The Rev M. G. Hinsby moved, seconded by the Rev W. P. Dorph, that the Synod from the outset be held in camera.

Mr M. M. D'Arcy-Irvine moved an amendment that the public be admitted to the galleries until the conclusion of the Presidential Address. Seconded by Mr F. A. Bland.

The amendment was put and carried, and becoming the substantive motion, was duly carried, and the public then admitted.

Permission was given to newspaper photographers to take a photograph of the Synod in Session.