PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 705 



to Cape Traverse, and has approved of a plan 

 for building a pier at Cape Traverse 2,100 feet 

 long. On the New Brunswick side the Gov- 

 ernment also intends to build a pier 2,100 feet 

 long. Senator Howlan proposes to extend both 

 these piers; the one from Cape Traverse 2,000 

 feet, the one from Cape Tormentine 8,000 feet. 

 The ends of both these piers would be in about 

 30 feet of water, and they would be connected 

 with each other by a subway about 5 miles 

 long. The subway would be an iron tube three 

 eighths of an inch thick, lined with 2 feet 

 of concrete, 15 feet in diameter, and constructed 

 in lengths of 300 feet. The tubes would be 

 made on shore, fitted with temporary ends, and 

 floated to the required position. The princi- 

 pal reliance for strength is not placed upon 

 the iron casing, but upon the concrete lining. 

 A pumping and ventilating shaft would be 

 sunk about a mile and a half from the New 

 Brunswick abutment. The estimated cost is 

 $2,080,000. 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. This Church is in communion 

 with the Church of England and its branches 

 throughout the British Empire. It derives its 

 origin from the Anglican Church, and has 

 now entered upon the second century of its 

 existence. The following is a general statis- 

 tical summary for 1885 : 



Dioceses 



Missionary districts 

 Bishops ......... 



Priests and deacons 

 Whole number of clergy 

 . Parishes (estimated) 

 Ordinations, deacons and priests 

 Candidates for orders 

 Churches consecrated 



16 



70 



8,717 



8,787 



3,450 



250 



, 272 



80 



Baptisms, infants 88.430 



adults 7,517 



total (including those not specified) 50,723 



Confirmations 29,726 



Communicants 898,098 



Sunday-school teachers 85,637 



Sunday-school pupils 323,852 



Contributions $8,717,281 11 



Missions. The Domestic and Foreign Mis- 

 sionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church consists of all persons who are mem- 

 bers of this Church. It is represented in the 

 Board of Missions, which meets triennially, 

 and is composed of both houses of the Gen- 

 eral Convention and of the Board of Managers. 

 The Board of Managers consists of all the bish- 

 ops, the Treasurer of the Board, and fifteen 

 ; clergymen and fifteen laymen, appointed tri- 

 ennially. The managers are charged with all 

 the powers of the board during the intervals 

 between the triennial meetings. By act of the 

 board, in March, 1875, the by-laws were so 

 1 amended that the Domestic and Foreign Com- 

 ' mittees ceased to exist at the close of the fiscal 

 .year (Sept. 1). Henceforth the board meets 

 I monthly, and "acts in the first instance on all 

 1 questions which require its attention." It has 

 now a General Secretary and an Associate Sec- 

 retary, with headquarters in New York city, 

 and its official organ is "The Spirit of Mis- 

 sions," published monthly. 

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In domestic missions, from Sept. 1, 1884, to 

 Sept. 1, 1885, the missionaries (14 missionary 

 jurisdictions and 30 dioceses) were : Bishops, 

 13; other clergymen (white, colored, Indian), 

 412; teachers, catechists, other helpers, etc., 

 61 ; total, 486. The financial record stood thus : 



Collections, legacies, etc $268,288 28 



Expenditures (fourteen missionary jurisdictions 



and thirty-one dioceses) $154,272 84 



Missions among Indians 49H8 81 



Missions among colored people .' .' 20^876 48 



Office and other expenses 1 8 294 00 



Cash in bank 25,071 65 



Total $268,288 28 



^ In foreign missions, from Sept. 1, 1884, to 

 Sept. 1, 1885, the numbers were: missionary 

 bishops, 3 ; other clergy (white and native), 

 43; teachers, catechists, and other helpers, 

 etc., 173; total, 216. The financial condition 

 was as follows : 



Collections, general fund, legacies, etc 



Specials, etc 



$179,310 78 

 19,017 16 



Total $198,327 94 



The Episcopal Church in Hayti is independ- 

 ent. It grew out of a mission established 

 there in 1864. Ten years later it received a 

 bishop of its own, and since then it has had 

 control of its own affairs. But it receives as^ 

 sistance from the board of Missions (under a 

 special canon), and its connection with the 

 American Church is regulated by a commis- 

 sion of the House of Bishops. Its missionary 

 staff consists of the bishop, 12 clergymen, and 

 46 lay helpers, a portion of whom receive the 

 funds out of the appropriation of the Board of 

 Managers. 



The American Church Missionary Society, 

 which is auxiliary to the Board of Missions, 

 continues its useful work. In the domestic 

 field it has added 35 missionaries, at work in 

 15 dioceses and missionary jurisdictions. 



The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Mis- 

 sions, by means of parochial, city, county, and 

 diocesan associations of Christian ladies, raises 

 money, prepares boxes, and in various other 

 ways helps on the missions and missionaries. 



The work among Indians and freedmen is 

 producing excellent results, especially in the 

 case of the former. Remarkable success has 

 attended the efforts of these Christian Indians 

 in the direction of self -support, and their readi- 

 ness to give help on the general missionary 

 work of the Church. Gen. Armstrong, of 

 Hampton Institute, Ya., has truly said that 

 " Bishop Hare's work is the very best that is 

 done among the Indians by any religious body 

 in this country." The work among the col- 

 ored people can not be spoken of in such high 

 terms. There is more difficulty in the way, 

 and less certainty as to the best mode of pro- 

 cedure. 



Work among the Jews. The Church Society for 

 promoting Christianity among the Jews (auxil- 

 iary to the Board of Missions) reports encour- 

 aging progress. It reaches Jews in about 300 



