CHRISTIAN CONNECTION. 



COAL. 



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were discussed of " Self-support of the Native 

 Church," by the Rev. S. L. Baldwin, of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Mission, Foo-chow, and 

 the u Native Pastorate," by the Rev. H. Corbett, 

 of Chefoo, and the Rev. J. Butler, of Ningpo, 

 both of the American Presbyterian Mission, 

 North. On the ninth day, papers were read 

 on " The Advantages and Disadvantages of the 

 Employment of Native Assistants," by the Rev. 

 T. P. Crawford, of the Southern Baptist Mis- 

 sion ; " How shall the Native Church be stimu- 

 lated to more Aggressive Christian Work ? " 



by the Rev. R. H. Graves, M. D., of Canton ; 

 and " The Opium Question," by the Rev. A. 

 E. Merle, of the English Church Mission, 

 Hang-chow. On the 10th day, papers were read 

 on ''Ancestral Worship," by the Rev. M. T. 

 Yates, D. D., of the Southern Baptist Mission, 

 Shanghai ; " Questionable Rites connected with 

 Marriage and Funeral Ceremonies," by the 

 Rev. C. Hartnell, of Foo-chow, and the Rev. 

 D. Z. Sheffield, of Toang-chow, both of the 

 American Board; and " The Treaty Rights of 

 Native Christians," by the Rev. J. A. Layen- 



GREAT WALL OF CHINA. 



_ of the American Presbyterian Board, 

 North, Ningpo: The Conference issued an 

 appeal to the Protestant Christians of the 

 world for help in extending the missions, 

 stating that there were still eight provinces in 

 the Chinese Empire in which there was not 

 one resident missionary, while in other prov- 

 inces there were only two or three, calling 

 attention to the vast extent of the Empire, the 

 vigor and enterprise of her people, and their 

 disposition to emigrate to other parts of the 

 world. 



Among the works of the year having in- 

 formation on China is F. von Richthofen's 

 " China, Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und dar- 

 auf gegrundeter Studien " (vol. i., Berlin, 1877). 



CHRISTIAN CONNECTION. The Chris- 

 tian Almanac for 1878 gives the names of 56 

 conferences of the Christian Connection, with 

 1,250 ordained and 201 unordained ministers. 

 The ordained ministers are distributed, by 

 States, as follows : California. 2 ; Illinois, 115; 

 Indiana, 193; Iowa, 120; Kansas, 27; Ken- 

 tucky, 10 ; Maine, 66 ; Massachusetts, 40 ; 

 Michigan, 55 ; Missouri, 33 ; Nebraska, 8; New 

 Hampshire, 37; New Jersey, 10; New York, 

 146; Ohio, 215; Pennsylvania, 65; Rhode 



Island, 17; Vermont, 22; Virginia, 10; West 

 Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, 37 ; Canada, 18. The 

 Christian Publishing Association is at Dayton, 

 Ohio, where it has a business house, and pub- 

 lishes a weekly general paper and a Sunday- 

 school paper. The Almanac includes Antioch 

 College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, among the 

 denominational institutions. The other liter- 

 ary institutions are : Union Christian College, 

 Merom, Sullivan County, Ind. ; Proctor Acad- 

 emy, Andover Centre, N. H. ; the Eaton Fam- 

 ily School, Middleborough, Mass. ; Christian 

 Biblical Institute, Stanfordville, Dutchess 

 County, N. Y. ; Starkey Seminary, Eddytown. 

 Yates County, N. Y. ; Weaubleau Christian 

 Institute, Hickory County, Mo. ; and Denver 

 College and Normal School, Denver, Ind. 



COAL. The annual report made by The En- 

 gineering and Mining Journal shows that the 

 production of anthracite coal in 1877 was 

 about 21,323,000 tons (2,240 Ibs.), or 2,323,000 

 tons more than in 1876. The production of 

 bituminous and post-carboniferous coals in 

 1877 probably amounted to more than 28,- 

 500,000 gross tons, making the total produc- 

 tion of coal in the United States nearly 50,- 

 000,000 tons. 



