Ml.THODISTS. 



453 



hoi.l Union. $25,875; for the Tract So- 



''!>: fur tin- Hoard of Education, includ- 

 ing Interest, loant* returned, etc.. $80,665; for the 



system of federal schools, with the same courses 

 of study as other institutions of similar grade. 



Missionary Society. The annual meeting of 

 the General Missionary Committee was held in 

 I'.altimoi-e. Md., Nov. 9 to 15. The total re- 

 ceipts of the treasurer of the society for the year 

 ending Oct. 81 had been $1,282,07(5, and the ex- 

 penditures $1,238,302. 



The following appropriations were made for 

 the work of 1893 : 



ing . . 



American Bible Society, if :!.">.( i-J 7; for I lie Wom- 

 an'- Foreign Missionary Society, $265,342 ; for 

 the Woman's Hume Missionary Society, $104,681 ; 

 total benevolent eoiit fibut ions for the year, $2,- 

 !(i.",. n:;; : i.,->ide> which were paid for ministerial 

 Mi|>|M.rt, including bishops, presiding elders, etc., 

 $ 1 o.i is | . i .VJ ; for superannuated preachers, v ~ ' ' 



:i::7 : for church buildings and improvements, j FoRE10N MISSIONS: 



s,").l is.-jdi ; for indebtedness on church prop- 'Africa .' $6,420 



ertv. $1,653,738; leaving $9,134,644 as the South America 08.180 



piv.,,-nt indebtedness ; for current expenses, $2,- g^J" mtortOM >- - ';-; '^ 



'> 1 .V555. Switzerland. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'. '.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 10,000 



Book Concern. The Book Committee reported Scandinavia 62,424 



to the General Conference that the. total assets {"^ia m,729 



of the Book Concern were $2,378,181, of which Bulgaria 2o's&9 



$908,047 were in real estate, $791 ,573 in mer- Italy ....... ....."'.'.'.'.". 4^889 



chandise, and the rest in notes and accounts and Mexico 



cash; and that its liabilities were $286,841; Sea' 



leaving it a net capital of $2,091,340. The Lower (Calfornia...... ....................... i,ooo 



amount of the sales from the Concern during 



the past four years was $4,235,204, on which Total for foreign mission $666,800 



t lu> profits were $549,955. Dividends had been H. DOMESTIC MISSIONS: 



paid out to the annual conferences during the Scandinavian 62900 



four years as follow: 1889, $100,000; 1890, German.... '.'.'.'.'.'.'. '\'.''.'^.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.\ 52J50 



$100,000 ; 1891, $110,000 ; 1892, $125,000. These French .... 



payments had met with great favor, and did not cntn'-se! '.'.. '.'".'.' 11 soo 



appear to have diminished the local collections Japanese '.'.'.'. '. '. ................ '. '. '. ....'.'. '. '. '. '. '. 6^400 



for church beneficiaries. The building at the Bohemian and Hungarian 9,550 



corner of Fifth Avenue and Twentieth Street, IXSi'iiew '5o 



New York city, the joint property of the Book Hebrew .......... '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. . . . . . . . . . . ... 600 



Concern (two thirds) and the Missionary Society Pennsylvania butch 1,000 



(one third) had been completed, and was pre- iSgKgj ;;..;;;;; ggg! 



sented to the Church free from mcumbrance. Miscellaneous appropriations 119,000 



Church Extension. The General Committee 



of Church Extension met in Philadelphia, Pa., Tot f fo [ forei * n and domestic Ini88ioDS Md 970rw . 



, T ,.,. , ,, , miscellaneous $1,279,000 



Nov. 3. The report showed that the year had 



been the best in the history of the society. The In addition to which, special appropriations 

 receipts had been $319,981, of which $206,372 were made for payment for property, certain in- 

 had been received on general account, $37,684 cidental expenses, etc., to tne amount of $28,- 

 had been added to the loan fund, and $75,925 545. 



represented the amount of loans returned. Six Three hundred and forty-three missionaries, 



hundred and three churches had been aided assistants, teachers, and woman missionaries from 



during the year, -and the new year found the the United States, and 3,687 native preachers and 



board granting aid conditionally to 390 churches other native agents, were employed m the foreign 



in the amount of $174.625, and 34 applications fields. The missions returned, in all, 58,753 mem- 



on file asking for aid to the extent of $32,620. bers, 32,572 probationers, 73,566 adherents, and 



The board required for work in hand the sum an average attendance on Sunday worship of 



of $207,245, toward which it had $82,934. Ap- 103,066 persons, 26,771 conversions, and 11,733 



portionments and estimates were made for the adults and 8,282 children baptized during the 



ensuing year to the amount of $316.825. year; 18 theological schools, with 59 teachers 



Freedmen 1 s Aid and Southern Education So- and 434 students; 48 high schools, with 838 



defy. The General Committee of the Freedmen's teachers and 3,983 pupils; 1.082 day schools. 



A id and Southern Education Society met in Ear- with 32,150 pupils; 2,225 Sunday schools, with 



risburg. Pa., Nov. 7. The society had received dur- 111,365 pupils; 475 orphans cared for; 623 



ing the yett $867,781, and had expended $868,61 4. churches and chapels, of the estimated value of 



The sum of $280,471 had been expended in school $2,027.284 : fcfco halls and places of worship ; 801 



work. The list of schools included institutions parsonages and homes, valued at $700,457; or- 



for theological, collegiate, and academic instruc- phanages, schools, hospitals, and book rooms, 



tiou amon-j both white and colored people, in valued at $763,804; and .$338,418 collected for 



which were. 54S teachers and 9,665 students, in- missions, benevolent societies, self-support, and 



eluding in the collegiate classes 66 colored and church building and repairs. The domestic mis- 



100 white students, in the collegiate preparatory sions returned 3.372 mis>ionaries, 249,089 niem- 



eourses :'.71 students among the colored people bers, 40,306 probationers, 15,767 adults and TJ.- 



and 733 among the whites, 277 students prepar- 454 children baptised, ">.4?7 Sunday schools, with 



ing for the ministry, 278 studying to be teachers. 279,342 pupils, 4,631 churches and chapels, val- 



8,4)6 studying music, and 1,889 students hi the ued at $8,176,010, and 1.437 parsonages and 



manual, drawing, and trade schools. All the homes, valued at $1,172.180. 



institutions of the society together formed a Woman's Missionary Societies. The eleventh 



