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THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIR, AOUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOE THE YEAR ENDING MARCH THE THIRTY-FIRST, M D C C C X C I ! I . WITH A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, ];KIN<: A CONTINUATION OF THE PERIODICAL ACCOUNTS. LONDON PRINTED BY ALEXANDER AND SHEPHEARD, LONSDALE BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, W.C. TO BE HAD AT THE MISSION HOUSE, 19, FUENIVAL STREET, HOLBORN, E.C. 1 8 9 3 , N .B.— THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS OF THE PABENT SOCIETY ABE MADE UP ON THE THIBTY-FIB8T OF MARCH, PBEVIOUS TO WHICH ALL CONTBIBUTIONS MUST BE POKWASDED : IT 1« THEREFORE DESIBABLE THAT THE CUBBENT YEAB OF AUXILIABIES SHOULD BE FBOM JANUABY TO DECEMBEB, TO ALLOW TIME FOB THE BEMITTANCE OF CONTBIBUTIONS. CONTENTS. TAOB Notice in reference to Bequests ... ... ... ... ... iv Committee and Officers for 1893-94 ... ... ... ... ... vi List of Sub-Committees— 1893-94 ... ... ... ... ... vii Honorary Members ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v ri District and Corresponding Secretaries ... ... ... ... ix Rules and Regulations for Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... xii Plan and Regulations of the Society ... ... ... ... xiv Minutes of the General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... xvi Annual Public Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii Report ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 India... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Ceylon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 China... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 Palestine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 Africa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 67 West Indies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 Brittany ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 Italy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 84 Finances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 99 APPENDIX No. I. List of Missionaries, showing the Dates of their Appointments, &c. ... 96 APPENDIX No. II. Stations, Missionaries, &c.... ... ... ... 305 APPENDIX No. III. Statistics for 1892-93... ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 Tabular Yiew ... ... „ ... ... ... ... ... 124 Summary for 1892-93... ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 APPENDIX No. IY. Annual Subscriptions ... ... ... ... ... ... i Collections at Annual Services... ... ... ... ... ... iii Donations received at the Mission House ... ... ... ... iv Legacies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vi Contributions from Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... vii Dividends, Interest, House Account, &c. ... ... ... ... cxxviii Special Funds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... cxxviii Summary of Contributions ... ... ... ... ... cxxix General Summary of Cash Account... ... ... ... ... cxxxii Abstract of the Cash Account ... ... ... ... ... csxxiv Special Funds Account ... ... ... ... ... ... cxlii Widows and Orphans’ Account ... ... ... ... cxliii Legacy Reserve Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... cxliv XJife Subscribers ... ... ... ... ... ••• cxlv 1» iv ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST REPORT. [1893. NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO BEQUESTS, As the kind intentions of some of the deceased friends of the Society have been rendered abortive for want of correct knowledge of the law, the Committee call special attention to the following directions Requisites toe Validity of W ill.—It should be remembered in the first place that (a) A ■will must be in writing, and signed at the foot or end thereof by the Testator or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; (5) Such signature must be made or acknowledged by the Testator in the presence of two Witnesses, who must be present at the same time, and (e) Such Witnesses must attest and subscribe the will in the presence of the Testator. GriFT3 by W ill to CHA.EiTi.BLE I nstitution’s.—Gifts by will to the Baptist Missionary Society and other Charitable Institutions were formerly subJect to restrictions stated in the “ Notice in Reference to Bequests” contained in previous reports. But the effect of the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891 (54 and 55 Viet. c. 73), Secs. 3 and 6 and 9, is that no gift in favour of a Charitable Institution, made by the will of a Testator dying after August 6th, 1891, can be void by reason of the subJect matter of the gift being land or an interest in laud. The distinction formerly drawn between personal property which is an interest in land (that is, in anyway secured upon or payable out of land) and pure personalty is abolished, and even land may now be lawfully given by will to a Charitable Institution. But lands so given must be sold within one year from the Testator’s death, or such extended period as may be determined, by the Court or the Charity Commissioners, and if not sold within such period it will vest in the official Trustee of Charity Lands, and the Charity Commissioners will order it to be sold, and the net proceeds of sale to be paid to the official Trustees of Charity Funds in trust for the Charity in favour of which the land has been given (Sec. 6). 1.— B e q u e s t o f a n O r d i n a r y P e c u n i a r y L e g a c y t o t h e S o c i e t y .— In this case there is no need for the provision formerly inserted in wills directing the legacy to be paid exclusively out of 'such parts of the Testator’s estate as might lawfully be disposed of for charitable purposes. The bequest may be in the following form :— “ I give to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the Baptist Missionary Society the sum of £ , free of duty, for the general purposes of the said Society ” (or, if so desired, “ for the Translation Fund of the said Society,” or “ for the School Fund of tha said Society ” ). 2.—Bequest to the Society or a Pecuniary Legacy made Payable out op the P r o c e e d s of Sale and the Conversion o r the Testator’s Real and Personal Estate, ob op a Share oe such Proceeds. —Very frequently a Testator gives his real and personal estate or his residuary estate to Trustees on trust to sell, and out of the proceeds of sale to pay the legacies previously bequeathed, which may include a legacy to the Society. And a Testator may now bequeath a share of such proceeds to the Society. In these cases, although perhaps not essential, it is considered prudent, at all events until the interpretation of the above- mentioned Act has been settled by Judicial decision, to add to the gift of the pecuniary legacy or share to the Society the following direction “ And I direct that in case all the real and leasehold estate comprised in the devise and bequest in trust for sale herein contained shall not be sold within one year from my death, t.Vmn the said legacy (or share) herein bequeathed to the said Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the Baptist Missionary Society, and the duty thereon shall be paid out of the proceeds of sale and conversion of my personal estate and the proceeds of sale of Btich of my real and leasehold estate as shall be sold within one year after my death in priority to all other legacies (or shares) payable thereout.” 1893.] ONE HUNDRED AND ElRST REPORT. V 3 .— G i f t b y W i l l o f L a n d t o t h e S o c i e t y .—If land or a house of any tenure or a freehold or leasehold ground-rent is intended to be given to the Society, it should be given to a Trustee or Trustees on trust to sell within one year after the Testator’s death if ‘practicable, and to receive the neb purchase money and pay it to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the Society. The Testator will probably desire that the Succession Duty on the gift and also the cost of any application which may be necessary to extend the period of one year within which the sale must be made under the above-mentioned Act shall be paid out of his general estate. A gift by will of freehold land or a freehold house or a freehold ground-rent for the benefito f the Society may be made in the following form “ I give unto and to the use of (names of Trustees), their heirs and assigns, my freehold (description oE land or house or ground rent) upon trust to sell the same if practicable within one year from my death, and to receive the proceeds of sale thereof and thereout, and out of the rents and profits until sale to pay the expenses of such sale and all necessary outgoings, and to pay the residue of such proceeds and rents and profits to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the Baptist Missionary Society for the general purposes of the said Society. And I direct that the Succession Duty payable in respect of the above gift and also the costs of any application to extend the period for sale under the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891, shall be paid out of my general estate.” A gift by will of leasehold land or a leasehold house or a leasehold ground-rent for the benefit of the Society may be made in the following form :— ‘ “ I give to (names of Trustees), their executors, administrators, and assigns, my leasehold (de: cription of land or house or ground-rent) upon trust to sell the same if practicable within one year from my death, and to receive the proceeds of sale thereof and thereout, and out of the rents and profits until sale to pay the expenses of such sale and the rent reserved by the lease under which the same premises are held and all other necessary outgoings, and to pay the residue of such proceeds and rents and profits to the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of the Baptist Missionary So Jiety for the general purposes of the said Society. And I direct that the Succession Duty payable in respect of the above gift and also the costs of any application to extend the period for Sale under the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891, shall be a d out of my general estate.” v i ONI: I1UNDÊED AND FIRST REPORt. [1893 COMMITTEE AND OFFICE IIS— 1893-94. I r i H s m r .