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schools, including the theological seminaries and 

 n medical school in China, there are 7N2 pupils, 

 niul in 77 day school.-, there an- ^.'.CJll more. 

 The-e, with tin- Sunday pupils not ther\\i~c 

 counted, make a total of ?i,'~~<l children under 

 instruction. So far M reported, then has Wen 

 contributed in llu* si'vrnil fields toward their 

 own support an aggregate of $7,4M.V.i<. Tin- 

 Wtimated value of mission property at foreign 

 stations is $319,131.17. The missionary bishop 

 of t'ape I'.-ilmas reports that the mission is deeply 

 concerned because of certain claims advanced by 

 (lie French Government to lands on the Ivory 

 Coast between the Cavalla and San Pedro rivers 

 on which 10 of the mission stations are located. 

 The work of the mission has also been much 

 hindered by a political upheaval in the district. 

 The appropriations for the fiscal year amounted 

 to $215,'2:2.03, while the resources were but 

 $304,764.41. 



The Church in Hayti. New parish churches 

 have Wen built, and old ones repaired ; primary 

 schools have been established; the usefulness of 

 the Normal School of Rural Pedagogy has in- 

 creased, and a medical dispensary has been 

 opened. The statistics are as follow : Clergy, 14 ; 

 mission stations, 19 : postulants, 2 ; lay leaders, 

 1!': teachers, 8; Sunday-school teachers, 10; 

 baptisms, 59 ; confirmations, 8 ; communicants, 

 :!7S; Sunday-school pupils, 216; day-school pu- 

 pils, 141; contributions, $2,551.90; estimated 

 value of church property, $19,730. 



The Mexican Church. The original con- 

 stitution of this Church is, by the Church's own 

 action, temporarily in abeyance. The govern- 

 ment is now in the Cuerpo Ecclesiastico, which 

 consists of the clergy and lay representatives of 

 the congregations, the episcopal authority be- 

 ing, by election of the Cuerpo, in the presiding 

 bishop of the American Church. The Bishop 

 of New Mexico and Arizona is the commissary 

 of the presiding bishop, with power to act for 

 him. The statistics are as follow: Priests, 5; 

 candidates for orders, 5 ; other readers, 8 ; con- 

 gregations, 23 ; day schools in same, 11 ; teach- 

 ers, 11 ; scholars, 400. (These are only approxi- 

 mate numbers, as the attendance fluctuates con- 

 siderably, but they are substantially correct.) 



In Europe. The churches under the charge 

 of a bishop of the American Church number 8 

 in Prance 3, in Germany 1, in Italy 2, in 

 Switzerland 2 ; clergy 19 ; parishes and mis- 

 sions, 8; baptisms, 21; confirmations, 57; com- 

 municants, 853; being 120 less than were last re- 

 ported ; Sunday-school teachers, 5 ; scholars, 50 ; 

 contributions, $23,802.92. 



The Woman's Auxiliary. Much attention 

 was drawn to the Woman's Auxiliary to the 

 Board of Missions at the opening of its twenty- 

 second year. Its meeting, held in Baltimore, in 

 the fall of 1892, was the largest general meeting 

 it had held, over 1.200 women being gathered 

 from 50 dioceses and missionary districts: and 

 its offering $20,353.16. of which all but $685.73 

 was devoted to the Enrollment fund was the 

 largest united offering, by many thousand dol- 

 lars, it had ever made. 



The Junior Auxiliary, under the guidance of 

 the Woman's Auxiliary, is especially intended to 

 awaken and sustain the interest of the children 

 in the Church in its missionary work. There are 



now 14 dioceses in which diocesan officers have 

 been appointed in special charge of junior work. 

 The following is a summary of the money collect- 

 ed and work accomplished by the Woman's Auxil- 

 iary and Junior department in 52 diocese* and 

 11 missionary jurisdictions in the year Sept. 1. 

 isii-j. to Sept. 1. 1893: Money under appropri- 

 ation to domestic missions, $22,477.17 ; to for- 

 eign missions, $22,386.65; specials: domestic. 

 $100,859.72; foreign, $21,498.09; united offer- 

 ing, October, 1892, $20,353.16; other gifts for 

 Knrollmcnt fund, $3,134.44; total, $190,708.38. 

 Missionary boxes, 4,391, whose valuation wa* 

 $198,749.84, making a total collection whose 

 value was $389.458.22. Of this, the Junior Aux- 

 iliary contributed in money $21,897.74, as well 

 as 691 boxes, valued at $16.788.30. The Lenten 

 offering from Sunday schools was about $76,000. 

 It is proposed that the Woman's Auxiliary place 

 before itself for its united offering at the next 

 triennial the endowment of the episcopate in a 

 missionary jurisdiction, subject to the approval 

 of the Board of Missions. 



American Church Missionary Society. 

 This has 31 missionaries laboring in the home 

 field, and also has charge of the Brazilian and 

 Cuban missions. The former is conducted by 4 

 presbyters, 1 American teacher, 4 native cate- 

 chists, and sundry native teachers. It report* 

 10 chapels, 10 Sunday schools, 4 day schools, and 

 100 communicants. It was established in 1890 

 in the southern part of Brazil, and conducts its 

 work in the three cities Porto Alegre, Rio 

 Grande, and Pelotas, and surrounding towns. 

 The services of the Church are translated from 

 the Prayer Book into Portuguese, and the 

 congregations enter with spirit into the re- 

 sponses, the Litany, the chants, and the Holy 

 Communion. The Cuban mission statistics are": 

 Clergy, 3, assisted by sundry lay readers and 

 teachers: chapels, 5;' Sunday schools, 5: day 

 schools, 5, with an attendance of 500 scholars. 

 The financial report of the society is as follows : 

 Balance, Aug. 31, 1892, $21,652.43; received for 

 domestic missions. $21,068.86 ; for Cuba, $1,181.- 

 64; for Brazil, $10,086.83; specials. $1.015.69: 

 mortgage paid in for reinvestment. $5.000 ; total, 

 $60,005.45: balance. Aug. 31, 1893, $14,257.73, 

 of which $12,994.12 is for reinvestment. The 

 securities of the society are valued at $140,100. 



Work among the Jews. The Church So- 

 ciety for promoting Christianity among the Jews 

 reports that the aspects of the field are encourag- 

 ing. In New York over 30 Jews have during 

 the year confessed themselves convinced of the 

 Messiahship of .lesus. and the schools are doing 

 effective work among the young. The cash re- 

 ceipts for the fiscal year were $10,61 ',>.<>! i ; bal- 

 ance from old account, $3,009.30; total, $18.- 

 621.99. The disbursements amount to $8.788.81, 

 and the balance on hand is $4,833.18. 



Building Fund Commission. This year, 

 for the tirst time, the commissioners have found 

 theMiselves in a position to extend aid by direct 

 gifts. A little over $600 has been thus appro- 

 priated, and a still larger amount is available for 

 similar use. Thirty-live loans were made during 

 the year, their aggregate Wing ^:!7. % JS3; 16 loans 

 have been entirely paid off, and the mort g 

 satisfied. The aggregate amount that has once 

 been loaned and has IHMMI returned to the fund 



