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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 



$20,971.39; legacies for investment, $20,900; 

 returned to temporary deposit, $3,000; fund 

 for China, $12,189.48; one half personal loan, 

 $16,500; cash on hand, September, 1894, $28,- 

 290.00. 



There have been engaged in the work of foreign 

 missions 3 missionary bishops, 2 resigned bishops, 

 and the bishop of the Church in Hayti, 77 or- 

 dained missionaries with 388 foreign and native 

 lay workers. 



The Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas reports 

 that he has been 'compelled to abandon the terri- 

 tory on the east side of the Cavalla river, in 

 which the oldest mission station and 9 others 

 were located, because, after the close of the Grebo 

 rebellion against the republic of Liberia, a consid- 

 erable portion of the southern section of Liberia, 

 including the Cavalla district, was ceded to the 

 French, who at once took possession of it. 



In Japan the question of episcopal jurisdiction 

 has been temporarily settled by an agreement by 

 which the cities of Tokio and Osaka are made 

 common ground to both the English and the 

 American bishops, the former presiding in the 

 native synod of Osaka, the latter in that of Tokio, 

 and outside of those cities each having territory 

 assigned to his supervision. By this division the 

 American bishop is given a territory nearly 700 

 miles in length, with a population of more than 

 11,000,000 souls. The title of the mission and 

 jurisdiction in Japan has been changed to the 

 modern name of the city formerly called Yedo ; 

 they are now the mission and bishopric of Tokio. 

 In June Trinity Cathedral and the school build- 

 ings at Tokio were damaged by earthquake to 

 the amount of $10,000, and a native teacher lost 

 his life. 



At Athens the mission buildings were almost 

 destroyed by the severe earthquakes that visited 

 Greece in April. 



Mission work in China is being vigorously 

 prosecuted. A number of new buildings have 

 been erected without any appropriation from gen- 

 eral funds. Among these there is a hospital for 

 men given by two sons as a memorial of their 

 father. The increased value of the mission 

 property in China, as compared with last year, is 

 estimated at $36,700. 



The mission property at foreign stations is es- 

 timated to be worth in Africa, $43.600: in 

 Japan, over $87,000; in China, fully $212,000; 

 and in Greece, nearly $15,000 ; a total valua- 

 tion of $357,600. 



The Haytian Church. The Bishop of Hayti 

 last year made an urgent appeal for $6,000 

 toward the re-erection of the church at Port-au- 

 Prince, which was destroyed by fire. Less than 

 one quarter of this amount has been given, and 

 the bishop this year again urges his special need. 

 The statistics of this mission are as follow : Mis- 

 sion stations, 15; clergy, 14; teachers, lay read- 

 ers, etc., 41 ; local contributions, $2,763.14. The 

 value of church property in Hayti is $29,730. 



The Mexican Church. The Rev. Henry For- 

 rester is the resident representative in Mexico of 

 the presiding bishop of the American Church, 

 appointed to guide and counsel the local authori- 

 ties. The organized parishes and missions num- 

 ber 22; clergy 7; teachers, helpers, etc., 21 ; day 

 schools. 10; scholars, 400 ; confirmed, 362 ; com- 

 municants, 1,000. 



Churches in Europe. The statistics of the 

 chaplaincies in Europe show : Clergy, 10 ; 

 churches, 6 ; rectories, 2 ; houses for nurses and 

 for the sick, 1 : baptisms, 8 ; confirmations, 59 ; 

 communicants, 480; marriages, 7; burials, 12; 

 Sunday-school teachers, 5 ; Sunday-school schol- 

 ars, 50 ; contributions, $27,700 ; value of church 

 property, $626,000. 



The Woman's Auxiliary. To furnish the 

 chapel and the auxiliary room in the new Church 

 Missions House tnis association gave $3,795.04, 

 and on its opening day, as a thank-offering, it 

 sent 3 woman missionaries to the field to 

 China, Alaska, and Africa. Other contributions 

 of the Woman's Auxiliary and its junior depart- 

 ment were as follow : For domestic missions, 

 $20,206.89; foreign missions, $21,664.63; spe- 

 cials for diocesan missions, $40,986.26 ; for do- 

 mestic missions, $74.109.08; for foreign missions, 

 $23,302.88; total specials, $106,767.61; boxes, 

 4,200, valued at $189,720.47 ; total value of con- 

 tributions, $369,990.21. 



American Church Missionary Society. 

 This society now has 28 missionaries at work in 

 17 domestic jurisdictions, Arkansas and Okla- 

 homa having been added during the year. It 

 also has established a missionary periodical. 

 The Brazil mission, under the episcopal charge 

 of Bishop Peterkin and in the care of this soci- 

 ety, this year has been fully organized. Its sta- 

 tistics are as follow : Stations, 14 ; chapels. 6 ; 

 clergy, 8: baptisms, 50; confirmations, 142; 

 communicants, 174; marriages, 22; burials, 28; 

 services, 838; Sunday schools, 4; teachers, 16; 

 scholars, 235 ; parochial day schools. 3 : teachers, 

 8; scholars, 120; contributions, $1,333.80. The 

 statistics of the Cuban mission, also under the 

 care of this society, are unchanged since last 

 year. The financial report of the society is as 

 follows: Received for domestic missions, $11,- 

 979.85 ; for foreign missions, $9.195.36 ; specials, 

 $628.83; mortgages paid in for reinvestment, 

 $16,575 ; part payment house, $398.35 ; balance 

 Aug. 31, 1893, $14,287.73; total, $53,035.12; 

 balance Aug. 31, 1894, $6,724.77, of which 

 $5,535.25 is for reinvestment. The securities 

 of the society amount to $131,834. 



The Society for promoting Christianity among 

 the Jews reports that the year has been' marked 

 by an increase of interest among the Jews ; 12 

 children and 4 adults have been baptized, 5 have 

 been confirmed, and 4 admitted to the com- 

 munion. In the mission schools in New York 

 and New Orleans thoroughly Christian instruc- 

 tion has been given to about 150 pupils. The cash 

 receipts during the year amounted to $7,408.98 ; 

 balance from old account, $4,833.18 ; total. $12,- 

 242.16. The disbursements were $10,479.01; 

 balance on hand Sept. 1, 1894, $1,763.15. 



Church Building Fund Commission. 

 During the past year the permanent fund has 

 been carried far beyond the quarter-million mark 

 that the commission has so long been struggling 

 to attain. On Sept. 1 it amounted to $261,054.88, 

 an increase of $21.476.51 since 1893 ; also during 

 the year the commission has been enabled to 

 fulfill its entire mission through both loans and 

 gifts, 33 gifts, amounting to $4,310, having been 

 made, usually to small places with a sparse popu- 

 lation. The total amount on loan Sept. 1 was 

 $153,577.81, and other loans were ready to be 



