MKTIIOlllHTH. 





in Japan, where an annual con* 



Stan Md i: -:., - . 

 member* and 18 probationer*. 



r.-fur,,:,^!.:', ,,.,.,. .... , 



int; a toil value of 

 , , . i: - . 



BlsjL Maid M'. voa 



is - ;".- 



...,*, toatodfaf what ** .. . :!"? r , i 



The w hole smownt conthbt 



AISflMTOf 



Brat** Wltli 



i haj an invet4 



L.I.-. i man 



irch ha* gruwti int 

 ninl inriuiln boolu by 



IN. Anrrlr.. 



.UK' 

 * 



*; an-lt 



\ I Url.an Nrthodlst 



This Church MUM fa 



nature 



rh 



TV 



$ll.n 



'the! 



'. . v' 



iimuttee, constituting the lu^r-1 of Managem for baptise 



.-.mnertional societies, reported in August 



receipts of the past year from the business preach* 



Upland that tne net aeatta on Jane ersand 



; -.-,-...., - .*. - . ' H 



ulu and tO infants 



^SWBTSa"*' 1 ** 1 * 



hatl been $18*51, and that the net 



..mM of $947.- 



r he receipt* for h.-m.- missions had been $!. 

 480. and the assets of th.- II, me-Mission fun.. 

 invested in .hun-h > 



tog*. The receipt* f.-r forrign missions had been 

 ft.His. Th, Bducat, :,d -- , 

 MO. showing; a piin <>f $383.59'. The Besar 

 it, ,.,.,., 

 /in. I the Suiwrann 



ciety of $3,000 from the estate of (2 race Klmer waa 



rv- lil.-l UH l--:n^' i!i . \ . . . : 



\ IO.IMI him h. il n- 



ports of thisChurvh f*>r Is97giveit94jKli full mem- 



:J.638 probati..n.-n.. 1 n'.'l " ..!*, with 



6.:tti,,uV,-rs!,.i kasj ban and MJlf pu\ * \ 



figures show a . ar of 7VI 



85 officem and teacher*, and 1,090 pu: 



.muni.. r ' lo-al preacbersand evangelists is, 



. 1H96. The financial reports 

 give $176,679 raised for preacher*. $95.648 for dis- 

 l.l. -p.. ^1.050 for evangelists. ^ 



t!*c-H, $6.:i74 for the Superannuate 



imsH,,,i,-.*;?.7<rj f..r m . |] sjlsj ; ... >'. ' J : f : ' 

 rhim-b inriilfiitaU. an.l 



.'.260 a* the valur >f . hun-h an.l parsonage 

 prop) tit of money raitii for all 



-^es in 1897 was $9.683 more than in 1896: the 

 valuation of rhun -h ami |>ar*onage property is $39.- 



At the^mMUng* of th. 1 ree Methodist Boards 

 >n (Chicago in October the Board of Public*- 

 r UM boatoes* in 



tie sale* of book* had 

 aggregated noret han $A.IIOOL ThaOommi* 



tltm* hatl pur- 

 publications of t! 

 an.l r inm-itv in the M.I - 



lioais sin. The pn|- -leans 



i.-i.l been purchased bv mernl 

 dist Episcopal Chunh. h.-i-l r. verted 

 ,-h th. fnilur>-.>f th<- Imvers to meet their nay- 

 I was to lie sold again this time to Free 

 Hiittec on th.- Put 

 tin-haw of a M of plates and 

 the publication of 335.000 copies of 60 tracts. The 



-d report was 



Ml ..a XrlhodUl rhnr.h HritlAl 



edition of this 

 Lome and abroad is presented in the fo|. 



- 



In IrHaad ad 



la tonic* m 



llMiUll 



The muni- r* <>f iniiiiMrr* and men hers in the A us- 

 tralaaian Wealeyan MrthodiM Cliur 



M , 



.:. but arr given in the published min- 



un also do not 

 who are associated whh junior^ocisfj 



The fifty-seventh report of the 

 K.iurati.. number of rh< 



att.-n.lan..- of I2V.*V.. Tl./ t/-ul 



the Id 

 of J&573. 



fun.l ha.! l^'n t-'.l 



The ,,n.-it 



of the 



was 1.173. Le*m~ 



shsd 



showed th. 



: had been 



hownl that in addition to this 

 ttBMditur*. the voluntary contribution- 

 endowment* toward Wealeyan day schools, stoea 



the 

 gave 



, i^i t vears afirreirat^l ii.orw.297. 



I'-, r-,. "'. "A.- -. .- v ^ 



ire the total bone income on current account as 



