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one ; the increase in the number of congrega- 

 tions was fifty-four. 



The Woman's Board of Missions has more 

 than two hundred auxiliaries and about one 

 hundred mission circles, which are situated in 

 different parts of the country, from Canada to 

 California. It supports thirty-six missionaries 

 and about thirty Bible women, and maintains 

 eleven school-houses in India, Turkey, and 

 China. The u Home" at Constantinople is in 

 successful operation. Connected with it are 

 a seminary and a dispensary, the latter in 

 charge of a competent woman-physician. 

 The total receipts of the society for 1871 were 

 $51,103 ; its expenditures were $46,235. 



The receipts of the American Congrega- 

 tional Union for the year ending May 1, 1872, 

 were $78,124.09; its disbursements to aid in 

 building churches and for necessary expenses, 

 $69,005.58, leaving a balance in the treasury 

 of $9,118.71. 



The receipts of the American Board of Com- 

 missioners for Foreign Missions, for the year 

 ending October 1, 1872, were $428,693.40. 

 The expenditures were as follows : 



COST OF MISSIONS. 



L ZulaMission $29,155 41 



Gaboon Mission 



Mission to European Turkey 18.999 25 



Mission to Western Turkey 76,069 43 



Mission to Central Turkey 21,830 61 



Mission to Eastern Turkey 31,774 50 



Mabratta Mission 39,444 19 



Madura Mission 41,901 93 



Ceylon Mission 19,11842 



Foochow Mission 15,071 42 



North China Mission 28,911 60 



Mission to Japan 18,720 07 



Sandwich Islands Mission 20,193 42 



Micronesia Mission 10,573 43 



North American Indians, Dakota 11,870 44 



Total $381,634 22 



II. Cost of Agencies 10,363 40 



III. Cost of Publication (above receipts) 5,084 92 



IV. Cost of Administration 18,930 31 



Total Expenditures $416,693 49 



For missions in " nominally Christian lands," 

 $17,130.70 were received, and $9,920 were ex- 

 pended upon the same. 



The following is the general summary of 

 the missions of the .Board : 



Number of missions 



Number of stations 



Number of out-stations 



LABORERS EMPLOYED. 



Number of ordained missionaries (7 being physi- 

 cians) 7. ...... 



Number of physicians not ordained 



Number of other male assistants 



Number of female assistants 



Whole number of laborers sent from this coun- 

 try ... 334 



Number of native pastors 94 



Number of native preachers and catechists .... 242 



Number of school-teachers... . 419 



Number of other native helpers 189 



Whole number of laborers connected with the 



missions 944 



16 

 77 

 445 



130 

 7 

 5 



192 



THE PRESS. 1,278 



Pages printed, so far as reported 7,947,870 



THE CHURCHES. 



Number of churches 173 



Number of church-members (so far as reported) 9 019 

 Added during the year (so far as reported) 919 



EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. 



Number of training and theological schools 12 



Number of boarding-schools for girls 20 



Number of common schools 462 



Number of pupils in common schools 15,480 



Number of pupils in training and theological 



schools and station classes 294 



Number of pupils in boarding-schools for girls . . 541 



Other adults under instruction 807 



Whole number of pupils 17,122 



The report of the Board, dated October 1st, 

 characterized the past year as one of steady and 

 healthful growth in all departments of the work. 

 In the old fields, except in Eastern Turkey and 

 Japan, it had been impossible to enlarge the 

 work, for want of the necessary men, beyond 

 what could be done by the native agency in 

 occupying new points within the limits of ex- 

 isting stations. Prof. Julius H. Seelye, of 

 Amherst College, had been commissioned by 

 the Board to spend a few months in Bombay 

 and its vicinity, to test the possibility and 

 practicability of reaching the educated class 

 of India. An earnest effort was made to es- 

 tablish a new college in Central Turkey, in ad- 

 dition to the three colleges formerly established 

 through the agency of the Board, namely, the 

 Robert College at Constantinople, the college 

 at Beirut, in Syria, and the college at Jaffna, 

 in Ceylon. Two hundred students were en- 

 rolled at Eobert College. The college at 

 Jaffna was opened during the year with a 

 class of twenty students. 



The annual meeting of the American Mis- 

 sionary Association was held at Racine, Wis., 

 October 30th. The receipts for the year 

 preceding were $330,146.66 ; the expend- 

 itures were $327,997.67, of which $209,969.65 

 were on the Southern field. During the year 

 the debt of the association had been reduced 

 $2,347.99. It stood at the time of the an- 

 niversary, $59,513.85. The following state- 

 ment was made of the work of the society : 



HOME FIELD. 



Number of teachers and missionaries sent into 



theSouthern field 331 



Number of primary schools 300 



Number of collegiate schools 7 



Number of graded schools 22 



Number of theological schools 3 



Number of churches 52 



Number of pupils in the schools 15.000 



Number of church-members 3,000 



Number of admissions the present year 618 



FOREIGN MISSIONS. 



Number of missionaries and teachers in the Ja- 

 maica Mission, West Indies 10 



Missionaries in the Mendi Mission, West Africa. . 17 



In the Sandwich Islands 7 



In the Siam Mission 5 



Number of missionaries and laborers in the Indian 



Mission 30 



Number of Chinese missions in California 12 



It appeared during the discussions of the 

 meeting that the society had a large number 

 of applicants for employment as missionaries 

 and teachers, who could not be engaged for 

 the want of sufficient funds. The Financial 

 Committee recommended $500,000 as the sum 

 needed to be asked for during the ensuing 

 year. The subjects of the work among the 

 freedmen, the Chinese in the United States, 



