ANGLICAN CHUECHES. 



small power in the hand of the patient, and 

 making the forceps the other pole, insulating 

 them at the same time from the operator's 

 hand the opinion finally reached by medical 

 authorities appears to be, that pain is not in 

 this way prevented, but that, while sometimes 

 the patient's mind is diverted from it at the 

 moment by the electric shock, at other times 

 the latter in reality adds to the suifering the 

 operation alone would occasion. 



The reader may further consult Dr. 0. T. 

 Jackson's "Manual of Etherization," Boston, 

 1861 ; MM. Pen-in and Lallemand's " Traite 

 D' 'Anesthesie Chirurgicale" of which use has 

 been to some extent made in the preparation 

 of this article ; and " A Treatise on Military 

 Surgery and Hygiene," by F. H. Hamilton, 

 M.D., New York, 1865. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. The " Church- 

 man's Calendar " for 1865 gives the following 

 view of the bishops of this Church : 



England Archbishops, 2 Bishops, 26 



Ireland 



Scotland 



Mediterranean 



America United States. 



" British America.. 



" "West Indies 



Asia 



Africa 



Oceaniea. 



Bishops, demissionary. 



6 



S 



8 



14 



7 



~1S9 



Total 139, an increase over the past year of 3. 



The statistics of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church of the United States in 1864 were, ac- 

 cording to the "Church Almanac "for 1865, 

 as follows : 



The 29th annual meeting of the Board of 

 Missions was held at Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 4th 

 The receipts of the Domestic Committee were 

 reported to have been $66,581, against $37,458 

 in 1863, and 35,223 in 1862. The receipts this 

 year were larger than in any previous year. 

 The receipts of the foreign committee (in- 

 cluding $5,448 from the American Church 

 Missionary Society) were $76,847, an increase 

 of $22,586 over last year, and only $8,542 less 

 than in 1860, when contributions came in from 

 every diocese of the land. 



The American Church Missionary Society 

 lu-l(] its 5th annual meeting in Boston, Oct. 



19th. The Society employed forty missionaries, 

 and its receipts were $24,864. 



The receipts of the English Society for the 

 Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 

 for the year ending December 31st, 1863, were 

 87,832, or about $439,000. The total income 

 of the English Church Missionary Society was 

 134,247, or about $670,000. The number of 

 clergymen employed by this society was 260 ; 

 native and country born catechists and teachers 

 of all classes not sent from home, 1,983; num- 

 ber of stations, 140 ; of communicants, 18,110. 



The Mission of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church in Hayti is making progress, ami the 



