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were $48,464.35. Fifty missionaries had been 

 in commission during the year. The number 

 of missionaries in the field at the time of mak- 

 ing up the report was forty-four. Early in 

 the year the Executive Committee received a 

 communication from the Protestant Episcopal 

 Board of Missions, bearing the date of October 

 20, 1871, which proposed that the Church Mis- 

 sionary Society terminate its existence and unite 

 again with the Board of Missions in the prosecu- 

 tion of missionary work ; or, in case such a step 

 should be impossible, that the society assume 

 the relation of an auxiliary to the Board of Mis- 

 sions, according to one of the provisions of 

 the constitution of the latter organization. 

 "After mature consultation and deliberation," 

 the committee, in their report to the society, 

 " came to the conclusion that neither prop- 

 osition could be accepted, and therefore were 

 compelled to decline the invitation of the 

 Board." This society cooperates with the 

 Mexican Missionary Association in Mexico. 

 It supports one missionary in Costa Eica. Its 

 other missionaries labor in various parts of 

 the United States. 



The receipts of the Evangelical Educational 

 Society, for the year ending November 1, 1872, 

 were $40,008.27, being more than for any pre- 

 vious year. During the year $6,500 were add- 

 ed to the endowment fund, making the entire 

 amount $11,500. The expenditures of the so- 



ciety were $28,115.82. One hundred and four 

 students were aided and supported. The so- 

 ciety has ordained, during the six years of its 

 existence, 122 men. 



The receipts of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Society for the Promotion of Evangelical 

 Knowledge, for the year ending September 

 30, 1872, were $43,088.02 ; the expenditures 

 were $42,598.06. The society has an invested 

 legacy fund which amounts to $49,885.96. 

 Grants were made during the year to the 

 amount of $20,000. 



The receipts of the Society for the Increase 

 of the Ministry, for the year ending Septem- 

 ber 1, 1872, were $28,923.33. Its expenditures 

 were $40,199.05. Contributions were received 

 from twenty-eight States and Territories, and 

 thirty-five dioceses. One hundred and sev- 

 enty-six scholars were aided, making the en- 

 tire number who have been helped to the 

 ministry, through the society since its insti- 

 tution, 650. 



PEUSSIA, a kingdom of Europe, forming 

 part of the German Empire. King, William I., 

 German Emperor, and King of Prussia (see 

 GERMANY). On December 3, 1871, a new cen- 

 sus was taken in Prussia as well as in all the 

 other States belonging to Germany. The area 

 and population of the provinces and districts 

 into which Prussia is divided were, according 

 to the new census, as follows : 



