The cash value of the assets at the same date was .. 224,149.30. 
 
 This leaves a balance of $17,201.10 to provide for the payment of arrears, the annual allowance to 
 Queeen's College and the expenses of management. 
 
 The amount to be set apart to meet the claims of the commuting and privileged Ministers, 
 as provided for above, is not only ample but is better security than they had when the fund was first 
 instituted. Men of corresponding age, in 1855, "^^ere credited with only $50,059, because their life 
 claims were commuted at 6 %, whereas the present estimate is at 5 % 
 
 Then, the resolution of the Board places the privileged B neficiaries, as to th-'-^ matter, on a 
 par with the originators of the /und, and this is a position for which they will be thankful. 
 
 So far as the non-privileged Beneficiaries and Queen's College are concerned, the Board 
 believes that the above resolution will meet with their entire approval. They alone have suffered 
 through the deficiency of the fund, and they have accepted the situation with commendable patience, 
 
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 showing great trust in the Board's administration. The policy pursued by the Board, at a critical 
 period in the history of the fund, led to the withholding from non-privileged Beneficiaries half of 
 what they were entitled to in terms of the Act of Parliament, so as to secure that the fund should not 
 be exhausted, as at that time h threatened to be, while there yet remained very large claims upon it 
 on ihe part of the commuting and {jrivileged Ministers. Under that policy, the fund recuperated 
 rapidly^jso that five years ago it was resolved to pay one-half more to the non-privileged Beneficiaries 
 and Queen's College, than iiad been given them from liie date of the crisis ; and three years ago, a 
 further sum was i)aid out of the fund for arrears accrued from 1883 onward, making 75 % on all 
 claims,— and this rate of payment has since been kept up. Notwithstanding the heavy drain upon 
 the fund thus occasioned, it has gone on improving. The value of the claims upon it, according to 
 the Actuary's estimate, made at intervals of two years, has decreased more rapidly than the fund 
 has ; and the time has now come, in the opinion of the Board, when a further step ought to be taken 
 — that of resuming payment in full to all Beneficiaries. 
 
 A comparatively small sum is now needed to secure the i)aramount rights of the commuting 
 and privileged Beneficiaries, and that set aside, the IJoard believes that it interprets aright the wishes 
 of the other Beneficiaries concerned, when it resolves to ])ay them hencefortii in full, even though 
 there may be a risk of an exhaustion of the fund before the termination of the last lifi;. Hoarding 
 the fund for any ulterior objects, should not be at the expense of the prior claims of the non-privileged 
 Ministers and Queen's College. 
 
 But it is felt that any action of this kind, to be equitable, must be retroactive ; if the fund is 
 to pay the non-privilcgcd ministers who are alive in full, it should also pay to the representatives of 
 those dei)arted the sums withheld from them by the policy of the Board above referred to. To do 
 this, liquidating all arrears, both to the living and the dead, up to date, and I'aying Queen's College 
 in proportion, will require a sum of $36,075. This is a considerable amount to take out of the fund 
 at once, but it is hoped that by careful management there may remain enough to provide for all the 
 non-i)rivileged Miiustcrs and Queen's College ; although the assets at present do not quite provide 
 for all the liabilities. The following are the grounds of this hope :-- 
 
 1. The Actuary's estimate is at 5 %, whereas most of the Board's investments are at a higher 
 rate than this, and the tendency is not at present downwards. 
 
 2. The insurance comi;nnies in giving figures always put them high enough to cover not only 
 risks, but also profits and expenses of management, which latter are much greater than those of the 
 ^.oard. 
 
 3. The Carlisle Tables are taken as the standard for the lives of the Beneficiaries, but experi- 
 ence has shown that their lives have been rated too high, and this has been to the advantage of the 
 fund. 
 
 4. There is every reason to believe that a muc:h smaller sum than $60,046 will be adequate 
 to provide for the claims of the commuting and privileged Ministers, and the surplus will be available 
 for the non-j^rivileged Ministers and Queen's College. 
 
 For these reasons, the Board cherishes the expectation that the fund will at least provide for 
 the life claims of all Beneficiaries and will leave a balance for commuting the annual payment to 
 Queen's College, in terms of the Act of Parliament. At all events, it is believed that both Ministers 
 and College would prefer to obtain what they need and are entitfed to now, and take their chances 
 for the remote future, rather than continue to receive only 75 p. c. of tlieir claims and have these 
 guaranteed for their whole lives, with the chance of a portion of the fund going ultimately to other 
 objects. 
 
 A. MACPHERSON, Chairman. 
 
 ROBERT CAMPBELL. 
 
 JAMES PATTERSON. 
 
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