ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE o r THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, TOE THE TEAK ENDING MARCH THE THIRTY-FIRST MDCCCLXXXVI. WITH A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, B E IK G A COJrTINTJATIOir O Ï THE PERIODICAL ACCOUNTS. LONDON : PRINT E_D BY ALEXANDER AND SHEPHEAKB, LONSDALE BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, ‘W.C. TO BE HAÏ) AT THE MISSION HOUSE, 19,,"FURNIVAL STREET, HOLBORN, E.C. 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 THAT THE CURRENT YEAR OF AUXILIARIES SHOULD BE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE REMITTANCE OF CONTRI­ BUTIONS. CONTENTS. 1 ries Notice in Reference to Bequests ... ... ... ... ... iv Committee and Officers for 1886-87 ... ... ... ... .... ▼ List of Sub-Committees— 1886-87 ... ... ... ... ... iv Honorary Members ... ... ... ... ... ... vi i District and Corresponding Secretaries .... ... ... vii Rules and Regulations for Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... x Plap and Regulations of the Society ... ... ... ... ... xii limatesof the General Meeting... ... ... ... ... ... xiv Annual Public Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... xvi Rbpobt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 India ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Ceylon ... .., ... ... ... ... ... ... S7 China... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Japan ... ... ... ... ... ... ._ ... 89 Pdeaiine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 Africa ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 West Indies ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 Norway ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 68 Brittany ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 Italy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 71 Conclusion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 81 APPENDIX No. I. Stations, Missionaries, &e. ... ... ... 87 APPENDIX No. II. List of Missionaries, showing the Dates of their Appointment ... ... 98- APPENDIX No. IIL Statistics for 1885-86 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 101 Tabular'View ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Summary for 1885 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10^ APPENDIX No. IY. Annual Subscriptions ... ... ... ... ... ... i Legacies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iii Donations received at the Mission Home ... ... ... ... iv Collections at Annual Services ... ... ... ... ... ... -»i Contributions from Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... ... vii Dividends, Interest, House Account, &c. ... ... ... ... ... cxvi Special Fund for Outfit and Passage of now Missionaries to China ... cxvi „ for North China Mission Hospital ... ... ... ... cxvi ,, far Cachar Mission ... ... ... ... ... cxvi Summary of Contributions ... ... ... ... ... ... cxvii General Summary of Cash Account ... ... ... ... ... cxviii Abstract of the Cash Account ... ... ... ... ... ... Cxx Special Funds Account ... ... ... ... ... ... exxviii Widows and Orphans’ Account ... ... ... ... ... ... cxxx. Legacy Reserve Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... cxxxi Legacies during the last Nine Years ... ... ... ... cxxxiii Life Subscribers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... cxxxv a 2 ïf NINET Y-FOTJK.XH EBPOET. [1886. NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO BEQUESTS. As the Hud intentions of some of the deceased fiiends 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. n . cap. 86, commonly called the Mortmain Act, it Is enacted, Section l.that after the 24th June, 1736, “ no manors,lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, cor­ poreal or incorporeal, whatsoever; nor any sum or Boms of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public fnnds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid ont 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 »cumbered by any person or persons whatsoever in trust, or for the benefit of any charitable uses whatsoever, unless 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, 2nd be made by d e e d , indented, sealed and delivered, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, twelve calendar months at least befoex the death of such donor or grantor (including the days of the execution and death), and be enrolled in His Majesty’s High Court of Chancery, within six calendar tnontfts next after the execution thereof; and unless such s to c k « be transferred in the public books usually kept for tlie transfer of stock, six calendar months at least before the death of such donor or grantor (including the days of the transfer and death), and unless the same be made to take effect in posses­ s i o n for the charitable uses intended immediately from the making thereof; a n d b e w it h o u t any power of revocation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation clause or agreement whatsoever, for 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 purposes, n u l l a n d v o id .” Upon these enactments it may be observed:— 1st. That the Baptist Missionary Society is a Charitable Institution, within the meaning of this Act. Sndly. 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. Srdly. 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 bakers, and ¿1,000 on mortgage, gives £100 to a charity, the bequest will only be worth £33 6«. 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 bs 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 time ; and such Witnesses shall attest and s)m U subscribe the will in the presence of the Testator; but no Form t f Attestation shall be necessary.” N.B.—Wills executed prior to the first day of January, 1838, are not affected by this A ct; but any 0Iteration then in, 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 he left by will for this purpose:— FORM OF BEQUEST. 1 give to the Treasurer or Treasurers, for the time being, of the Baptist Missionary Society, the sum of £ sterling, dutyfree, to be paid exclusively out of such Jparts of 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 rateably with my other pecuniary *r general legacies. I f any friends wish to bequeath property for Translations or Schools, it is «nly necessary to say instead of the General Fund, the Translation Fund, or the School Fund. It is proper to observe that the above restrictive statute does not extend to Scotland, Ireland, •r the Colonies. 1886.] NINETY-FOURTH REPORT. V COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS— 1886-87. -JOSEPH TRITTON, E s q . Honotarg ^erciarg.—edward bean underhill, E s q ., l l .d . #mral £emiarg.—Alfred henry baynes, E s q ., f.s .s . Jisatrdaiifltt efcrotarg.—R e v . J. b. m y e rs. Cmrnnitiae. BACON, M e . J. P. London. BAILEY, R e v . J , B.A. Sheffield. BARKER, Rev . W. Hastings. BARNABY, S i r NATHANIEL, K.C.B Lee, Kent. BARROW, M r . R. Y., J.P. Croydon. BAYNES, Mb. W . W ., J.P. a n d D.L. London. BIRD. R e v . B. Plymouth. BLOOMFIELD, R e v . J. Gloucester. BOMPAS, Mr. H. M., Q.C. London. BOWSER, M r . A. T., F.R.G.S. London. BOWSER, Mr. HOWARD Glasgow. BROCK, R e v . W . London. BROWN, R e v . J. J. Birmingham. BROWN, R e v . J. T. Northampton. CLARKE, M r . D. High Wycombe. DAVIES, R e v . D. London. DAYIS, R e v . C. A. Bradford. EVANS, R e v . G. D. Bristol. GLOVER, R e v . R . Bristol. GREENHOUGH, R e v . J. G., M.A. Leicester. GRIFFIN, C o l . London. [Tyne. GURNEY, M e . J. J. Newcastle-on- HENDERSON, R e v . W. J., B.A. Coventry. HILL, R e v . G., M.A. Leeds. LANDELS, R e v . W., D.D. Edinburgh. MACLAREN, R e v . A , D .D ., Manchester. MACMASTER, M r . J. S. London. MARNHAM, Mb. J., J.P. Boxmoor. MEDLEY, R e v . E., B.A. * Nottingham. MORRIS, R e v . T. M. Ipswich. NUTTER, Mr.