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Baptist Missionary Society ANNUAL REPORT or THE COMMITTEE OF T H E BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR THE TEAR ENDING MARCH THE THIRTY-FIRST, M.DCCC.LXXI. WITH A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, BEING A CONTINUATION OP THE PERIODICAL ACCOUNTS. LONDON: PRINTED BY YATES AND ALEXANDER, SYMONDS INN, AND CHUIiCH PASSAGE, CHANCERY LANE. TO BE HAD AT THE MISSION HOUSE, 19, CASTLE STREET, HOLBORN, E.C. N.E.— THE A.NNUAL ACCOUNTS OF THE PARENT SOCIETY ARE MADE UP ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OF MARCH, PREVIOUS TO WHICH ALL CON­ TRIBUTIONS MUST BE FORWARDED : IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT THE CURRENT YEAR OF AUXILIARIES SHOULD BE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS. CONTENTS. Pape. Notice in reference to Bequests ... ... ... ... ... ... iv Committee and Officers for 1871-72 ... ... ... ... ... v Corresponding and Honorary Members ... ... ... ... ... vi District and Corresponding Secretaries ... ... ... ... vii . Plan and Regulations of the Society ... ... ... ... ... viii Minutes of the General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... x Annual Public Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... xii Report—Finances ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 The New Mission House ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 The Missionaries ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Itinerant Labours ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Indications of a New Life ... ... ... ... ... 6 The Native Churches... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Spontaneous erection of the Churches ... ... ... ... 9 The Sonthal Mission ... ... ,.. ... ... ... ... 10 China ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Africa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Ceylon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 West Indies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Jamaica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Morant Bay Mission ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Calabar College, Kingston ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 Europe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 REPORT in detail of Missionary Stations ... ... ... ... 17 APPENDIX No. I. Stations, Missionaries, and Native Preachers ... ... ... ... 82 APPENDIX No. n . Statistics for 1870-1 ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 87 APPENDIX No. III. Amounts collected and expended at Mission Stations ... ... ... 92 APPENDIX No. IY. Annual Subscriptions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 Collections at Annual Services ... ... ... ... ... 93 Donations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 Legacies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 Contributions from Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... ... 95 Dividends, Interest, House Account, «fee. ... ... ... ... 180 Jamaica Special Eund ............... ... ... ... ... ... 181 Special Contributions, Italian Mission... ... ... ... ... 181 Ditto Bombay Chapel ... ... ... ... ... 182 ’ Ditto Madras ditto ... ... ... ... ... 182 Ditto Ningpo Mission ... ... ... ... ... 182 Ditto Jamaica Education Fund... ... ... ... 182 1 Ditto Angers Church Fund ... ... ... ... 182 Summary of Contributions ... ... ... ... ... ... 183 Abstract of the Cash Account ... ... ... ... ... ••• 184 Cash Liabilities and Assets ... ... ... ... ... 193 ' Legacy Reserve Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 193 Mission Premises Account ... ... ... ... ... ... 194 Legacies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 195 Life Subscribers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 201 Rules and Regulations for Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... 204 iv SEVENT Ï-NINTH BEPORT. [1871. NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO BEQUESTS. A s the kind intentions of some of the deceased friends of the Society have been rendered abortive for want of correct knowledge of the law relating to Charitable Bequests, the Committee call special attention to the following directions:— By Statute 6 G eo. II. cap. 36, commonly called the Mortmain Act, it is enacted, Section 1, that' after the 24th June, 1736, “ no manors,lands, tenements,rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, cor­ poreal or incorporeal, whatsoever; nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase o f any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be given, granted, alienated, limited, released, transferred, assigned, or appointed, or any ways conveyed or settled to, or upon, any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, or otherwise, for any estate or interest whatsoever, or any ways charged or incumbered by any person or persons whatsoever in trust, or for the benefit or any charitable uses ■whatsoever, u n l e s s such gift, conveyance, appointment, or settlement of any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, sum or sums of money, or personal estates (other than stocks in the public funds) be, and be made by d e e d , indented, sealed and delivered, in the presence o f two or more credible witnesses twelve calendar months at least b e f o r e t h e d e a t h o f such donor or grantor (including the days of the execution and death), and be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court o f Chancery, within six calendar months next after the execution thereof; a n d u n l e s s such s t o c k s be transferred in the public books tisually kept for the transfer of stock, six calendar months at least before the death o f such donor or grantor (including the days of the transfer and death), a n d u n l e s s the same be made to take effect in p o s s e s ­ s i o n for the charitable uses intended immediately from, the making thereof; a n d b e w i t h o u t any power o f revoeation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation clause or agreement 'whatsoever, fo r the benefit o f the donor or grantor, or any person or persons claiming under him.” The third section of the statute enacts “ That all gifts, grants, conveyances, appointments, assurances, transfers, and settlements whatsoever, of any lands, tenements, or other hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, or of any charge or incumbrance affecting or to affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any stock, money, goods, chattels, or other personal estate, or securities for money to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, or of any charge or incumbrance affect in 5, or to affect, the same to, or in trust for, any charitable uses whatsoever, which shall at any time from and after the 24th June, 1736, be made in any other form than by this Act is directed and appointed, shall be a b s o l u t e l y , and to all intents and purposes, k u u a n d v o i d .” Upon these enactments it may be observed:— 1st. That the Baptist Missionary Society is a Charitable Institution, within the meaning of this Act. 2ndly. Land, money arising out of land, or money secured on land wholly or partly, and whether freehold or leasehold, can be given to a charity only by deed in manner directed by the statute. 3rdly. Not only cannot a will pass to a charity any property of the above description, but no m oney- legacy given to a charity can be satisfied out of such property. ,If, therefore, a testator has only land, mortgages, rent-charges, debentures, or securities on land, the legacy will fail altogether; if his estate be mixed it will fail to the extent of the proportion of this property to pure personalty. If A. having £1,500; namely. £500 at his bankers, and £ 1,000 on mortgage, gives £100 to a charity, the bequest will only be wortli£33 6s. 8d. Railway and canal shares are pure personalty, and may be used to satisfy a charitable lcgacy, but not railway debentures. By 1 Vic. cap. 26, sec. 9, it is further enacted, “ That no will shall be valid, unless it shall be in writing, and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned (that is to sa y ): it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the Testator, or by some other person in his presence or by his direction: and such signa­ ture shall be made or acknowledged by the Testator in the presence o f two or more Witnesses present at- the same tim e; and such Witnesses shall attest and ¡hall subscribe the will in the presence o f the Testator; but no Form of Attestation shall be necessary.” K .B.—Wills executed prior to the first day of January, 1838, are not affected by this act; but any alteration therein, or codicil thereto, must be executed in the manner before mentioned. The following Form of Bequest may be safely adopted by those who wish to bequeath such property as may be left by will for this purpose FORM OF BEQUEST. I give to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being, of the Baptist Missionary Society, the sum of £ sterling, to be paid exclusively out of such parts o f my personal estate, not specifically bequeathed, as may lawfully be given by will to charity, and not to abate unless there, .should be no other fund for the payment in full of my other legacies, and in such case only rateaMy with my other pecuniary or general legacies. I f any friends wish to bequeath property for Translations or Schools, it is only necessary to say instead of the General Fund, the Translation Fund, or the School Fund. It is proper to observe, that thy above restrictive stutute does not extend to Scotland, Ireland,, or the Colonies. 1871.] SEVENTY-NINTH REPORT. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS.— 1871-72. m m .— M e . JOSEPH TEUTON. Smriarg. EDWARD BEAN UNDERHILL, LL.D. (ifframitt«. Mr. J. P. BACON. Walthamstow. M e . W. WILBERFORCE BAYNES . London. R e v . J. BIGWOOD . Harrow. R e v . C. M. BIRRELL . Liverpool. M e . H. M. BO MPAS, M.A. London. R e v . S. H. BOOTH . Holloway. M e . A. T. BOWSER Hackney. R e v J. J. BROWN . Birmingham. R e v .. J . T. BROW N . Northampton. R e v . J . P . CHOWN . Bradford. R e v . E. EDWARDS . Torquay- M b. M. FOSTER. Huntingdon. M e . A. B. GrOODALL Bedford. R e v . G. GOULD. Norwich. R e v . S. G. GREEN, B.A., D.D. Rawdon. R e v . J. G. GREGSON . Portsea. R e v . N. H AYCR O FT, D.D. Leicester. R e v . W. HOWIESON . Walworth. R e v . D. JONES, B.A. Brixton. R e v . C. KIRTLAND . London. Rev. W. LANDELS, D.D. .' Regent’s Park. R e v . A. McLAREN, B.A. Manchester. R e v . Db. MANNING London. R e v . J. H. MILLARD, B.A.
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