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Malaysia, 



and Prcsbyterians of England have pro- 

 jccted some missions, and the Plymouth 

 Brcthren have some representatives who 

 are, for the most part, confined to British 

 Malaya. The most widespread of thesc 

 missions is that of the Society for Propa- 

 gation of the Gospel, of the Anglican 

 Clmrch. These missions are under Bishop 

 llose, who is styled the "Bishop of Labuan, 

 Sarawak, and Singaporc." He lives in 

 Kucheng, thc capital of Sarawak, at the 

 court of Rajah Brooke, and superintends 

 successful missions in the various lands 

 where his missionarics are at work, 



Tn 1884 Bishpp John F. Hurst, while on 

 • his way to India to administer the Confcr- 

 cnces there, was met by a Scotch merchaut 

 of Singapore, who asked why, with a nct- 

 work of missions in India, and correspond- 

 ing work in China, the Americans had 

 utterly neglected thc great and promising 

 neld that lay outstretched betwcen the two. 

 Bishop Hurst was greatly impressed by the 

 conversation, and on reachmg Bombay he 

 eagerly mquircd of Dr, Thoburn, the fore- 

 most Methodist missionary of India, 

 whether it would be possible to project a 



