METHODISTS. 



527 



In consequence of the growing indebtedness South America, 8 missionaries connected with 



and tin- stringency of the times, a considerable the three missions in China, 8 in India, 2 in 



reduction was made in the estimates for 1877, Japan, 8 in Mexico; in all, 24 iiiis>i. 1 n ! ,ri- -,. 



from the amount which bad been appropriated The total number of native preachers was 246 



for 1876. Appropriations for the ensuing year distributed as follows: In China, 81 ; in Ger- 



were made as follows. The amounts allotted many and Switzerland, 61 ; in Denmark, 7; in 



;.. foreign countries include additional appro- Norway, 20; in Sweden, 62; in India,' 4; in 



priiitii.ns for the expense of exchange calcu- Bulgaria, 4; in Italy, 15; in Mexico, 12. Num- 



lated at twenty per cent, of the amount act- ber of local preachers and teachers, 782. Total 



ually to be expended in maintaining the work: number of churches, 204 ; probable value of 



L FOMUGN MISSIONS: the same, $1,240,674; number of parsonages, 



i-8 A o^kr^:;;:::;:::;:;;:::::;;;;;;;;; 'Jjg \ 01 ; probable value of the sme, $120,819. 



8. china (three missions, with centres at Foo- Amount of collections for missions obtained in 



4. gJ^asSaS^/r:::.::::: SK f he Ss? 4le "!k!Ji W5 - 4 Ji ; T W * ? f other 



6. Scandinavia 45600 benevolent contributions by the mission-sta- 



Jndia 6,uoo tions, $61,729.58. Number of Sunday-schools, 



I'. Itai^;;;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; iS 7J5 ; of scholars in the same, 33,216; of day- 



9. Mexico.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 24,'ooo schools, 247; of scholars in the same, 9,158. 

 10 - Jap* 11 _i 8 ^ Missions in the Territories. In Arizona, 3 



Total $256,800 missionaries, 46 members, 1 local preacher, 1 



II. MISSIONS IN UNITED STATES TERRITORIES AD- church ; in New Mexico, 6 missionaries, 173 



A*3lBSE.?^:... 8,000 membe r?> *J probationers 6 local preachers, 



Hi. DOMESTIC MISSIONS: J c A lmrch s ' 5 Parsonages : total, 9 missionaries, 



1. Welsh missions (Northern New York) 100 "19 members, 28 probationers, 7 local preech- 



2. Scandinavian missions 12.820 ers, 6 churches with $15,500, 5 parsonages, 



8. German missions 81,100 IK a ^ i IAV ' L i 



4. Chinese missions (in California) 8^500 15 kunday-ecnools with 344 scholars, 5 day- 



6. American Indians 8,080 schools with 156 scholars; missionary and 



6. English-speaking _189,600 benevolent collections, $94.66. 



$194,700 DOMESTIC MISSIONS TO FOREIGN POPULATIONS IN THB 



IV. MISCELLANEOUS ; nNmrn STATPR 



1. Contingent fund 26,000 



2. Incidental expenses 25,000 



8. Office expenses 14,000 i ^ 



4. For disseminating missionary information.. . . 2,000 



MISSIONS. 



Total $66,000 g 



V. FOE THE LIQUIDATION or THE DEBT 125,000 * 



Total of appropriations... ..$650,000 ^ el8h 1 ., 5? . .5 i . 8 



_ . , German 198 44,465 6,466 : 568 



Ihe amount to be raised was apportioned Scandinavian 70 6,190 646 68 



among the several conferences in the ratio of Chinese.. i 88 10 a 



their ability to contribute, in excess of the American Indian JL _** "* 



amount of the appropriations being estimated Total 881 60,447 7,872 I 648 



at Tl!e 3 fonowin g is a summary of the reports Number of churches, 836 ; probable value of 

 of the condition of the mission-fields : ^me, $2 881,662 ; number of parsonages, 



887; probable value of the same, $480,350; 



amount of contributions to missions, $28,301. 



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* sll I SUMMARY OF MISSIONARIES. 



MISSIONS. | o - | Foreign missionaries and assistants 207 



<; J . rf"3 S Native preachers 246 



(6 Local preachers, exhorters, and teachers 788 



< J Missionaries and assistants in the Territories 16 



25 64 2200 244 Missionaries to foreign populations in the United Stat- - . 



South America..... 6 4 307 14S Domestic missionaries 2,v58 



Eastern China 6 HI 1,256 637 _, . . . . . V^ 



Central China 4 9 28 87 Total number of missionaries 8,790 



i It y& %j& f, ^Printing-house of the Methodist Epteo. 



Denmark l 17 561 127 pal Mission in India was established t nareil- 



162? ^ m 1860 ' and waa reraoved to Lucknow in 



North India. ..'.'..'.'.'...';.. 27 475 i,28i '757 1866. Four presses are employed in printing 



South India 22 44 1,179 447 publications in the English, Urdu, and Hindi 



24 774 162 lang"ages. The catalogue of books in the ver- 



6 14 48 so nacular languages contains about one hundred 



Mexico _J 28 126 8<x> tiiles of works, of which more than half are 



Total 116 1,096 22,119 7,848 ' n lithographed Urdu, and the remainder in 



TK t|T>. , -,-, .^ -.,. : Hindi and Roman Urdu. A weekly paper, the 



The Woman s Foreign Missionary Society had ChrUtian St fa pabli8he d in Roman Urdu ; 



also 1 missionary in Africa, 2 missionanes in a fortnightly ^ the ^ in lithographed 



* The English church in Buenos Ayres is wif-eupporting. Urdu; and a weekly paper of general news 



