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Baptist Missionary Society THE Dsn Asians uM ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FOR THE y >:a k ENDING MARCH THE THIRTY-FIRST, M.DCCC.LXV WITH A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE PERIODICAL ACCOUNTS. LONDON: PRINTED BT TATES AND ALEXANDER, CHURCH PASSAGE, CHANCERY LANK, TO BE HAD AT THE MISSION HOUSE, 2, JOHN STREET, BEDFORD ROW, W.C. ALSO OF HOULSTON AND WEIGHT 65, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1865. N.B.— THE ANNUAL 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 TIIAT THE CURRENT YEAR OF AUXILIARIES SHOULD BE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS. CONTENTS. Tage. Notice in reference to Bequests ... ... ... ... ... iv Committee and Officers for 1865-6 ... ... ... ... ... v Corresponding and Honorary Members ... ... ... ••• ... vi District and Corresponding Secretaries ... ... ... ... vii Plan and Regulations of tlie Society ... ... ... ... ... viii Minutes of tlie General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... x Annual Public Meeting ... ... ... ... ••• xiv Rules and Regulations for Auxiliaries ... ... •• ••• xv Report—Finance .............. ... ... ... ... ... 1 The Missionaries .. ... ... ... ... ••• 4 Prospects in India... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 5 Additions to the Churches ... ... ... ... 6 Bible Distribution ... ... ... ... ... ••• 6 Bible Women ... ... ... ... ••• ••• •• 8 The Self-support of Native Churches ... ... ... ... ... 8 Serampore College ... ... ... ... ... ••• 10 Missionary Stations :— Ceylon ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 11 A frica ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 12 W est Indies ... ... ... ••• ... i3 Jamaica ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 14 Europe— France ... ... ... ... ... ••• 15 Norway ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 16 Report in detail of Missionary Stations ... ... ••• 17 APPENDIX No. I. Stations, Missionaries, and Native Preachers ... ... ••• 66 APPENDIX No. II. Statistics of Mission Churches and Schools in 1864-65 ... ... ... 71 APPENDIX No. III. Contributions to the Jamaica Distress Relief Fund ... ... ... 74 APPENDIX No. IY. Annual Subscriptions ... ... ... ... ... •• 77 Donations ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... ••• 78 Collections at Annual Services ... ... ... ••• ••• 78 Legacies ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 78 Contributions from Auxiliaries ... ... ••• ••• 79 Dividends, &c. ... ... ••• ... ••• ••• 171 Abstract of the Cash Account ... ... ••• ••• 172 Jamaica Distress Relief Fund ... ... ••• ••• ••• 182 Statement of Liabilities and Assets ... .. ... ~ ••• 184- Summary of Contributions ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 186 Legacies ... ... ... ••• ••• 187 Life Subscribers ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••« 192 JL 2 iv SE YEλ Ïl'-T ll I ED îiirO J iï. [18G5. NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO BEQUESTS. As tlie kind intentions of some of the deceased friends of the Society have been ren­ dered abortive for want of correct knowledge of the law relating to Charitable Bequests, the Committee call special attention to the following directions:— By Statute fi G eo. TT. 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 of 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 of 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) b e, 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 before the death o f such donor or grantor (Including the days of the execution and death), and he enrolled in Bis Majesty's High Court o f Chancery, within six calendar months next after the execution thereof; and unless such s t o c k s be transferred in the public books usually kept for the transfer of stock, stx calendar months at least before the death o f such donor or grantor (including the days of the transfer and death), and unless the same he 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; and be w ithout any power of revocation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation clause or agreement whatsoever, fo r the benefit of 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 affecting, 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 absolutely, and to all intents and vurposes, null and void.” , 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 money- 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 worth ¿33 Cs. 8d. Railway and canal shares are pure personalty, and may be used to satisfy a charitable lcgacy, but not railway debentures. P.v 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 say): 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 of two or more Witnesses present at the same tim e; and such Witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence o f the Testator; but no Form of Attestation shall be necessary.” N.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 themanner before mentioned. 't he following Form of Bequest may be safely adopted by those who wish to bequeath such property as may bs left by will for this purpose:— FORM OF BEQUEST. I give to the I'reasnrer or Treasurers for the time being, o f the Baptist Missionary Society, the siim o f £ sterling, to be paid exclusively out o f 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 o f my other legacies, and in such case only rateabhj with my other pecuniary or general legacies. I f any friends w i'h 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. H is proper to observe, that the above restrictive statute does not extend to Scotland, Ireland, or the Colonies. 1865.] SEVENTY-THIKD KEPOBT. V COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS. 1865-6. © im a u r. S ir SAMUEL MORTON PETO, B a r t., M.P. Jwrjriaras. R ev. FREDERICK TRESTRAIL, F.R.G.S. EDWARD BEAN UNDERHILL, Esq., LL.D. CmnmitU*. R ev . JOHN ALDIS .... Reading. R ev . CHARLES M. BIRRELL . Liverpool. R ev. J. BLOOMFIELD London. A. T. BOWSER, Esq. Hackney. R e v . H. S. B R O W N .... Liverpool. R e t. JOHN JENKYN BROWN Birmingham. R ev. J. T. BROWN .... Northampton. R ev . WILLIAM FITZER BURCHELL Blackpool. R e v . J. P. CHOWN .... Bradford. R ev . HENRY DOWSON Bradford. G. EDMONSTONE, Esq., C.B. Torquay. R e v . E. EDWARDS Chard. R ev. BENJAMIN EYANS, D,D Scarborough. MICHAEL FOSTER, Esq. Huntingdon. A. B. GOODALL, E sq. Hackney. R e v . F. W. GOTCH, LL.D. Bristol. R ev . G. GOULD Norwich. R ev. S. G. GREEN, B.A. Rawdon. R e v . N. HAYCROFT, M.A. Bristol. WILLIAM HEATON, Esq. London. R e v . J. HOBSON London. R ev. D. JONES, B.A. Brixton. R ev . D. KATTERNS Hackney. G. H. LEONARD, Esq. Bristol. R ev . W. G. LEWIS Bayswater. R ev. A. Me LAREN, B.A. Manchester. R e v . J. MAKEPEACE . Bradford. R ev . SAMUEL MANNING London. R ev . J. MARTIN, BA . Nottingham. R ev . C. J. MIDDLEDITCH Blockley. R ev. J. H. MILLARD, B A . Huntingdon. R ev. JAMES P. MURSELL Leicester. R ev. JAMES MURSELL . Kettering. R ev . J. PATERSON, D.D. Glasgow. S. R. PATTIS ON, Esq. London. R ev .
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