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The anniversary of the American Baptist 

 Home Mi*ion Society was held in Buffalo, 

 Y V., May 26th. The Hon. Samuel A. 

 I'm/or presided. The report showed that the 

 ivr< ipts of the society for the year ending 

 April 1st for missions and educational pur- 

 - had been $175,584.88, or about $25,000 

 less than the receipts of the previous year. 

 Report was made of the seven freedmen 

 schools : Wayland Seminary, Washington, 

 D. 0., 92 pupils; Richmond Institute, Rich- 

 mond, Va., 79 pupils ; Shaw University, Ra- 

 k'igh, N. C., 236 pupils; Benedict Institute, 

 Columbia, S. 0., 115 pupils; Augusta Insti- 

 tute, Augusta, Ga., 95 pupils ; Nashville In- 

 stitute, Nashville, Tenn., 112 pupils; Leland 

 University, New Orleans, La., 119 pupils. A 

 report was presented on Indian missions, 

 showing that among the tribes of the Indian 

 Territory there were three Baptist associa- 

 tions, 84 churches, and nearly 5,000 members. 

 A delegate was present from the Consolidated 

 American Baptist Missionary Convention (col- 

 ored), who presented resolutions which had 

 been adopted by that convention in acknowl- 

 edgment of the value of the work of the so- 

 ciety among the colored people, and express- 

 ing readiness to <?o6perate with it. In return 

 a resolution was adopted, " That this society 

 extend to the American Baptist Consolidated 

 Convention our expression of fraternal fellow- 

 ship, and desire to cooperate as far as practica- 

 ble in their most laudable attempt to conduct 

 missionary and educational work under their 

 own management and support." A resolution 

 was also adopted, " That we cordially and ur- 

 gently invite our brethren of the entire South, 

 and particularly the ministers and members of 

 Southern Baptist churches, to cooperate with 

 our teachers and onr board, even more ear- 

 nestly than ever before, in the building up and 

 strengthening of tliese schools for educating 

 colored preachers and teachers." 



The anniversary of the American Baptist 

 Educational Commission was held in Buffalo, 

 N. Y., May 24th. The report discussed the 

 relations of the Baptist denomination to edu- 

 cation. 



The fortieth annual meeting of the Ameri- 

 can and Foreign Bible Society was held in 

 New York City, May 16th. The treasurer re- 

 ported that there was a balance in the treasu- 

 ry May 1, 1875, of $4,506.33 ; that the recipts 

 during the year had been $8,725.77, and the 

 expenditures had been $10,466.16, leaving a 

 balance of $2,765.94. 



The anniversary of the American Baptist 

 Missionary Union was held in Buffalo, K Y., 

 May 23d. The Rev. Barnas Sears, D. D., LL. D., 

 presided. According to the financial statement 

 in the report, the total receipts of the Union 

 for the fiscal year ending March 81st, appli- 

 cable to the work in hand, were $245,997.28. 

 The total of liabilities for the missionary year 

 in the foreign field, ending September 30, 

 1876, were $223,176.68. This left a balance 



of $22,850.55 applicable to the deficiency of 

 the previous year, reducing it to $80,186.17. 

 In addition to the receipts reported above, gifts 

 have been made to the Union to be founded, 

 and gifts in the nature of annuities, sufficient 

 to swell the total of recipts to $258,678.08. 

 Fourteen new missionaries had been gent ont 

 under the auspices of the Union and the two 

 Woman's Baptist Missionary Societies. The 

 Rev. San-Pan Kau-too, a Karen, educated in 

 this country, had been sent back to labor for 

 his people. One other missionary was under 

 appointment of the Woman's Society for Bur- 

 mah. Six missionaries, now in the United 

 States, were expecting to return to their posts 

 within the year, and several missionaries had 

 retired from their posts for a vacation. 



A correspondence was recommended with 

 the Baptist Missionary Board of the South, 

 and with the Colored Baptist Conventions of 

 the United States, for the purpose of agreeing 

 upon some policy of agency in which all the 

 Baptists of the United States may unite in the 

 support of missions to Africa. A delegation 

 was received from the Southern Baptist Con- 

 vention. 



The following is a summary of the statistical 

 reports of the mission-fields : 



ASIATIC MISSIONS. 



EUROPEAN MISSIONS. 



The missions in Sweden, France, and Ger- 

 many are carried on entirely by native agencies. 



The fifth annual meeting of the Woman's 

 Baptist Missionary Society of the East was 

 held in Boston, Mass., April 18th and 19th. 

 The treasurer reported that the total receipts 

 of the society for the year had been $35,801.- 

 91, and the total expenditures, $34,157.62. 

 Five new missionaries had been appointed, 

 two of whom had gone to Burmah, two tc 

 Japan, and one was under appointment to 

 Maulmain. More than 800 auxiliary circles, 

 90 children's bands and young ladies' societies, 

 and 90 associational secretaries were reported 

 as connected with the society. In the foreign 

 work the society supported 18 missionaries, 



