538 



METHODISTS. 



m. DOMESTIC MISSIONS: 



1. Welsh missions $150 00 



2. Scandinavian missions 16,200 00 



3. German missions 43,125 00 



4. Chinese missions 7,500 00 



Total for foreign population in the 



United States $65,975 00 



0. Indian missions $3,500 00 



7. American domestic missions 249,52500 



IV. FOE MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES 73,006 00 



V. FOB THE LIQUIDATION OP THE DEBT 115,000 00 



Grand total $821,853 20 



The annual report of the Missionary Society 

 furnishes the following summary of the statis- 

 tics of the missions for 1874 : 



Twenty-three missionaries of the Women's 

 Foreign Missionary Society are included in 

 the column of American missionaries and as- 

 sistant missionaries. They were distributed as 

 follows : In South America, 2 ; in East China, 

 3 ; in Central China, 3 ; in North China, 2 ; in 

 India, 9 ; in Japan, 1 ; in Mexico, 3. The num- 

 ber of teachers was 1,785, distributed as fol- 

 lows : In Central China, 3 ; in North China, 

 3 ; in Germany and Switzerland, 1,051 ; in 

 Denmark, 61 ; in Norway, 168 ; in Sweden, 

 292 ; in India, 204. Number of churches, 135 ; 

 probable value of the same, $588,802.99. Num- 

 ber of parsonages, 78 ; probable value, $91,495. 

 Amount of missionary collections, $3,967.46 ; 

 of other benevolent contributions, $56,945.72. 

 Number of Sunday-schools, 420 ; of scholars 

 in the same, 22,940. Number of day-schools, 

 259 ; of scholars, 8,960. 



The number of churches connected with 

 these missions was 295 ; probable value of the 

 same, $750,875. Number of parsonages, 139 ; 



* No returns. 



probable value, $160,490. Amount of 

 sionary collections, $9,305.41. 



mis- 



The seventh annual meeting of the Freed- 

 merCs Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church was held at Cincinnati, Ohio, Decem- 

 ber 29th. The corresponding secretary re- 

 ported the receipts for the year to have been 

 $55,134.98, showing an average contribution 

 of four cents by each member of the Church. 

 Complaints were made of the smallness of the 

 sum. The plans of the Society for the year 

 had been based upon estimates that the con- 

 tributions would reach $100,000. It had been 

 embarrassed by the failure to realize that 

 amount, and involved in debts amounting to 

 $17,778. Quite $100,000 would be required 

 to liquidate its debts and carry on its opera- 

 tions for the ensuing year. The Society had 

 helped to establish and support the following 

 institutions : Central Tennessee College, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. ; Shaw University, Holly Springs, 

 Miss. ; Claflin University and Baker Institute, 

 Orangeburg, S. C. ; Clark University and Theo- 

 logical Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. ; Haven Nor- 

 mal School, Waynesboro', Ga; Baldwin Semi- 

 nary, Baldwin, La. ; New Orleans University 

 and Thomson Biblical Institute, New Orleans, 

 La. ; Eust Biblical and Normal Institute, Hunts- 

 ville, Ala. ; Richmond Normal School, Rich- 

 mond, Va. ; Centenary Biblical Institute, Bal- 

 timore, Md. ; Wiley University, Marshall, Texas ; 

 Cookman Institute, Jacksonville, Florida; Ben- 

 nett Seminary, Greensboro', N. C. 



It had also aided in the support of schools 

 taught by the ministers of the Church in con- 

 nection with their mission-work. Three thou- 

 sand pupils had been enrolled in all the schools, 

 of whom 1,000 were preparing to be teachers 

 or preachers. 



The ninth anniversary meeting of the Board 

 of Church Extension was held November 12th. 

 The receipts for the year were reported to have 

 been: By balance from the previous year, $1,- 

 321.71 ; on general account, $75,546.59 ; on 

 loan-fund account, $19,931.80 : total, $96,- 

 800.10. The disbursements had been : On 

 general account, $64,046.25 ; on loan-fund ac- 

 count, $17,475.90 : total, $96,800.10. A net 

 balance remained, after deducting the amount 

 of drafts due, of $9,146.79. The board had, 

 however, made grants not yet paid, amount- 

 ing to $12,275. If these should be required 

 immediately, the existing cash balances would 

 be overdrawn to the amount of $3,128.21. 



During the nine years of its active work, 

 ending November 1, 1874, the board had col- 

 lected and disbursed $804,763.94, of which 

 $200,541.03 belonged to the loan-fund. Of 



