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catechists, 7; Bible women, 7; contributions 

 (Mexican), $4,131. In addition, $10,000 have been 

 contributed by the Chinese to the building of a 

 new hall at St. John's College. In St. Luke's 

 Hospital, the Woman's Hospital, St. John's Dis- 

 pensary, and a small dispensary opened in the old 

 city of Shanghai, there were treated 852 in-pa- 

 tients; 32,375 dispensary patients, of which 12,633 

 were new cases. The report from the district of 

 Hankow shows mission work to have been begun 

 in two provinces hitherto unoccupied, Kiangsi 

 and Hunan. The number of baptisms for the 

 year is not large, as an inevitable after-effect 

 of the Boxer troubles. Rapid improvement is 

 noted in all parts of educational work indirectly 

 due to the fact that the court has sanctioned 

 Western learning and ordered a college to be es- 

 tablished in the capital of each province. Since 

 all aspirants for office must pass an examination 

 in branches of Western learning, an eagerness to 

 acquire it is evinced at least by all office-seekers. 

 The figures of the three hospitals of this district 

 show 6,485 new cases and 11,873 patients returning 

 to the clinics, and 488 in-patients and 362 opera- 

 tions in the hospitals. The number of baptisms 

 is 210; of confirmations, 9; of communicants, 894; 

 of contributions (Mexican), $2,098.03. 



The advances made in the mission work in Ja- 

 pan show new entries into two large cities, Akita 

 and Wakamatsu. In the latter place a lot has 

 been purchased and buildings suitable for mission- 

 ary home and church services about to be put into 

 order for use. At Kumagai 3,000 yen was spent 

 for a lot and house for the missionary, and at 

 Takasaki 2,000 yen for similar purposes. Fifteen 

 were confirmed at the church in Aomori. St. 

 Paul's College, Tokio, has as many students as 

 it can receive. More than half the running ex- 

 penses, which amounted to 9,000 yen, were met by 

 fees. Grace Church, Tokio, became entirely in- 

 dependent of mission help from July 1. The 

 Bishop of Tokio reports 4 deacons and 1 priest 

 ordained; 221 baptisms; 124 confirmations; and 

 contributions (Mexican), $4,608.40. 



The Bishop of Kioto reports 185 baptisms, 78 

 confirmations, 728 communicants, $2,973.38 con- 

 tributions in Japanese yen. 



The Church in Haiti is established at 22 points. 

 The baptisms in the year numbered 102 ; the con- 

 firmations, 8; the communicants, 604; the contri- 

 butions, $2,769.75. 



The Mexican Church is awaiting with interest 

 the future action of the House of Bishops in con- 

 sequence of the doubt in the minds of many as to 

 the constitutionality of the action taken in Cin- 

 cinnati relative to the appointment of three 

 bishops. The statistics from Sept. 15, 1901, to 

 Aug. 15, 1902, are as follow: Baptisms, 59; con- 

 firmations, 108; communicants, 784; schools, 4; 

 pupils, 63; offerings, $870.07; congregations, 32; 

 lay readers, 6; priests, 8; deacons, 8; candidates 



for holy orders, 7; total receipts from the United 

 States, $7,891.87. 



The statistics of the American churches in Eu- 

 rope show the number of churches to be 9, 2 in 

 Paris and 1 each in Dresden, Florence, Geneva, 

 Lucerne, Munich, Nice, and Rome. The number 

 of clergy is 12; organized churches, 6; chaplain- 

 cies, 3; baptisms, 38; confirmed, '78; communi- 

 cants, 1,475; contributions, $60,000. 



The receipts of the American Church Mission- 

 ary Society amounted to $65,978.47; cash on 

 hand Sept. 1, 1901, $8,159.62. The disbursements 

 were $59,133.51, and the cash balance on hand 

 Sept. 1, 1902, $15,004.58. The disbursements for 

 Brazil for missions were $21,772.01; for specials, 

 $844.16; for church building, $4,572.80; for insur- 

 ance, $155. The statistics for 1902 show 8 clergy; 

 4 church edifices; 264 baptisms; 54 confirmed; 

 516 communicants; $5,654.26 contributions. 



For Cuba, the disbursements were: For mis- 

 sions, $13,368.43; for specials, $158; for the Church 

 in Bolondron, $1,284.28; for the Church in Ha- 

 vana, $2,374.40. The statistics for Bolondron and 

 Havana (Matanzas not reported) show 32 bap- 

 tisms; 121 communicants; 8 Sunday-school teach- 

 ers; 80 scholars; contributions, $1,649.39. 



The Society for Promoting Christianity among 

 the Jews reports a steady advance in its work. 

 The report from Emmanuel House, Philadelphia, 

 states that its building is wholly inadequate to 

 accommodate the numbers who desire to partake 

 of its benefits. Of the 243 young men and women 

 enrolled the house can accommodate but 80. The 

 New York school enrolled 81 this year. The col- 

 lections and contributions amounted to $7,134.07; 

 the expenditures, $13,762.92; cash balance to new 

 account, $305.06; but it was found necessary to 

 borrow $6,525 to meet current expenses. 



Woman's Auxiliary. The summary of work 

 accomplished by the Woman's Auxiliary and its 

 junior department in 60 dioceses and 24 mission- 

 ary districts shows: Contributions in money, 

 $236,039.03; and boxes valued at $190,790.84. Of 

 the total of $426,829.87, the junior department 

 gave money and boxes to the value of $35,628.85. 

 This total includes the contributions for the \<-.\r, 

 the specials, and the income and money with- 

 drawn from the united offering of 1892, 1895, and 

 1896. In addition to it the united offering of 

 1901 of $107,589.22 makes the total of $534,- 

 419.09. 



Church. Building Fund. The American 

 Church Building Fund Commission reports that 

 during the year it dispensed gifts to complete 43 

 churches amounting to $8,175; loans to complete 

 4 churches, $10,500. The contributions to the per- 

 manent building fund were $4,907.27; interest on 

 loans and investments, $21,641.86; loans returned 

 by parishes and missions, $34,168.78; investment 

 loans returned, $15,000. The fund at present 

 amounts to $372,125.40. 



Q 



QUEBEC, a province of the Dominion of Can- 

 ada; area, 347,350 square miles; population in 

 1901, 1,648,898. Capital, Quebec. 



Government and Politics. The Government 

 at the beginning of 1902 was composed of S. N. 

 Parent, Premier, Minister of Lands, Mines, and 

 Fisheries, and Mayor of Quebec; H. Archam- 

 bault, Attorney-General; F. G. M. Dechfcne, Min- 

 ister of Agriculture; J.J.E. Guerin, member with- 

 out office; H. T. Duffy, Provincial Treasurer; 



Lomer Gouin, Commissioner of Public Works: 

 and A. Turgeon, Minister of Colonization and 

 Provincial Secretary. H. Archambault was 

 Speaker of the Legislative Council, and H. B. 

 Rainville of the Assembly. Late in June the 

 Hon. Mr. DSchene died, and on June 30 Mr. Tur- 

 geon was transferred to the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and Mr. A. Robitaille, M. P. P., was 

 sworn in as Provincial Secretary. Meanwhile, 

 the Legislature had been opened on Feb. 13 by 



