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sions (including work among the Indians and 

 work among the colored people), $152,201.62; 

 for foreign missions, $99,172.11 ; for general 

 missions,!, e., at the discretion of the board arid 

 by it equally divided between domestic and 

 foreign missions, $118.800.32. As compared 

 with the previous year there was an increase of 

 offerings for general missions of $29,525.29, and 

 a decrease for domestic missions of $1,358.87, 

 and for foreign missions of $16,239.42. Of the 

 increase of the general offerings $17,728.58 was 

 specifically contributed toward the deficiency of 

 last year. The amount received from legacies, 

 exclusive of items for investment, was $85,- 

 756.09; of this sum $32,953.60 were by the terms 

 of the will applied to domestic missions, 

 $5,181.85 to foreign missions, and $47,620.64 

 were designated simply for the uses of the society. 

 The Board of Managers applied this last sum in 

 equal portions toward making up the deficiency 

 in meeting the appropriations for domestic and 

 foreign missions. The total amount at the dis- 

 cretion of the board toward meeting its appro- 

 priations was therefore $455,930.14. Legacies 

 amounting to $48,016.97 were also received for 

 investment. The amount received for specials 

 (which do not help the board in meeting its ap- 

 propriations) was $63,531.49. 



The arrearage on Sept. 1 was $35,855.39, of 

 which $10,658.36 remained of the deficit of 

 the year before. 



The number of parishes and missions on the 

 board's books is 5,724. Of these, 2,832 (242 less 

 than the last report) have contributed to the work 

 of this society during the fiscal year. The Lenten 

 offerings of the Sunday schools was $58,108.58, a 

 decrease of $17,891.42 from those of 1893. The 

 cost of administering the affairs of the society 

 and of making the work known to the Church 

 was a little more than 7 per cent, of the receipts 

 for missions, or a little more than 5 per cent, of 

 all the receipts by the treasurer, including sub- 

 scriptions for the stated publications and the re- 

 ceipts for miscellaneous purposes. 



The appropriations made were as follow : For 

 the domestic work (including $48,045 for work 

 among the Indians, in addition to all contribu- 

 tions designated for that work, and $40,000 for 

 for the work under the charge of the Commission 

 on Work among the Colored People, in addition 

 to all contributions designated for that work), the 

 sum of $230,795; for foreign missions (including 

 $4,363 for the support of disabled missionaries 

 and the widows and orphans of missionaries), 

 the sum of $177,314; set apart for central ex- 

 penses and for the cost of making the work 

 known to the Church, the sum of $40,000 ; total 

 appropriations, $448,109. 



The trust funds of the society amount to 

 $863,787.25 at par value, or $867,459.25 at 

 market value. During the year the amount of 

 income collected and paid to the treasurer was 

 as follows : Domestic account, $17,231.85 ; foreign 

 account, $12,365.12 : general account, $8.303.77; 

 total, $37,900.74. The amount of income added 

 to the Domestic Missions funds was $968.57 ; to 

 the Foreign Missions fund. $265.10; to the 

 General Missions fund, $1,306.99; total, $2,540.- 

 68; total income collected, $40,441.40. 



In regard to domestic missions, as was the 

 case last year, the society has been responsible 



for the salaries of the bishops and the stipends 

 of the missionaries in 18 missionary jurisdictions, 

 and has given assistance to 37 dioceses. The 

 whole number of missionaries, clerical and lay, 

 male and female, receiving salaries or stipends 

 during the year was 846, an increase of 26 over 

 last year, and the amount appropriated for the 

 whole work was $246,565. An examination of 

 the receipts for domestic missions during the last 

 seven years shows an increase in contributions 

 each year over the year preceding it. The re- 

 ceipts of this year, compared with the receipts 

 of seven years ago, show an increase of 35 per 

 cent., and as compared with the receipts of ten 

 years ago it is nearly 60 per cent. 



The financial condition was as follows: Cash 

 on hand, September, 1893, $19,735.96; cash re- 

 ceived during year (including $27,697.69 for 

 Indian missions and $15,443.45 for colored mis- 

 sions), $152,201.62; one half of the general offer- 

 ings to the society, $59,400.16 ; legacies, $32,953.- 

 70; undesignated legacies applied to domestic 

 missions, $23,810.32 ; legacies for investment, 

 $27,266.97 ; specials, $33,743.45 ; withdrawn from 

 temporary investment, $19,000 ; one half personal 

 loan, $16,500; total, $384,612.08. Expenditures 

 in 18 missionary jurisdictions and 37 dioceses (in- 

 cluding $45,995.24 for Indian missions and $54,- 

 743.29 for colored missions), $241,175.31 : specials, 

 $34,913.87; interest (one half), $129.58 ; sala- 

 ries, office expenses, printing, etc., $20,971.39; 

 legacies deposited for investment, etc., $27,416.- 

 97; returned to Trust fund, $6,000 ; return of 

 personal loan, $16.500; cash on hand, September, 

 1894, $37,504.96. 



The Commission on Work among the Colored 

 People reports that the total number of colored 

 clergy now at work is 68 ; of these 41 are in 

 priest's orders and 13 are employed in Northern 

 cities. In addition, 52 white clergy are engaged 

 in this work wholly or in part. Of the 5 arch- 

 deacons 2 are colored. While other denomina- 

 tions in the last twenty-nine years have expended 

 sums ranging from $1,250,000 to $12,000,000 in 

 Christian education of the colored people, the 

 Church has made an outlay of only $624,629. 

 As to the results of work among the colored 

 people, the Bishop of Southern Florida says in 

 his report : " I see that the Bishop of Georgia re- 

 ports one tenth of the communicants in his 

 diocese as black. I find the proportion in my 

 field, according to the tabulated statement, to be 

 more than one seventh." 



The contributions for foreign missions amount- 

 ed to $238,102.48. This shows a decrease as com- 

 pared with each year since 1890-'91. The finan- 

 cial condition for 1893-'94 is reported as follows : 

 Cash on hand, September, 1893, $26,380.37 ; cash 

 received during year, $99.172.11; one half the 

 general offerings to the society, $59,400.16 ; lega- 

 cies. $5,181.85 ; undesignated legacies applied to 

 foreign missions, $23,810.32 ; legacies for in- 

 vestment, $20,750; specials for Africa, China, 

 Japan, and Mexico, $29,788.04 ; withdrawn from 

 temporary deposit, $20,000: fund for China, 

 $12,189.48: one half personal loan, $16,500; 

 total, $313,172.33.. Expenditures on account of 

 missions (including Hayti and Mexico), $164,- 

 886.12 ; specials for Africa, China, Japan, Hay- 

 tian Church, with other specials. $46,305.15; 

 salaries, rent, office expenses, etc., with printing, 



