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had been completed for the school at Winsted, 

 on Bayou Teche, La. ; a second building was 

 in course of construction for the Gammon 

 School of Theology, Atlanta, Ga. ; and a con- 

 tract had been let for a new college building in 

 New Orleans, La. The Gammon Theological 

 School returned 40 candidates for the minis- 

 try as in its classes. Meharry Medical College 

 had graduated more than 50 physicians, and 

 had 41 undergraduates in attendance. The 

 industrial departments of the schools had 

 proved very useful. In aiding schools among 

 the whites, the policy had been pursued of sus- 

 taining central universities at Little Rock, Ark., 

 and Chattanooga, Tenn., and establishing semi- 

 naries at other places to be feeders to them. 



Missionary Society. The General Mission- 

 ary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church met in New York city, Nov. 5. The 

 bishops presided by turns over the several ses- 

 sions of the body. The Treasurer of the Mis- 

 sionary Society reported that his receipts for 

 the year had been $825,828, and his expendi- 

 tures $867,513, leaving the treasury in debt 

 $40,685. Appropriations were made as follows 

 for the missionary work of the Church during 

 the ensuing year. 



I. FOREIGN MISSIONS : 



1. Africa 



2. South America 



8. China 



4. Germany and Switzerland . . 



5. Scandinavia 



6. India 



7. Bulgaria and Turkey 



8. Italy ........ 



9. Mexico 



10. Japan and Tokio University 



11. Corea . . . 



$7,000 

 29,075 

 93,774 

 24,600 

 51,794 

 88,700 

 14,100 

 29,739 



Total for foreign missions, besides $3,000 

 appropriated conditionally 



II. MISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, NOT in 



ANNUAL CONFERENCES, TO BE ADMINISTERED 



AS FOREIGN MISSIONS: 



Arizona, the Black Hills, Indian Territory, Mon- 

 tana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, 

 Utah, and Scandinavian work 



III. DOMESTIC MISSIONS : 



1. Welsh 



2. Scandinavian 



8. German 



4. French 



5. Chinese 



6. American Indian 



7. Bohemian 



8. English-speaking 



54,600 

 9,811 



$439,796 



$73,200 



$200 

 81,800 

 46,700 



1,500 

 15,500 



5,950 



2,800 

 203,650 



Total domestic missions $808,100 



IV. MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS $88,019 



For liquidation of debt 90,885 



Total of appropriations for foreign and do- 

 mestic missions, etc $1,000,000 



The following are summaries of the statisti- 

 cal reports of the missions for 1884, the latest 

 date to which the reports have been made up : 

 Foreign Missions. Number of missionaries 

 and assistant missionaries, 358 ; of missionaries 

 I of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 

 ? 47, who employ 328 native women ; of native 

 preachers and teachers, 1,305 ; of foreign teach- 

 ers, 27; of other helpers, 199; of members, 

 :. 34,442, with 11,965 probationers and 45,836 

 adherents ; of baptisms during the year, 1,302 



of adults and 2,023 of children ; of day schools, 

 529, with 16,868 pupils; of Sunday schools, 

 1,353, with 62,810 pupils; of high schools, 15, 

 with 75 teachers and 1,019 pupils; of theo- 

 logical seminaries, 7, with 19 teachers and 85 

 students. 



Domestic Missions. Number of missionaries 

 and assistants, 207, with 8 Chinese and Indian 

 preachers; of local preachers, 84, with 31 

 teachers and 16 other helpers ; of members, 

 10,208, with 1,509 probationers and 2,881 at- 

 tendants on worship; of baptisms, 422 of 

 adults and 572 of children ; of day schools, 31, 

 with 1,944 pupils; of Sunday schools, 811, 

 with 14,101 pupils. 



II. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The fol- 

 lowing is a summary of the statistics of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by con- 

 ferences, as they are given in the " Annual Min- 

 utes," published in May, 1885 : 



The "total members" includes the proba- 

 tioners. Under the same heading are included 

 925,290 white members, 504 colored members, 

 and 5,356 Indian members. Number of bap- 

 tisms during the year, 30,624 of infants, and 

 50,567 of adults ; number of Sunday schools, 

 10,268, with 67,869 teachers and 530,585 pu- 

 pils. Amount of collections: for conference 

 claimants, $86,677; for missions, $245,722. 

 The increase of members in this Church from 



