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PKOTESTANT EPISCOPAL CIIURCU. 



Baptlun Intent* (In 84 dtoceces and ( mi* - 



Ion JurliMJictlonsi ............ -.'7. .'.:..") 



Adult* (In 84 dloceae* and 6 ml- 



>lon Jurlsdlctli.nl i ............ 6.845 



............ 



Not ipeclned On 4 dlocete* and 

 * ml*.lon j 



.V.rJI 

 89,944 



n jurisdiction*! 

 Toul (In 88 dioceses and 8 mia- 



Ion jurisdiction*! ........... 



ConflrmMioiii' (lu 40 diocese* and 7 mission 

 jnrirdicllunii! ............................. 23,515 



Communicant* -Number reported lu 89 dlo- 

 cee and 8 mlmion Ju- 

 risdiction* ............. 2,M>.Y? 



Number ID the whole 

 Church, about ......... soi.ncj 



Marriage* (In 87 diocese* and 8 mission ju- 



ritdlctlour) .............................. 10.NXI 



Burial* (lu Si dioceses and 8 mission Jnrin- 

 dlcttone) ............................... 80,859 



Sunday-school tearhera (In 84 dlocere* and 



8 mlwlon Jurisdiction*). . . 



Scholar* (In 87 diocese* and 



4mUlouJurlJicllou9)... 223,11} 



Contributions (in 83 dlocec* and 7 mission 

 Jurisdictions) ............................. $7,816,149 44 



A comparison of the general statistical sum- 

 mary for 1878 with that of 1872 shows an in- 

 crease as follows: Bishops, 1; clergy, 106; 

 ordinations, 47 ; candidates, 23 ; churches con- 

 secrated, 14; baptisms, 8,535; confirmations, 

 1,888 ; communicants, 30,272 ; Sunday-school 

 teachers, 885 ; Sunday-school scholars, 8,461 ; 

 contributions, $1,128,898.65. The average ra- 

 tio of increase in the number of communi- 

 cants in the forty-one dioceses was 8.94 per 

 cent. ; in the nine missionary jurisdictions, 

 25.57 per cent. The average amount of con- 

 tributions for each communicant in the dio- 

 ceses was $29.43 in 1873, against $26.22 in 

 1872; in the missionary jurisdictions, $-12. :i7 

 in 1873, agninst $32.99 in 1872. 



The Board, of Miuiont of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Church met in the city of New 

 York on the 27th of October. Bishop Smith, 

 of Kentucky, presided. The Domestic Com- 

 mittee reported their total receipts lor the 

 y,-nr to have been $173,254.69, and their dis- 

 bursements $166,917.01. The sum of $29,000 

 was held in invested funds. There had been 

 received from legacies $83,796.28, and through 

 the mite-chests, $18,962.19. Two hundred 

 and thirty-one missionaries had been employed 

 in thirty-six States and Territories. A resolu- 

 tion was passed requesting the House of Bish- 

 ops to take into consideration the expediency 

 of erecting each separate organized territory 

 into a missionary jurisdiction, at the next gen- 

 era] convention, and of electing seven new 

 missionary liisliops for the charge respectively 

 of tin- territories. The board, in the same 

 resolution, pledged itself heartily to support 

 such action, if the bishops should determine 

 so to change the missionary jurisdiction. The 

 receipts of contributions for the Indian work 

 had been $67,777.79. A statement was made, 

 in the report of the commission on this sub- 

 ject, of the work that had been done by the 

 new Bishop of Xiobrarn. A building was 

 nearly completed for the education of Indian 

 boys as teachers and missionaries within the 

 Indian Territory. The Indians of Washington 

 Territory had made application for a teacher 

 of the Episcopal Church. The first annual 



report of the Woman's Auxiliary was made to 

 the board. Nearly $20,000 had been raised 

 for the several departments of the board 

 through its means. The contributions for the 

 year to the work of home missions to colored 

 people amounted to $15,650.47, and $14,908.61 

 hod been spent upon the same work. 'Hie 

 report of the commission contained some ex- 

 pressions respecting the apathy of the clergy 

 and congregations regarding this course. The 

 appointment of a missionary bishop for the 

 colored people was mentioned as a subject for 

 consideration, but not for immediate action. 

 The receipts of the foreign committee for the 

 year amounted to $114,110, or $3,400 more 

 than the receipts for 1872. Fifteen new mis- 

 sionaries had been appointed in Africa, like- 

 wise Japan and Ilayti. besides two native 

 Chinese missionaries. The foreign work, un- 

 der the care of this committee, was distrib- 

 uted as follows: Greece One mission-school 

 at Athens, with a female principal, twelve as- 

 si-tant (Greek) teachers, and 450 pupils. TTett 

 Africa (Liberia) Four districts, twenty sta- 

 tions, one bishop (white), seven ]T.sh\ ti rs and 

 deacons, two artisans, twenty-three teachers 

 and catechists. The gospel was preached in 

 many native villages outside of the mission- 

 fctation*. Bishop Auer was consecrated as 

 missionary bishop for this diocese at Wash- 

 ington, D. C., April 17, 1673. China One 

 bishop, seven missionaries, seven woman mis- 

 sionaries, six native ministers and catechists ; 

 five stations, twenty-two schools, and 490 

 scholars. A translation of the entire Old 

 Testament into the Mandarin dialect had been 

 completed by Dr. Schereschewski, at Peking. 

 The mission has a hospital at Shanghai. Ja- 

 pan Six ordained missionaries, one mission- 

 ary physician, two we man missionaries; two 

 stations, one school, with 48 scholars. A 

 hospital and dispensary were to be opened at 

 Osaki as soon as a suitable building could be 

 secured. Ilayti Three foreign and nine na- 

 tive missionaries. sc\cii stations. 77/e J<-/ / 

 School (Syria), under the c;.re of Miss Mary B. 

 Baldwin and three nssisiants, had 100 schol- 

 ars. SUMMARY: Bishops, 2; other clergy, 87; 

 male assistants, 20 ; female assistants, 84 ; 

 total, 93. Schools, 60; scholars, 1,648. 



The total receipts of the Evangelical Knovl- 

 tdtif >V>c ittij for the year ending October 1, 

 1878, were $27,018.48; the expenditures were 

 $24,180.55. The society had $26,000 of in- 

 vested funds, and $40.513 worth of stock, 

 books, and publications. An arrangement had 

 been made with Mr. Tin. inns Whittiiker, of 

 New York, for carrying on its business 



The total receipts of the /.'runinliral J:'<J>i- 

 fiit:m,,i! S<iri,ti/ tor the year ending October 

 1, 1873, were |81,111.59 ; expenditures, $26,- 

 lii-.'.oS. The receipts were considerably less 

 than those of the previous year, but the so- 

 ciety had not yet suffered any embarrassment 

 on this account. The endowment fund of the 

 society had reached $18,000. Ninety -seven 



