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the following statistics were reported of the 

 churches in connection with the "Union: 

 Number of churches, 2,411 ; of chapels, 2,642 ; 

 of members, 221,524, a clear increase of 7,757. 

 Additions to the ministry, 88 ; 25 new places of 

 worship have been erected at a cost of 33,623, 

 and 31 others enlarged. The " General Bap- 

 tists," who lean toward the " Unitarians,' re- 

 ported, in 1868, 20,399 members, 537 less than 

 in 1865. The baptisms of 1867 fell short of 

 those of 1862 by 619. 



The " Baptist Union," at its meeting held in 

 May, declared in favor of the establishment of 

 an equitable system of national education, with 

 separation of secular and religious instruction, 

 the former only to be controlled by the State. 

 The receipts of the Baptist Missionary Society 

 were 39,912, the largest it ever has had ex- 

 cept in the Jubilee year. The number of 

 missionaries and assistants was 58 ; of native 

 churches, 105; of members connected with 

 missions, 6,200. 



V. BAPTISTS ON THE CONTINENT or EUROPE. 

 The Baptist Churches on the Continent of 

 Europe have generally been organized by the 

 American Baptist Missionary Union, and most 

 of them remain in connection with it. Accord- 

 ing to the last annual report of the Union, the 

 statistics of the Baptist churches on the Conti- 

 nent of Europe were, in December, 1867, as 

 follows : 



Outside of Sweden, where the Baptist missions 

 are self-supporting and independent, there are, 

 in the European missions, 1,118 stations, with 

 about 250 ministers and colporteurs ; 102 Sun- 

 day-schools, with 3,194 scholars. The church- 

 es in Sweden form 10 Associations. 



VI. ASIA. The missions of the American 

 Baptist Missionary Union in Burmah now con- 

 stitute a separate Association. The convention 

 of 1867 was attended by 91 members, of whom 

 15 were American missionaries, 20 native or- 

 dained preachers, 38 native unordained preach- 

 ers, and 18 native laymen. There are 10 dis- 

 tricts, with 20 missions. The number of bap- 

 tisms reported in 1866 and 1867 is 1,172 ; pres- 

 ent number of members, 19,231 ; pupils in 

 schools, 4,517 ; of churches, 360 ; of ordained 

 native preachers, 66 ; of unordained native 

 preachers, 246. The total of benevolent con- 

 tributions from 12 missions, for the two years, 

 is 20,187 rupees. The contributions for schools, 

 books, etc., from ^ 6 missions, 5,368 rupees. 

 There have been issued in the year ending 



September 30, 1867, from the mission press at 

 Rangoon, a total of 90,750 copies of books and 

 tracts, comprising 5,502,800 pages. The theo- 

 loo-ical seminary at Rangoon has had an aver- 

 age attendance of about 58 pupils, who were 

 supported at a total expense of $1,375.70, or 

 $23.72 each. Two missions (Bassein and Ran- 

 goon) are supported in Burmah by the Amer- 

 ican Free Mission Society. In the Bassein 

 mission there is 1 missionary on duty, with a 

 Karen co-laborer. Members, 5,862; village 

 schools, 43; pupils, 1,173. In the Rangoon 

 mission there are 2 missionaries ; nearly 1,000 

 members have been added in 6 years ; 20 new 

 chapels were erected last year. Pupils in the 

 schools, 1,500. 



The distinguishing feature of the Assamese 

 mission (Amer. Bapt. Miss. Union) during the 

 past year has been the work among the Garos, 

 where a church of nearly 40 members has 

 sprung up almost in a day. There are two 

 schools, and four Garo assistants are already 

 engaged. There has been issued a total of 

 547,400 pages of books and tracts from the 

 press of this mission. 



The Mission to the Teloogoos (Amer. Bapt. 

 Miss. Union) reports the following statistics: 

 Missionaries, 3, and their wives ; native assist- 

 ants, etc., 9; stations, 6; members, 139, an in- 

 crease of 93. Local receipts of over 1,200 ru- 

 pees have been realized at the Nellore station. 



In Siam, the Amer. Bapt. Miss. Union sup- 

 ports 1 missionary and wife, and has 1 station. 

 There are 24 members, an increase of 2 ; 

 2 missionaries and their wives and 2 female 

 missionaries labor among the Chinese popula- 

 tion of Siam. The number of members of this 

 mission is 53 ; number of baptized during the 

 year, 40. 



In China, the Amer. Bapt. Miss. Union has 

 now two missions : the Southern China Mis- 

 sion (late Tie Chin) and Eastern China Mis- 

 sion (late Ningpo Mission). The statistics of 

 the former mission were : Missionaries, 3, and 

 their wives ; out-stations, 11 ; native assistants, 

 9, 2 of whom have been ordained during the 

 year. The statistics of the latter : Missiona- 

 ries, 4, and their wives ; native assistants, etc., 

 16 ; stations and out-stations, 12 ; preaching- 

 places, 13 ; churches, 5 ; baptized, 30 ; mem- 

 bers, 178 ; local contributions, $93.49. A new 

 station has been opened at Hang Chau, 100 

 miles from Nmgpo. It has 8 members. The 

 Board of Foreign Missions of the Southern 

 Baptist Convention sustains in China 7 Ameri- 

 can missionaries with several native helpers, at 

 Canton, Shanghai, and Shantung. The mission 

 has 180 members, of whom 39 have been bap- 

 tized during the year. The Seventh-Day Bap- 

 tist Missionary Society has a mission church 

 of 20 members, with a native pastor. 



The mission of the Free- Will Baptists in 

 India has been more than usually successful. 

 There are now some 70 or 80 pupils in the nor- 

 mal schools, over 900 in the boarding and day 

 schools, and about 700 in the Sabbath-schools. 



