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THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH Annual Report o f the American Board of Commissioners ' r *! for Foreign Missions PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD Congregational House 14 B eacon Street B oston Contents ' P age T a b u l a e V ie w o f M is s io n s . .................................................................................................. 3 M e d ic a l S t a t is t ic s .... ......................................................... 4 O rganization o r t h e A m e r ic a n B o a r d ...................................................................................... 5 C o m m it t e e s S e r v in g in 1 9 2 4 ........................................................................... 6 O rganization o f t h e W o m a n ’s B o a r d .............................. 6 M in u t e s o f t h e A n n u a l M e e t i n g ......................................... 7 Committees Appointed ... 7 Reports of Officers ............................................................... 9 Resolutions Concerning the Work in Turkey 9 Election of Officers.......................................................................................... 10 H o m e D e p a r t m e n t A Year of Encouragement. 14 The District Offices ... 14 Appointees ... 16 A Great Deliverance .................................................... 17 Some Future Problems ... .... 19 T h e F ie l d s Africa M issions ................................................. 20 The Near East Missions (Turkey and the Balkans) 41 India and Ceylon Missions . ................. 64 China Missions ... .... 103 Japan M ission ............................................ 144 Missions in the Islands and Papal Lands... 160 Philippines .................................................................................................................................. 160 M ic ro n e sia ......................................................................................................... .... 167 M e x ic o ................................................................................................................................. 170 S p a i n ................................................................................................................................................ 176 Czechoslovakia ............................................................................................................................ 178 T h e T r e a s u r y The Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ending August 31,1923... 181 Auditors’ Certificate ....................................................................................... 185 Assets. 192 Liabilities ................................................................................... .... 193 Investment of Trust Funds ................................................................................ 194 Summary of Investm ents ................................................................................... 210 Trust Funds .......................................................................................................................... 211 C o m p a r a t iv e R e c o r d s Receipts of the Board ......................................................................... 219 Missionaries of the Board ... 220 Corporate Members of the Board ... 226 Officers of the Board ....... ... ... 233 Places of Meetings and Preachers ...................................... .... 235 TABULAR VIEW OF THE MISSIONS OF A. B. C. F. M. FOR THE YEAR 1922-23 M issionaries N a t i v e F o r c e C h u r c h St a t i s t i c s E d u c a t i o n a l St a t i s t i c s M i s s i o n s ship schools schools other other schools When When established Outstations Ordained Wives Ordained Ordained preachers Single Single women Total missionaries Unordained Unordained preachers Teachers Other native laborers Total native laborers Places Places of regular meeting Communicants Added last year Total constituency Sunday Sunday schools Theological and training Sunday Sunday school member Students Students Secondary or middle Students Primary, elementary and Native contributions Pupils Total under instruction 1 Stations 1 Men 1 not ordained g 1 | Colleges| South Africa: Zulu Branch......... 1835 22 184 11 5 Ifi 9 41 15 «4 147 986 316 6,061 535 24,168 54 2,332 2 108 9 451 82 4,551 5,771 $23,541 Rhodesia Branch 1893 3 1« 4 fi 10 5 25 1 33 64 93 17 630 55 2,100 5 443 1 6 2 263 18 1,495 1,675 165 West Central Africa1 1880 6 205 10 6 12 11 39 225 26? 157 644 215 983 225 45,875 35 3,144 2 117 104 12.65C 12,767 636 Bulgaria .................. 18SV 3 37 6 1 7 7 21 18 3 19 9 49 39 1,115 56 3,065 31 1,362 2 214 89 2 60 363 6,546 Westenf Turkey .. 1819 7 12 17 11 26 25 79 13 82 fi 4 105 25 1,021 32 3,118 14 478 1 24 1 20 fi 956 7 503 1,512 *15,000 Central Turkey1, 5.. 1847 4 18 7 2 8 17 34 7 13 92 23 135 20 3,000 12,665 8 1,870 2 9 4 309 1 1,070 1,388 *7,000 Eastern Turkey 183 b 1 3 3 fi 12 M arathi...................... 1813 9 145 13 3 15 19 50 42 32 40fi 128 fi08 193 9,105 515 16,387 182 8,203 5 106 8 761 280 7,893 8,660 7,755 Madura .................... 1834 10 393 19 5 23 14 fil 29 125 583 173 910 393 9,142 8G7 20,724 281 10,903 5 413 1 428 2 956 284 13,126 14,923 32,117 Ceylon ................... 1816 6 41 1 5 7 19 11 11 418 fi 129 569 44 2,518 91 14,696 57 8,098 1 11 1 60 12 2,144 95 9,219 11,434 23,962 Foochow1.................... 184V 3 71 10 7 I f ) 17 50 15 37 180 50 288 75 2,440 143 6,067 55 3,238 1 15 2 25 2 186 95 3,790 4,234 19,178 Shaowu .................... 1918 2 35 4 2 8 20 5 34 31 fi 91 161 52 1,0/9 113 2,500 32 1,689 2 59 49 1,494 1,553 5,176 North China............. 1854 7 188 31 15 4fi 49 141 331 330 fi 82 749 458 l,fi00 1 1,479 27,350 37 4,722 7 419 1 27 6 844 1R1 6,317 7,607 32,936 J a p a n ........................ 1869 12 46 20 2 21 27 70 82 35 17 134 263 4,23/ *1,000 30,000 245 19,287 3 93 2 1,905 10 5,410 17 923 8,291 180,184 Micronesia1............... 1852 2 til 3 3 10 27 I f i 13 66 78 3,086 110 9,703 83 2,200 1 55 20 724 779 *1,000 Philippines1............... 1903 2 21 4 2 6 2 14 4 15 9 5 33 44 1,940 259 8,800 48 2.OS0 1 8 2 7 4 243 260 714 M e x ic o ...................... 18/2 5 11 4 1 5 1fi 10 6 fi ?3 1 40 34 V14 133 1,797 19 897 2 43 7 369 414 12,767 S p a in ......................... 18/2 1 5 1 1 2 5 1 19 1 26 fi 2bfi 16 2,500 fi 473 2 1 73 6 713 788 1,252 Czechoslovakia 1872 1 110 1 1 2 ... 20 10 3 33 140 3,250 389 12,000 62 1,789 1 6 15,000 Totals* ............. 106 1,599 167* 735 229» 2337 702* 295 1,032 2,785 1,519 5,710 2,446 4,817 6,018 252,850 1,268 68,771 28 1,211 12 2,696 69 12,723 1,232 65,140 82,419 $384,929 South China ........... 33 1 1 1 1 3 2 24 44 11 81 34 2,680 3,335 14 633 4 Of whom 2 are t N c t gain 1 Repeated from last year 5 o f wh0m 31 are *Estimate 2 Figures in part an estimate 6 Of whom 4 are 3 The totals include the statistics below for 7 Of whom 12 are South China, no longer a mission 8 Of whom 49 are MEDICAL STATISTICS FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD 1922-1923 P h y s ic ia n s *Patients — New Cases * T o t a l MISSIONS T r e a t m e n ts H o s p ita l D is p e n T o t a l P a tie n ts sa ry C a ses M e n Dispensaries P a tie n ts W o m e n H o â p ita ls T o t a l N u rse s A m e r ic a n South Africa (Zulu Branch) 1 1 3 3 392 5,000 Rhodesia Branch 1 3 2 2 2 104 6,096 13,375 West Central Africa 1 4 4 3 7 260 50,680 Bulgaria1 Western Turkey2 2 2 4 4 3 Central Turkey 3 3 3 1 4 2 259 39,003 Eastern Turkey1 1 1 1 Marathi . 2 4 3 3 6 3 1,540 25,962 27,502 36,318 Madura 2 2 1 2 3 1 2,013 33,916 59,633 Ceylon 2 3 1 1 2 2,902 4,677 19,442 Foochow 5 5 3 2 5 2 1,053 9,601 31,014 Shaowu 3 3 1 2 3 115 11,600 25,170 North China 8 13 8 4 12 5 2,504 14,507 59,464 Japan 1 1,022 1,022 9,698 Micronesia1 Philippines 2 2 2 2 1 2,784 6,138 10,524 Mexico1 1 4,855 4,855 4,855 Spain1 Czechoslovakia1 Totals 32 47 35 19 54s 20 15,726 112,278 39,475 364,176 xThese missions do not maintain medical work. 2No statistics are available for Western Turkey. 3There are five more physicians, associates, who are included in this total and not in the tabular view. *Incomplete. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions President. — E d w a r d C. M o o r e , D.D. Vice-President. — David Percy Jones. Recording Secretary. — O s c a r E. M a u r e r , D.D. Assistant- Recording Secretary. — E d w a r d W.