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in irine of the large cities. There are five mis- 

 sionary schools and five industrial schools, and 

 over 250 of the parochial clergy co-operate in 

 local activities. The entire work reaches the 

 Jews in 226 cities and towns throughout the 

 United States. New publications, some 15,000 

 in number, have been issued; former publica- 

 tions have also been largely distributed, and 

 the Holy Scriptures and the Prayer-Book have 

 been circulated in English, Hebrew, German, 

 and other languages. 



Contributions, specials, etc. (Sept. 1, 1885, to 



Sept. 1, 1886) $13,79086 



Burr legacy and interest 10,974 45 



Balance from old account 1,101 01 



Total... . $25,866 32 



Expenditures for schools, salaries, publications, 



etc. 



Real-estate account, etc 

 Balance to new account. 



$12,370 26 

 5,764 39 

 7,731 67 



Total $25,866 32 



General Conditions of Church Affairs. Since the 

 General Convention of 1883, five of the bishops 

 have died viz.. Bishop R. H. Clarkson, of 

 Nebraska; Bishop B. B. Smith, of Kentucky, 

 the presiding bishop; Bishop H. 0. Lay, of 

 Easton; Bishop J. F. Young, of Florida; and 

 Bishop C. F. Robertson, of Missouri. Two 

 missionary bishops viz., D. S. Tuttle and O. 

 W. Whiraker have been transferred to organ- 

 ized dioceses. Nine out of the ranks of the 

 presbyters have been consecrated bishops 

 viz., W. D. Walker, Missionary Bishop of North 

 Dakota ; A. A. Watson, Bishop of East Caro- 

 lina; W. J. Boone, Missionary Bishop of Shang- 

 hai ; N. S. Rulison, Assistant Bishop of Central 

 Pennsylvania; W. Paret, Bishop of Maryland ; 

 G. Worthington, Bishop of Nebraska; S. D. 

 Ferguson (colored), Bishop of Cape Palmas, 

 Africa ; E. G. Weed, Bishop of Florida; and M. 

 N. Gilbert, Assistant Bishop of Minnesota. 



The Committee of the General Convention 

 on the State of the Church make thankful note 

 of various evidences of healthy growth, but at 

 the same time point out for the benefit of the 



laity, who alone can remedy the defect, the 

 general inadequacy of salaries for the clergy, 

 and especially the great lack of provision for 

 aged and infirm ministers of Christ. They also 

 deplore the falling off in number of candidates 

 for orders, and term it "the most discouraging 

 feature of the Church to-day." There ought 

 to be, instead of 344 (the number reported), at 

 least 730, in order to preserve the proper pro- 

 portions between the increase of communicants 

 and the increased spiritual needs consequent 

 thereupon. The committee "urgently appeal 

 to all the members of the Church that boys 

 and young men and devout men in business 

 pursuits be alike exhorted to this holy work." 

 Special mention is made of several organiza- 

 tions in the Church as well calculated to do 

 good service, viz., the Girls' Friendly Society, 

 the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Church 

 Temperance Society, and the White Cross So- 

 ciety. The two latter seem to be greatly 

 needed, since " the twin monsters of evil which 

 are sapping our homes and our people are in- 

 temperance and impurity, and these can be 

 conquered only by the help of God." 



In view of the wide- spread and deep interest 

 manifested of late years in the subject of Chris- 

 tian reunion among Protestants, the closing 

 paragraph of the committee's report may here 

 be quoted : " This Church, Catholic, Apostolic, 

 and American, presents her corporate life, her 

 ministry, her institutions, her charities, to all 

 the people of this land, irrespective of race, 

 color, or antecedents. For thirty-five years at 

 least, more than half (many think a much 

 larger proportion) of those annually confirmed 

 have been not of churchly parentage. Ab- 

 sorption has gone on beyond the power of as- 

 similation ; yet this Church so longs for organic 

 Christian unity and the reunion of Christendom 

 that she has at this General Convention shown 

 herself willing to make any overtures which do 

 not comprise essentials, in furtherance of the 

 prayer of Him who is head over all things to 

 the Church, which is his body, that his people 

 may be made perfect in one." 



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QUEBEC, PROVINCE OF. Exports. The value 

 of goods exported from the Province of Que- 

 bec during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, 

 was $37,222,943 ; to which may be added coin 

 and bullion exported to the United States, 

 $2,018,266, and estimated amount short re- 

 turned at inland ports and exported to the 

 United States, $363,242. 



Inundations. In April the jamming of the ice 

 in the St. Lawrence occasioned the most ex- 

 tensive and disastrous floods that the city of 

 Montreal has ever known. Preparations made 

 for protecting the city against an ordinary 

 spring flood were altogether inadequate in the 



presence of a rise in the river to twenty-six 

 feet above its summer level. On this occasion 

 the water rose two feet six inches higher than 

 in the great flood of 1861. Property to the 

 value of millions of dollars was destroyed, and 

 the sufferings of the poor people resident in 

 the low-lying districts were very great. The 

 cause of the trouble is the jamming of the ice 

 below the city of Montreal, 'which is attributed 

 to the breaking up of the lake ice above the 

 city before the breaking up of the ice in the 

 river below. An engineer's commission ap- 

 pointed by the Dominion Government recom- 

 mended that an attempt be made to prevent 



