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LUTHERANS. 



reduction of the tariff on sugar. Besides reso- 

 lutions on this subject, this convention passed 

 a resolution asking Congress to appropriate a 

 portion of the surplus in the national Treasury 

 in aid of education. 



Cotton-Trade of New Orleans. The following 

 table shows the receipts of cotton at New Or- 

 leans by rail and water during the year ending 

 September 1 : 



The Mississippi Valley Railroad, completed in 

 September, passes through a fine cotton coun- 

 try, and gives the city six trunk lines. 



LUTHERANS. The Evangelical Lutheran 

 Church in North America comprises four 

 general bodies, consisting of forty-four district 

 synods and eleven independent synods. The 

 following is a general summary of the statistics 

 of the general organizations for 1884: 



The table in the next column gives a sum- 

 mary of the statistics of the fifty-five district 

 synods of the Lutheran Church, arranged ac- 

 cording to the general bodies. 



The net increase during the year, according 

 to the u Kalender," was 126 ministers, 107 

 congregations, and 49,968 communicants; and 

 within the past fifteen years the Lutheran 

 Church has more than doubled its member- 

 ships, numbers of congregations, and pastors. 



The educational and charitable institutions 

 number 19 theological seminaries, 20 colleges, 

 31 seminaries and academies, 18 young ladies 1 

 seminaries, 33 orphans' homes, hospitals, and 

 asylums, and 9 immigrant missions. In 1884 

 there were 115 religious periodicals published, 

 of which 39 are English, 45 German, 10 Swed- 

 ish, 17 Norwegian, 3 Danish, and 1 Icelandic. 



I. The General Synod. The General Synod 

 North was organized in 1821, and is, therefore, 

 the oldest general organization in the United 





