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PaOTBSTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATKs. 



Balance Sept. 1. 1804. 698*90.60 : cash received 

 during the year. 6108,488.86 half the general 



. :, ^.;, .:,; , . .. . 



6IS.48&45; iimlesignated legacies app. 



om/China, Japan, etc., 688,985.18; leg*. 



| ..HI; withdrawn for time IM-III^ 

 from lru*t funds 6*1.189.48; half personal loan. 

 tL500; total. 6&U. ; inures on 



account of mteion*. 6178,181.94; specials for 

 Africa, (hina, Japan, etc*, 684,167.91 : interest 

 (one half). $rJ1.14; half cost of administra- 

 tion an I ...Motion. 613,079.21; half cost of 

 printing -Spirit of Mission*," reports, etc., 67,- 

 . f.,r ! -.-.:,,,!. .*:,.r,:,u : r .- 

 12.189.48; half personal 

 loan, 6J,300; balance Sept. 1. 1895. for i 

 Mom and specials, 658,09469 ; total, 6351,- 

 471 v; 



The Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas re- 

 ports that because of territory havm_- 

 ceded to the French, as was mentioned las! 

 85 of the principal stations and preaching places 

 of the mission have been lost, leaving 63 stat ions 

 and substations under the care of the 16 clergy 

 connected with the Western Africa Mission, the 

 number of communicants being 1,241, and of 

 Sunday-school pupils 1,450. 



In Japan the repairs to buildings damaged by 

 the earthquake last year have been finished, and 

 the construction of the Tokio hospital. St. Paul's 

 College, and other inst it ut ions is progressing. In 

 hit report the bishop says : 



One remit of the war between Japan and China has 

 been a kindlier fcclm* toward Christianity, a lessen- 

 in* of the uftpicton that a Japanese can not be at the 

 same time a good Christian and loyal to his Emperor. 

 A way ha* been opened which (riven us new opportu- 

 .. . i n ing tin Japan! M sol- 

 diery. The minister* of war have Driven every cn- 

 sonrageiiiem and awiiwnee to missionaries ami other 

 I worker* to preach and distribute Hi Me* and 

 the garrooiu throughout the empire. Six 

 tiana received official . to go 



with the array aa chaplain* and - comforter*." This 

 was sought by and refused to Japanese 



The principal events of the year in China are 



' of a Chinese Church hymnal, the 



conclusion of the first portion of the revision of 



the Prayer Itook% and the opening of the new 



building of Su John's College. 



The work of the Church in Hayti was com- 

 ended bv the President of the republic in his 

 leal annual meamgc. The formal opening of the 

 Church of the Holy Trinity at Port au Prince 



4 place Aug. 11, the debt upon it having been 



TlM Wfjfjan'ft Auxiliary.- At its triennial 

 tin* in Ilaltimore in 1808 this c.r 

 meolved-Thal the Woman's Auxiliary place 

 mL for its united offering at the next 

 the endowment of tin- cpiHropato in a 

 lion.** At the trirnni.-i. 

 r in 1866 an offering of 655.- 

 later it was further resolved 

 Jhe Woman's Auxiliary set bc-f 



for the next three year* the m 

 lergw mm than that of 1895 as an of. 

 ft from the Woman's Auxiliary 

 l>sions, tobe used for the train- 



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to UM Board of 



ing and support of women workers in tl 

 aiunary fl- 



.inmaryof the work accomplished by the 

 Auxiliary and to junior depart m.nt m ft 



<<-, - and i;{ missionary jurisdicli 



pt 1. isir>, shows contribution 

 der appropriations t . IM^I-- 



878.8tf; tor 

 for ilomcsti.- minions. :: 



>ns, 651.800.80; boxes, K::P.'. valu 

 $181.571.01; total value of >nt r:l>uti<>ns. $349,- 



'.of winch amount the junior dr|..v 



contributed W> wiihin th- pa^ 



years 7 woman workers have be. i, -mi i 

 mission field by the \\'.in;in'- Auxiliarv as reg- 

 ular missionaries of the board 2 to 

 China, and 2 to Alaska. The first Chut' 

 i)ital in the Indian T.-rrilory. ih.- : 

 DOtpittl in Ari/ona (for the benefit .f t 

 vajo Indians), and lace schools aim i 

 pcwa Indians of Minnesota have been estab- 

 lished. 



The American Church Missionary 

 the foreign field und< 

 of Cuba and the southern division < : 

 Cuba tin- work has been suspended by tin 

 war. In Brazil there were 02 bap: 

 the year and nearly 200 eommunie.-i: 

 churches in Brazil contributed iJW.v 

 than one third of the whole amount conn 

 to the support of missions through 

 The total receipts of the society \\ere .*:}::. 

 and the balance Sept. 1. ls'.)5. was 64. 

 Its securities amount to 61 1 l&BM. 



The Socii-ty for prom(iini: Cliri-' 

 among the Jews reports an increase of ' 

 tion toward its missionaries, but slat. 

 Jewish converts are expelled from their 

 deprived of a means of livelihood, and MI 

 to all manner of personal indignities. Its cash 



is during the year amounted to 60^ 

 balance from old account, 61*768.15 



.'. The disbursements wore $10.' 

 balance on hand Sept. 1, lsr,. *><i. <;'.. 



liiiildini: Fund < ommission. On s 

 this fund amounted to 6275,077.70, an increase 

 during the year of 614.022.82. Gift-, 

 number, amounting to 62,500. were ma , 

 i:{ other ifts, amounting to $1,650. 

 The total amount of gifts paid to 

 uce the last rep 



have been paid off and 35 new ]. 

 The amount that has been once loan < 

 turned to the fund by 105 churches is 61 

 The total amount now outstanding on I 

 17.67. 



Prayer-book Distribution. T 

 book Distributi* .. whose . 



pnunote the distribution of the B<" 

 mon Prayer among tin- people through- 

 United States, this year made its fi 

 report, from which 'it appears tha- 

 adoption in 1892 of the revised I' 

 about 1,000.000 copies of that l.<,k have been 

 published and report has been made of the 

 jrrontof 105,800 copies of the prayer bo< 

 04.488 copies of the hymnal. 



Ki IL'iou> Ordi-rs. To the 

 for men hen-tofore enumeratwl has 1 



therhood of the Good Shepherd. P 

 in 1895, whose objects are the same as those of 



