702 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Number of bishops, 68 ; of baptisms during the year, 46.330 ; 

 of confirmations. 26,718; of candidates for orders, 852; of or- 

 dinationsdeacons 113, priests 101; of Sunday-school teach- 

 ers, 80,651. Amount of contributions, $6,477,806. 



Committee had sufficient means on hand to pay 

 off their present indebtedness. The report of 

 the Committee dwells upon the importance of 

 the work among the colored people. The in- 

 stitution for the training of colored ministers 

 at Raleigh, N. C., has room for the accommo- 

 dation of more than 100 pupils, a landed estate 

 of 100 acres, and endowment funds of about 

 $20,000. It has been found that the difficulty 



* Statistics reported 1876-'77. 



arising in consequence of the colored people 

 not being able to read the services in the Pray- 

 er-Book is overcome by means of their quick 

 and retentive memories. Special reports were 

 received at the annual meeting of the Board 

 from the Missionary Bishops of Montana, Idaho, 

 and Utah, Nevada, Western Texas, and North- 

 ern Texas, of the condition of the Church in 

 their several dioceses. The missionary district 

 of Arizona and New Mexico was still without 

 a missionary bishop of its own. 



The receipts of the Indian Committee for 

 the same year were $35,416, in addition to 

 which the Committee received and disbursed 

 appropriations made by the Government for 

 schools to the amount of $6,052. The disburse- 

 ments exceeded the gross amount which the 

 Committee had at its command by $212.95, and 

 the usual monthly pay to missionaries was still 

 due at the end of the year for two months. 

 The work in charge of the Committee was 

 among the Oneidas in Wisconsin, the Chippe- 

 was in Minnesota, several scattered bands of 

 Sioux in Minnesota, the Dakotas in the mis- 

 sionary district of Niobrara, and the Shoshones 

 in the Territory of Wyoming ; it gave employ- 

 ment to one missionary bishop, 10 white and 

 10 native clergymen, 16 native catechists and 

 teachers, and 15 woman helpers 52 laborers in 

 all. 



The total receipts of the Foreign Committee 

 for the year ending in September, 1878, were 

 $139,971, or $25,000 more than the receipts of 

 any previous year. The debt, which stood in 

 the previous year at $18,484, was at the time 

 of making the report $17,508. The missions 

 were in Africa, China, Japan, Hayti, and Mex- 

 ico, and the following is a summary of their 

 statistics: African Mission (Cape Palmas, Si- 

 noe and Bassa, and Monrovia and Cape Mount 

 districts 1 bishop, 9 clergymen, 2 candidates, 

 3 postulants, 2 physicians, 2 white and 10 na- 

 tive teachers, 3 churches, 10 schoolhouses, 835 

 attendants on worship, 292 communicants, 74 

 confirmations, 397 scholars in day and board- 

 ing schools, 522 Sunday-school scholars, and 

 $210 of contributions. China Mission (Shang- 

 hai district, Wuchang, and Hankow) 1 bishop, 

 6 foreign and 3 native clergymen, 10 candi- 

 dates, 1 physician, 8 woman missionaries, 49 na- 

 tive catechists, teachers, Bible - readers, and 

 hospital assistants, 575 attendants on worship, 

 221 communicants, 43 candidates awaiting con- 

 firmation, 683 scholars in day and boarding 

 schools and 343 in Sunday schools, and $1,002 

 of contributions. Japan (stations at Osaka and 

 Tokio) 1 bishop, 5 foreign presbyters, 1 native 

 deacon, 1 physician, 5 foreign female teachers, 

 10 catechists, teachers, and Bible - readers, 6 

 foreign and 43 native communicants, 16 con- 

 firmations, 51 scholars in boarding and day 

 schools and 120 in Sunday schools, and $341 

 of contributions. Hayti 1 bishop, 10 clergy- 

 men, 14 lay readers, 4 candidates, 8 missionary 

 stations, 357 communicants, 89 confirmations, 

 986 parishioners, 164 scholars in parish and 



