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DOMINION OF CANADA. 



hoped, through arrangements already pro- 

 jected, to be able in a few years to give the 

 statistics of the entire Church. The Bible- 

 sohool at Louisville, Ky., had been kept up 

 during the year, with a class of fifteen students. 

 Some ten or twelve of the young men of the 

 school were already in the field, doing good 

 service, in Kentucky, Texas, Alabama, and 

 other parts of the South. The school, how- 

 ever, had encountered difficulties, in conse- 

 quence of which it had been necessary to delay 

 the time of opening for the next year. The 

 efforts to raise $10,000 for this school had not 

 been successful. The board advised that they 

 be continued, or that attention be given to a 

 plan for building up local Bible-schools for 

 colored ministers in as many Southern States 

 as possible. A project had been formed to 

 establish an institution in Mississippi to pre- 

 pare colored men for the ministry, to be called 

 the " Southern Christian Institute." A char- 

 ter had been obtained for it, requiring $10,000 

 as a minimum and $250,000 as a maximum of 

 capital stock. The sum of $15,000 had been 

 promised by one gentleman as soon as $10,000 

 were obtained from other persons. An in- 

 creasing interest was reported in the cause of 

 foreign missions, and was manifested in the 

 convention. This work was not yet fully or- 

 ganized, but its importance was being urged 

 upon the attention of the churches. 



The Sunday-school secretary reported that 

 it had been impossible to obtain very general 

 trustworthy statistics of the condition of the 

 Sunday-schools. There had been steady, healthy 

 progress in several States. More than one 

 hundred institutes, conventions, and normal 

 classes, had been held. State organizations 

 had been perfected in Ohio (1867), Indiana 

 (1867), Illinois (1868), Kentucky (1874), Iowa 

 (1874), California (1875), and Missouri (1875). 

 In New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, 

 Texas, and Nebraska, Sunday-school work was 

 considered in connection with State conven- 

 tions. Steps toward organizing this work had 

 also been taken in Mississippi, Virginia, and 

 South Carolina. A list was given of ten pa- 

 pers published by Disciples in the interest of 

 Sunday-schools, having an aggregate circulation 

 of upward of 65,600 copies. Most of the week- 

 ly papers of the denomination had Sunday- 

 school departments. 



It was stated in the convention that $110,000 

 had been given to benevolent objects during 

 the year, in addition to the amount which was 

 officially reported by the General Board. 

 During the seven years since the general and 

 State organizations of the convention for mis- 

 sionary work had been formed, 38,500 mem- 

 bers had been added to the churches, and 

 about 260 new congregations had been or- 

 ganized. 



The annual convention of the Christian 

 Woman's Board of Missions was held at In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., October llth. Mrs. Maria 

 Jamieson presided. Reports were made by the 



State secretaries from the States of Indiana, 

 Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, and Missouri, and con- 

 tributions were received from the States of 

 Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ten- 

 nessee, and Mississippi, not represented in the 

 convention. The treasurer reported : Funds 

 received, $2,921.85 ; cash disbursed, $1,120.70; 

 leaving a balance in the treasury of $1,801.15. 

 A resolution was adopted favoring the intro- 

 duction of missionary interests into the Sun- 

 day-schools and among the children at home. 

 The subject of the introduction of life-mem- 

 berships, as a means of securing an endowment 

 fund, was considered. The society has made 

 a beginning of missionary work in Jamaica. 



DOMINION OF CANADA. A military 

 college has been established by the Dominion 

 at Kingston, Ontario. The course is four years, 

 and is designed to impart a complete education 

 in all branches of military tactics, fortification, 

 engineering, and general scientific knowledge 

 in subjects connected with, and necessary to, 

 a thorough knowledge of the military profes- 

 sion, and to qualify officers for command and 

 for staff appointments. Cadets are admitted 

 upon competitive examination. Parliament 

 appropriated the sum of $19,486,616.02 for 

 the expenses of the Dominion for the year 

 ending June 30, 1877, including $689,021.50 

 for civil government, $306,175.69 for peniten- 

 tiaries, $304,158 for legislation, $290,130 for 

 immigration and quarantine, $952,551.50 for 

 militia, $1,176,850 for public works and build- 

 ings, $301,281.67 for ocean and river service, 

 $386,042.50 for lighthouse and coast service, 

 $301,596 for Indians, $697,591 for customs 

 service, $235,800 for excise service, $2,330,291.- 

 66 for maintenance and repairs of public works, 



SEAL OF DOMINION OP CANADA. 



and $1,732,500 for post-office service. Among 

 the acts of Parliament passed during the year 

 are two relating to corrupt practices at elections 

 of members of the House of Commons, one 

 making provision for the collection and regis- 

 tration of the criminal statistics of Canada, one 

 amending and consolidating the laws respect- 



