DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. 



DOMINION OF CANADA. 263 



The tribunal is unanimously of opinion 



That there is no ground for awarding to the United 

 States any sum by way of indemnity under this head. 



And whereas, in order to arrive at an equitable 

 compensation for the damages which have been sus- 

 tained, it is necessary to set aside all double claims 

 for the same losses, and all claims for " gross 

 freights," so far as they exceed " net freights ; " 



And whereas it is just and reasonable to allow in- 

 terest at a reasonable rate : 



And whereas, in accordance with the spirit and 

 letter of the Treaty of Washingtonj it is preferable 

 to adopt the form of adjudication ot a sum in gross, 

 rather than to refer the subject of compensation for 

 further discussion and deliberation to a board of as- 

 sessors, as provided by Article X. of the said treaty : 



The tribunal, making use of the authority con- 

 ferred upon it by Article VII. of the said treaty, by a 

 majority of four voices to one, awards to the United 

 States a sum of $15,500,000 in gold, as the indemnity 

 to be paid by Great Britain to the United States, for 

 the satisfaction of all the claims referred to the con- 

 sideration of the tribunal, conformably to the pro- 

 visions contained in Article VII. of the aforesaid 

 treaty. 



And, in accordance with the terms of Article XI. 

 of the said treaty, the tribunal declares that "all the 

 claims referred to in the treaty as submitted to the 

 tribunal are hereby fully, perfectly, and finally set- 

 tled." 



Furthermore it declares, that " each and every 

 one of the said claims, whether the same may or 

 may not have been presented to the notice of, or 

 made, preferred, or laid before the tribunal, shall 

 henceforth be considered and treated as finally set- 

 tled, barred, and inadmissible." 



In testimony whereof this present decision and 

 award has been made in duplicate, and signed by 

 the arbitrators who have given their assent thereto, 

 the whole being in exact conformity with the pro- 

 visions of Article VII. of the Treaty of Washington. 

 Made and concluded at the Hotel de Ville of Ge- 

 neva, in Switzerland, the 14th day of the month of 

 September, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and seventy-two. 



CHARLES FEANCIS ADAMS. 

 FEEDEEICK SCLOPIS. 

 STAMPFLI. 

 VICOMTE c'lTAJUBA. 



DISCIPLES OF CHEIST. The twenty- 

 fourth anniversary of the American Christian 

 Missionary Society was held in Louisville, Ky., 

 in October. The board of managers presented 

 a report which showed that the collections for 

 home missions during the previous year had 

 amounted to $46,256.51, and that the mission- 

 ary labors under the auspices of the Society 

 had resulted in the addition of 5,968 persons 

 to the Church, while, owing to local obstruc- 

 tions, the amounts subscribed in some of the 

 States had fallen short of the subscriptions in 

 1870-'71 ; in other States contributions had 

 been increased. In Iowa there had been a 

 gain of about 100 per cent. ; in Illinois, of 50 

 per cent. ; in Indiana, of 100 per cent. ; and in 

 Michigan, of 150 per cent. The board of man- 

 agers recognized among the indications of im- 

 provement and promises of future prosperity : 



1. The increased interest in the general field mani- 

 fested by the home ministry. 



2. The growing disposition on the part of brethren 

 generally to regard the Sunday-school as an impor- 

 tant department of missionary work, and, as such, to 

 push forward its interests. 



3. The fact that a number of the State societies had 



resolved to raise stated amounts for missionary work 

 during the current year. 



4. The growing manifestations of a religious spirit 

 in all of the conventions, and the generally evinced 

 desire to cease the war about plans, and earnestly 

 labor in accordance with the plan which had been 

 adopted. 



The report treated favorably the efforts 

 which had been made to establish the cause 

 in large towns and cities. "With the aid of 

 the State missions, churches had been or- 

 ganized during the year in Buffalo, N. Y., To- 

 ledo, O., Fort Wayne, Ind., Peoria and Gales- 

 burg, 111. The Board recommended the estab- 

 lishment of a church-edifice fund to grant loans 

 for the erection of houses of worship ; the en- 

 dowment of orphan and Bible-schools ; and the 

 organization of a self-sustaining system of col- 

 portage. 



At the previous meeting of the Society a 

 fund had been subscribed for the establish- 

 ment of a mission in Germany, provided a 

 suitable man could be found for that field. 

 No such person having been presented, the 

 Board recommended the translation of tracts 

 and pamphlets into German, and their circula- 

 tion in that country. This recommendation 

 was adopted by the convention. Owing to a 

 scarcity of means, the mission in Jamaica had 

 been almost entirely abandoned for the pre- 

 ceding two years. The brethren in that island 

 were represented as still adhering to their 

 faith, and as looking to the United States for 

 aid. The report from the mission enumerated 

 15 stations, 673 members, 157 Sunday-school pu- 

 pils, 60 day-school pupils, eight native preach- 

 ers in good standing, and 24 additions recently 

 in one of their churches. 



The convention adopted resolutions declar- 

 ing it to be its duty u to renew the work of 

 foreign missions as soon as practicable, and to 

 the extent practicable," and determined to re- 

 vive the Jamaica mission. The women of the 

 hurches in the State of Indiana were expected 

 to look after its financial interests. 



The expenditures of the convention during 

 the year had amounted to $50,098.97, leaving 

 the treasury empty, but not in debt. 



The following statistics of Sunday-schools 

 were presented : 



Except from Indiana, Illinois, New York, 

 and Ohio, these figures are estimated. 



DOMINION OF CANADA. This Con- 

 federation has not yet reached the extent de- 

 sired by the English Government, and author- 

 ized by the Imperial Act of 1867, (30 and 31 



