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$.~>3.041, its freight 57,968 tons, and its passengers 

 U!Ui(i7 in number. The line is under the control 

 of the Dominion Government. 



Fisheries and Shipping. The yield of the 

 fisheries in 1898 was valued at $1,070,206 a 

 slight increase over the preceding year and in- 

 cluded a product of mackerel, $36,564; herring, 

 $182,214; cod, $101,488; lobsters, $468,374; hake, 

 $43,246; smelts, $32,424; oysters, $105,936. The 

 Dominion bounty received by the fishermen was 

 $10,188; the number of vessels was 24, with 125 

 men; the number of boats was 1,121, with 2,199 

 men. There were 230 lobster canneries, employ- 

 ing 3,120 men and having a plant valued at $267,- 

 712. The fish exported were valued at $541,585. 

 The tonnage of seagoing vessels carrying cargoes 

 to and from the island was 118,187. 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN 

 THE UNITED STATES. A summary of the 

 statistics of Church progress in the year shows 

 the following: The number of dioceses in the 

 United States is 59; missionary jurisdictions in 

 the United States, 17 ; missionary jurisdictions 

 in foreign lands, 8; clergy (bishops, 84; priests 

 and deacons, 4,863), 4,947; parishes and missions, 

 6,677; candidates for holy orders, 506; ordina- 

 tions deacons, 157; priests, 156; baptisms, 60,- 

 052; confirmations, 43,419; communicants, 714,- 

 575; marriages, 19,854; burials, 35,300; Sunday- 

 school teachers, 46,222; Sunday-school pupils, 

 430,901; total of contributions, $16,102,467.52. 



The gross receipts for missions for the fiscal year 

 that ended Aug. 31 were $1,004,349.69, being by 

 far the greatest amount ever reported. The con- 

 tributions for the work for which the board made 

 itself responsible by appropriation were $439,- 

 824.33; the amount received from legacies desig- 

 nated by the testators, either for domestic or 

 foreign missions or for the use of the society, 

 was $255,104.59, of which sum $186,734.59 was 

 applied upon the liabilities of the society to Sept. 

 1, 1900, and $50,000 was permanently invested. 

 The number of parishes and missions con-tribut- 

 ing 217 more than the year before, and more 

 than in any previous year was 3,963, and the 

 amount of church offerings was larger by $51,- 

 731.98 than last year. The Lenten offering from 

 Sunday schools, amounting to $97,000.89, was the 

 largest yet made, and was an increase of $9,618.66 

 over last year's offering. The number of schools 

 contributing was 3,338, a gain of 220 as compared 

 with the previous year. Seven of the foreign 

 mission schools gave a total of $178.81 an aver- 

 age of $25.54- a showing worthy to be com- 

 pared with the $28.06 representing the average 

 gift from the Sunday schools in the United States. 



The receipts for domestic missions (including 

 a balance from 1899 of $81,306.45) were $544,- 

 312.91. The payments on account of white, In- 

 dian, and colored mission work amounted to 

 $275,247.04; specials were $77,028.33; portion of 

 Woman's Auxiliary united offering of 1898 ap- 

 plied to appropriations for domestic missions, 

 $9,084.76; legacy expenses (one half), $103.75; 

 one half amount paid to annuitants, $926; one 

 half cost of administration and collection, $19,- 

 133.93; half cost of printing reports of the board, 

 Spirit of Missions for the clergy, pamphlets and 

 leaflets for gratuitous distribution, $9,889.86; 

 legacies paid to certain bishops at their discre- 

 tion, $2,500; returned to Standing Committee on 

 Trust, Funds, $53,000; making the total payments 

 for domestic missions $446,925.57; and leaving 

 for domestic missions and specials at the close 



" the fiscal year a balance of $97.387.34. The 

 aries of the bishops and the stipends of the 

 ssionaries in 17 missionary jurisdictions were 



paid, and in addition assistance was given to 40 

 dioceses and in Porto Rico. The general mission- 

 ary to the Swedes and 2 missionaries among 

 deaf-mutes in the West and South also were 

 supported. The whole number of missionaries in 

 the domestic field during the year, clerical and 

 lay, male and female, receiving salaries or sti- 

 pends, was 1,115, and the amount appropriated 

 to the whole work (including the sums not di- 

 rectly chargeable to the dioceses) was $316,861.17. 

 The number of parishes and missions contribut- 

 ing for domestic missions was 3,728, 137 more than 

 ever before. 



The receipts for foreign missions (including a 

 balance of $64,101.21 for foreign missions and 

 specials from 1899) were $470,279.23. The pay- 

 ments on account of mission work amounted to 

 $227,552.96; specials were $47,029.30; portion of 

 Woman's Auxiliary united offering of 1898 ap- 

 plied to appropriations for foreign missions, 

 $5,000.53; legacy expenses (one half), $103.75; 

 one half amount paid to annuitants, $926; one 

 half cost of administration and collection, $19,- 

 135.93; half cost of printing reports of the board, 

 Spirit of Missions for the clergy, pamphlets and 

 leaflets for gratuitous distribution, $9,889.86; 

 legacies for investment paid to standing com- 

 mittee, $4,000; legacies paid to certain bishops at 

 their discretion, $2,500; to Mexico, $950; returned 

 to Standing Committee on Trust Funds, $66,189.48; 

 making the total payments on account of foreign 

 missions $383,277.81, and leaving for foreign 

 missions and specials at the close of the fiscal 

 year a balance of $87,001.42. 



The reports of the missionary bishops are en- 

 couraging. Though retarded by obstacles, sub- 

 stantial progress has been made everywhere. 

 With the means at their disposal the bishops are 

 reaching out as far as it is possible to go, and the 

 outlook is more hopeful than ever; but all ex- 

 press the need of means to extend their work. 



The statistics of work among the colored people 

 in the 24 dioceses in which such work is done 

 show that during the year the baptisms num- 

 bered 1,070, and the confirmations 712; there 

 were 5,426 pupils in the day schools, 8,332 in the 

 Sunday schools, and 1,476 in the industrial 

 schools, the earnings of which amount to several 

 thousand dollars annually; the contributions 

 amounted to $46,737.57, and the number of com- 

 municants was 7,865. There are about 80 colored 

 clergymen laboring in the South, and more than 

 60 white clergymen. The appropriations for the 

 work to Sept. 1 amounted to $61,520. 



Church work in Porto Rico has been carried on 

 by 2 missionaries the Rev. George B. Pratt, at 

 San Juan, and the Rev. Frederick Caunt, at 

 Ponce the latter of whom was appointed this 

 year. They have had constant help from Chap- 

 lain Brown, U. S. A., formerly a missionary 

 in the domestic field. Porto Rico was placed 

 in the charge of the Bishop of Chicago, and 

 he having resigned, it is now under the care 

 of the Bishop of Sacramento, and lias been 

 visited by the Bishop of Minnesota, who con 

 firmed 12 persons. 



In the Philippines one appointment has been 

 made, that of the Rev. James L. Smiley. He 

 has the co-operation of workers sent out by the 

 Brotherhood of St. Andrew, of which there are 

 8 chapters, composed entirely of soldiers working 

 among their fellows, and of Chaplain Pierce. 

 U. S. A., who has raised more than $20.000 toward 

 establishing the work. Church work in the Phil- 

 ippines has been placed in the charge of the Bishop 

 of Shanghai, who has visited the field. 



The reports of work among the Swedes show 



