12. Let every preacher, who does not bring or send his subscription to the conference, be fined _two shillings and sixpence_.
13. This fund is never to be reduced to less than an _hundred pounds_.
14. Let a committee be chosen to see these rules duly executed. The present committee are
Peter Jaco, John Pawson, Duncan Wright, Daniel Bumstead, Thomas Hanby, Thomas Olivers, Robert Roberts, John Helton, Alexander Mather, Christopher Hopper, Thomas Johnson.
15. Let an exact account of all receipts and disbursements be produced at the conference.
_Q._ 62. How may the wives of the travelling preachers be provided for?
_A._ If a preacher marries hand-over head, he must provide for himself. As to the rest, we cannot but observe many inconveniencies have arisen, from the present method of providing for the wives of the preachers. Those who are most proper for several places, cannot be sent thither because they are married. And if they are sent, the people look upon them with an evil eye, because they are burdened by their families. In order to remedy these inconveniencies, let it be considered, 1. What each circuit can contribute: 2. How many wives are to be provided for: (their children are provided for where they are.) 3. By what circuits? By this means whether the preachers in any particular circuit are married or single, it makes no difference: so that any preacher may be sent to any circuit without any difficulty.
_Q._ 63. How many circuits are there now?
_A._ Four and thirty in _England_, ten in _Ireland_, three in _Wales_, two in _Scotland_, and three in _America_.
_Q._ 64. Are our preaching-houses safe?
_A._ Not all: for some of them are not settled on trustees. Several of the trustees for others are dead.
_Q._ 65. What then is it to be done?
_A._ 1. Let the surviving trustees choose others without delay. 2. Let those who have debts on any of the houses, give a bond to settle them, as soon as their debt is paid.
_Q._ 66. In what form may an house be settled?
_A._ In the following: