679 



able amount on colonization and the removal of 

 people from crowded district* to tiie more sparsely 

 populated country. 



Kducation. The Roman Catholic set 



c numbered 4.S79 in IS',)."), and the Protestant 

 is I.n4(i. The former had an average attend- 

 of JiMi.iMi and a total of 257,06? ; the latter 

 an average of 2S.040 and a total attendance of 36,- 

 902. The expenditure by the Quebec Government 

 upon elementary schools was $170.000, and upon 

 all others $134,410. while the popular expenditure 

 through municipalities, etc.. was $1. 303. I'M a total 

 of $1,608,141. There are 9 schools of arts and 

 manufactures, and 6 of agriculture. The total 

 number of teachers was 0.799: but, exclusive of 

 universities, special schools, and religious orders, 

 the number was 5.960. of whom G.452 were Koman 

 Catholic and 1.308 Protestant, and the total amount 

 paid to these for salaries was $848.283. the average 

 salary being $143. The teachers in religious orders 



numbered 3.527. There was an increase of 238 in 

 the number of educational institutions in the prov- 

 ince during the year. 



Postal Service. The miles of annual travel on 

 the post routes were 12.>:!7. The number of tran- 

 sient newspapers and periodical-, books, circulars, 

 samples, patterns, etc.. was 4,800,000. The number 

 of packets of printer's copy, photographs, dei -d-, 

 and insurance policies was 425,000. The number 

 of packets of fifth-class matter and ordinary mer- 

 chandise open to examination was 170.000. The 

 number of parcels sent by parcel post was 61.500. 



Miscellaneous. The registered seagoing ton- 

 nage of Quebec in 1895 was 1,103.771 coming in- 

 ward, and 1.153,581 outward, or a total of 2.2."i7.- 

 352 a decrease of 330.000 tons. The gross debt of 

 the province was $32.057.554. as compared with 

 $18,871,593 in 1885. The assets are to-day esti- 

 mated at $13,850.017, leaving a net indebtedness of 

 some $18,000,000. 



B 



REFORMED CHURCHES. I. Reformed 



Church in America. The report to the General 



Synod on the state of religion showed that there 

 had been a gain to this denomination of 11 church- 

 es, making the whole present number 629: 11 min- 

 isters, making a total of 652; and 1.771 families, 

 making the whole number of families 57.705. The 

 whole number of members in communion was 104.- 

 704. a gain of 1.356. The additions to the Church 

 on confession for the year numbered 5.888. The 

 total contributions were: For denominational pur- 

 poses. $22*.357 : for other objects. $111,886 ; and for 

 congregational purposes. * 1.005.503. 



The "whole number of Sunday schools was 

 and the total enrollment in them 118.070 : number 

 of catechumens. 34.68S. or 29 per cent, of the total 

 enrollment. The schools had given during the 

 year si 0.457 to foreign missions and $5.204 to do- 

 mestic missions. Of the 510 Christian Endeavor 

 societies. 348 had contributed $5.237 to foreign mis- 

 sions and $2,926 to domestic missions, while the 

 Board of Education had received $4.232 from this 

 source. 



On account of a shrinkage in the receipts, the 

 invested funds of the Disabled Ministers' fund had 

 increased only $500, making the total of invested 

 funds $62.97:5: 



The resources of the Widows' fund for the year 

 had been $11.787, out of which $*.34<.) had been 

 paid to annuitants. The principal at inteiv.-t 

 amounted to more than $88,000. 



The contributions of the churches to the work of 

 the Board of Education had been not quite $7.000, 

 a sum which would have been totally inadequate 

 had it not been for the invested funds. Of these 

 funds the Board of Education held in trust $73.- 

 Hi5. and the General Synod $149.007. making a 

 total of $222.772. the interest of which was avail- 

 able. 



The Board of Publication reported that all its ex- 

 penses had been met by the profits of the business 

 conducted, and that the gifts of the churches, aggre- 

 gating $1,600 had enabled it to answer favorably 

 every properly indorsed application for its dona- 

 tions, amounting through the year to 47.000 copies 

 of 23 new publications and several reprints. 



The receipts of the Board of Domestic Missions 

 had been $71.917. The appropriations from the 

 Mi-sionary fund had all been met. and $400 had 

 been restored to the balance in the Contingent 



fund, making the board's present debt to that fund 

 $7.343. The board returned 214 churches and mis- 

 sions, 153 missionary pastors, 8.587 families, 18,153 

 members. 9(34 added on confession during the year, 

 and 17,304 members of Sunday schools. Nine 

 churches had been organized during the year, 10 

 church buildings erected. 2 completed. 7 homes for 

 missionaries purchased or built, and appropriations 

 made for 2 more parsonages. The mission among 

 the American Indians of the Woman's Executive 

 Committee was prospering. 



The Board of Foreign Missions had received 

 $154.139 during the year, of which $37.738 were for 

 the debt and $6,983 for the Arabian mission. The 

 entire debt had been paid, with the exception of 

 $8,000. Special recognition was given in the report 

 of the work of the Woman's Board. Had it not 

 been for the prompt interposition of the women, 

 the retrenchment ordered by the Foreign Board in 

 its appropriations for 1896 would have caused the ex- 

 tinction of the 16 Hindu girls' schools, where 1,600 

 pupils were taught. The special committee ap- 

 pointed by the previous General Synod to effect the 

 payment of the debt of the board ($46.097 in May, 

 1>95 1 reported that its net receipts had been $:; 7.- 

 644. leaving a balance of debt of $8,453. 



Seventy-five missionaries were employed, 63 of 

 whom were in the field 19 in the Amoy mission, 

 China: 23 in the Arcot mission, India: 19 in the 

 north Japan mission : 11 in the south Japan mis- 

 sion: and 4 in the Arabian mission. The statistics 

 further mention, in all the missions. 23 stations, 

 236 out stations. 27 ordained missionaries. 3 un- 

 ordained. 45 assistant missionaries, 33 native or- 

 dained ministers. 331 native helpers. 47 churches, 

 6.040 communicants, 404 received on confession, 8 

 seminaries for boys and young men. with 423 pu- 

 pils; 11 seminaries for girls and young women, 

 with 482 pupils: 4 theological schools, with 65 stu- 

 dents: 155 Sunday schools, with 5,627 pupils: 142 

 day schools, with 5.155 pupils: 3 hospitals, at which 

 725 patients were treated: and native contributions 

 of $9,911. The figures show a general gain of 50 

 per cent, since 1886. or in ten years. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the Woman's 

 Executive Committee of Domestic Missions was 

 held in Xew York. May 12. The Rev. Alfred H. 

 Brush presided. The treasurer reported that the 

 receipts for the year had been $17,486, of which 

 $2,221 were for the mission to the Indians. 



