DAY Ev' ’ - c IONS

I ' t, ,. - ~ i / EIGHTEENTH— - ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE FRIENDS’ Sbsion ^asffptura,

1886.

"GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.”

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT THE ORPHANS’ PRINTING PRESS, 10 & 12, BROAD STREET, LEOMINSTER.

FRIENDS’ FOREIGN MISSION ASSOCIATION. 1885.

T reasurer:

JAMES HACK TUKE, H itchin. Hon. Secretary:

HENRY STANLEY NEWMAN, L e o m in s t e r . Secretary: CHARLES LINNEY, H itchin. Executive Committee: RICHARD ALLEN JOHN GAYNER G. SATTERTHWAITE STAFFORD ALLEN JOHN T. GRACE FREDERICK SEEBOHM WILLIAM C. ALLEN THEODORE HARRIS J. S. SEWELL J. GURNEY BARCLAY WILLIAM HARVEY ISAAC SHARP WILLIAM BECK HENRY HIPSLEY SAMUEL SOUTHALL J. B. BRAITHWAITE JONATHAN B. HODGKIN J. FYFE STEWART C. L. BRAITHWAITE JOSEPH HUNTLEY GEORGE STURGE ISAAC BROWN CALEB R. KEMP JOHN B. TYLOR ALBERT J. CROSFIELD RICHARD LITTLEBOY JAMES THOMPSON JOHN DIXON HENRY NEWMAN MARRIAGE WALLIS THOS. W. FISHER GEORGE PALMER, M.P. CALEB S. WILSON ALFRED L. FOX ARTHUR PEASE, M.P. JOHN E. WILSON R. REYNOLDS FOX ALFRED RANSOM WILLIAM WHITE JOSEPH S. FRY WILLIAM RANSOM JOHN WHITING THEODORE FRY, M.P. WALTER ROBSON Madagascar Sub-Committee; ALFRED RANSOM FREDERIC SEEBOHM J. FYFE STEWART WILLIAM RANSOM J. S. SEWELL JAMES HACK TUKE India Sub-Committee : WILLIAM BECK JOHN DIXON HENRY S. NEWMAN ALBERT J. CROSFIELD HENRY HIPSLEY JOHN B. TYLOR China Sub-Committee: HENRY s. NEWMAN WALTER ROBSON JOHN E. WILSON J. FYFE STEWART RULES

OF THE

FRIENDS’ FOREIGN MISSION

ASSOCIATION.

1.— That the name "Friends’ Foreign Mission Association” be adopted.

2.—That its object is to aid the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and Mission work abroad, chiefly by assisting such members of the Society of Friends, or those in profession with them, as are believed to be called of the Lord .to this service.

3.— That all Annual Subscribers be members, and that a General Meeting be held annually, at such time and place as London Yearly Meeting may appoint.

4.— That the business be transacted by an Executive Committee, to be appointed annually by the General Meeting, with power to choose a Treasurer and Secretaries.

5.—-That Friends who feel it their duty to engage in foreign Gospel service, or to reside abroad for educational purposes, may communicate with the Secretary, who shall bring the matter before the Committee.

6.— That the Executive Committee meet at such times and places as it may appoint, and the Secretary or any Sub- Committee shall have power to call a meeting thereof by circular to its members. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.

In looking at the position of our Missions at the close of another year, our hearts are filled with deep gratitude to God for the mercy and blessing; which have been shared by all the branches. Whilst in M a d a g a s c a r there still remains the evil of war, yet throughout the year, good and earnest work has been accomplished in all departments of the Mission. In the Capital, especially, a quiet spirit has prevailed, which has greatly tended to strengthen and deepen the solid character of the religious work, and has enabled the schools to maintain regularity and order. Periodical visits to the country districts are reviving the shaken confidence of the people, and more distant fields are opening up. Serious illness has, we regret, overtaken Dr. Fox, who has laboured so actively and successfully in the Medical Mission. This has caused a temporary suspension of the hospital branch, but we hope that its efficiency may be renewed upon the arrival of Dr. Allen, who has recently gone out as second medical man. The missionary staff has also been recruited by the return of William and Lucy Johnson, and the addition of John Sims. The reports of the work of our friends in I n d i a show that their persevering efforts to win souls, and spread the light of the Gospel are not without result, both at Hoshangabad and at Sohagpur, and in the surrounding villages." The native converts appear to grow in faith and knowledge, and there are some earnest inquirers after the truth. The Zenana 6 work is opening out, sixteen houses receiving regu­ lar visits in Hoshangabad. The health of Anna Baker has been so seriously- affected as to necessitate her immediate return to this country with her husband. The work rests heavily upon those who are left, especially Rachel Metcalfe and Ellen Nainby, who need much prayer­ ful sympathy. We hope that Charles Gayford and his wife will go out again during the coming autumn. Henrietta Green, who left this country for C h in a last autumn, has been prevented by the war with France from going further than Hankow, where she is making fair progress with the language. We highly value the help of the Young Women Friends’ Christian Union, and of the Missionary Helpers’ Union, which occupy a most useful place amongst us. The energy and love of the work shewn by the members augurs well for the future of our Association. Whilst fully believing that the Lord is able to provide the needful means wherewith His people shall work, increased work necessarily involves increased expenditure, and demands the increased liberality of our subscribers. The work grows upon us, both in Madagascar and India, and from China come earnest appeals for more labourers. It is a high privilege to be co-workers with God in the conversion of a heathen world. In the words of Livingstone, “ The spirit of Missions is the spirit of our Master.” Let us thank God and take courage. INDIA.

MISSIONARIES Rachel M etcalfe, Hoshangabad. Ellen N ainby, „ John H. and Effie W illiams, Sohagpur. Samuel and A nna Baker, at home on furlough.

R e p o r t of t h e S u b -C o m m it t e e .

T h e condition of the mission work in the Nerbudda valley gives cause for thankfulness. The seed sown in past years begins to bear fruit, and though large numbers cannot be reported, signs of progress are visible, showing that the earnest preaching of the Gospel has power even upon the impassive Hindu. We greatly regret that Anna Baker has suffered severely from impaired health during the year; the hot seasons have affected her, and in April the doctor at Hoshangabad insisted upon her immediate return home. She was too ill to travel alone, and Samuel Baker has accompanied her. They arrived in London on May 6, Anna Baker being somewhat better. John H. Williams will render such assis­ tance as he can meanwhile, but it is evident that the burden at Hoshangabad must press seriously upon Rachel Metcalfe and Ellen Nainby, who will, however, be seconded by Bal Mukand. Rachel Metcalfe continues to enjoy better health. The Mission School and Orphanage in Jumerati Bazaar has increased, the number of scholars in the Day School being thirty-six; the additions being chiefly Hindus. One of the little orphan girls has been removed by death, and her place is now taken by another. In addition to school work, the girls are instructed in sewing, household duties, etc. Ellen Nainby has rendered valuable aid both in this branch and in visiting the women in zenanas. Regular monthly meetings for discipline have been held, and the native brethren are beginning to take an intelligent share in them. There are now twenty-two members, being an increase of five since last year. One of these is a poor Gond, who is a cripple, another is a Hindu, both of whom are new converts to the Christian faith. A missionary meeting is now held once a month, on the evening of the day the meeting for discipline is held. At H o s h a n g a b a d , Samuel Baker has found encouragement whilst conducting the open-air preaching in the bazaars ; the quiet, serious demean­ our of the people, and their increased respect, evidently shewing that the Spirit of the Lord is applying the truth to their hearts. This is also the case with the Balagunj Mission meetings. The Boys’ School at Balagunj has improved under the management of Bal Mukand, who has shewn himself an efficient teacher. Some of the parents are now paying school fees for the educa­ tion received, and boys from a better class are beginning to come. The tent expeditions during the cold season have been fruitful of much good. Seventy-six towns and villages, in addition to several “ melas ” or fairs, in the outlying districts were thus visited, and in these, as well as in the bazaar meetings, magic lantern exhibitions have been a source of attraction to many, and were made the occasion of Gospel teaching. The power of the Word preached is frequently attested by the conduct of the audiences; on one occasion a Rajput publicly handing his beads to Samuel Baker in token of his belief. The dispensing of medicines has been lately con­ 9 fined to three days per week, and on each day from twenty-five to thirty patients have been treated. Very cheering accounts are given by Anna Baker of the Zenana work, to which Ellen Nainby also feels strongly drawn. There is an increasingly open door amongst the women both in the town and in the country. Sixteen houses (double the number of last year), are now visited regularly, and Bible classes held in others ; and the women receive the teaching gladly. The S o h a g p u r branch of the Mission, under the care of John and Effie Williams, is an active centre of work. The Boys’ School was closed during four months of last year, for want of a suitable master, and a little difficulty has been found in gathering the scholars up again, the parents being apathetic, and inclined to ask, “ What good will my son get by education ? ” A similar cause has affected the attendance at the Girls’ School, but both are now in a more prosperous way. The eatechist, James Luke, has been ill for several months, and though he has been under medical treatment at Allahabad hospital, is not likely to recover. He is a sincere Christian, and much respected. The First-day morning meetings held in the com­ fortable new Boys’ Schoolroom, have been times of spiritual good, and have frequently been attended by a good number; the children who are taught in the Sunday School being encouraged to remain. A weekly fellowship meeting is held, and is highly valued by the native brethren, who freely express their opinions on the various subjects which are taken up. The services in the bazaar afford constant opportunities for setting forth the love of God in Christ Jesus, and are evidently 10 blessed of the Lord, the word preached taking root here and there, and leading the hearers to search after more light. To bring these inquirers to con­ fess Christ, and establish them in the truth, is a labour of much patience and faith. Caste prejudice, adverse family influences, and other causes combine to keep the Hindu inquirer from an early acceptance of the Gospel as his own faith. Cut off from his friends, the new convert finds himself adrift on the world, and this is a great hindrance to the spread of the work. If some industrial work could be es­ tablished among them, alongside the more direct preaching of the Gospel, it would very materially strengthen the Mission. The meetings among Europeans have been speci­ ally satisfactory. In some instances they have been the means of leading anxious souls to the Saviour. Slowly, yet surely, the seed of the kingdom is growing in many hearts ; yet, as we look upon the vast opportunities for useful labour displayed on every hand amongst the varied populations of the Central Provinces, we need the baptizing power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to deal faithfully and diligently with the work entrusted to our care. MADAGASCAR. MISSIONARIES .— H enry E. and R. M. Clark and their Children. W illiam and L ucy S. Johnson. W illiam and H annah H . W ilson. H erbert F. and L ucy A. Standing. H elen Gilpin. Clara H erbert. John C. Kjngzett (Printing Office). John Sims. MEDICAL MISSION Joseph T reg elles Fox, M,R.C.S., and Sarah E. Fox. John D. A llen and Gertrude A llen. E. Graham, Head Nurse.

R e p o r t of t h e S u b -C o m m it t e e .

T h e year’s work in Madagascar, whilst presenting few features of prominent interest, has been char­ acterized by steady persevering effort on the part of those engaged in it. The anxious fears felt a year ago with regard to the possible results of the war have not hitherto been realized, and though the French troops still occupy a few stations on the coast, and French cruisers partially blockade some of the ports, the interior of the country is but slightly affected. The number of our missionaries has been recently recruited by the return of William and Lucy John- son, who left England in October last, and were accompanied by John Sims, a young but earnest worker. These additions have greatly strengthened the friends already there, whose letters breathe a spirit of devoted earnestness and hopefulness. They have been mercifully preserved in safety and health throughout the year, with the exception of Dr. Fox, whose serious illness has been a source of much anxiety. Whilst on a journey to the west, with William Wilson, accompanying a native mis­ sionary to the Sakalava, he was seized with Mala­ gasy fever of an acute type, and obliged to return. With great difficulty, and after some days stay at the house of a kind member of the London Missionary Society, he was brought home to Antananarivo, and continued for some time in a critical state. Our last letters, received six weeks ago, brought word of his partial recovery, which, we trust, has con­ tinued. The very unusual condition of the country has naturally tried the stability of the work in which our missionaries are engaged; and we cannot read their various reports without rejoicing in the evi­ dence they give that real, heartfelt religion is established in the lives of so many of the natives. It is cheering to notice their deep seriousness, their prayerfulness, their child-like faith in God, even though it be accompanied by many defects. It is true that many nominal Christians have ceased to attend their places of worship, but the attendance of those who do come is regular, and they increas­ ingly feel their responsibility for the souls of their neighbours, and take a deeper interest in evange­ listic work. The Country Districts, of which there are six, have been regularly visited, with beneficial results. The war has injuriously affected the religious progress of the people very much in proportion to their distance from the capital. The advantages enjoyed by those living in remote places are very few ; the vast majority are still very ignorant, and many of them have returned to their old super­ stitions. In the interesting and thickly populated 13 district of Mandridrano the visits of William Wilson have been cordially welcomed. This large tract, lying to the extreme west of our district, has increasingly taken hold of the minds of our mis­ sionaries, who have a strong desire to do something more for its enlightenment. Separated by a distance of three days’ journey from Antananarivo, it is impossible properly to oversee it, or even to occupy with native teachers the numerous villages dispersed here and there over its area, and our friends have long wished to establish, at a suitable time, a branch station in the district itself, at which one or more of their number should reside permanently. The great Sakalava land, almost untouched by Missions, lies on the western border, and to this part the Yearly Meeting of all the Districts has just sent out a native evangelist and his wife as pioneers. A station established as proposed would form a centre of operations for this field also. The matter was long on the mind of Joseph S. Sewell whilst in Madagascar, and now that their numbers are increased, our missionaries think the time has arrived to take a forward step. The field is ready, the men are ready, we trust the means will not be wanting. But the most encouraging feature of the country work is found in the schools, in which we are able more easily to gauge the progress made. These village schools now number 125, with about 14,000 enrolled scholars; and the resumption of regular visits by the missionaries has increased their efficiency, stimulating and invigorating the teachers in their work, and stirring the interest of the children by periodical examinations. The Boys’ School at Ambohijatovo continues to suffer numerically from the effects of the war, the 14 average being much below that of former years. There are now 150 scholars on the books, exclusive of the country students, and their attendance and conduct are very satisfactory. A new Scripture text book, modelled on that of Ackworth, has been introduced, the boys learning two verses daily. Science and astronomy lessons given by H. F. Standing are very popular with the boys. He speaks of the great need of technical education amongst them, and is turning their attention to mechanical appliances. The ignorance of the Mala­ gasy with regard to the forms and uses of simple machinery being, he considers, one of the hindrances to the abolition of slavery. The Girls’ School is progressing satisfactorily under Helen Gilpin and Clara Herbert. The num­ bers are slightly larger than last year, and the examinations show fair improvement, especially in writing and Scripture history. The women’s classes for needlework, etc., of which there are now several, are well sustained, and are arousing the faculties of the Malagasy wives and mothers in a most useful manner. One of the oldest workers in the school, Eamatoa Ramary, has been called home to her reward, leaving behind her a happy memory, and a bright example of Christian grace during years of persecution and distress. The school for little children at Ambohitantely Chapel, commenced twelve years ago, is now successfully carried on by Edith M. Clark. The report of the Printing Office indicates a busier year than usual in this department. Active and energetic work has gone on during the year, and as the war panic has subsided, the demand for books and stationery has revived. A new monthly paper, “ The Church and the School,” 15 commenced by Henry E. Clark, and intended at first for circulation in the F.F.M.A. district only, promises to fill a useful place throughout the churches of Imerina. The valuable work of the Medical Mission and Hospital, into which Dr. Fox has thrown so large an amount of activity and life, has unhappily been temporarily suspended since his serious illness, the Dispensary alone being kept open by the kind aid of William Wilson. The pressure of the numerous duties devolving upon Dr. Fox—in attendance at the hospital, visiting out-patients, training native assistants, writing medical handbooks, etc.—was, of course, very great, and has borne with increasing weight upon him. Some time before his illness it became evident to the Home Committee that further help was imperatively needed, and we earnestly longed that a young Friend might feel himself called to the practical field of service for the Lord. But no such offer coming, we have engaged the services of Dr. John D. Allen, who, with his wife, sailed from England last month to unite with Dr. Fox in his work. The spread of Sunday Schools in the capital calls for a few words. This movement was begun at Ambohijatovo, chiefly through the energy of Abraham Kingdon, in the year 1874, and has now extended to nearly every congregation in the city ; the schools at present being very popular with the Malagasy. We look back upon the past with thankfulness, rejoicing in the tokens for good granted here and there by our gracious heavenly Father, and assured that He will direct the hands of His own servants in their labour for Him. The time for the rapid accession of large numbers has for the present gone 16 by in Madagascar; but year by year the church of Imerina is becoming more firmly and stedfastly settled in the principles of the glorious Gospel, and year by year young men, zealous for God and desirous to impart knowledge, go forth to tell to others the glad tidings of the Saviour’s love. We cannot measure the extent of the work, but we know that yet “ there remaineth much land to be possessed.” Let us enter joyfully into the harvest field, so wide, so white, so full of promise, in the full assurance that the Lord is with us. “ Fear not, but let your hands be strong.”

CHINA.

MISSIONARY :—

H e n r ie t t a G r e e n .

W e are unable to report upon more than the first steps taken towards opening a small branch in the centre of China. After a very encouraging farewell meeting held in London, Henrietta Green sailed for Shanghai at the end of September last, in com­ pany with some members of the China Inland Mission. The French Government, however, com­ menced warlike operations against the Chinese, and when Henrietta Green reached Shanghai, she found the country in a state of excitement. She pro­ ceeded by steamer up the Yang-tse River as far 17 as Hankow, and beyond this the British Consul did not consider it safe for her to go at that time. She has consequently remained in that city with Mr. and Mrs. Foster, of the London Missionary Society, and is busily engaged in studying the language. Her letters home speak most urgently of the open­ ings for extended work amongst the people, and the need for more labourers.

SYRIAN MISSION.

P. S.— The Report of the Syrian Mission is published separately. Copies may be had from W. C. ALLEN, Medmenham Lodge, 26, Highbury Quadrant, London. N,

B FRIENDS’ FORBIG-N M ISSION ASSOCIATION, From May 16th, 1881

MADAGASCAR—To payments as u n d e r £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, Drawn in Madagascar...... 2,077 3 7 Set aside to meet drafts drawn in Madagascar, but not yet presented ...... 1,284 0 0

3,361 3 7 Less to Medical Mission, as below...... 400 0 0 2,961 3 7 Paid in England on account of Schools...... 43 18 8 On account of Printing Office, Paper, Type, etc. * 419 19 6 Freight, Insurance, eta, on Goods sent out...... * 123 13 1 Outfit, Travelling Expenses, etc., of William and Lucy Johnson and John Sims...... 294 0 0 Paid on account of Missionaries in England, and Education of Children ...... 239 16 9 Paid on account of two Malagasy Young Men, now at Clapton...... 205 18 0 4,288 9 MEDICAL MISSION AND HOSPITAL- Paid in Madagascar (no account yet received) estimated at ...... 400 0 0 Paid in England on account of Hospital, etc. ... 283 10 4 Paid on account of Dr. Allen’s Outfit, Travelling Expenses, etc...... 189 14 10

873 5 2 Less London Missionary Society for 1883...... 196 17 0 676 8 2 INDIA- Drawn in India—Expenses of Missionaries, Schools, eta ...... 1,292 10 0 Remitted from, or paid in England for ditto ... 205 11 1 Paid on a/c of Missionaries training in England 150 0 0 1,648 1 1 CHINA— Draft to credit of Henrietta Green ...... 150 0 0 Outfit, Travelling and other Expenses...... 168 15 4 Paid on a/c of Missionaries training in England 121 10 6 440 510 HOME EXPENSES- Printing, Carriage, etc., of 2,850 Reports ...... 69 19 3 Advertising Subscriptions, etc...... 31 11 3 Stationery, Postage, Travelling Expenses, etc... 33 9 4 Secretary ...... 250 0 0 Deputation Expenses ...... 15 7 3 ¿nn 7 1

Paid on Private Account...... 5 1 10 Life Insurance Premiums (7 Missionaries) ...... 136 4 J Paid to Syrian Mission, Share of Collection at . s Annual Meeting ...... Is 7 Paid to Contingent Account, one-fifth interest „ n on G. Sturge’s Gift, 1879...... 48 16 Invested one-half G. Sturge’s Gift of ¿£1,000, . n a for 1884 500 u ¿‘8,162

* Last year these items were much less, owing to the effect of the French War. IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TREASURER. To May 15th, 1885.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ¡Balance in hand, 5th mo. 16th, 1884...... 33216 7 rßy Annual Subscriptions...... 4,282 4 0 Donations and Collections ...... 460 17 3 Young Women Friends’ Christian Union...... 43 0 0 Missionary Helpers’ Union, per Ellen Barclay, for India ...... 19 11 6 Ditto, for Madagascar...... 17 7 7 Ditto, for China...... 12 18 11 — 49 18 0 4,835 19 3 L egacies— Thomas Harvey, Leeds ...... 200 0 0 William Norton, Reigate...... 50 0 0 250 0 0 George Sturge’s Gift for 1884 (part of £5,000) one- : half invested as per contra...... 1,000 0 0 ^Dividends on Investments of Contingent Fund ...... 197 0 5 Dividends on Investment of G. Sturge’s Gift (1879) 204 19 4 Madagascar Embroidery, etc., per P. A. Fry ...... 56 6 0 Ditto English Contributions ...... 10 17 0 --- 67 3 0 less expenses ...... 17 3 0 ------50 0 0 iteceived on Private Account...... 15 10 6 Discount...... 0 5 0 Balance due to Treasurer ...... 1,275 9 2

May 23rd, 18 85 =Examined and fou nd correct. C. STANSFIELD WILSON. CASH ACCOUNT OP THE MADAGASCAR MISSION FOR THE YEAR 1884.

RECEIVED. £ p, d. EXPENDED. £ s. d. Balance from last year...... 2,672 17 8 Personal Allowances of Missionaries ...... 1 372 8 8 Drafts on Barclay & Co...... 2,001 19 1 1'rank...... ; ’ 31 4 0 Repaid by Malagasy Government, the money borrowed Schools, Antananarivo ...... 197 19 2 by Embassy in England...... 600 0 0 Country Schools, Teachers, etc...... 581 7 6 Printing Office receipts, including sale of books, school Travelling Expenses, itinerating ...... 207 6 0 materials, stationery, etc...... 777 1 8 Buildings and Repairs...... 73 18 8 Other payments ...... f>i 13 5 Rent ...... 97 8 0 Carriage and Freightage of Goods, mostly for Printing Office, from Mauritius to the East Coast, thence to Antananarivo ...... 199 19 4 Postage ...... 37 18 11 Discount on Drafts on England...... 68 7 11 Assistance to Building Chapels in the country ...... 20 19 9 Assistance given to youths from country to enable them to learn at our town schools; also for boarders, girls or boys, in mission families...... 115 15 9 Stationery...... 28 4 11 Subscription to Native Missionary Societies ...... 20 0 0 Medical Mission ...... 193 10 0 Sundries...... ;...... 48 9 3 Completion of Sanatorium...... 58 11 10 Travelling Expenses—W. and L. Johnson and J. Sims from coast to Antananarivo ...... 90 0 0 Printing Office:— Wages ...... 167 11 1 Materials...... 11 6 6 Furniture...... 4 9 7 Bibles from B. S .; Books from L. M. S. 21 18 3 Advertising...... 3 2 0 ------208 7 5

Total Expenses...... 3,651 17 1 Paid on Private account...... 5 0 0 Balance in hand, December 31st, 1884 ...... 2,446 14 9

£6,103 11 10 £6,103 11 10 Balance Sheet of the Hoshangabad Mission for the /ear ending December 31st, 1884. Exchange at about Is. 8d. per Rupee.

RECEIVED. EXPENDED. Rupees. Annas.Pico. Rupees. Annas.Pice. Balance from last year ...... 20 4 5 Personal E xpenses— Drafts on London ...... 11,616 3 10 Samuel and Anna Baker ...... 3,456 8 8 Government Grant for School ...... 27 10 1 Rachel Metcalfe ...... 1,501 15 0 From Bible Society...... 23 13 0 Ellen Nainby (including language teacher) 1,843 0 3 For Dorcas ...... 96 0 0 M ission Expenses— From Philadelphia ...... 11 12 0 Boys’ School ...... 386 0 6 Sale of Buffalo ...... 21 0 0 Girls’ School...... 204 9 0 For Well ...... 56 0 0 Friends’ Meeting-House ...... 154 9 0 Bible and Tract Sales...... 56 14 8 Catechist ...... 329 2 0 Medicine ...... 2 15 9 Scripture Readers ...... 424 5 0 X Colporteur ...... 169 9 4 Medicine ...... 744 3 9 Itinerancy ...... 613 11 10 Bibles, Tracts, and Printing ...... 23 14 6 Mission Postages...... 67 5 1 Repairs...... 373 15 5 Rent ...... 67 7 0 Insurance...... 106 0 0 Building ...... 758 14 0 Expenses of Well ...... 99 0 1 Timothi’s Education ...... 48 5 3 Incidental Expenses ...... 549 2 1 Balance in hand ...... 11 0 2

^11,932 9 9 1*11,932 9 9 Balance Sheet of the Sohagpur Mission fop the year ending December 31st, 1884.

(Exchange at about Is. 8d. per Rupee.)

RECEIVED. EXPENDED. Rupees. Annas. Pice. ^ Rupee8.Annas.Pice, Balance from 1883 ...... 578 14 2 P e r s o n a l E x p e n s e s — Drafts on London...... 6,311 9 4 John H. andJE. Williams and children...... 3,820 0 6 Bible and Tract Sales...... 9 10 6 M is sio n E x p e n s e s — Boys’ School...... 126 3 0 Girls’ School ...... u s 13 q Catechist ...... 199 0 0 Scripture Reader ...... 108 0 0 Language teacher...... 24 0 0 Medical Dispensary...... 428 3 0 Itineracy ...... 169 0 10 Bibles and Tracts...... 44 11 0 Mission Postages...... 37 2 0 Repairs ...... 131 6 7 Rent ...... 110 12 0 Incidentals...... 205 12 3 Printing Tract ...... 92 8 9 Mission Cash in Oriental Bank...... 395 5 7 Building Account...... 757 2 0 Meeting House...... 9 0 0 Balance in hand ...... ;. 123 1 6

1*6,900 2 0 96,900 2 0 George Sturge’s Gift, 1879.

£5,000 MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES.

Held upon trust as follows:—

The Indenture, dated 23rd of October, 1879, directs:— “ As to one-fifth part thereof, to apply the dividends for the benefit of the disabled Missionaries of the said Association in such a way as they, the said Trustees, shall think most expedient. “ And as to two other equal fifth parts thereof, to apply the principal and also the dividends in furtherance of the educational purposes and objects of the said Mission, in such way as they shall think most expedient, using, where necessary and proper, the capital of such two-fifth parts in the building or repairing of schools or mission-houses, so that the whole capital of the said two-fifths shall be ex­ pended within ten years of the date hereof, but that no larger portion than one-fourth of the capital of the said two-fifths shall be expended in any one year in the building or repairing of schools or mission-houses. “ And as to the remaining two-fifths, to apply the divi­ dends thereof for the benefit of the Madagascar and Indian Mission of the said Association, as they, the said Trustees, shall deem most expedient.” P.S.—The Capital of this gift was originally £5,000 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln­ shire Railway Stock. After realising £800 of the Stock, in accordance with the above directions, the amount carried forward is £4,200.

Trustees J. H. Ttjke. J. S. Fry, W. Ransom. Cr. £ s. d.1885. 1885. £ b. d. May 16. Interest ap­ Interest for the year... 204 19 4 plied as per Deed ... 156 3 4 Share of ditto to the Contingent Fund ... 48 16 0

£•204 19 4 £204 19 4 George Sturge’s Gift, 1884

Extract from Letter to the Secretary.

49, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C. 2nd July, 1884-.

D e a r S ir , We beg to inform you that Mr. George Sturge, of Woodthorpe, Sydenham Hill Road, has executed a Deed of Trust providing for the payment of certain sums of money to various charitable and philanthropic Institutions. Amongst these Institutions is the Friends’ Foreign Mis­ sionary Association. To this Association, Mr. Sturge has given the three following sums :— For the Association generally, £5,000 ; for Syria and Palestine, £1,000 ; and for Constantinople, £1,000. These sums to be paid in ten half-yearly instalments ; the first instalment, which will be in the aggregate £700, is payable on the 1st July, 1884. ********

Yours faithfully, B e ll, S t e w a r d s & M a y .

To the Secretary of the Friends’ Foreign Missionary Association. Contingent Fund : Capital Account. £ s. d. Deborah Gibson’s Donation (1873) 1,000 0 0 Robert Charleton’s Legacy...... 400 0 0 Alexander Peckover’s Donation (1877)...... 105 0 0 Deborah Gibson’s Bequest (1877) ...... 2,000 0 0 George S. Gibson’s Legacy (1884) ...... 1,000 0 0 One-tenth George Sturge’s Gift (1884)...... »00 0 0 From General Funds (1877) ...... 250 0 0 Ditto (1877— 81) 484 13 0 Added 1881-1882 ...... 57 18 5 „ 1882-1883 ...... 54 6 6 „ 1883-1884 ...... 55 13 4 „ 1884-1885 (as below) ...... 56 19 10

£5,964 11 1

Invested as follows:— £ s. d. Leeds and Bradford (Midland) Railway 4% Preference Stock ... 400 0 0 Midland 4% Consols Preference...... 350 0 0 Loan to Meeting for Sufferings ...... 2,000 0 0 Ditto 1,300 0 0 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5% Preference Stock... 1,000 0 0 New South Wales 3J%...... 500 0 0 On Deposit Account...... 405 11 1

Contingent Fund : Deposit Account. ir. 1885. £ s. d. 1884. £ s. d. May 16 To Balance... 405 11 1 Balance from last year 348 11 3 1885. One-fifth Interest onG. Sturge’s Gift, 1879 . 48 16 0 Interest to 31/12/1884 on this account 8 3 10

£405 11 1 £405 11 1

Outstanding Drafts Account. . £ s. d. Amount set apart against Madagascar Drafts still outstanding 1881-82 2,200 0 0 f t « 0 ditto ditto for 1883-84 1,400 0 0 •Ultt0 ditto ditto for 1884-85 1,284 0 0

£4,884 0 0 ANNUAL MEETING.

T h e Annual Meeting of this Association was held in the large Meeting-house, Devonshire House, on Monday evening, May 25th, and was very largely attended. The chair was occupied by Isaac Sharp, and proceedings were commenced as usual with the reading of a portion of Scripture. The C hairm an in his opening remarks briefly glanced at the history of missionary enterprise from the commence­ ment of this century, when the Church Missionary Society was established, up to the time when the Society of Friends realised that it was its duty to take a part in this work. They would remember that Rachel Metcalfe was the first to go out from them to India, and that she was labouring there still. James Hack Tuke, Treasurer of the Society, after reading the financial report, observed that last year it was his privilege to have nothing to add beyond thanking the subscribers for having given sufficient to meet the needs of the year, and leave a balance in hand. But that balance had been swal­ lowed up, leaving them £1,275 in debt. It would be easy to shew in part how this increased expenditure to the extent of nearly £1,500 had arisen. A sum of £445 had been expended upon the newly commenced Chinese mission; India had cost the Mission over £100 more than last year, and the extra expense in Madagascar amounted to some­ thing like £700 more. One reason why Madagascar had cost so much more was that last year they had been unable to send out necessary stores for the printing office, which had now been done, and in addition the bill for the travelling expenses of William and Lucy Johnson had come in. They were making a very small effort in China as yet, but they could not expect the expense to be reduced there next year. They had been compelled to send out another medical officer to Madagascar. The work of this Association must steadily extend and increase. Was it possible that the 27

Society would allow it to droop ? They received very little more than £4,500 in donations and subscriptions, which must always form the backbone of the Association, but which yet scarcely came up to the expenses of the Madagascar Mission. They could not suppose that other friends would come forward each year, with their £1,000 or £5,000, as George Sturge had done. They must trust chiefly to the general subscriptions, and since 1880 these had hardly in­ creased, whilst the expenses during that period had increased greatly. How the 2,000 subscribers would see their way to increase their subscriptions was not for him to say; but he noticed that there were only eighty-five subscriptions of £10 and upwards, and he did not think that was quite so many as might be expected. He believed, however, that they would in some way raise what was needed, and heartily support the Association in its work. The T r e a s u r e r also mentioned that he had just heard that £1,000 had been received from the executors of the late Edward Pease, which might probably be added to the Contingent Fund available for the support of any friends who might be disabled whilst in the service of the Mission, and which now reached £6,000. Joseph S. S e w e ll read the Madagascar Report. The operations of the mission during the past year presented few features of prominent interest, but had been charac­ terised by a large amount of steady work. The fears aroused by the action of the French had not been realized, for, though some ports were still occupied, the interior of the country had been but little affected. Additions had been made to the Mission staff in the island, and they had been preserved in good health, except for the serious illness of Dr. Fox, which had caused much anxiety. The war had had a hurtful influence on the work in the provinces, where many of the people were returning to their old superstitions. The Committee of their missionaries in Madagascar were anxious to establish a new station in the large district of Mandridrano, three days’ journey west from Antananarivo, on the way to the Sakalava country, which had hitherto scarcely been touched. J. S. S. said that the need of a station there had been much on his mind when in Madagas­ car, and now there seemed an opening for it. As to the funds of the Association, the treasurer had spoken well to that point, and had c l e a r l y shown how it was that more subscriptions were needed, and would be every year. God was calling this Society to a wider sphere of labour, and he (J. S. S.) wanted young and old to feel that in so doing He was honouring us. But no great work was ever accomplished without great sacrifices. We speak of those that missionaries have to make, though the workers themselves rejoice in their service, and think very little of the sacrifices. But such as they are, the Church, if it desires the work to go forward, ought to share with them. He would like each to ask himself what sacrifices he is making in helping to advance the kingdom of God among the heathen. G e o rg e E. C ousins (of the London Missionary Society) expressed the great pleasure which it gave him to be present that evening, and especially to see once more the beaming countenance of their Chairman as he had seen it beaming on the workers in Madagascar. He did good to them there, and made them thank God that He had put it into his heart to come among them. He also felt great pleasure in once more meeting Mr. Sewell, by whose side he had stood many times in Madagascar in pulpit and on platform. When the mis­ sionaries of the two societies there came to know each other, they felt that there was really no difference between them, and they worked heartily together for the good of the people. His thoughts were away with the workers in Madagascar now. Mr. Sewell had just spoken of the sacri­ fices made by missionaries. They would believe him when he said that the greatest sacrifice he had ever made was the coming away from his work in that land, but God had laid his hand upon him in the growing weakness of his wife, and he was obliged to work for a time in England. There was not much sacrifice about it when they saw the Gospel in their hands raising a whole people into life. The work in Madagascar was steadily going forward. It was twenty- one years since he commenced his labours there, and when he saw how things were to-day compared with what they were then, he could not but exclaim, “ What hath God wrought!” They did not think a year ago that it was possible for the work to be carried on uninterruptedly in the face of the French aggression, but if the results yet to 29 come were no worse than those which they had already seen, they would scarcely have cause to regret what had happened. Men who had just returned to the capital after being for some time absent, were astonished at the growth of patriotic feeling during the past twelve months. The result of the French war would be that before long the Malagasy would be a united nation. The Government, while determined to resist till the last the French demands, were doing all in their power to keep the work going on as before the war broke out. In some places those who had only embraced Christianity as a fashionable thing were rather going back; but the older churches, and those in the capital especially, had only been strengthened by the trials which God had brought upon them. G. E. C. then reviewed the possibilities of a French expedition to the Malagasy capital, which he did not consider probable; but whatever the issue, the work there must go on. England had only spent on raising this heathen people into light and civilisa­ tion, during the last twenty years, about half a million of money— less than would build a single ironclad. Mima Feltham, who had been labouring for several years in Syria, gave an interesting account of the work carried on at Brumana, where the training homes and medical mission had been productive of very good results during the past year. She mentioned incidentally that there was an opening at Beyrout for a school for English- speaking children. The efforts of the Society in Syria were heartily seconded by Friends in America and Ireland. W. S. Swanson, for twenty-five years a Presbyterian missionary in China, drew attention in a powerful speech to the importance of Christian people turning their attention more than they had ever yet done to the Chinese, not only on their account, though he considered they possessed qualities which rendered them as well worth lifting into Christianity as any people he ever knew, but for the sake of the civilised world generally, into which the Chinese race was pushing its way everywhere, and carrying with it not only its virtues, but its dreadful vices. Abdel Noor Faker, a Christian merchant, of Beyrout, who has joined the little body of Friends at Brumana, addressed a few words to the meeting, explanatory of his 30

position, and detailing the great value of the Mission on Mount Lebanon. Samuel Baker expressed the pleasure which he felt in seeing that all who were engaged in Missionary work were able to stand together on the same platform, and to work together for Christ side by side. He knew that it was so in India. Wherever they met a missionary brother they had a welcome to his house, and, if it was allowable, to his pulpit also. The district where he had been working was left entirely to Friends, and they could train up their con­ verts in the principles which they all held so dear. The people there were engaged in agriculture, and were most fortunately situated, for the ground brought forth sufficient crops in one year, with very slight tilling, to feed the whole population for three, were it not for the export. There had never been a famine there as far back as their records went. They had a native membership in their meeting of twenty- two, one of them having not long before been called home to the Lord whom she loved. They had been trying lately to make the natives understand that they must gather to­ gether and do their own business in the Monthly Meeting instead of always relying upon the missionaries to direct them in every detail. The work of preaching the Gospel there, was largely carried on in the open air, and wherever they went they found the people ready to acknowledge that what they said to them was good. In one case a man who had been thus influenced gave up to him his string of beads, resembling a Roman Catholic rosary (this S.B. pro­ duced). The meeting could hardly realise what that meant to the man, because it was considered a great disgrace to part with these beads. They had commenced a simple medical mission there, which had already been blessed to the conversion of four souls; and by the assistance of some Friends they had been able to establish a little unpreten­ tious hospital, where the sick could receive that attention which they did not get in their own homes. The Society sent them out not long ago a very faithful worker in the person of Ellen Nainby, and, despite the small opportunity for progress which she had as yet had in the language, she was already doing a good work amongst the women. Charles Gayford told the meeting how he had visited 31 some time ago the city of Bhopal, and had been prevented from doing any Christian work there ; and how it had been laid upon him to go out there again, and see if it were not possible to establish a mission there. Was it the Lord’s will that he should go out alone ? He and his wife intend returning to India early in the autumn. The names of the Committee for the ensuing year were proposed by John Taylor in a brief address. The meeting concluded with prayer. INDIAN REPORTS.

HOSHANGABAD. No. 1. SAMUEL BAKER’S REPORT. Number of members and attenders, and their character—Monthly and other meetings— Commencement of a missionary meeting— " Friend-in-need” fund, how applied— Bazaar work—Sikh inquirer— Drinking amongst the Chamars— Bible classes— Progress of Boys School—Payment for schooling— Girdhari as colporteur— Village work— The Medical work— Watch- night meeting.

D uring the past year the work of the Mission at Hoshangabad has been carried on in all its branches, with the exception of a break in the colportage, and we have reason to believe that God has been with us helping and blessing us. We rejoice to be able to include five converts from other faiths in our list of members. A perusal of the following report will show that while we may not have done all that could have been done, we were not idle.

m e m b e r s h ip . There are now twenty-two members of the monthfy meeting —thirteen men and nine women, including five at Sohagpur (three men and two women) showing a net increase of six since last year. There have been ten admissions—five converts from other faiths, and five Christians from elsewhere who came to reside at Sohagpur. Before receiving converts into full member­ ship, they are required, after passing the monthly meeting, to make a public confession of faith in Christ in First-day morning meeting. In the case of Christians from other Missions we follow the rules laid down in the Book of Discipline. Two of our members, the ex-Balagunj schoolmaster and his wife, with their two little girls, removed during the year; there was one death at Sohagpur, and one member is at present under dealing for misbehaviour. Of the five converts, three were alluded to in last report. One is the man whose tuft of hair and Brahminical thread were sent to England ; another is the young Mahommedan from Nasirabad ; work. Of the other two, one is a poor Gond from a village about twenty miles away, who came as a patient with his knees very much swollen ; he is unable to straighten them and shuffles along in a sitting position. Although his knees are not cured, he has learned of Christ, and has, we trust, given his heart to Him. During the camping season one of the Christian women taught him regularly in the evenings, and this, coupled with what he had learned before, has taken root. He is now in the government hospital, the civil surgeon having kindly undertaken to do what he can to set his knees right. The last is one who has been a great trial to us, but seems at last to have given himself to the Lord Jesus. He was a Hindu tailor by caste and occupation, and still earns his living at his trade. He was justly called the “ prodigal son,” as he used to wander away and spend his earnings foolishly, often sinfully. At one time he went so far as to join the Mahommedans ; so his returning safe and sound is cause for special joy ; and he seems to have settled down and to be really seeking to follow Christ. There are fourteen children of members—seven boys and seven girls ; of these five are at Sohagpur, three girls and two boys. There were no marriages during the year. We have thirteen non-members and attenders of meeting. One of these is Bal Mukand’s old father, who has begun to attend regularly on First-day mornings, and professes himself a Christian at heart. Two others of the men have been patients, and at one time seemed ready to declare themselves Christians by putting aside their caste signs; but drew back. They are both at regular work. Lakshman Parshad and his wife still continue to be regular attenders. Of the women, one is the wife of Mangali Parshad. We have two boys who may be looked upon as future members. One of them is a little orphan Gond whom Bal Mukand has adopted; the other is also an orphan, a Maratha Brahman by birth, and lives with Bal Mukand. He is supported out of the Friend-in- need Fund. These numbers do not include the eleven orphan girls and other children at “ The Home,” who generally attend meetings. There was one death amongst the former during the year. In addition to these, several strangers frequently come in on First- days. Two or three men occasionally come from Seoni on business, and when here on First-days generally attend morning meeting. 34

MEETINGS. Our meetings for worship on First and Fourth-days have been regularly held without any intermission. One First-day, while the Meeting-house was under repairs, we met in the morning at the Balagunj School-house, and in the evening at the Mission bungalow; and one Fourth-day morning, for the same reason, meeting was held in E. Nainby’s sitting-room. During the year we had a course of magic lantern exhibitions at the Meeting-house, in which one of the police officers stationed here took an active part, kindly bringing his lantern regularly, and by uniting our slides, we were able to keep up the meetings once a fortnight for two or three months. The first subject was the Pilgrim’s Progress, which, with secular pictures, extended over two or three meetings. This was followed by some evenings chiefly devoted to astronomy. The Mission meeting on Second-day evenings in the Balagunj School-house was also regularly kept up throughout the year; on ordinary occasions the attendance was not large, but during three months we had a magic lantern exhibition every alternate week, when there were always good attendances. During two of these months the officer referred to above again kindly brought his lantern regularly, and his help only ceased with his transfer. The subjects here were chiefly Scriptural. The meetings for discipline, viz., Hoshangabad preparative meeting and the monthly meeting, have been regularly held ; the latter as usual met four times in the year at Sohagpur. The former is now held on the Fourth-day preceding monthly meeting instead of the First-day, as formerly, because it was found there were sometimes monetary matters to consider. This arose in consequence of its being decided that the collection taken every First-day morning was to form a preparative-meeting fund. The box when opened last year was found to contain 1^34 9a. 5p., which was nearly all spent in buying oil for the lamps, both for the Meeting-house and the Balagunj Mission meeting, and in other small fittings. Our monthly meetings continue to be important times, and their interest is fully sustained, the members taking an intelligent part in the proceedings. We have received epistles from Dublin Yearly Meeting, and the London Yearly Meeting’s con­ tinental committee, which were both very welcome ; an answer has been sent to each. The monthly meeting has sent friendly letters to the mission churches in connexion with the Society in Madagascar and Syria, also a letter of thanks to the Mis­ sionary Helpers’ Union, and the Women Friends’ Foreign 35

Mission Association of Philadelphia, for the presents they so kindly sent. In September it was decided to hold a missionary meeting every month on the evening of monthly meeting day; five such meetings have been held, and the subjects were, India, Japan, Madagascar, the South Sea Islands, and William Penn. Reference has been made to the Friend-in-need Fund; this is a fund to which all the Christians in connexion with us (native or European) have the privilege of subscribing. Its objects are to help inquirers, and pay the native doctor for attendance on the Christians; during the year, 1^21 were paid on the latter account.

BAZAAR PREACHING. Public preaching has been regularly kept up in the bazaar twice a week, with only two exceptions on account of rain, and one afternoon in January the people did not gather because of a mela going on at the tomb of a certain Hindu saint close to the railway station. We have had, as a rule, good gatherings, and hardly any interruptions ; occasionally words have been ex­ changed with Mahommedans, and some Hindus have given utter­ ance to sarcastic remarks levelled at Bal Mukand. However, the name of the Lord Jesus is now respected in the city by all classes, and although people are not willing to have Him as their master, still they respect Him as ours, and many go so far as to say that He also is an incarnation. We cannot number any of our new converts as direct results of this branch of the work, but it is a means of keeping the truths of the Gospel regularly before the people. One young Sikh, however, who heard the Gospel for the first time in the bazaar here, has lately professed himself an inquirer, and has been regular in his attendance at meeting since. When at home, William goes regularly in the mornings, if other engagements do not prevent, into the city, or places near, and sitting down at a shop or house, preaches to the people who gather round. I also go with him when able. In this way the Chamars and Mangs have been frequently visited. They all, as a rule, drink, which deadens their spiritual susceptibilities, bome time ago the Chamars decided in one of their panchayats, or councils, to give it up, but unfortunately their temperance did not last long. It is encouraging to find that several of them have again given up drinking. The influence of our school and mission meeting at Balagunj, and frequent visits to their quarter v if C-^ ’ kas brought us into contact with them in a way which gives us some influence over them, and it is encouraging to see even a little result. 36

BIBLE CLASSES. The Bible Classes and First-day Schools have been regularly kept up, and an extra class for new converts and inquirers has been established by my wife on First-day mornings, in the Meet­ ing-house. She began with “ The Peep of Day,” and has since taught her scholars the story of the creation and fall; the histories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses; they have begun to take an intelligent interest in their lessons. William and Timothy (Debi) still continue to be the teachers in the Boys’ school, and E. Nainby and Lakshman Parshad’s wife, Adalina, teach the girls ; these are for the most part the orphans and servants’ children at “ The Home,” and the boys are almost, if not all, Balagunj scholars. The average attendances during the year have been—men, six ; boys, thirty; and girls, thirteen. The Servants’ Bible Class at the bungalow was continued on First-days during the year, except in the camping season. We are at present going through the Gospel of Luke. While out in camp we always gather those who are with us on First-days, and on week evenings William frequently has reading with them. A Bible class is also held on Seventh-day mornings for the inquirers and recent converts.

b o ys’ d a y sch ool. It is pleasant to be able to give a brighter account of the Boys’ Day School at Balagunj. The inspector’s report bears witness to the improvement. According to his recommendation, the former master was released in the early part of June, and no suitable teacher offering, Bal Mukand volunteered to undertake the school, in addition to his catechist work. He has succeeded in getting the school into order. All the upper class boys passed the third standard examination, with the exception of one. A fourth class has been formed, and at the inspector’s recommendation a monitor engaged, who teaches the two lower classes. He is a steady young man of the baniya (merchant) caste, and makes no objection to the Christian teaching; on the contrary, he teaches his own classes the ten commandments (abridged) and the Lord’s Prayer. The parents of some of the boys have begun to give school fees. Two annas are charged for admission, and one anna per month ; besides this, most of the boys buy their own school books. The fees are optional, many of the parents being too poor to pay. This month, 1^1 2a. has been received, which is a good be­ ginning. We still continue to .have chiefly poor boys—this is as it should be—but quite recently one of the principal Mahom- medan ironmongers, of the Shiah sect, asked Bal Mukand to 37

teach his son English and Hindi, so he sits on a mat on the floor, and learns his lessons with the second class. Another Mahom- medan ironmonger has also promised to send his son, and a respectable Brahmin boy has lately begun to attend. The school is now on a par with the Government branch schools. The average attendance has been just about the same as last year, viz., thirty-four. Timothy, who through the liberality of the Indian sub-com­ mittee has been given the opportunity of qualifying himself for a teacher, is working steadily at his studies, but unfortunately has failed to pass the fourth standard examination. The teacher’s certificate is given after passing the sixth. He has signed an agreement to serve the F.F.M.A. for three years after obtaining it.

COLPORTAGE. The book sales have not been so large this year as last. Lamuel Alexander gave up the work at the end of July, and took to tailoring, which lie had learned at the Secundra orphanage ; he has not been as successful as he expected. Nirpat Sinh (Girdhari) has undertaken the work in fear and trembling, and has done what he could at it. He has had at times to suffer a kind of persecution, but still perseveres. A young tobacconist in Seoni, on one occasion, scattered his books, and stood shouting at the people to prevent them buying. At other places also he finds more or less opposition. In Hoshangabad, at first, the people used to express their contempt at his having become a Christian, but now do not trouble him. He is better in health than he was some time ago, and the opposition has been very good for him spiritually. He accompanied us all the time we were itinerating.

CAMPING TOURS. As usual during the cold season we spent as much time as possible camping out in the district. We preached or taught in seventy-six towns and villages, besides preaching and selling books at five melas. In some of the villages we found many very ready to listen to our teaching, and promise to acknowledge Christ. At one place, a Rajput took his string of beads off his neck in the open bazaar, and gave it me in the name of Jesus Christ; at another we were agreeably surprised to hear a little boy, sitting near the tents, singing a hymn he had heard from us last year. We found in this village some Chamars who profess faith on Christ; and when preaching in the bazaar, a man from a neigh­ bouring village declared he would from that day believe on Hun. 38

The sin of intoxication being pointed out to him, he thereupon promised to give up drink. The large medicine box proved very useful again this season ; hardly a day passed without applicants for relief, and in some places they came in crowds. The magic lantern was also freely used, and many a hearty “ Jay” (victory) was called for Jesus Christ (Isa Masih), a thing we should not have thought of last season. One morning, when going out from the camp to preach, a man accosted us, and asked us to stop and tell him about Christ. We did so, and offered to teach him to read if he would come to Hoshanga- bad for two months. He had heard us preach in the Doloriya bazaar, and was much impressed. Thus we go on sowing the seed, and watching for it to grow and bear fruit, and rejoicing to see the first signs of life. This season three or four villages were visited, where so far as we know no Christian teacher had ever been before. My wife took the opportunity of speaking to the women wherever she found an opening. David continues to itinerate in the district, sometimes accom­ panied by his wife (Dorcas). About a month was taken up in going with Mangali for his wife, but on the way opportunities were afforded for selling books and telling of Christ. At one of the melas we met some people from Shiopur, an im­ portant village in the Seoni tahsil, who told us they had never heard of Jesus Christ; so David and Dorcas went and found many very ready to listen to their message.

MEDICAL. The dispensing of medicines still continues to furnish a practi­ cal way of reaching the people, and gaining their confidence. The average attendance on dispensary days is twenty-five or thirty, and about 1,560 received medicine during 1884. Most of these were suffering from simple illnesses, such as malarial fevers, en­ larged spleen, coughs, rheumatism, etc., and skin diseases. This branch of the work took up so much time that I was obliged to confine it to three days a week. Three of our new members have been gathered in by means of it, and also the Maratha orphan boy above referred to. He now attends Balagunj school regularly, and already has a fair amount of Scripture knowledge. On New Year’s eve we had a watch-night meeting at the bungalow, and the afternoon and evening of New Year’s day were spent pleasantly with the native Christians. After playing 39 for some time, the presents so kindly sent by the Missionary Helpers’ Union, and Pennsylvanian Friends, were distributed out of a “ bran tub,” and then we all sat down to a social meal served in native fashion on the ground. During the week of prayer we had, for the first time, a meeting every day, taking up the subjects published by the Evangelical Alliance. In conclusion we would ask the prayers of the church at home for a still greater blessing to rest on the work of the coming year, and that we may be kept stedfastly looking to the Lord for guidance and help. SAMUEL BAKER.

No. 2. ANNA BAKER’S REPORT. WORK AMONGST WOMEN IN HOSHANGABAD.

Visiting the Mohullas—A pundit's wife—Zenana work—Ellen Nainby and Bengali lady—Country work— Dorcas—Need 0/ faith. The work amongst women has been carried on regularly during the last year. Dorcas has done her part diligently and earnestly, and we are all much pleased with the spirit she displays. Since the beginning of last rains I have not been able to do as much visiting in the city as formerly, on account of poor health, but have gone when able. However, E. Nainby has lately com­ menced to visit regularly alone, and with Dorcas, so that there has not been the same necessity for me to go. She has got on nicely with the language, and is able to understand and make herself understood wherever she goes. The different mohullas of the city are visited regularly, and the women seem to appreciate the visits. In some houses they are only gathered together for Bible reading and conversation; in others they are taught reading, sewing, and knitting. Some of the pupils of Dorcas have become expert with their needles; notably, two Brahmins, one the the wife of the Zillah inspector of schools, the other the wife of a pundit. They are both intelligent women, and among the most hopeful of those we visit. The former taught herself to read from the Gospel of Matthew, with the help of a “ first book.” The mothers’ meeting in Balagunj reported last year was a 40

failure, and was discontinued, as it was only a waste of time and energy going : the women would not come out to the schoolroom, nor did they care to learn to sew; indeed, their clothing is so scanty it is hardly worth while; two garments, on only one of which there is any sewing, sufficing for the men and women, and the children often going without any till seven or eight years of age, when the same small supply is sufficient. It must be borne in mind that Balagunj is one of the poorest quarters of the city. Though the women would not come out to the schoolroom, they are very glad to be visited in their homes, where they can go on with their ordinary work and listen too. E. Nainby and Dorcas go regularly once a week. We have been invited to several new better-class houses lately; in all, sixteen are open to us now, exactly double the number reported last year. Had we time to take them up there would be no difficulty in obtaining entrance into others. In one Bengali household there are six women, four of whom are widows. E. Nainby goes once a week to teach English and fancy- work. The head of the household, an English-speaking pleader in the High Court, was educated in the London Missionary Society’s Institution, Calcutta. He is most anxious his wife should be educated. E. Nainby told him that if she taught other subjects she would teach Scripture too, to which he said he had no objec­ tion whatever ; on the contrary, knowing the Bible to be a good book, he had bought his wife a Bengali copy some time before. In the course of conversation E. Nainby found the women had a fair knowledge of the main facts of Scripture history, but did not understand it. In the cold season we went into the district as usual, and in nearly every village I was able to visit two or three houses. Large crowds of men and women used to gather round me, a white woman is such a curiosity; as an old woman said one day, “ We have all come to see you ; we often have the chance of seeing a sahib, but where can we see a mem-sahiba.” They listened most attentively to reading or conversation. It was encouraging to find that in the villages where we had been before many of the women remembered what they had heard in other years. Dorcas came with us part of the time, and was very helpful. The women greatly enjoyed hearing her sing hymns set to the native tunes, and often joined in themselves. They do not at all appreciate western music. She also went out twice into the district alone with her husband, and was much encouraged by the kind reception she met with, the women listening most eagerly. She found that when she wore the print skirt and white chaddar so universally 41

adopted by Christian women, that the villagers shunned her, thinking she was a servant; so she has got a plain dark-coloured sari in which she can go about without looking remarkable or attracting attention. In one Gondi village, the women promised to give up the worship of their idol and to pray twice a day in the name of Jesus Christ. When we were coming away they said, “ Come again soon and you will find that we have done as you told us.” Unfortunately their village is up in the jungles in the Satpura Hills, and will be quite inaccessable to us during the hot weather and rains ; but we hope, if permitted, to go again in the cold season. Though many of the women visited are much elevated by the instruction they receive, and shew an interest in hearing and reading the Gospel, we cannot report any thorough conversions amongst them, although they have come so far as to admit that our religion is good. Still, we must not be discouraged, as the ground must first be prepared and the seed sown before we can look for fruit. As a rule the women are much more bigoted and narrow-minded than the men, which is not to be wondered at, considering how they are kept in ignorance and seclusion. The weekly Bible-class at the bungalow for the Christian women has been regularly held, and well attended. We study the subjects of the Young Women Friends’ Christian Union. The women take much interest in looking up the texts ; and we are often surprised at the number they find, considering they have no concordances or books of reference. The one subject generally lasts all the month, and sometimes is not exhausted then ; but if we get through it quickly we take up the life of one of the women of the Bible. We have had an addition to this class lately in the person of the wife of one of our new members. Her husband ran away from her some years ago, but on his conversion was anxious to be re-united to her. ANNA BAKER.

No. 3. RACHEL METCALFE’S REPORT. Increased attendance of town children—Duties taught to the girls —Ellen Nainbys help.

The attendance of bazaar children at the mission school has greatly increased since last year, the numbers frequently reaching 42

thirty-six, and the roll considerably above that. The new comers are chiefly Hindu children, some of the Pundit and Brahmin caste. A second teacher has been engaged, and we look for great improvement during the year. Last year there was very little progress, and school was much disturbed, on account of illness among the children, and the delicate health of the teacher. The orphan girls attend the school, and under these new arrangements will pay fees and perhaps find their own books. They are making a little advance in their studies, but their progress is very very slow; indeed, we are often reminded of the words, “ Line upon line, here a little and there a little,” even over the smallest and commonest duties, for Hindu children are never taught to think or take notice of anything. Only one orphan has been admitted since the last report—a child about eleven years of age. We have taken the grand­ daughter of our Sohagpur colporteur as a boarder for a year or more as may seem desirable. The most delicate of our little group was taken from among us on the 24th of July, 1884. She is buried in our nice cemetery here. A few of the older girls went to the funeral, and since then all the children have been to see the place where little Rahiman was laid. It is our aim and wish that the children should depend upon themselves; and this can only be done by keeping constantly before them that they have no one whom they can call upon to help them. Some of the children have had clothing sent to them, with the request that what would be spent in that way should be put aside for their future use. One child had a special sum sent, and it was put into the savings’ bank for her. Such little sums put away for them will enable us to give them a good start in life. Some may have the ability to become teachers and so require additional training. One or two will probably never be fit for much, yet if possible these should be taught some manual occupation, and will require special teaching, making baskets or mats, winding cotton, or weaving tape. The maximum expense for one girl last year was 1^49 6a. 3£p. (about £4). E. N ainby takes an active part m overseeing the children’s household duties. She also takes a class in the First-day school. Several of the older girls continue to go to her twice a week for instruction in needlework, etc.; but her zenana work, which is a most important one, is so rapidly increasing that probably she will not be able to continue this instruction much longer. We have failed in all our efforts to get a suitable matron for the girls. How strange it seems no one in England offers to take charge of an orphanage. We cannot well take more in 43 our present small premises; and for many reasons more com­ modious quarters would be desirable, especially outside space for active exercise and fresh air. In conclusion we would acknowledge the continued loving­ kindness of our heavenly Father in providing for these little ones ; and we would ask the earnest prayers of friends for them and for ourselves, that our labour may not be in vain, but in our dear Lord’s own time fruit may appear to His glory. R. METCALFE. Hoshangabad, 31st March, 1885.

No. 4. ELLEN NAINBY’S REPORT. Learning the Language—Future Work. The past year has been principally devoted to learning the lan­ guage, and I still continue to read with the pundit five afternoons in the week, but hope after the rains to discontinue this so that I may have my whole time for outside work. As Miss Metcalfe and Mrs. Baker are sending reports, and the little work that I have been able to do the last few months is so closely connected with theirs, I feel there is no need of a report from myself this year. In conclusion, I have to acknowledge the loving kindness of our Heavenly Father who has kept me in health and strength since coming to this country, and has so clearly opened the way for what I believe to be my future work, namely, that among the women of this country. E. NAINBY. Hoshangabad, India, March 31, 1885.

SOHAGPUR. No. 5. JOHN H. WILLIAMS’ REPORT. Atew Schoolroom and Meeting-house— James Luke—Miriam— Change of Schoolmaster— Native Members—Bazaar Preaching — Village Work—Schools— Fellowship Meetings—Meeting for Europeans—Medical Work and Library—Inquirers and their Difficulties. In preparing a report of the work of the Sohagpur branch of our Mission for the past year, the first feeling that arises in our minds 44

is one of gratitude and thankfulness to God for His loving care, the continuance of His blessing upon the work, and the frequency with which we have been cheered throughout by manifest tokens of His guiding hand. Whilst we cannot point to any direct results as yet, so far as conversions from among the heathen are concerned, still we can thankfully say that evidences are not wanting that the Word is 1 111 11 hearts of several, especially from amongst regular in their attendance at our meetings for worship. The event of greatest importance and interest to our Sohagpur branch during the year, was the opening of our New Mission Schoolroom as a place for worship, which took place on Sunday morning, May 9, and a detailed account of which was sent home at the time. The health of our brethren has, on the whole, been good, with one exception only, that of James Luke, our Catechist. The keen east winds which prevailed here a few months ago were too much for him. His asthma increased, and, under what eventually proved, on medical examination, to be a serious complication of diseases, his health broke down, and he had to return to his own home in Allahabad, in the first week of January, and has been under medical treatment there ever since. S. C. Seward, Medical Missionary of the American Presbyterian Mission, Allahabad, writing under date March 13, says with reference to James Luke: — “ His whole system is drained, and his constitution broken down ; he cannot get well, but may linger some time. He will, I think, be glad to go home. . . . I have always respected him for his unselfish conduct, and his persistent efforts to do all he could for his family.” There has been one death in the Mission during the year, that of Miriam, wife of Joseph, the Colporteur. She died on the 28th of August, 1884. It was found necessary to part with Elisha John Levi and his wife in the month of May. The latter we parted with reluctantly, as she always worked well. On the 20th of September following, John Alexander and his wife joined us, from the Presbyterian Mission at Etawah; the former taking up the appointment of Bible-reader, previously held by Jugal Kishore; the latter the work of teacher for our Girls’ School. They each continue to hold the same offices still.

BAZAAR PREACHING. Throughout the year our arrangement has been that the Thurs­ day and Friday evenings of each week should be set apart for 45 bazaar preaching. Meetings have, however, been held occasionally on other evenings as well; and, when time and opportunity has offered at monthly meeting times, our Hoshangabad friends have joined us. It is difficult to say to what extent the people are impressed with what they hear ; but, that the words spoken set men thinking, and conversing one with another, is certain. A man came up to the Mission-house one evening after bazaar preaching. He had heard the Gospel of Christ repeatedly preached, and had remarked that we always spoke of Christ as the only one true Saviour; but he could not understand how our Lord could possibly be a Saviour for all people, Hindus included. After a long conversation, in which I explained to him that God is the Creator and the preserver of all things, seen and unseen, several passages from the Bible were read and explained, in proof of the precious truth that God’s great love embraces the whole human family. Texts were quoted, proving that all men are equally, by nature, sinful in His sight, and, therefore, all equalfy in need of salvation; and that God’s love towards this sinful world was so great, that He gave His own Son Christ Jesus to die for us, that we, by believing on Him as our loving Saviour, might not perish, but live for ever with Him in heaven. The man seemed much impressed, and said, “ Such teaching must be from God.” A nice intelligent-looking young faqir, of about twenty-three years of age, called one morning. Passing through large towns, he had heard missionaries preaching the Gospel. Only a few days previously he had stood and listened to some of our brethren at Hoshangabad as they preached in the bazaar, and, arriving here, he sought out the Mission-house. Evidently some rays of Divine truth had penetrated into his heart, and an inward something was impelling him to go where he could hear and learn more. He stayed nearly an hour, and asked many questions concerning the Christian faith. We urged him to stay a few days in Sohagpur, hut he left here early the following morning. On that same day, however, we were much pleased to hear that on the previous night this same young man, in company with another young faqir, had spent several hours in religious conversation along with James huke, our Catechist, sitting in the verandah of his house in the town. Incidents somewhat similar to the above could easily be multiplied, all of them pointing to the one encouraging fact that the Gospel of Christ is stirring the minds of the people, and com­ pelling some here and there to inquire for the more perfect way. . The same arrangement has been continued this year as last for visiting the mohullas, and an audience, sometimes larger, some­ times smaller, can always be counted upon. 46

VILLAGE WORK. The large market towns of Semri, Tarond, and Sobhapur, have been visited for bazaar preaching with as much regularity as pos­ sible throughout the year, occasional breaks being unavoidable during the rains. Semri and Tarond have been taken in alternate weeks, as both bazaars fall on Mondays ; but Sobhapur, with hut few exceptions, has been regularly visited every Saturday. Various villages lying between here and the above-named market towns have also been occasionally visited, but anything like systematic itineracy during the late cold season we have been unable to accomplish. We had hoped to have started in the month of December on a tour of a few weeks, and to have taken the new magic lantern with us ; indeed, plans were fixed, and arrange­ ments duly made for our so doing, it being understood that James Luke would attend to the town work during the absence of myself and John Alexander on tour ; but the continued illness of the former rendered it necessary for us to abandon the idea, and to give our exclusive attention to the work lying nearer home. One outing only have we made, namely, our long-promised visit to the Rani of Fatahpur, an account of whose kind and hospit­ able reception of our missionary party, and also of the interesting opportunities we had there, both for conversation and for preach­ ing the Gospel, was sent home some time ago.

MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP IN THE NEW SCHOOLROOM. Our neat little Schoolroom makes an excellent Meeting-house, and we feel deeply thankful to those kind friends whose liberality has provided us with so comfortable a place in which to gather for worship. Three meetings for worship are regularly held weekly, two on Sundays, the third being held on Wednesday evenings. The sound of our hymn singing rarely fails to attract some passers by, so that we generally have a few outsiders in each of those meetings. Sometimes, indeed, quite a nice large gathering of people are present, but the Sunday morning meeting is, as a rule, the largest gathering; and when, as is frequently the case, we have some of the bigger boys and girls attending our Sunday school present with us at worship, the benches look com­ fortably filled.

THE BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ SUNDAY SCHOOL Meets in the morning before our meeting for worship. The num­ ber of children attending is not large, but the general state of the school was never more encouraging than at present, and this result is no doubt, in a great measure, due to the fact that since 47

the opening of our new school premises the difficulty previously experienced in bringing the children together has been consider­ ably lessened. We seldom have less than thirty present, boys and girls included, all of whose names are on the attendance register; but in addition to these (the Government school being closed on Sundays), frequently as many as ten or twelve of the bright lads from there join us also. We are doing our best to induce all of them to become regular attenders. One Sunday morning recently we had fifty-seven children in school.

SERVANTS’ BIBLE CLASS. The class has been steadily carried on, meeting regularly each Sunday morning, with the exception of a few weeks at the close of the rainy season. They are at present going through the Gospel of Matthew. Formerly the class used to meet in my study, but, at the suggestion of the servants themselves, we arranged some months ago for them to meet in the gari-house, and several advantages have resulted from our so doing. Friends of the ser­ vants are now sometimes present in the class; the sick people also, who happen to be on the Mission compound at the time of reading, are always invited to come and sit near ; and, the coach­ house being close to the servants’ houses, their wives can hear the greater part of what is being read and explained. The members of the class have, from the beginning, evinced considerable interest in the Gospel narrative, and Sirdar and Bedese, two of our oldest and best servants, are quite familiar with many of the precious truths of the Bible ; but as yet there seems no outward evidence of an appropriation of them by faith. In the case of the former, we feel persuaded that nothing but the fear of after-consequences, in the shape of persecution by his caste fellows, stands in the way of his confessing Christ.

THE TUESDAY EVENING MEETING. This is a kind of fellowship or mutual-help meeting, and has been carried on weekly, with only a few exceptions, since the month of June in last year. The majority of the meetings, so far, have been held at the Mission-house. We have, however, no fixed place for meeting, but try as far as possible to take each of the brethren’s houses in turn; one of our objects being to bring our members together occasionally in a pleasant and friendly way, thus promoting social intercourse. We generally begin with singing a hymn. A suitable printed paper is then read, sometimes hy one, and sometimes by another, care being taken to select such subjects as are sure to be helpful and instructive to all The 48

Makkzan i Masihi, “ The Christian Treasury,” and the Kavkab i Hind, “ The Star of India/’ both periodicals much appreciated, generally furnish us with good reading. Of late, the following have been some of our subjects :—“ Kindness to our neighbours/’ “ Advice to native preachers,” “ The evils of falsehood/’ “ Finding fault,” “ Perfect love/’ also some of Christ’s parables, treated in an interesting and instructive way by A.L.O.E. In the conversa­ tion which generally follows the reading, we sometimes get a free expression of opinion, and thus we pass a very pleasant time together, closing the meeting with prayer. The brethren look forward with pleasure to these meetings, and we believe that their thus coming together is helpful and beneficial in many ways.

DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Owing to the difficulty in finding another teacher, this School remained closed for fully four months after E. J. Levi left the Mission. Our present teacher, Is and Ram, joined us in the month of September last, having been recommended to us by Mr. Thompson, the Government Inspector of Public Schools. Several of our old boys came back at the re-opening of the school, but they are mostly fresh lads who are now attending. The numbers do not increase so rapidly as we could wish, but we hope, in course of time, to work up a good attendance from amongst the lower and poorer classes of the people. Considering that we charge no fees, one unacquainted with the true circumstances of the case would naturally suppose that we should soon be able to work up a large attendance, but this is indeed no easy matter. The one great obstacle to our success here is that poor people, failing to see the need for educating their children at all, will not encourage them to attend even a free school. Some time ago, a low caste man in the town, with whom I was speaking, and trying to induce him to send his boy to us, replied by saying, “ What advantage would it be to my son if he could read and write ? He would not get into the Kuchahri/’ meaning Government employ. And, no doubt, caste would crowd his son out from such employ­ ment. A portion of time is set apart daily for giving regular Bible teaching to the children.

DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. This School was also unavoidably closed for three months. Emma Alexander joined the Mission, with her husband, in September, and within a week took up her duties as teacher in the Girls’ School. She is a bright, intelligent young woman, and tries to do her best for the little ones under her care. It was with 49

great difficulty that we got the girls together again, but, by regularly visiting houses where there were girls, after a while some bright little faces appeared in school. In one house the parents had a great objection at first to sending their girl, but at last they con­ sented to do so— “for "a few days only.” The little one was sharp, and soon made progress; and now that the parents hear their little girl going carefully over her alphabet lesson at home, they are rejoiced, and intend allowing her to attend school regularly. Religious instruction is given daily; the children are also taught to commit to memory simple Christian hymns. Some of the bigger girls can sew neatly already, and seem very proud of the achievement.

MEETINGS FOR EUROPEANS. With one exception only—owing to absence from home—the meeting for European residents has been regularly held throughout the year, and there is reason for believing that the opportunity thus afforded them, week by week, for coming together for Divine worship, is much more generally appreciated now than it was formerly. In most of our meetings we have at least one, and frequently two, representatives from each of the English homes in the station ; and, where there are children of a suitable age, they are usually present in meeting also. Railway people in India are frequently being transferred from one place to another, conse­ quently several of our first attenders are no longer in the station. The average during the year has been about twenty-two. It has been very encouraging to us to note, from time to time, several unmistakable indications that these meetings are exerting a real influence for good; an influence which, we believe, is extending. Several are under conviction, and, by God’s blesssing, we know of at least three'who have been led to accept Christ as their Saviour.

THE MISSION LENDING LIBRARY. We rarely have less than five or six of the books out of our Lending Library in circulation. Some of them find more favour than others, and have been read several times over. It was an excellent idea of Isaac Brown’s to establish this library here, for the benefit of the English-speaking residents; nothing could be more satisfactory than the results. A desire has thus been created in the minds of some for a better class of litera­ ture, and we know of several who have been led to replace books of a light and frivolous kind with such monthly periodicals as "The Quiver,” “ Friendly Greetings,” and “ The Christian

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Treasury.” The books kindly sent by friends last Christmas have formed a valuable addition to the library.

THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY. During the year medicine has been dispensed almost daily, and the number of people attending for help has been considerably in excess of last year. Thus, with a comparatively small outlay for medicine, a large measure of good has, we believe, been accom­ plished, for not only has much suffering been alleviated, but an excellent opportunity has been provided for conveying the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to many hundreds of people. The plan which we adopted from the beginning, of preaching the Gospel first, and then attending to the people’s wants, is found to work well. The poor sick people are, as a rule, attentive listeners, although a good part of what they thus hear, probably for the first time in their lives, may not be quite clear to their compre­ hension. The presence of a man possessing a little more intelli­ gence than his neighbours, is sometimes found to be helpful; questions are likely to be asked, and at such a time there is sure to be marked attention given by the others ; and, although some of the remarks made, and the questions asked, may not always be relevant, still, with care, they can generally be turned to good account for sowing the seed of the truth. It may be that no very lasting impression has been made on the minds of those who have only come once, or perhaps twice ; but, in the case of those who have attended for a number of days in succession—and there have been many such during the year—we cannot but hope that they have carried away some of the good seed. We believe that He who slumbers not, looks down with approval upon our humble efforts to help these poor suffering people, and, by a patient con­ tinuance in this good work, and by prayer for His blessing to attend it, we may be permitted to see some precious fruits re­ sulting, to His honour and glory. The little Dispensary is a real boon; we are indeed thankful to have it. Its projecting verandah forms a welcome and much needed shelter at this hot season for the patients, whilst they await their turn to receive medicine.

INQUIRERS. We occasionally meet with men who, having heard a little about Christ, and salvation through Him, evince a desire to learn something more about the Gospel truths; and, i f we could but 51

offer such employment and a home, for a time at least, there would be some hope of our eventually winning them for Christ. A Hindu inquirer needs to be cut off at once, as far as possible, from communication with his friends and caste fellows, otherwise any good impression that Gospel teaching may make upon him, is likely to be uprooted by those powerful counter-influences which they are sure to bring to bear upon him the moment they know that his mind is turned towards Christianity. Nand Lai, who was with us at the beginning of last year, may be mentioned as a case in point. He certainly started well, and made fair promise for a time; but outside influence was brought strongly to bear upon him. We tried our utmost to keep him constantly under our eye; but the temptation was strong, he fell into evil ways, and eventually drifted away from us entirely. At present we have two inquirers, both, we think, promising cases ; and we would ask for the prayers of dear friends at home, that God may bless our efforts in dealing with those men, so that both they and their families may yet be brought to the Lord. Our old friend, Kalloo, is the first. He is regularly visited, and continues to confess his faith in Christ, as his Redeemer. His mother and his wife are, however, strongly opposed to Chris­ tianity ; and, poor Kalloo, being a helpless invalid, and entirely dependent upon them in every possible way, it is to be feared that the old mother, especially, takes every opportunity for chas­ ing away good impressions from his mind. Our hope and our prayer is that Kalloo’s wife, and his mother also, may yet know Christ as theirs. Nand Ram, the new schoolmaster of our Boys’ School, is our second inquirer. There is no more regular or attentive listener in our meetings for worship than Nand Ram ; the earnest expression of his face, as he sits in meeting, is always helpful to me. He has accepted a copy of the New Testa­ ment ; and we know that he reads it attentively. At first, when he came to us, he seemed greatly to fear that we would, per force, make him a Christian, seeing that he was employed by the Mission. He knows better now, however, what Christianity truly means, and he is always ready and willing to learn. Some of the sayings of Jesus Christ appear to have impressed Nand Ram deeply. He attends all our Tuesday evening meetings; and comes frequently to the bungalow to converse with me on religious subjects. May he soon be led out of darkness into the clear light of the Gospel, and to the experience of true faith in Christ. In conclusion, we can only say that there is nothing but grati- tude to God in our hearts for all His love, and His manifold blessings towards us; and we would ask friends to pray for us, 52

and also for continued blessing and prosperity to rest upon our humble labours for the Lord of the great harvest field. J. H. WILLIAMS. Mission-house, Sohagpur, April 14, 1885.

No. 6. EFFIE WILLIAMS’ REPORT. Zenana Work. Notwithstanding hindrances and difficulties, this work has opened up wonderfully during the past year, and continues to grow in interest. A number of households are ready to receive us, but there being only Emma Alexander and myself, and as only the evenings are free for this important work, we have thought it advisable to give our attention more especially to the six houses opened last year, believing that by regular teaching only, permanent impressions can be made. Five out of the six are Mahommedan households ; the sixth is Hindu—that of the native magistrate, who himself invited us to call on his wife. We went, and were warmly welcomed by her. She is a bright intelligent young lady, and has been under the influence of Zenana missionaries in Delhi, of whom she has an affectionate recollection; she reads Hindi fluently, and recently expressed a desire to have portions of the New Testament. Matthew and Luke she now has. The women of the Mahommedan households are always glad to see us, and it is encouraging to see the intelligent interest many take in what is read and explained. At first it was diffi­ cult to gain or keep their attention, but now they take pleasure in listening, and evince their interest by asking various questions. On Saturdays, E. Alexander and I visit two mohullas, where a number of poor women can always be gathered together; they enjoy hearing the Christian bhajans (hymns) sung, and pictures never seem to lose their power of attraction. After the usual salutations, enquiries concerning the health of all, especially the aged and children, our plan is to select a parable or miracle from the Bible, read and explain it, then encourage them to ask questions; we sing a bhajan, and sometimes conclude by reading one of the interesting stories, specially written for Indian women, by A.L.O.E.; with those who can read we leave a picture leaflet. Our chief need is a native Bible woman, for the time has come when one could be fully employed in teaching from house to 53 house. These open doors do not mean that all who receive us are ready to accept Christianity, but they are willing to listen to the Gospel of light and liberty, and surely if there is one privi­ lege beyond another, it is that of telling “ the old old story” to those who, by reason of their seclusion, can only hear it from the lips of Christian women. May many more be raised up for this work, that the name which is above every name may be made known, and souls turned from darkness to light. E. WILLIAMS.

Mission House, Sohagpur, April 14th, 1885. MADAGASCAR REPORTS

No. 1.

H ENRY E. CLARK’S REPORT.

1. The War with France. 2. The effect of the War upon the Christianity of the people. 3. Ambohitantely town Church: Arivonimamo and Vakin’ Ankaratra sub-districts: educational statistics. Jf,. Bible Revision work. 5. Literary work: new publication, “ The Church and the School.”

1. W e can thankfully say that the year 1884 has been one of quiet work. This is true, though the war with the French is not yet ended, and to this some brief allusion must be made. While it is a present reality, yet the fears felt early in the year have not been realized. No expedition to the interior of the island has yet been made, and the inhabitants of Imerina still know the war only afar off. They have seen thousands of their husbands, brothers, and sons, leave for the war— north, south, east, and west—but they have not as yet welcomed their return, except indeed, that large numbers have been brought up only to be buried in their family tombs. Fever and sickness have been, so far as the Malagasy are concerned, far more fatal than the sword of the enemy. From March to May there was much passing to and fro between Tamatave and Manjakandrianombana, the Hova camp, which then, as now, blockaded the French in Tamatave; and we all hoped for, rather than expected, peace, as the result of all this. Early in June it was known that nothing had come of these negotiations, and that the war must go on. Then was convened one of those wonder­ 55 ful assemblies of people, known as a Malagasy kabary, a sight which must ever remain in the recollection of those who were present. At this the young Queen announced to her subjects the failure of the negotiations, and that the war must continue. I need not say that no Friend would have made that speech, but apart from that, it was in every way worthy of the occasion, and showed a spirit of for­ bearance and trust in God which was yet another evi­ dence of how the “ praying ” has made its mark in this land. As I write, early in January, the French, who are said to have three thousand men in the island, are very active at various points on the east and west coasts, and more troops are being despatched from the capital to cope with them. 2. We are now, after a year and-a-half of the war, more able than we were to answer the question often raised, how will the Christianity of the people be affected by the war ? That it has reduced the number of nominal worshippers is only saying what we knew would be the case, and the wonder is, when we remember how many have gone off to the war, and how many drafted off for various purposes connected with it, that so many are still found able and willing to attend public worship. Let it be remembered that compulsory- attendance at chapel is almost, if not quite, a thing of the past. I have paid some little attention to the question, and it is my firm conviction that in many ways Christianity is stronger now than it was two years ago. The rain has descended, and the floods have come, and the winds have blown, they have beaten upon the house, but the house has not fallen, thus proving that it is founded upon the Rock. I see several evidences of this. First, the way in which the Christians continue to pray to God to he]p them in this hour of trial, and the faith which they give expression to, that He can, if He will, remove the war from their land. Again, while in their conversation they often give expression to feelings of anger at the French, yet in their public prayers very little of this appears. Again, many of the Christians recognise much more fully than they used to do, the responsibility connected with the ownership of this large island. It is their fatherland, not to hold merely as conquerors, and to get out of it as much as they can, but it is theirs also to govern properly, to civilize and 56

evangelize. We should remember in connection with this, that it is while the war is still going on that the churches under the care of Friends have sent out their first native missionary to the Sakalava tribe. It is also worthy of record that during the past two years there has been a large increase in the number of Sunday schools in Antananarivo. I do not wish to give the impression that the native Christians are doing all that is required of them. This is very far from being the case. We cannot but fear that numbers of Christians are quite unwilling to do what they know they ought to do, especially on one subject, that of slavery; and, if that is so, we know that still further trouble must be in store for them. 3. I have very little new to report of the work of the year, either in the town church of Ambohitantely or in the two large sub-districts which have been under my care. Others will allude to the Yearly Meeting of all the churches under the care of Friends, held in October, when a native missionary and his wife were liberated for service in the Sakalava territory. The town church of Ambohitantely has somewhat awakened out of its sleep, and has given rather more willingly than heretofore for evangelistic work, though there is still much room for improvement on this head. The schools have held their ground well during the past year; that for little children at Ambohitantely, under the care of my daughter, is very full. The following table will show at a glance the results of the examination of the schools in the two sub-districts under my care:— ratra. Sub-district, Sub-district, Yakin’ Anka- Total in Total in 1884. Total in Total in 1883. Increase, Increase, 1884. Arivonimamo. | 1884 Decrease, | Number of Schools...... 39 31 70 70 Number of Scholars on Registers...... 4,762 3,721 8,483 8,338 145 Number present at Examination...... 2,518 2,132 4,650 5,383 733 Number bringing Slates ...... 1,604 737 2,341 2,214 127 Number bringing Bibles or Testaments ... 649 272 921 686 235 Passes in B eading...... 1,543 832 2,375 1,595 780 Passes in Writing ...... 836 363 1,199 1,210 ii Passes in Ciphering ...... 522 185 707 553 154 Number of Schools reported good or fair ) 30 20 50 45 5 in Scripture...... ) Ditto in Grammar...... 15 3 18 21 3 Ditto in Geography ...... 15 14 19 19 57

The following table shows the result of the examinations throughout all our district; the above are of course in­ cluded in i t :—

1884. 1883. Increase. Decrease.

Number of Schools Examined ...... 125 118 7 „ of Children on Registers ...... 14,355 14,022 333 „ present at Examinations ...... 7,400 8,417 1,017 „ bringing Slates ...... 3,509 8,504 55 „ bringing Bibles or Testaments...... 1,510 1,363 Ï47 „ of passes in Reading ...... 2,957 2,145 812 „ of passes in Writing...... 1,743 1,767 24 „ of passes in Ciphering...... 1,201 936 265 Number of Schools reported as passing well, ) 72 or fairly well, in Scripture...... j 73 1 Ditto in Grammar...... 25 34 9 Ditto in Geography ...... 34 34

I have also thought it might be interesting to give a table showing the state of elementary education, so far as we have any returns, throughout all Madagascar :— Writing. Schools. Number Passes Passes in Passes in Passes Passes in Reading. Register. Ciphering. present present at Number Number of Number of Scholars Scholars on Examinations.

L.M.S. Schools in Imerina ...... 588 60,024 29,934 14,396 10,153 8,321 F.F.M.A. Schools in Imerina ...... 125 14,355 7,400 2,957 1,743 1,201 L M.S.Schoolsin the Antsihanaka Province 31 2,900 2,038 1,207 1,093 978 L.M.S. Schools in the Betsileo Province ... 204 20,683 10,000(?) 8,877 Norwegian Missionary Society’s Schools) in the Betsileo Province ...... ) 207 35,733 29,952 13,731 Totals ... 1,155 133,695 79,324 41,168

STANDAKDS OF EXAMINATIONS. These are practically the same in all the L.M.S. and F.F.M.A. Schools, as under :— Reading.— Standard IY. requires ability to make out all the words in an ordinary verse, chosen by the examiner from the historical portions of the New Testament ; V. and Yl. require respectively fair and good reading from Teny Soa, a small monthly magazine. Writing.— Standards II. and III. require ability to write short words and a simple sentence from dictation ; IY. and Y. a passage from Teny Soa from dictation ; YI. an exercise from memory. Arithmetic.— Standards II. and III. require ability to 58

work sums in simple addition and substraction; IY. sums as far as long division (inclusive); Y. sums in money; YL problems requiring knowledge in vulgar fractions and pro­ portion. 4. I have been able during the past year, with a large amount of regularity, to attend the weekly meetings of tne Bible Revision Board. "We have lately commenced the book of Ezekiel, and it is hoped that before the end of this year the first revision of the whole Bible may have been com­ pleted. Nothing could have exceeded the care and patience of W. E. Cousins, of the L.M.S. the principal revisor, and chairman of the board. Rather more than seven hundred sittings have been held, and he has been present at every one of them. L. Dahle, of the Norwegian Mission, has ren­ dered invaluable help. He is an able linguist, and next to Mr. Cousins, no one, to the same extent, will leave his mark on the new revision. There is one indirect result of this work which I often love to dwell upon. Without doubt it has tended very much to unite the four different societies represented on the board. Nor can we be surprised. Representatives from these societies have been engaged together for more than ten years in this work, and it is impossible that this should be the case without their coming to know each other better, and to love and honour each other more. About two years more will probably be occupied in a second and final revision, when the whole work will be completed, and will, we hope, prove a great blessing to the Malagasy people for generations to come. It is cause for much regret that although there are many thousands of Malagasy Bibles and Testaments in England, there is not one single copy on sale in this island. 5. Much of my time during the past year has been spent in the preparation of books to be printed at our press. A third edition of my book of simple lessons on the life of our Lord has been printed, as also the first part of a book of similar lessons from the Old Testament. Both of these are adapted for the children in our day and Sunday schools. Number four of my Old Testament history, bringing it down to the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, is in type, and will be issued in a week or two. At the beginning of the year we commenced a new 59

monthly paper, entitled, “ The Church and the S c h o o lof which I was appointed editor. At first we intended it only as a means of communication among the churches of our own district, but we soon had abundant evidence that a religious newspaper of this character was really needed— one which would serve as an organ for information on, and discussion of all matters of interest concerning the churches and schools in Madagascar; so that we were almost compelled to alter the character of our paper. It is one of the many signs of the bond of union between the members of the L.M.S. and ourselves, that this new venture has been warmly welcomed by them, and they are constantly rendering us substantial help in conducting it. Our friend S. Olemes acts as our correspondent in England. He sends us very interesting letters, which, being written in good, racy Malagasy, are eagerly read by the people. This year Mr. Kingzett joins me as co-editor of the paper. It would not be right to close this report without an expression of deep thankfulness to God for the abundant blessings that have been granted to the various families in the Mission during the year. New treasures have been given to some, and we have rejoiced together. Others have heard of the death of those very dear to them in England, and they have abundantly received the sympathy of their friends. It is also deep cause for thankfulness that we have been “ preserved in love one towards another,” and that no root of bitterness has sprung up. Then, at the close of the year, just before Christmas, we welcomed amongst us once more W. and L. Johnson, accompanied by J. Sims. It would be hard to say who gave them the warmer welcome, we, their colleagues, or the natives who love them for their work’s sake. The closing days of 1884, as well as the opening ones of 1885, were clouded by the illness of our dear friend, Dr. Fox. For a time it seemed doubtful how it might terminate, but, as I write, he is regaining health and strength. For all these things, and countless other mercies, we give God thanks. We look towards the past year, and can say, “ Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” We turn to the new year, with all that it may bring to us and to our Mission, without fear, almost without anxiety, taking for our motto words which have often been sent us from 60

England, "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” HENRY E. CLARK.

No. 2. R. M. CLARK’S REPORT.

1- Classes for women in Antananarivo. 2. Visit to Arivonimamo: women's class there. 3. School for little children at Ambohitantely, under the care of Edith M. Clark. If.. Request for school materials, prizes, etc.

1. S in ce I last wrote a report, two years ago, having en­ joyed the blessing of good health, my teaching has been carried on as usual, with an ever deepening interest in those who come twice a week to learn in the school-house in our garden. On one afternoon we teach reading, writing, and ciphering, which for the younger women is occasionally diversified by map drawing; those who have frequently done this from a copy on the black-board, can now draw from memory a map either of Madagascar or Palestine, these being the two countries with whose geography they are best acquainted. Instead of being, as formerly, utterly ignorant as to the shape even of their own island, and as to the position of its principal towns and sea-ports, they can now depict these with tolerable accuracy, no longer putting eastern and southern ports on the west and north, or vice verm. Some will draw a very neat map of Palestine, marking its divisions, mountains, lakes, and those places connected with the history of Jesus Christ which we are studying together from the gospels. Two weeks ago, during the Christmas holidays, we had an examination on what had been gone through in the past year. The women prepared for this by learning answers to sixty questions, some of which were to be found by looking into the new Testament, and others learned from a little paper printed for the purpose, and distributed before we 61 dispersed for a short time at Christmas. Between forty and fifty women were able to answer all the questions, eight others only a portion; and on the first occasion of our assembling, after this little examination, we took for our lesson the subjects embraced in three or four particular questions, amongst them being: “ What does Jesus Christ mean when he says, ‘ He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in Me and I in him ? ’ “ What did He say of those who do His will, and of those who confess or do not confess Him before men ?” the teachers’ object being, if possible, to induce the women to look into and search the Scriptures for themselves. Prizes were subsequently given for diligence, etc., and again the gifts from relations and friends at home proved a great delight to the recipients. I did not need, and never yet have needed any grant of money for buying these prizes; and I wish that all who have kindly furnished them could have the reward of seeing how much pleasure they g iv e; but my stock of such articles is now almost exhaustsd, and I shall be pleased to have it replenished by those who are able and willing to do so. Many of our friends attending these classes have been visited in their own homes during the year, on occasions either of sorrow or rejoicing, but sufficient time is never found for what one wishes to do in this way. 2. I have, during the year, been with my husband to see our scholars under Ratsivery, the evangelist’s wife at Ari- vonimamo. We had a very agreeable time, even though it was somewhat marred by finding that Satan had been busy there, and had led astray some of whom better things had been hoped. 3. Just now, early in January, our eldest daughter is busy preparing prizes for the school of little children at Ambohi- tantely, where she extremely enjoys teaching on four days of the week. We are on the point of going into the country for a month’s holiday, but before doing so hope to see the distribution of the said prizes, and to witness their happy looks as they receive them. During our absence from home Lucy Johnson will kindly give some oversight to this school. Latterly the attendance has been very good, the daily average being more than a hundred, which is encouraging to our daughter, who likes nothing better than to be busy 62

among her scholars, and should she be prevented from at­ tending, from any cause, they soon come to visit her, she returning their calls if they are absent from their places. A t present we are having extremely wet weather; walls, and houses, or portions of them, are falling down in all directions; this has much interfered with the children coming to school, their parents frequently sending word that they are afraid to allow them to do so, lest they should be crushed or injured by falling walls. The following shows the result of the recent examination of these little ones :—

Number of Children on Register...... 117 „ present at Examination ... 107 Number of Passes in Reading...... 62 „ Writing ...... 48 „ Ciphering ...... 22 Some of the children passed well in Grammar and Geo­ graphy, and a larger number in Scripture. 4. I will only add that we shall again be very pleased to receive for our scholars, young and old, such things as scissors, pocket knives, needles, cotton, thimbles, etc.; also very simple frocks for babies, the last named we should be very happy to make ourselves had we time ; our youngest little girl, six years of age, is delighted to sew such a frock, or to make part of a patchwork quilt for some elderly acquaintance, but neither she nor her elders can accomplish much in this line. At Christmas, just past, the said little girl was as pleased to give, as two very old women were to receive, one such quilt made by herself; the recipients are sisters, and members of Ambohitantely Church from its commencement; they are very poor, and like to come and visit us and receive a warm welcome from our two little children, who stand one on each side watching them share a cup of milk and some soft sponge cake (a cheap article here), part of the latter being generally carried home. RACHEL M. CLARK. 63

No. 3. WILLIAM JOHNSON’S REPOET. 1. Condition o f the native Christians. %. Their childlike faith. 3. The Country Schools affected by the War. Jf.. Deeper earnestness amongst the missionaries. 5. The great extent of the work to be done.

1. R e t u r n in g to Madagascar after a long interval, during which so much has occurred to affect the thoughts and feelings of the Malagasy as regards Christianity, it is deeply interesting to see how comparatively small has been the adverse effect of the war with the French upon the sym­ pathies of the Christians for the religion which foreigners have brought to their land. Here, in the central province, little is heard of the w ar; the time of panic, which once threatened to annihilate schools and churches, is past, and Mission work, in all its branches, goes on very much as though no foreign foe was at the gate. Europeans reside without fear in different parts of the country, or travel from place to place in pursuance of their work. Church meetings are held as heretofore. The needs of the surrounding heathen are not forgotten, and our people have just in­ terested themselves in sending out a native missionary to those in the West. It is not, however, that the people forget the trial which presses upon them. They cannot do this when their friends and near relations are encamped in distant parts of the island, face to face with the enemy; when from time to time the remains of some of these, mostly victims to fever, are brought home for burial in the graves of their fore­ fathers; when calls for more men to recruit the ranks so thinned are made, and money is collected throughout the churches to help those called away on military service. Rather one is struck with the deep serious feeling which pervades all classes in regard to the war; which makes itself apparent, whenever the people assemble for worship, in the earnest cry to God for help, in the expression of com­ plete reliance on Him in trouble, and in the prayer that a spirit of justice and righteousness may be given to their enemies. The feeling of the congregation is often expressed 64

in such hymns as “ Abide with me,” and “ O Thou that hearest prayer forget me not.” 2. The faith of these people is very childlike. They do not stop to consider the nice personal questions which so often lead a European Christian into deep heart-searching, but accept the promises of the Gospel with a readiness that shows perhaps a want of true realization of their meaning and bearing. A young man preaches a sermon, and having done his best to clothe his thoughts in intelligent and attractive language, and enforce his argument by apt and telling illustrations, he accepts his work as God-directed, and will afterwards in prayer thank God for the word which He has sent His people, and ask a blessing upon it. He has done his best to make his work successful, and he doubts not God accepts it. And so in regard to their present trouble, the people simply accept the assurance that those who place their trust in God will be blessed and protected, leaving troublesome questions of conscience un­ answered. Their cries to God are none the less devout, and their support of the weekly meeting for prayer for the fatherland none the less zealous. 3. But while we may well be grateful that things are so much quieter than they might have been, it is evident that it will take the country many years to recover from the effects of the mischief that has already been wrought, and it is distressing to see how thin has become the attendance at the chapels in the country villages. Those of the people who never had much interest in the “ praying,” and less knowledge, seem to have gone back to their divination and sorcery for help; and those who have recently lost relations, following Malagasy feeling in the matter, abstain from meeting with their friends during the period of m ourning; many of the men, again, are away in the various camps, and so the numbers are but small of those who keep up the regular meetings for worship. The schools, too, have very much decreased in attendance compared with what was the case immediately before the war, but I am told things in this respect are better just now than they were. 4. I am struck, too, with the earnest religious feeling evinced among the missionaries as a body. There is a 65

heartiness and a deeply prayerful spirit pervading our weekly gatherings for prayer, which is very refreshing and helpful. There is also a sincere concern among them for the deepening of religious life among their people, and a jealousy lest the secondary interests of their work at all obscure that which should be always first and all-pervading, the leading the people to true conversion of heart. These facts are full of hope for the work here, and in face of them we must most earnestly pray that nothing may be permitted to hinder the accomplishment of these desires. 5. Coming once more face to face with the work here, one is impressed with its great extent, and the need of labourers to follow the openings for work which present themselves. The difficulty is rather to know where to withhold than where to render help. While taking some classes at the boys’ school at Ambohijatovo, several days a week, I hope to give the needful oversight to the district behind Ankaratra, and to my old charge at the eastern foot of those mountains, as well as give a little help with the congregations near the town. My wife hopes soon to gather a class of women as a mothers’ meeting; some of her old scholars have already told her they are quite looking to having her help once more. In this way we hope, by degrees, to take our places in the Mission, and do what in us lies to help the people; not with any assurance of accomplishing great things, but rather desiring to do simply what the Master puts before us, satis­ fied if of us it may be one day said, “ They have done what they could.” WILLIAM JOHNSON.

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No. 4. WILLIAM WILSON’S REPORT. 1. The attendance and work o f the country students. S. The sixteen home district churches: Patriotic fund. 3. The schools in home district, their numbers and 'progress. If. Evangelist sent to Sakalava: Dr. Fox's serious illness. 5. Mandridrano: Improved condition of churches and schools. 6. Mahabo district— gratifying state— large school.

1. I n attempting to sum up the results of the work of the past year, one’s thoughts naturally recur to the somewhat gloomy forebodings that were prevalent amongst us when the year opened. For the most part would-be prophets have proved false, and events have not justified the alarmist views that seemed at one time to possess us. Thankfulness and gratitude to Him who holds all things in His hand fill our hearts ; for far beyond the most sanguine expectations we have been able to pursue the “ even tenor of our way,” with but little interruption. In this way the year has scarcely its parallel. With regard to the country students under training at Ambohijatovo, it will perhaps be remembered that one great inconvenience which last year affected both our town and country schools, and which arose directly from the war, was the constant military drills imposed upon the scholars. At the beginning of the year, there seemed so little hope of a change, that we decided to admit only a limited number of students, as we could not see our way clear to swell the numbers of the school, and yet have them spend half their time in a way we so entirely disapproved of. On this account school was opened with only thirty-three in attend­ ance; but although few, the work done was very fairly satisfactory. The average weekly attendance during the term was twenty-four. Ten scholars received the usual prize for unbroken attendance during the five months. At the end of the term, eleven of the students having completed their course of two years’ study, left to occupy places as teachers in our district. Five others were sent away as unlikely to shew further progress, whilst two young men were expelled 67

for fighting. When we re-assembled in July, seventeen new students were added to the fifteen remaining, and on looking back over past years I cannot find any time when the at­ tendance has been so good in proportion to the numbers on the books; the average weekly attendance was twenty- seven out of a total of thirty-two, thirteen being entitled to the full attendance prize. From these figures it will be seen that steady uninterrupted work has been going on day by day. 2. The Home District (consisting of sixteen churches) has received its due share of my time and attention. It is diffi­ cult to say that no progress whatsoever has been made by the congregations of this sub-district, and yet it is equally difficult to point to anything done, which will indicate any great advance. Steady and persevering work has been continued throughout the year by Andrianony and myself. The Quarterly and Two-monthly meetings have been regu­ larly held, and even though the attendance at some of these meetings has somewhat decreased, the interest taken in the business done, by those who do attend, is very encouraging. One thing can be distinctly pointed to as having left its bad effect upon the churches. Ever since the war broke out, contributions of money from the churches have been col­ lected for the relief, and in many cases the support, of the soldiers at the war. This was done at first, I am convinced, perfectly voluntarily, and small sums were raised. In the early part of the year, however, when the suffering in some of the camps was very great, fresh exertions were made by one or two of the town congregations, notably that of Am- batonakanga, under the care of Mr. Matthews, of the L.MS. This produced a certain amount of wholesome rivalry, and large sums of money were raised. Whilst this was being done, it was quietly whispered abroad that the Prime Minister was pleased with it all. These whisperings, in being handed from one to the other, naturally grew into commands with astonishing rapidity. As such they were taken— commands not issued openly, but for all that none the less stringent. After this money flowed in from most places, and in the particular district of which I am now speaking, many of the people were so brow-beaten and threatened, that the effects of it can be seen to this day. 68

Whilst I am speaking of this subject, I may as well add, that further off town this collection was regarded very much in the same light as the ordinary government taxes. The amount to be raised was fixed by the few in authority, and then apportioned out to individuals for payment, instances of sad extortion not infrequently coming to our hearing. Regarded, therefore, in the light of a tax, this “ Patriotic Fund,” as it has been styled, has been eminently successful; but as voluntary contributions from the Christian churches of Imerina towards the relief of relatives at the war, it must, in my opinion, be chronicled as a great failure. 3. The Schools belonging to these sixteen congregations can be pointed to as shewing fair progress. The results of the last examination are as follow s:— In 1883. In 1884 Number of Scholars on Registers .. 1,777 1,719 „ „ present at Examination ... 1,02") 698 „ „ who brought slates...... 562 413 „ „ who brought Bibles ...... 403 286 Number of passes in Reading ...... 317 227 „ „ Writing ...... 289 257 „ „ Arithmetic ...... 150 220 Number of Schools reported good in Scripture... 6 3 Number of Schools reported fa ir in Scripture ... 8 5 The apparent disparity in these numbers would at first lead one to very unfair conclusions. The number of scholars who attended the examinations was some 300 less than last year. These, for the most part, were by no means the most backward scholars; so that where an increase was confi­ dently looked for, none appeared. The loss of these chil­ dren from our schools will, perhaps, be best explained by quoting from a report of J. C. Thorne, of the L.M.S. He says, “ In June last, the Government gave permission to the mpi&sa (a large section of the people whose compulsory and unpaid service to the Government consists of smith’s, carpenter’s, and mason’s work, gunpowder making, etc., and providing materials for these various manufactures) to re­ move their big boys from the schools, and get them registered among the mpidsa. To understand what followed this per­ mission, it is necessary to remember— first, that there is no service to the Government so severe in its exactions as military service, the lot of a slave being often, in many respects, preferable to that of a soldier; and secondly, that 69 officers of the Government are always anxious to increase the number of those who come under their authority, and from whom, not being in receipt of a salary, they receive an irregular revenue. In their anxiety to secure for their children exemption from military service in the future, thousands of fathers hastened to remove their boys, small and big, from the schools, and to get them enrolled as mpidsa. During the last two months many of these children have been returned to the schools, the Prime Minister himself having inspected the reinforcements which various sections of the mpidsa had received, and ordered the younger boys to be returned to school. There are still many who should be at school who have not been so inspected, and are still kept away by their parents.” 4. Before passing on to report of work in other parts of our district, I ought to mention the loss sustained by the church and school at Ambohimangidy in the removal of Rafaralahy and his wife. For some years past it appears that these two have had a strong desire to go and do evan­ gelistic work amongst the Sakalava; but no way seemed to open before them. When, however, the last Yearly Meeting of all the congregations under the care of Friends decided to send some one to Manandaza, in the Sakalava territory, they were found both willing and waiting to go. They started on their journey thither early in December last, accompanied by Dr. Fox and myself. The serious illness of the doctor prevented our going beyond Mandri- drano, where we separated, one party to go east and the other west, each not a little anxious as to how it would fare with us on the road. Thankfulness and praise to our Father in heaven now fills our hearts that He has been pleased in His goodness and mercy, not only to restore to us again one whose life we at one time well nigh despaired of, but also to bring the evangelist and his wife to their destination in safety and in health. 5. During the past year a fair amount of progress has been made by most of the churches in Mandridrano. Three new chapels have been built, and a greater interest in church work generally has been evinced by the people than in some previous years. In support of this I would mention that the subscriptions to the Yearly Meeting Fund for 70 carrying on work amongst the Sakalava are larger per con­ gregation from this district than from any other under our care. Last June, my wife and I were liberated by the com­ mittee to pay a lengthened visit of a month to this district. The time was most enjoyably spent in visiting about from place to place, examining schools, holding Bible classes with the teachers and people, and as far as could be relieving the sufferings of the sick. We always had more work on our hands than we could possibly get through; and when the time came for our return home, it made me more than ever long for the time to come when we may be able to live there altogether. The condition of the schools has slightly improved. There are now fifteen teachers supported by us as against nine previously, shewing an increase of six during the year. As these schools were examined in June, the disturbance before referred to only very slightly affected the numbers. They are as follow s:— In 1883. In 1884. Number of Scholars on Registers ...... 2,360 2,669 „ „ present at Examination ... 1,295 1,242 „ „ who brought slates...... 495 445 „ „ who brought Bibles ...... 212 229 Number of passes in Reading ...... 121 177 „ „ Writing ...... 166 165 „ „ Arithmetic...... 71 126 • Number of Schools reported good in Scripture ... 8 4 Number of Schools reported fa ir in Scripture ... 5 3

The falling off in Scripture may be stated to be due to the fact that no repetition of work learnt in the previous year was allowed. In consequence, those teachers who mainly depended upon what they had been over and over again at several examinations in the past found themselves with but indifferent reports. 6. Of the small district of Mahabo, and its dependent congregations, little need be said. Both churches and schools compare very favourably with those of other parts of our district. A few months ago an event occurred which threw quite a gloom over these seven villages. Rahasy, who for­ merly lived with H. Gilpin, died after a few days’ suffering. She had for nearly two years ably assisted her father in the large school of nearly 400 boys and girls at Mahabo, 71 taking the entire charge of all the girls. Although she has now gone, much of her work still remains to bear testimony to her faithfulness and zeal in that in which she was engaged. WILLIAM WILSON. Faravohitra, January 20th, 1885.

No. 5.

HERBERT F. STANDING’S REPORT.

1. School work and attendance: fondness o f boys for their work: Circular to parents. 2. Science and Drawing Classes, etc.: Astronomy popular with the boys. 3. Need fo r technical education. If,. Avaratra Ankaratra District Report.

1. Th e number of scholars in the Boys’ School at Ambo- hijatovo is still much below the average of years previous to the breaking out of the war. While this is a somewhat discouraging feature of the work, it is not by any means confined to Ambohijatovo, for the L.MS. Normal School, which has sometimes reached nearly 300 scholars, has not now half that number on the books. Our school when full will accommodate about 200, and we have now about 150 on the registers (exclusive of the country students), and though some have left during the past year, our numbers appear to be steadily rising. The average half-yearly attendance of those present at the examinations was 152, out of 177 possible attendances, and the total number who reached 90% attendances were 80 and 76 for the two half- years respectively. As an instance of the love some of the boys have for their school work, I may mention the case of a little lad in the ninth class, whose father brought him to me recently, saying that he had heart disease, and that the doctor thought he had better discontinue his learning for the present. His parents had done what they could to 72

induce him to give up the idea of attending school, but the poor lad held out, saying to his father, “ Even though I should die, never mind; but do let me attend school.” At the beginning of July last I addressed a circular letter to the parents of all the children, endeavouring to enlist their hearty co-operation with us in the work of the school. This, I believe, has had a decidedly beneficial effect, and I think I can say that the attendance and conduct of the boys has never been better since I took charge of the school. Towards the beginning of last year, however, I had occasion temporarily to dismiss one or two of the scholars for gross misconduct out of school hours. Here is one of our great difficulties. Parents even with the best of inten­ tions towards their children, have often really so little idea of managing them that our work in school is frequently weakened, if not nullified, from want of proper supervision of the boys after they pass from our sight. Having once occasion to confer with the father of one of the scholars about his son, he told me, that whenever the youth came home from school, he immediately made him get to work at his home lessons, apparently not letting him go out of doors to play at all. On the whole, I think there is an improve­ ment in the matter of truthfulness and honesty, though there is still much to be desired in this respect. 2. No special change has been made in the courses of lessons during the year, beyond the introduction of a new Scripture text-book in place of the catechism previously used in most of the classes. This text-book is chiefly a transcript of the “ Ack worth Scripture Text-book,” in use in several schools in England. The boys all learn at least two verses daily, which they repeat first thing on assembling every morning. I have also compiled a series of short drawing lessons, comprising perspective, practical geometry, elementary notions on the theory of colour, etc., in­ terspersed with model and freehand exercises. These I intend to extend and to teach all through the school. We do not, however, give an undue amount of time to this subject, as in no class does it occupy more than an hour a week. In science, lessons have been given to the upper boys on astronomy and physical geography, in both of which sub­ 73 jects text-books already exist in Malagasy. The astronomy lessons seemed specially to interest the boys, and on one or two evenings in the winter I had thirty or forty boys in my garden, looking at Jupiter’s moons through the large tele­ scope presented by the late Joseph Pease. The teachers, with one exception, have continued to give satisfaction; and though not yet coming up to what one would like, either in disciplinary or teaching power, there are some really good teachers among them, and they all seem to take an intelligent interest in their work. We have once or twice had them all to tea at our house, when we have spent a very pleasant evening. The summer vacation this year has been unusually long, on account of the Fandroana (annual native festival) oc­ curring shortly before our usual time for breaking up, so that we were obliged to run the two holidays into one. A little to stimulate the boys to useful work during this long break, I offered prizes for pencil drawings done during the holidays, and also for the best sets of six Malagasy and six foreign flowers growing in pots. I have not yet had an exhibition of results; but several boys have come begging flowers and seeds out of our garden, so I hope to have a small flower show after a time. It may not be amiss here to mention a lecture delivered at the L.M.S. College, as one of a half-yearly series given to select audiences in connection with that institution. The subject was, “ Fdnompbana ataon ’ny tsy mcLnana alna,” or “ Labour done by inanimate thingsand the preparation of models of windmills, water-wheels, pumps, etc., occupied most of my time for a fortnight or more. I had a large model of a steam engine belonging to the college at work, driving a sewing machine, by which my wife hemmed a duster, greatly to the delight of the people. Models of various kinds of carts and carriages were also shown. The almost total absence of wheeled conveyances here is most noticeable. Even the mounted cannon are taken off their wheels and carried piecemeal on men’s shoulders from place to place. Although a good deal of time was consumed in the preparation of this lecture, I think it was real mission work, as the ignorance shown by the natives of some of the simplest mechanical contrivances, forms one great obstacle 74

in the way of the abolition of slavery. At the end I spoke pretty pointedly on the subject of slave labour, and heard afterwards that what I had said in this connexion was “ ma,7igidy dia mangidy ” (extremely unpalatable), and that it would not have been listened to at all if I had not “ proved my points beforehand! ” 3. I think there is a decided need for more simple tech­ nical education among the people. Our Mission work seems to be too one-sided. There is a great deal of education and religious teaching which has done, and is doing, incalculable good to the people ; but it is surely somewhat of an anomaly that a nation who have made such strides in Christianity and education should still be in almost utter ignorance of the practical utility of some of the commonest mechanical contrivances. Moreover, the very nature of our work here tends to give the natives rather a false idea of the superiority of mental over manual occupations. Sometimes, when I have been hard at work digging in my garden, a wondering group of natives looking over the wall has made it evident that they think it strange that the vazaha should be engaged in such a “ degrading ” occupation. Many Malagasy seem to have an idea that even in England all hard manual labour is done by coloured people! In concluding my remarks about the school, it only re­ mains for me to add what a pleasure William Johnson’s return has been to all his old friends, and how heartily glad we are to have his help in the teaching again. 4. With regard to the small district of Avaratra Ankaratra I have not very much to report. I have, with some little exception, attended the monthly meetings of the churches. From some cause or other the average attendance at the monthly Bible class has fallen off. My classes with the teachers near the Saturday’s market have been resumed. The chief point to notice in connection with these is the introduction of a phonetic syllabic system of teaching reading to little children. We, in this respect, have a great advan­ tage over English teachers, inasmuch as the Malagasy language is almost entirely phonetic, and we have none of the anomalies of English spelling. The usual school examination was held last May, when my wife went out with me, and we spent a very enjoyable 75

time, attending one or two of the church meetings as well as examining the schools. In addition to the ordinary prizes for proficiency in the examination, my wife gave some small prizes to some of the girls who had given satisfaction in the sewing classes; with the exception of one or two larger towns, the results of the examination were not very satis­ factory. William Johnson had charge of this district of Avaratra Ankaratra before going home, and he is now resuming the oversight of it. I cannot say that I am altogether sorry to give up this work, as I have often felt it rather a burden, and while having frequently to acknowledge help graciously bestowed, I feel that my work, at least for the present, lies in teaching; and that under one with more experience in country work, these churches will probably make more satisfactory progress. H. F. STANDING.

No. 6. LUCY A STANDING’S REPORT. 1. Number and attendance of Women's Glasses. Visit to Avaratra Ankaratra.

1. T here seems very little to report of Mission work done during the past year. We have had unusually long holidays, and I have been surprised on counting up to find that my classes have been held regularly only five and a half months out of the twelve. Although there are now forty names on the register, the average attendance during the year has been nineteen, but the numbers have been steadily increasing, and for the last half year the average has been twenty-three. The highest number ever attained was twenty-nine when our small reed school-house was uncomfortably crowded. Indeed, we are always more or less closely seated, there being some little difficulty even with the three desks most eco­ nomically arranged, in getting about among the women. We have changed our school hours from the afternoon to the 76 morning, so avoiding the rains and being more convenient to most of the women. We begin school at 9.30, and go on for two hours ; Tuesday morning is devoted to simple lessons in “ the three R’s,” and Wednesday morning is given up to needle work followed by a Scripture class. Most of the women take considerable interest in the Bible lessons, and some have been very diligent in looking up various subjects at home that have arisen in connection with the lessons, bringing in references the following week. Four, at least, of my class are teachers in the Sunday schools. I have found the study, in preparation of the lessons, to be a very inter­ esting part of my work. The language is a considerable difficulty to me, and one that I fear will not be easily over­ come. 2. I must not omit to mention a very enjoyable visit of nearly a week’s duration which I made to the Avaratra Ankaratra district in company with my husband. We made Raoninjaonahary s place our headquarters and went off each day to visit the various churches and schools in the district. Two whole days were given up to examining the schools. Our kind host did all he could to make our stay comfortable, and we found him very pleasant company. Such a glimpse at the country district, even only a few hours from town, shows what progress has been made here in the Capital and near neighbourhood, but it also makes one long to be able to do more for the country places which are still so dark. LUCY A. STANDING. January, 1885.

No. 7. CLARA HERBERT’S REPORT. 1. Numbers and attainments of the girls. 2. Country students' wives: Teachers’ classes. S. Swnday school at Antsampanimahazo.

1. In reviewing our school work of the past year, we find great cause for thankfulness ; we have had no serious inter­ ruptions, our numbers have increased, and the scholars have 77 attended well. We have 185 girls in attendance, against 150 in attendance last year. 85 girls made 80 per cent., and 40 more 75 per cent, of possible attendances. I have examined the girls three times during the year; the last examination, held in November, shewed a decided, though not great advance, in every branch of study, upon the one held in June. The standard of attainment gained is, in many subjects, far below that of an elementary school at home. The arithmetic, especially, is weak and unsatisfactory throughout the school, from the first class downwards. Reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and Scripture are taught in every class; grammar and English from the sixth class upwards; drawing from the fourth class upwards; physical geography to the first class; the scholars have shewn much pleasure and interest in the study, and the result has been satisfactory. Taken as a whole, the writing is good and would compare favourably with that of a London Board School. The girls certainly excel in their knowledge of the geography of Palestine and Scripture history; in these subjects they have indeed been well drilled. That they may follow on to know Christ as their Saviour is our constant prayer. 2. The wives of the “ country students” have attended well; we would rejoice to have their numbers still more increased, for we hope great things from this branch of our work. The women come to us looking dull and deficient in understanding, their clothes dirty, and but few able to read or write. Very quickly they loose their apathy, enter with earnestness into their work, strive hard to master the first rudiments of their knowledge, and express great pleasure and surprise at their own progress. Soon they present a changed appearance, and we cannot but look forward with pleasure to the time when they shall return home with their husbands, we trust to be a help and comfort in their work and homes. Not only from any especial teaching which they may accomplish do we look for good results, but from their example in their improved cleanliness and changed lives. • Our teaching staff is now composed of females only. Rasamoelina, who was reported as ill last year, died in July. We have not taken another man teacher into the school, 78

as Miss Gilpin prefers that we should arrange our staff without. The classes with the teachers, and with girls who are studying to become teachers, have been regular, pleasant, and successful on the whole, though some discouragements and trials have arisen therein. They are very backward in arithmetic, now only doing vulgar and decimal fractions. New rules having been taught, the old ones seem quite forgotten; they do not think. Three only amongst them are at all bright, and two of these have been trained in vazaha homes, one by Mrs. Clark and one by Miss Gilpin; their labour has not been in vain, the school is enjoying the benefit of it. These teachers’ minds have been developed, they think for themselves, retain what they learn, are more up to their work, take an interest in it and their scholars, and in every way are more satisfactory. My share of needlework responsibility is but small; I help Miss Gilpin by taking the knitting, crochet, and tatting classes, also I have taught several girls to work the pillow lace. 3. Edith Clark and I have still much pleasure in our Sunday school work at Antsampanimahazo. We take the first class of girls in which there are about forty scholars; we invited them to dinner and a Christmas tree on Saturday, January 3rd. We had our sakafo in the garden under the trees, but the rain came as we were concluding our meal, so we made a hasty retreat into our girls’ school-room, Faravo- hitra. Mr. Kingzett, who is superintendent of the school, helped us to entertain and amuse them. We would take this opportunity of thanking all our friends who so kindly sent us things suitable for our “ tree.” CLARA HERBERT.

No. 8. HELEN GILPIN’S REPORT. 1. Bible and other classes at Faravohitra. 2. Sewing and embroidery classes: illness of one of the girls. Death o f Ramatoa, etc. 1. During the past year my work in connection with the 79

girls’ school has proceeded steadily, almost without inter­ ruption. It is much the same as it has been since S. T. Street left us in 1878, viz., the teaching of Bible classes, and the superintendence of the sewing department. Bible classes with the older girls, taking generally each class by itself, occupy most of my time during the first hour and-a-half of school four mornings in the week. Three afternoons every fortnight I am also engaged with the teachers and the first class combined. C. Herbert most kindly tries so to arrange the other lessons that the teachers may have time to re­ capitulate my lessons with their respective classes before coming to me again; were it not for this, mine would be very uphill work. The younger girls are taught on the same plan as that pursued with the elder ones, and thus I have not so constantly to begin at the beginning as I should otherwise have to do. Great difficulty is sometimes found in receiving girls from other schools, who come in lament­ ably ignorant of Scripture; able at times to join the first or second classes as regards general ability, but in Scripture knowledge more fit for the eighth or ninth. Now, however, as First-day schools are so generally established in connec­ tion with every congregation, I am hoping for a marked improvement in this respect. 2. In the sewing department I take the plain sewing, wool work, bead work, Irish work, and embroidery; G. Herbert taking charge of the knitting, crochet, tatting, and lace. Every Seventh-day morning I am busy with the embroidery work, as this is the day set apart for receiving and paying for the same. The demand for employment of this kind never ceases, and great disappointment is felt when I have not enough to give two dozen strips at a time. We have lost some embroidery lately under rather peculiar cir­ cumstances, which show the evils of slavery. A slave woman, who embroidered very well and had worked for us for some time, took home a dozen strips to work. After a time, as she did not return them to me, I made enquiries about her, and found that having offended her mistress she had been sent off to live in a fever district, her mistress taking possession of her things. (It will be remembered that this was one of the methods used to punish the Christians during the time of persecution, and proved fatal to many). 80

I have still four girls with me in the house (although the youngest has not yet returned since the holidays), and these take up a good deal of thought and attention. One girl, who had a sunstroke the day Ravoninahitriarivo came into town, is still with me. She is better, but does not regain the full use of her hand, and in several ways she is not entirely like other girls. 3. Our teacher, Ramatoa, who worked in our school so many years, died at the beginning of this year. I greatly miss her warm sympathy as well as her knowledge of the people, with which she was always ready to help me in case of need; but of her life and death I have already sent home a pretty full account.* Friends will see in reading this report, that a large portion of the work in which I am engaged is one in which much faith is required. In teaching reading, writing, ciphering, and English, we can easily test the progress made by our pupils; but in Bible teaching it may be years ere we see any real result, for the success of biblical teaching can only be manifested by the life, and frequently we have to mourn over those who, having really gained an intelligent knowledge of the truths of Scripture, show by their lives that their hearts have been untouched. And yet, in many ways, biblical instruction is the highest teaching in which we can engage, inasmuch as a special blessing is pronounced upon it by One who cannot lie, and who has said, “ My word shall not return unto Me void, it shall accomplish that which I please, and shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent i t ; ” and many are the instances which from time to time prove to us that “ our labour is not in vain in the Lord. HELEN GILPIN.

No. 9. J. C. KINGZETT’S REPORT.

T h e report of our Printing Office for 1884 is decidedly a brighter one than that of last year, when we were deploring

* See Annual Monitor for 1885. 81 the effects of the war on all branches of our work, for it shows a very large increase in the sales effected, as well as in the amount of work turned out. In fact, the business has not been in such a flourishing condition for several years, the sales having only once been higher since the establishment of the office twelve years ago, and then by little more than £30. While last year the number of books printed amounted to 33,000, containing 832 pages of type (in addition to the small general work), we have this year printed about 50,000 copies, containing 935 pages. In addition to this there has been the usual run of small miscellaneous work, amounting this year to nearly 30,000 copies in printing, and about 200 orders in binding, this also being an increase on last year’s work. In lithography nothing has been done, as we have had no printing in k ; but our painters have more work than they can keep abreast of in painting large diagrams for deputation work, and maps of the island. Last year’s business amounted to rather more than £670, as against £763 in the previous year, but this year it has risen to over £913. This is considerably more than double the amount of business done a few years ago, for in 1879 it stood at £439 ; in 1880, £410; and in 1881, £583. There­ fore, I think we may congratulate ourselves on having had a fairly good year’s w ork; and the above figures certainly show that the war is not seriously hindering the work of education in this country, at any rate in the interior of the island. It must not be thought, however, that the increase in our last year’s receipts was due entirely to the sale of books and and school materials. True it is that there has been a brisk demand for the latter, especially perhaps in slates, for we have sold about 4,000 of these, none of them being lower than sixpence in price; about 1,800 having been taken by our friends of the Norwegian Mission. But the increase has also been partly due to the unusually large sales of paper for printing and writing purposes. The Queen’s printers and the Norwegian office have depended on us for paper, and a large quantity has been sold to the natives, who find a ready sale for it at the rate of 2d. per demy sheet at the camps. Even these sales are the result of educational work

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in the past, or as in the case of the Norwegian purchases, a sign of the increasing demand for books at the present time. A list of the principal work done during the year may be seen on another page of this report. Mr. Clark’s books, as usual, head the list, and as he has in his own report referred to his literary work, and mentioned the establishment of our new monthly, The Church and the School, I need not enter into details here. During the winter months extensive alterations were made in the buildings and general arrangement of the office. A new entrance was made from the Faravohitra Road into the upper storey of the office, and partitions erected, dividing a large room into two, one of which is used by the painters, and the other is my office; to this I have a glass door and window, and can therefore see all who enter the office, as the entrance passage is between these partitions. This has made a great improvement in the office, as people can now come from the road to my room without passing through the composing and binding rooms, and I no longer find new comers wandering round and round the printing-house garden, unable to find the entrance to the office, as in former days. It also makes it much pleasanter for the occupiers of the printing-office house, people having no longer to pass by the kitchen door to get to the office. The binders’ room has been entirely re-arranged; there is not now a single machine or article of furniture where it was a year ago; the men have more room to move about in, and the things generally are much handier. Our staff has changed considerably since I wrote my last report; some of the hands having been discharged, and others having left through failing health, or to do govern­ ment service. Consequently I have now a number of new lads learning the business. Early in the year, a dispute about wages led to the two artists leaving their work, and it was some time before one of them asked to be taken on again at my terms, and with the other a compromise was arranged. I have now two youths fully engaged in this department, while another spends part of his time in assisting them. Early in the year, a compositor stole over £ 4 worth of type. I took him on last year out of pity for 83

his mother, who is said to be a very worthy but poor old Christian, who suffered many hardships during the days of persecution. He was always an unsatisfactory man, so about Christmas time was discharged; but in response to his earnest pleading, backed up as it was with whole strings of Scripture texts and promises to reform, I agreed to give him another three months5 trial. Even at that time I believe he had taken some of the type, and very soon afterwards the theft was discovered and he decamped. The matter is still in the hands of the Malagasy police. Apart from the Printing office, my work has been chiefly in connection with the Sunday schools. In the morning I attend the Ambatonakanga school, and in the afternoon have a large adult class at Ambavahademitafa (Mr. Houlder’s church). The attendance is generally good; but the great difficulty we have is in finding really good teachers, earnest Christian people who have a real love for, and interest in the work, and who will stick regularly to what they have undertaken; especially do we find this difficulty with the women teachers. J. C. KINGZETT.

No. 10. J. T. FO X ’S REPORT.

T h e Medical Mission has gone on much as usual during last year, with, however, more interruption— especially in the in­ patient department— even than the year before. Being only now convalescent from a serious attack of fever I must postpone my detailed report for probably two months, but meanwhile I may mention that the need of a second medical officer,* and especially of a lady to take charge of the nursing, is more than ever apparent: this I expect the fuller report will substantiate clearly. On the subject of a new hospital, larger, and in a healthy site outside town, I have already written to the committee. J. TREGELLES FOX.

* Dr. J. D. Allen has gone out this spring as second medical man. TWELFTH AND UAL REPORT

01’ THE F. F. M. A. Printing Office, Faravohitra, Antananarivo,

MADAGAS CAR, 1 8 8 4 .

No. Price at No. No. in No. of Description Print­ English Name of Work. Malagasy Name of work. For whom Size. which Sold. ! Stock. Executed. Pages. of Binding. Issued. ed. £ 6. d. 1 0 1 2 j 200 1 1 Cl. backs... i 800§ History of Judah and Israel, Part I. ... Tantaran’ ny Joda sy ny Israely, Fiz. I ...... F.F.M.A...... Demy 8vo...... 184 \ Cloth ...... 0 1 8 1 600 \ 493 ; 507 Guide to “ The Saviour” do...... Fitarihan-dalana ho amy ny Mpamonjy ...... Demy 12mo...... 142 Cl. backs ... 0 0 7 ' 1000 Malagasy Diary, 1885 ...... Ny Diary Malagasy, 1885...... '...... Do...... 1700 1700 Do Fcap. 12mo...... 87 ! Limp cloth... 0 0 3 The Saviour (Third Edition) ...... Ny Mpamonjy ...... 0 0 4 1000 220 ; 780 Demy 12mo...... 84 ; do...... Do...... 1000 1 ; 999 Simple Health Lessons (Second Edition) Lesona tsotsotra amy ny Fahasalamana ...... Do...... 72 1 CL backs ... ¡004 Do...... 500 301 : iyy1 ÛQ The Ackworth Text Book (adaptation)... Teny Voafantina ...... Do...... 36 i Col. wrap. 0 0 2 Do...... 1000 55 ; 945 Answers to Fractions ...... Valin’ ny Fraksiona ...... Do. 32 : DO...... 0 0 4 Isan-kerintaona...... Do 1000 1000+ Annual Report of the F.F.M.A. Churches Do...... 24 ! Sewn...... i — Do...... 7500 1907 5593 Penny Geography (Eighth Edition) ...... Geografy Ilavoamena ...... Do. 16 Col. wrap.... I 0 0 1 Do 1 __ 5000t Sermon (by Mr. Sibree) ...... Toriteny nataony Mr. Sibree ...... Do...... 16 Sewn...... 5000 Biography of Dame Ramary ...... Tantaran-dRamatoa Ramary...... Do...... — 400 400+j T)nJJUm ...... Crown 8vo...... 12 Do. The Children’s Friend...... Ny Sakaizan’ ny Ankizy Madinika...... 0 0 0§ 20500 11510 I 8990* DoXf\J» ...... Fcap. 4to...... 16 Do...... Questions on the Life of Christ...... Fanontaniana amy ny Tantarany Kraisty .... — 100 100+i Do Demy 12mo...... 8 Do...... Ny Fiangonana sy ny Sekoly ...... J/v* ...... 5145 5089 56 The Church and the School (monthly) ... Dn Demy 4to...... 6 0 0 0è Supplements to ditto ...... Fanampin’ ny ditto ...... ±/U...... — 1160 1160 — Dn ...... Multiplication Tables ...... Mampitombo ...... _ 0 0 1 500 62 ; 438* i/U.Dn ...... Demy Sheet...... O ; The Ten Commandments...... Ny Didy Folo...... 0 0 og 100 88 Do. Dble. Fcap. Do... — Report of Medical Mission, 1883 ...... 200 200 ! I Medical Mission. Demy 8vo...... 24 Col. wrap... • Clinical Lectures ...... Lektora Klinikaly.... t __ 200 200 — ¿su*Do ...... Do. 16 Do...... Human Physiology ...... Physiology Humana . — 200 200 -- Dn Do 16 Do...... The Psalter ...... Ny Salamony Davida l/U* ...... 500 ’ 500 S.P.G...... Do...... 132 250 in cloth Anniversary Hymns ...... Fihirana ...... 400 400 — Betaleo Mission., Demyl8mo...... 8 Sewn...... ¡+49905130510 19395 Totals...... 931 i

i Only just finished. * Most of these are in bound volumes. + Given away. } This list does no include the number of books printed in previous years, many of which have been sold in lbsi . and in addition to the above nearly 400 miscellaneous orders in printing, binding, etc., have been executed. MISSIONARIES

OF THE

RIENDS ' j^OREIGN ^VllSSION ^ASSOCIATION.

MADAGASCAR.

H elen G ilpin. H enry E. and Rachel M. C lark, and Children. W illiam and Lucy S. Johnson. W illiam and H an nah H. W ilson. H erbert F. and L ucy A Standing. Clara H erbert. John C. K ingzett (Printing Office). John Sims.

MEDICAL BRANCH.

Joseph T regelles F o x , M.R.C.S., and Sarah E. F o x, in charge of the Medical Mission and Hospital. John D. A llen, Second Medical Officer, and Gertrude A llen. E. G raham, Head Nurse.

INDIA.

Sam uel and A n n a B ak e r , Hoshangabad (at home on furlough). R achel M etcalfe, Hoshangabad. E llen N a in by, Do. John H. and E ffie W illiams, Sohagpur.

Samuel Clemes, of the Madagascar Mission, is still in England. LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS OF THE FRIENDS’ FOREIGN MISSION ASSOCIATION.

The following Friends are appointed A uthorised Correspon­ dents for the Collection of Subscriptions in their own Meetings, for the transmission of Missionary Intelligence, and for increas­ ing among Friends an interest in Missionary work.

A berdeen, George Cruickshank, The Hillocks, Bux- burn, by Aberdeen. A ckworth, nr. Ponte­ fract, W. D. Braithwaite, Ackworth School. A lderley (Cheshire), S. Dymond, Wilmslow, near Manchester. A llendale (Nrthum.), John H. Shield, Burnlaw, Langley Mills. A lton (Hants), Frederic Crowley, AshdeU. A shbourne (Derby), Frederick Simpson, Mayfield. A yton, Great, Ralph Dixon, Northallerton. Bardfield, Great, nr. Braintree, Rachel Smith. Barnsley (Yorks.), Charles Brady, Market Hill. Basingstoke, Richard Wallis. Bath, Banbury (Oxon), Charles Gillett. Bed ale (Yorks.), Thos. Willis, jun., Manor House, Carperby. Bentham, viaLancaster, Edward Holmes. Bewdley, Langley Kitching, 3, Severn Villas, Wrib- benhall. Birkenhead, Dykes Alexander Fox, Birkenhead. Birmingham, John E. Wilson, Wyddrington, Birming­ ham. Blackburn (Lanca­ shire), Richard Shackleton. Bolton, A. Holdsworth, The Clough, Heaton. Bradford (Yorks.), John Priestman, Manningham Lodge. Bridgwater, Francis J. Thompson. Brighouse, Francis Smith, 70, Briggate. Brighton, Daniel Hack, Fir Croft, Withdean, near Brighton. Bristol, Henry Grace, Royal Insurance Buildings. Broughton (Cumb.), Robert Wilson. Cardiff, Arthur Sessions, Roath. Carlisle, Hudson Scott, Norfolk Road. Charlbury (Oxon), John M. Albright, Hazeldean. Chatteris, William Clarke. Chelmsford, William Bott, Broomfield. Cirencester, William Alexander. Clevedon, near Bristol, Jane Frank, 3, Hallam Road. Coalbrookdale (Salop), William Sankey. Colchester, Frederick Richardson, Lexden. COCKERMOUTH, William Robinson. Croydon, Charles Crafton Wise, Bramley Hill. D arlington, Jonathan B. Hodgkin. D erby, R. Binns, Market Place. D oncaster, J. F. Clark, Regent Square. D orking, Louisa Squire, Woodville. D unmow, Walter Robson, Saffron Walden. E arith, near St. Ives, Richard Brown. Eatington, Stratford- on-Avon, Thomson Sharp. Edinburgh, Eliza Wigham, 5, South Gray Street. Evesham, W. W. Brown, Cotswold House. F almouth, George Henry Fox. F ordingbridge, via Salisbury, Thomas Westlake. F ulbeck, near Gran­ tham, Mary Joseph Burtt. Gainsborough, Louisa Thompson, Morton Terrace. Garstang, Charles Wilson, Calder Mount. Glasgow, J. C. White, Oakfield Cottage, Hill Head. Gloucester, A. L. Brown, Tuffleigh. Gunby, near Selby, William Hutchinson. H alifax, J. W. Collin son, 34, Prescott Road. H arrogate, B. Walker, Haya Park, Knaresborough. H averfordwest, George Phillips. H eanor, near Notting­ ham, Maria Ilowitt. H ereford, Joseph Jones, Broad Street. H ertford, Isaac Robinson, The Wash. H itchin, Charles Linney. H oddesdon, Francis Warner, The Cottage. H uddersfield, Thomas Robson. H ull, J. Thorpe, 5, College Street. 89

Ipswich, Samuel Alexander, Bank House, Wood- bridge. Knaresborough, Benjamin Walker, Haya Park. Kendal, Isaac Brown. Kent, W. H. Reynolds, Strood. Kettering, J. F. Thursfield. Kingston- on-T hames, J. Hingston Fox, 7, South Terrace, Sur­ biton. Lancaster, Thomas Barrow, 43, Market Street. Leeds, Samuel Southall, Far Headingley. L eicester, Wilfrid H. Ellis, 8, Market Street. J. S. Sewell, Belgrave. L eighton Buzzard, E. Glaisyer. L eominster, H. S. Newman, Buckfield. Lewes, Caleb R. Kemp, Bedford Lodge. Liscard, Tlios. K. Braithwaite, Beach House, Manor Road, Egremont, near Birkenhead. L eiston (Suffolk), Edward Neave. Liskeard (Cornwall), M. Eliot, 3, Dean Terrace. Liverpool, J. D. Crosfield, 6, Stanley Street. L ondon, Holloway, Henry Hipsley, 21, Woodstock Road, Finsbury Park, N. Islington, J. D. Appleton, 7, St. John’s Terrace, St. John Street Road, Clerkenwell, E.C. Peckham, Margaret Taylor, Sunbury, Peckham Rye. Deptford, Ditto ditto Stoke Newington, W. C. Allen, Medmenham Lodge, 26, Highbury Quadrant, N. Tottenham, Mildred Merry weather, *2, Bruce Grove. Wandsworth, E. R. Ransome, Rushgrove Cottage, New Wandsworth, S.W. Wanstead, Laura E. Fowler, Snaresbrook House. Westminster, R. Dell, The Lodge, Upper Tooting Park, S.W. Winchmore Hill, G. H. Farrington, Winchmore Hill. L othersdale, J. Slater Stansfield, Cross Hills, via Leeds. L uton, Henry Brown, Highfield. M acclesfield, J. H. Neave, Rainow. Malton (Yorks.), Henry Taylor. M alvern, Alfred Sparkes. M anchester, S. Benson Woodhead, 28, Victoria Street. M iddlesbrough, William Taylor, Thornfield. N antwich, Samuel Harlock. 90

N eath, Amy J. Price, Bryn-Derwen, Neath. Needham M arket, S. A. Maw. N ewcastle- on-T yne, George W. Clarke, 3, Park Parade. N orthampton, Samuel Wells, 1, Victoria Place. N orwich, Henry Brown, Unthanks Road. N ottingham, John Armitage, Iveston, Park Ravine. N ewport Pagnell, (Bucks) Richard Littleboy. N ewport (Mon.), A W. Bland. N ewton A bbott (Devon), Thomas Hawksworth, Woodview. N ewton-in-Cartmel, W.R. Nash, Pit Farm, Grange-over-Sands. Oldham, Thomas Emmott, Brookfield. Henry L. Hargreaves. Penrith, Isaac Brown, Kendal. Plymouth, A P. Balkwill, Old Town Street. 53 F. E. Fox. Preston (Lancashire), Jonathan Abbatt, Friargate. R eading, Joseph Huntley, Earlham Villa. R eigate, Thomas S. Marriage, Bell Street. Ross, Louisa Southall, The Craig. St. A ustell, W. Clemes, jun. Saffron W alden, Walter Robson. Scarborough, James HeDry Rowntree. Sedbergh (Yorks.), John Handley, Brigflats. Settle (Yorks.), Ellwood Brockbank. Sheffield, D. Doncaster, jun., Victoria Road, Broom- hall Park. Shields, North, Joseph Spence. Sibford, near Banbury, John Wells, Prospect Villas. Southampton, W. C. Westlake, Grosvenor House. Southport (Lancash.), Henry G. Coventry, Birkdale. Staines, Henry Appleton. Stanstead (Essex), Joseph J. Green, Stanstead Mount Fitchett, Bishops Stortford. Stockton-on-T ees, William Benington. Street, Mary J. Morland, Northover, near Glas­ tonbury. Sudbury, Elizabeth Grubb. Sunderland, C. S. Wilson, 10, Tavistock Place. T aunton, Samuel Lawrence, Ford House. T hetford, John Everett, East Harling. T hirsk (Yorks.), Bartholomew Smith. T o rq u ay , J. H. Fox, Gonvena House. 91

Tunbridge W ells, Thomas Ashby Wood. Ulverston & Grange, W.R. Nash, Pit Farm, Grange-over-Sands. Uxbridge, E. P. Bastin, West Drayton. „ Caroline Bailey. W akefield, Isaac G. Wallis. W althamstow, J. Lister Godlee, Whips Cross. W ellington (Somer­ set), J. H. Fox. W eston-super-M are, Charles Brown, High Street. W hitby, Edward F. Sewell. W hitehaven, J. K. Glass, 14, Lowther Street. „ Janie Baxter. W yresdale, near Lan­ caster, William Graham. Y atton (Somerset), Emma Gregory, Rock Cottage. Y ealand, nr. Carnforth, E. S. Ford, Morecambe Lodge. York, William Sessions, 15, Low Ousegate. „ Mary C. Pumphrey, Priory Street. TOTALS

OF SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS.

£ s.

£ s. d. £ s. d Northampton ...... 3 17 6 Stockton ...... 15 12 6 North Shields ...... 9 17 0 Stoke Newington ...... 80 4 6 Norwich ...... 11 3 6 Stourbridge...... 1 0 0 Nottingham...... 19 1 0 Street ...... 7 17 7 Pakefield...... 0 18 0 Sudbury ...... 5 17 0 Peel (1884)...... 1 1 11 Sunderland ...... 438 15 8 Do. (1885)...... 1 11 2 Taunton ...... 5 0 0 Penrith...... 3 2 6 Thirsk ...... 2 6 0 Plymouth...... 24 10 0 Torquay ...... 6 1 0 Pontefract ...... 1 10 0 Tottenham ...... 8 1 0 Preston...... 20 8 6 Wandsworth...... 15 0 0 Preston Patrick ...... 1 10 0 Wanstead...... 158 11 6 Rawdon ...... 3 15 0 Westminster...... 35 18 6 Reading ...... 127 9 0 Weston-super-Mare 8 10 6 Redruth ...... 2 0 0 Whitehaven...... 0 17 6 Reigate...... 74 18 0 Winchmore Hill ...... 13 7 0 Ross...... 5 6 0 Wisbech ...... 270 0 0 Saflron Walden ...... 48 10 6 Worcester...... 12 2 6 Scarborough...... 9 3 0 Wymondham ...... 1 5 0 Scholes...... 1 10 0 Wyresdale...... 0 12 0 Settle ...... 2 14 0 Yatton ...... 3 4 0 Sheffield ...... 39 0 0 Y ork...... 50 5 0 Sibford...... 1 15 0 Young Women Friends’ Southampton ...... 2 2 0 Christian Union ...... 43 0 0 Southport...... 12 9 6 Anonymous donations ... 70 6 0 Southwark Monthly Meet 27 19 4 Subscriptions from Ire­ Staines...... 1 11 6 l a n d ...... 331 13 0 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

RECEIVED FROM 5 t h MO. 16, 1884, TO 5 t h MO. 15, 1885.

For Total Amounts from each place see previous page.

£ s. d. £ s. d. A l t o n , per Frederick Crowley— Bath, Continued— Bell, Eliza...... 1 1 0 Giles, Catherine ...... 0 5 0 Bell, Sheppard...... 1 0 0 Hallett, L. S. Ashworth... 0 8 0 Bell, S. S. and E...... 2 2 0 Hart, H ...... 0 5 0 Crowley, C. Emma...... 1 1 0 James, Theodore...... 0 2 6 Crowley, Charlotte...... 5 0 0 Motley, Thomas...... 0 2 6 Crowley, Frederick...... 5 0 0 Pumphrey, William 0 10 0 Crowley, Marianna...... 1 1 0 Sams, Helen S...... 0 2 0 Curtis, Mary and Jane ... 1 0 0 Sams, Sophia ...... 0 10 0 Simpson, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Ashbourne, per F. Simpson— Waterfall, W ...... 0 10 0 Simpson, Joseph... 5 0 0 For Native Teacher— Simpson, Frederick. 1 0 0 A Friend ...... 0 2 0 Batt, William ...... 0 5 0 B a n b u r y , per Charles Gillett— Capper, Edmund...... 0 10 0 Beesley, Deborah. 0 5 0 Crouch, L., and S. Baker.. 0 2 6 Gillett, Catherine 2 0 0 Giles, Catherine ...... 0 2 6 Gillett, C. E...... 0 5 0 Giles, C. E...... 0 2 6 Gillett, Charles .. 5 0 0 Giles, Samuel ...... 0 5 0 Gillett, J. Ashby.. 1 0 0 Hallett, L. S. Ashworth... 0 12 0 Gillett, Jonathan.. 5 0 0 Hart, H ...... 0 10 0 Gillett, J. P...... 1 0 0 Isaac, Mary...... 0 10 0 Gillett, M. and A. 0 5 0 Innes, Eliza...... 0 5 0 Lamb, John...... 0 2 6 James, Edith ...... 0 2 6 Lamb, William .. 0 2 6 James, Theodore...... 0 2 6 Stevens, M. A ...... 0 2 6 Richards, E. and E 0 5 0 Taylor, F...... 0 2 6 Sams, Mary S...... 0 2 6 Bakdfield, per Walter Robson— Simpson, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Friends of Meeting 1 13 0 Theobald, E. H., J., A. E., and E. G...... 0 5 0 B a s in g s t o k e — Theobald, Joseph ...... 0 10 0 Wallis, R. Sterry...... 1 1 0 Waterfall, Lucy ...... 0 5 0 B a r n s le y , per Charles Brady— Waterfall, W ...... 0 8 0 Allen, Thomas...... 0 2 6 Bentham— Brady, Charles...... 5 0 0 Rice, Sarah Grace ...... 6 0 0 Brady, Edward ...... 1 0 0 Brady, Foster E...... 0 7 6 Bewdley, per H. S. Newman— Brady, Walter...... 0 10 0 Binns, Watson...... 0 2 6' Harvey, Charles ...... 3 0 0 Iielliwell, Mary ...... 0 2 6 Kitching, Langley ...... 0 5 0 B a t h , per Joseph Theobald— Nellist, Thomas ...... 0 3 0 Batt, William ...... 0 5 0 Shaw, Giles...... 1 1 0 Capper, Edmund...... 1 0 0 Tangye, Joseph ...... 0 10 0 95 £ s. d. £ s. d. Birkenhead, per D. A. Fox— B ir m in g h a m Continued.— Friends of...... 5 0 0 Severn Street First-day School, per Samuel Birmingham, per John E. Wilson— Price, Class II., for Albright, Arthur...... 100 0 0 1883-4-5 3 3 0 Albright, William A...... 5 0 0 Class V., for 1883 ...... 3 3 0 Ashford, Frances M...... 0 5 0 for 1884 ...... 3 18 6 Atkins, H.F. (Leamington) 1 1 0 Class YIL, for 1884...... 1 1 0 Barclay, John H ...... 2 0 0 Class Y III., for 1884 ... 0 15 0 Barrow, George ...... 10 0 0 Shorthouse, J. W ...... 5 0 0 Barrow, R. C...... 5 0 0 Smithson, George ...... 2 0 0 Bottomley, H. B...... 0 10 0 Snowdon, Ann...... 2 0 0 Butler, Cephas...... 3 0 0 Southall, Alfred ...... 3 0 0 Cadbury, Candia...... 2 0 0 Southall, Isabel ...... 0 10 0 Cadbury, George...... 25 0 0 Southall, Sarah ...... 2 0 0 Cadbury, H. and Sisters... 1 5 0 Southall, William ...... 4 0 0 Cadbury, Joel ...... 5 0 0 Stacey, Agatha ...... 1 0 0 Cadbury, John...... 2 0 0 Sturge, Joseph...... 0 15 0 Cadbury, Richard ...... 3 0 0 Tangye, R. and G...... 2 2 0 Clayton, F. C...... 5 0 0 Thompson, W. Arnold ... 0 10 0 Davis, Edward G...... 0 10 0 Wenliam, Alfred E 2 0 0 Doubleday, William ...... 1 10 0 Whitwell, Henry...... 0 5 0 Fairfax, Joseph ...... 1 0 0 Wilson, G. Edward...... 5 0 0 ...... 1 0 0 Fairfax, Maria Wilson, John E...... 100 0 0 Friends’ Reading Room Wilson, John W ...... 5 0 0 Social Soirée...... 0 4 8 Wilson, Miss, donation ... 1 0 0 Gibbins, Emma J...... 2 0 0 Gibbins, John ...... 1 0 0 Gibbins, R. C...... 2 0 0 Bishop A uckland, per E. H. Bigland— Gibbins, Thomas...... 2 0 0 Bigland, John ...... 0 10 0 Gibbins, William...... 2 0 0 Bowe, Thomas...... 0 1 6 Godlee, Arthur ...... 1 0 0 Fryer, Joseph ...... 2 2 0 Horsnaill, Eliza ...... 0 10 0 Gibb, Rebecca...... 0 5 0 Hutchinson, Rebecca 1 1 0 Hallam, E. and L...... 0 2 6 Impey, Frederic ...... 0 10 0 Jopling, Jane ...... 0 2 6 Jeffrey, William D 1 0 0 Lindsay, James ...... 0 2 0 King, Samuel ...... 0 10 0 Lingford, Joseph...... 5 0 0 King, William R...... 0 10 0 Lingford, Samuel S 0 2 6 Lloyd, John H ...... 1 0 0 Sykes, Annie ...... 0 2 0 Lloyd, W. H...... 2 2 0 Walton, John W ...... 0 1 3 Lowe, R. J. (Eatington)... 1 0 0 Wood, Albert ...... 0 2 6 Missionary Helpers’ Union, for deputation expenses 2 0 0 Bolton, per J. A. Holdsworth— Moates, M. A ...... 0 2 6 Abbatt, Alice ...... 0 2 6 Nutter, Hannah...... 1 0 0 Abbatt, Alice A n n 0 5 0 Patching, Frederic..,...... 1 0 0 Abbatt, Benjamin ...... 0 1 0 Player, J. Hort ...... 10 0 0 Abbatt, Edward...... 0 2 6 Price, Samuel ...... 5 0 0 Abbatt, Elizabeth ...... 0 5 0 Pumphrey, Charles 0 10 0 Abbatt, George W 0 2 6 Scott, Benjamin ...... 0 10 0 Abbatt, Thomas...... 0 10 0 Scott, S. E...... 1 0 0 Abbatt, William...... 0 10 0 Scott, Thomas...... 2 0 0 Dutton, James...... 0 2 6 Severn Street Adult School Enock, Hannah M 0 5 0 for Native Teacher, per Holdsworth, James 1 0 0 W. Cook ...... 6 0 0 Holdsworth, J. A...... 0 2 6 96 £ s. d. £ s. d. Bolton, Continued— Brighton, Continued— Jackson, James 0 ...... 0 2 6 Lade, David...... 1 0 0 Partington, Robert 0 2 6 Lucas, John E...... 1 0 0 Payne, David W ...... 0 2 0 • Neave, Mary Ann ...... 0 5 0 Wright, A. E...... 0 2 6 Penney, Robert H 5 0 0 Wright, Christiana 0 2 6 Robinson, Charles ...... 0 10 0 Robinson, Ernest ...... 0 10 0 Bradford, per John Priestman— Robinson, Martin ...... 1 0 0 Crossley, Henry W...... 1 0 0 Rutter, Ellen E...... 0 10 0 Dale, Hannah...... 0 10 0 Smith, U. J...... 1 1 0 Dixon, James ...... 1 0 0 Tylor, Charles...... 0 5 0 Dymond, Joseph J 1 0 0 Tylor, Rachel S...... 0 5 0 Friends’ First-day School, Wallis, Edwin A...... 0 5 0 for Native Teacher, 1884 3 0 0 Wallis, Marriage...... 5 0 0 Ditto ditto 1885 6 0 0 Wallis, W. Clarkson ...... 0 10 0 Gill, Samuel...... 2 0 0 Whitehead, M. A...... 0 10 0 Guy, William ...... 0 5 0 Harris, Elizabeth ...... 2 0 0 Bristol, per Henry Grace— Parkinson, Robert 2 0 0 A Friend ...... 10 0 0 Priestman, Alfred ...... 5 0 0 Ditto, donation ...... 10 0 0 Priestman, Edward 5 0 0 A Friend, per M. Grace, Priestman, Frederick 5 0 0 donation ...... 1 1 0 Priestman, John ...... 3 0 0 A Friend ...... 0 1 0 Priestman, Walter 2 0 0 Abbatt, C. J...... 1 1 0 Tuke, Edward...... 1 0 0 Binns, Maria T...... 10 0 0 Wilson, James...... 0 10 0 Brison, Alfred...... 0 10 0 Wilson, John ...... 1 0 0 Brison, Mary A ...... 0 2 6 Brison, Robert ...... 0 5 0 Camps, Maria H...... 1 1 0 B ridgwater, per F. J. Thompson— Capper, Samuel ...... 1 0 0 Biddlecombe, A., Rhoda, Capper, William S 1 1 0 andE. J...... 1 0 0 Brooks, James...... 0 10 0 Carwardine, Mary ...... 0 2 6 Moore, Eliza ...... 0 10 0 Charlton, Catharine R. ... 10 0 0 Thompson, F. J...... 10 0 0 Collection (Joint) in Meet­ Thompson, William 0 10 0 ing House, share of 7 10 2 Cotterelh Frederick F. ... 0 15 0 Davis, Hannah ...... 0 3 0 Brighouse, per Francis Smith— Dell, Isaac ...... 0 5 0 Eddison, Elizabeth, for Diamond, Aaron...... 0 5 0 Madagascar...... 1 0 0 Dommitt, Jane ...... 0 2 6 Fardon, Henry ...... 0 5 0 Brighton, per Daniel Hack— Fry, Francis...... 2 2 0 Brown, Francis ...... 5 0 0 Fry, Francis J...... 1 1 0 Coar, Fanny S...... 0 5 0 Fry, Joseph S...... 50 0 0 Deane, Susan ...... 0 5 0 Fry, Lewis, M.P...... 10 0 0 Glaisyer, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Fry, Margaret R...... 2 2 0 Glaisyer, John Home 0 10 0 Fry, Mary A ...... 2 2 0 Glaisyer, Robert...... 0 5 0 Fry, Priscilla A ...... 1 0 0 Glaisyer, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Fry, Sarah A ...... 1 1 0 Hack, Daniel ...... 5 0 0 Gayner, John ...... 2 0 0 Hack, Daniel P...... 2 0 0 Gayner, Martha (Filton)... 0 10 6 Ditto, donation ...... 2 0 0 Grace, Abraham R 1 1 0 Hack. Priscilla & Mary P. 1 0 0 Grace, Alexander ...... 1 1 0 Heala, Charles J...... 3 0 0 Grace, Ellen C...... 1 0 0 Kemp, Mary ...... 1 0 0 Grace, Henry ...... 1 1 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Bristol, Continued— Broughton, per Robert Wilson— Grace, James ...... 0 10 0 Harris, Joseph W ...... 0 10 0 Grace, J. Thimbeck and Harris, Mrs. Jonathan ... 0 10 0 Hannah M...... 5 5 0 Harris, Thomas M 0 10 0 Grace, Margaret F...... 0 5 0 Pearson, William ...... 0 5 0 Grace, Theodore...... 0 15 0 Wilson, George S...... 0 10 0 Gregory, Thomas...... 0 3 0 Wilson, Robert ...... 2 0 0 Hewlett, Joseph...... 0 10 0 Hunt, Ann ...... 1 1 0 Carlisle, per Hudson Scott— Hunt., Anne M...... 0 10 0 Baillie, Robert J...... 0 5 0 Hunt, Arthur J...... 1 1 0 Barlow, Eliza ...... 0 5 0 Hunt, Catherine...... 0 10 0 Barlow, John H...... 0 10 0 Jackson, Sarah B...... 0 10 6 Blair, Thomas...... 0 10 0 Kidd, Richard...... 1 0 0 Brockbank, Elizabeth ... 0 10 0 Lury, Samuel H. (1884)... 1 0 0 Carr, George (Silloth) 0 10 0 Ditto (1885)... 1 0 0 Carr, James N...... 2 0 0 Marchant, Mrs...... 0 2 6 Doeg, Robert ...... 1 0 0 Marriott, Ellen...... 2 12 0 Drinkall, John...... 0 5 0 Marriott, Hannah ...... 2 2 0 Ecroyd, Lucy ...... 0 2 6 Mullett, Ann ...... 0 3 0 Irwin, E. and R...... 0 5 0 Mullett, John F...... 0 10 0 Little, Jane...... 0 10 0 Naish, Martha A...... 3 3 0 Scott, Hudson...... 1 0 0 Naish, Sarah A ...... 1 1 0 Sutton, John ...... 0 5 0 Pease, Susanna A...... 2 2 0 Wigham, Jacob ...... 0 10 0 Pumphrey, Arthur...... 0 5 0 Wigham, Thompson ...... 0 5 0 Redland Meeting-house, Charlbury, per J. M. Albright— collection at opening Albright, J. M...... 3 0 0 lecture ...... 3 1 0 Beck, Samuel ...... 1 0 0 Rowlands, John ...... 0 5 0 Bisshop, Lucy...... 1 0 0 Rutter, Richard B...... 0 2 6 S. S. (Witney)...... 0 2 6 Salmon, Mary C...... 0 2 6 Smaller Sums ...... 0 15 6 Boys’ First-day School, for Native Teachers (1884) 1 11 6 Chelmsford, per Julia Bott — Ditto (1885) 6 9 8 Christy, David...... 0 10 0 Girls’ First-day School, for Christy, Robert ...... 0 10 0 Native Teachers...... 2 6 0 Corder, Henry S...... 2 0 0 Selfe, John ...... 1 0 0 Gripper, Joseph ...... 1 0 0 Shipley, Alfred ...... 2 2 0 Impey, William ...... 0 10 0 Sturge, Matilda ...... 3 0 0 Marriage, Caroline (H .)... 1 0 0 Sturge, Walter ...... 5 5 0 Marriage, Charlotte ...... 1 0 0 Sturge, William ...... 1 0 0 Marriage, Henry ...... 2 0 0 Tanner, Samuel ...... 2 2 0 Marriage, Lawrence ...... 0 10 0 Tanner, Mercy (the late).. 0 10 6 Marriage, Philip...... 0 10 0 Thomas, Elizabeth G...... 5 5 0 Marriage, Sampson 1 0 0 Tothill, Rebecca M...... 1 1 0 Marriage, Sophia...... 2 0 0 Tuckett, Anna P. D...... 1 1 0 Rosling, Edward...... 0 5 0 Smith, J. C...... 0 10 0 Tackett, Francis F...... 2 2 0 Wall, Frederick ...... 3 0 0 Cheltenham, per H. S. Newman— Wall, Matilda...... 0 3 0 Scuse, M. A. and H 2 0 9 Wedmore, Edmund T. ... 0 10 6 Wedmore, Thomas...... 1 1 0 Williams, Lavinia ...... 0 10 0 Cheshire, per S. Dymond— Williams, Rebecca...... 0 5 0 Dymond, Sophia ..... 0 10 0 Wright, R. M ...... 0 2 6 Emmott, Elizabeth (Disley) 1 1 0 G 98 £ s. d. £ s. d. Cheshire, Continued— Colchester, per F. Richardson— Emmott, George H. do. 0 5 0 Cross, Joseph John ...... 0 5 0 Fryer, Ann Eliza.... 0 5 0 Gripper, Marianne 2 0 0 Goalee, Francis ...... 1 1 0 Gripper, Maria S...... 2 0 0 Harlock, Samuel (Nant- Gripper, Mary...... 1 0 0 wich) ...... 1 0 0 Marriage, Edward ...... 0 10 0 Holdsworth, Charles J. ... 0 10 0 Marriage, Wilson ...... 0 5 0 Machin, Hannah...... 0 5 0 Richardson, Frederick ... 0 10 0 Meninick, J...... 0 5 0 Pearson, Charlotte 1 0 0 Colthouse, per Isaac Brown— Pearson, Edward ...... 1 0 0 Friends of ...... 4 5 0 Redfern, William ...... 0 5 0 Croydon, per Charles C. Wise— Swindells, Ann (Hyde) ... 0 10 0 Crafton, E...... 1 0 0 Thistlethwaite, Hannah... 5 0 0 Crafton, R. F...... 1 0 0 Crosfield, G. T...... 20 0 0 Chipping N orton, per J. M. Albright— Crowley, E...... 2 0 0 Friends of...... 1 15 0 Crowley, M. C...... 2 0 0 Homiman, John...... 10 0 0 Cirencester, per W. Alexander— Morland, Charles C 3 0 0 Alexander, William ...... 0 10 0 Morland, H...... 5 0 0 Bowly, Christopher 1 0 0 Morland, L...... 5 0 0 Bowly, William ...... 0 10 0 Mennell, H. T...... 3 3 0 Brewin, Eliza ...... 0 10 0 Reed, R...... 0 5 0 Brewin, Sarah...... 5 0 0 Reed, W .C ...... 1 0 0 Brown, Elizabeth ...... 1 0 0 Thompson, F...... 0 10 0 Brown, Hannah ...... 0 10 0 Wise, Charles ...... 5 0 0 Brown, Joshua...... 2 0 0 Brown, Lydia ...... 0 10 0 Darlington, per J. B. Hodgkin— Brown, Mary ...... 0 10 0 Allison, Eleanor ...... 0 2 6 Gillett, George...... 1 0 0 Allison, James ...... 0 2 6 Gillett, John A ...... 0 5 0 Backhouse, Alfred ...... 100 0 0 Simms, Richard ...... 0 2 6 Backhouse, Edmund ...... 5 0 0 Backhouse, James E 10 0 0 CiiEvedon, per Jane Frank— Barnard, W. P...... 0 5 0 Cole, Lucy ...... 0 2 6 Billam, Henry...... 0 3 0 Evans, Charles...... 1 0 0 Billam, Lucy ...... 0 3 0 Evans, Eliza...... 2 0 0 Clark, Frederick, jun 0 5 0 Frank, Jane ...... 0 10 0 Cud worth, William 5 0 0 Frank, John ...... 1 0 0 Cudworth, William J 0 5 0 Ricketts, Mary ...... 0 2 6 Dale, David...... 3 0 0 Sturge, Ada M...... 0 1 0 Eden, Thomas...... 0 2 0 Sturge, Amy J...... 0 2 6 Elwin, Thomas ...... 0 3 0 Sturge, Edward ...... 0 10 0 Executors of Caroline Ar- Sturge, Francis L. P 0 1 0 mistead, for Madagascar Sturge, Sarah ...... 0 5 0 schools, per SamuelHare 25 0 0 Sturge, Wiliiam L 0 1 0 Ditto for Indian schools 20 0 0 Theobald, Lucy ...... 0 2 6 Fothergill, Alexander ... 0 1 0 0 Fothergill, John A . 0 5 0 Coalbrookdale, per H. S. Newman— Fothergill, William ...... 0 5 0 Edge, James (Coalport)... 0 10 0 Fox, David ...... 0 10 6 Langford. W ...... 0 5 0 Fry, A. Gertrude...... 0 2 6 Sankey, William...... 1 0 0 Fry. John P...... 0 2 6 Squire, Edwin J...... 1 0 0 Fry, Sophia M ...... 0 2 6 Weston, Philip...... 1 0 0 Fry, Theodore, M.P 10 0 0 99 £ s. d. £ s. d. DArlington, Continued— Doncaster, Continued— Fry, T. Wilfrid ...... 0 2 6 Clark, Joseph F...... 0 10 0 Glaister, J. W- ...... 0 5 0 Clark, Richard E...... 0 10 0 Hall, Thomas ...... 0 1 0 Harrison, Thomas ...... 1 0 0 Harding, William ...... 0 10 0 Jackson, Mark ...... 0 2 6 Hare, Samuel ...... 0 10 0 Staniland, John ...... 0 2 6 Hodgkin, Jonathan B. ... 50 0 0 Humfress, Isabella 0 15 0 D o r k in g — Ianson, Ann...... 0 10 0 Squire, Louisa...... 2 0 0 Ianson, Gulielma ...... 1 0 0 Kitching, Mary J 10 0 0 Dundee— Children at Broughty Ferry 0 Lancaster, J. M...... 0 2 0 0 6 Moses, J. G...... 0 3 0 Steel, James and M...... 0 2 6 Mounsey, E. B...... 5 0 0 Earls Colne, per W. Matthews— Pape, William...... 0 2 0 Hills, Elizabeth ...... 1 0 0 Parker, William C 0 5 0 Matthews, William...... 1 0 0 Pease, Annie E...... 5 0 0 Pease, Arthur, M.P 100 0 0 Earith, per Richard Brown— Pease, Edwin L...... 5 0 0 Brown, Richard ...... 1 0 0 Pease, Emma G...... 5 0 0 CandlerjL...... 0 10 0 Pease, Henry F ell 5 0 0 Clarke, W. (Chatteris) ... 0 10 0 Pease, Jane G...... 5 0 0 Triplow, Thomas (ditto)... 0 5 0 Pease, Sir Joseph W.,Bart, M.P...... 100 0 0 E dinburgh— Pease, Katherine...... 100 0 0 Lawson, Basil ...... 0 1 0 Pease, Mary (Henry) 3 0 0 Lawson, Robert ...... 0 2 0 Pease, Sara Elizabeth ... 50 0 0 Mackay, H. S...... 0 10 0 Penney, Harrison ...... 0 10 0 Miller, Jane ...... 0 10 0 Prideaux, Gulielma M. ... 0 2 6 Nichol, E. P...... 1 0 0 Richardson, William ...... 5 0 0 Wigham, E...... 0 2 6 Robinson, John ...... 0 2 0 Wilson, Thomas ...... 0 5 0 Robson, James H 0 10 0 Wilson, Susanna...... 0 10 0 Sanders, Arthur...... 0 5 0 Shewell, Elizabeth ...... 0 2 6 Evesham, per William W. Brown— Shewell, Joseph ...... 0 2 6 Burlingham, Henry ...... 5 5 0 Shewell, Joseph T 5 0 0 Burlingham, L. and E. ... 2 2 0 Shewell, Samuel C 0 2 6 Brown, William W 2 2 0 Shewell, Sarah ...... 0 2 6 Shout, Jane...... 0 2 6 Exeter, per Arthur Clark— Shout, Major, for Schools 0 2 6 Clark, Arthur ...... 5 0 0 Shout, William ...... 0 10 0 Fiy, S. J ...... 0 2 G Thistlethwaite, Arthur ... 0 10 0 Wadham, James...... 0 5 0 Falmouth, per A. L. Fox— West, Theodore ...... 0 5 0 A Friend ...... 1 1 0 Brown, Elizabeth & Emma 0 10 0 Whitfield, George ...... 0 2 6 Whitwell, Edward R. 1 0 0 Fox, A. Lloyd...... 2 2 0 Fox, Anna Maria ...... 5 0 0 Willmott, Walter W 0 2 6 Wright, Francis ...... 0 2 6 Fox, George H ...... 1 0 0 Fox, Rachel J...... 1 0 0 Deal— Fox, Robert...... 1 1 0 Pittock, William...... 2 2 0 Fox, Sarah A ...... 1 0 0 Stephens, John ...... 1 0 0 Doncaster, per Joseph F . Clark— Tregelles, Lydia ...... 0 5 0 A Friend, donation 5 0 0 Ditto (1885)...... 0 5 0 Bewley, Ada...... 0 5 0 Tregelles, M. E. and A— 0 2 6 100 £ s. d. £ s. d. F ordingbridge— Glasgow, Continued— l 0 0 Thompson, Emma ...... 0 2 2 2 0 White, Catherine...... 0 2 White, Mary ...... '...... 2 0

a— Gloucester, per A. Lucilla Brown— 0 2 6 Brown, Alfred...... 1 0 0 1 0 Brown, Charles ...... 2 0 Jackson, James (Dimples) 0 10 0 Brown, Richard G 2 0 Jackson, James (Oaken- Clark, Mrs. Mary ...... 0 10 clough)...... 1 0 0 1 Fox,- Sarah - - A - n n ...... 0 2 0 2 6 Fowler, Edward ...... 0 5 0 10 0 ! Hipwood, Samuel, don. ... 0 5 0 5 0 s Moffatt, Henry ...... 0 3 0 1 o ! Sessions, Edith ...... 0 2 0 0 1 ° ! Shewell, Anna...... 1 0 5 o ! Y. F. B. C., donation 0 6 Wilson, Charles 1 1 0 i 0 Ò o ! G r a n g e , per W. R. Nash, for 1883-4— Hunter, W ...... 0 2 6 Nash, W. R...... 0 10 0 Glasgow, per J. C. White— Satterthwaite, Edward ... 0 2 6 Bird, Robert ...... 0 5 Thompson, C...... 0 5 0 Cruickshank, Arthur 0 5 Windsor, M...... 0 5 0 Cruickshank, Edwin ...... 0 5 For 1885— Cruiekshank, J. and E. ... 1 0 Grimshaw, G. W ...... 0 2 Glenny, James (Hawick) 1 0 Midgley, J. H...... 0 10 Gray, J. Henry ...... 5 0 Hunter, W ...... 0 2 Gray, William...... 1 0 Hunter, A ...... 0 2 Hamilton, Jas. (Greenock) 0 10 Thompson, C...... 0 5 Hannah, Thomas (Kilmar­ Windsor, M...... 0 5 nock) ...... 0 5 Nash, W . R...... 0 10 Hodge, James...... 0 5 Hodge, William ...... 0 5 G r e a t B erkhamstead — Johnstone, James ...... 0 2 Littleboy, John E 2 0 0 JLamont, Alexander (Kil­ Squire, William & Dorcas 5 0 0 marnock) ...... 0 10 Smeal, James G...... 0 2 H a l i f a x , per John W. Collinson— Smeal, Mary ...... 0 2 Collinson, Annie...... 0 5 Smeal, William ...... 0 2 Collinson, Edward ...... 1 1 Thompson, John...... 0 10 Collinson, Ellen ...... 0 5 Wilson, Rebecca (Hawick) 1 0 Collinson, George ...... 0 3 Wilson, Walter (Hawick) 1 0 Collinson, John W 0 10 White, Charles W 0 5 Collinson, Joseph ...... 2 2 White, J. Charles ...... 5 0 Collinson, Thomas ...... 1 1 Per E. J. Hodge— Edmundson, Joseph ...... 0 10 Bird, Maggie ...... 0 2 Friend, A ...... 0 5 Bryson, Agnes ...... 0 2 Ingham, Jeremiah 0 10 Cruickshank, Sarah ...... 0 2 Smithson, Agnes ...... 0 10 Gray, Margaret ...... 0 10 Smithson, Agnes, jun. ... 0 10 Gray, Mary H...... 0 10 Smithson, Elizabeth ...... 0 10 Hodge, Catherine ...... 0 2 Smithson, Joshua ...... 1 0 Hodge, Jessie ...... 0 2 Stansfield, Hall ...... 0 10 Law, Helen...... 0 5 Tutty, J. H ...... 0 2 Smeal, Mary H ...... 0 2 Webster, Charles ...... 0 10 101

£ a. L £ U H a r l in g — Holloway, Continued— Everett, John...... 1 0 0 Brown, Sophia H...... 0 10 0 Muskett, Alfred...... 0 10 0 Catchpool, Wm., & Family 4 9 0 Casson, Hannah...... 0 10 0 Harrogate, per E. Clark— Cracklen, Martha ...... 1 1 0 Friends of Meeting 5 10 0 Dell, Henry...... 0 10 0 Walker, Thompson 0 10 0 Dixon, John, M.D...... 3 3 0 Gillett, George ...... 0 0 H averfordwest — Hipsley, Henry ...... 0 0 Phillips, George ...... 0 5 0 Hipsley, John H ...... 5 0 H e r t f o r d , per Isaac Robinson— Horsnaill, Mary ...... 0 0 Peirson„Daniel ...... 0 10 0 Hughes, William...... 0 0 Robins, M. A ...... 0 5 0 Kemp, Robert...... 5 6 Robinson, Isaac ...... 1 1 0 Marten, Elizabeth ...... 3 0 Marten, Emily...... 3 0 High Platts— Penrose, James D...... 0 0 Firth, Sarah... 2 0 0 Staniland, J. E. M ...... 0 0 Smith, Charlotte E...... 0 0 H itchin— Smith, G. Maria...... 1 0 0 Feltbam, Maria ...... 10 0 0 Smith, A. M...... 0 10 0 Gladwin, Phebe ...... 0 5 0 Smith, Elizabeth...... 0 10 0 Lucas, Eliza...... 1 1 0 Smith, S. J...... 0 10 0 Lucas, Elizabeth S 1 1 0 Swinburne, John D...... 0 5 0 Lucas, Theodore...... 1 1 0 N. and H., donation ...... 2 0 0 H uddersfield, per Isaac Robson— Ransom, Alfred ...... 5 0 0 A. S. 2 Ransom, Jane...... 1 0 0 Eddison, Ann ...... 2 0 Ransom, William ...... 10 0 0 Lees, Henry...... 0 5 Read, Caroline...... 4 0 0 M. B...... 0 2 Seebohm, Frederick ...... 25 0 0 Robson, Isaac...... 1 0 Sewell, M. and C...... 1 1 0 Woodhead, Edward 2 0 Tuke, James H ...... 25 0 0 Whiting, Joshua...... 1 1 0 H ull, per James Thorp— Friends’ Adult Schools, for Bowen, Samuel ...... 0 2 Native Teacher ...... 6 0 0 Harker, Edward...... 0 10 Haughton, David ...... 1 1 Hoddesdon, per Francis Warner— Kitching, Dr...... 1 0 Barclay, Robert ...... 10 0 0 Priestman, M. A...... 1 0 Lowe, Anna...... 1 0 0 Priestman, Thomas 1 0 Warner, Alice...... 0 5 0 Reckitt, F. J...... 1 1 Warner, E...... 0 10 0 Reckitt, James ...... 5 5 Warner, E. A ...... 0 2 6 Thorp, A. M...... 0 5 Warner, E. M 1 0 0 Thorp, James ...... 0 5 Warner, F...... 0 10 0 West, Alfred ...... 0 10 Warner, H. L...... 0 2 6 Warner, H. M. and C. ...110 Ipswioh, per Samuel Alexander— Warner, J. T...... 0 2 6 Alexander, Lydia B 1 0 Warner, S...... 0 10 0 Alexander, Samuel 1 0 Binyon, Brightwen 0 10 Holloway, per Henry Hipsley— Binyon, Jane ...... 1 0 Ashworth, Alicia S 1 1 0 Brewerton,MillicentLeGay 0 10 Betts, John ...... 1 0 0 Burley, David...... 1 0 Betts, Henry ...... 1 0 0 Bishop, Edward W 0 5 Braithwaite, J. B 1 1 0 Corder, Frederic, jun. ... 0 5 Braithwaite, J. B., ju n .... 2 2 0 Fry, Edward ...... 0 10 102 £ s. d. £ a. d. Ipswich Continued— Kent, per W. H. Reynolds— Harding, Robert ...... 1 0 0 Arraatage, George ...... 0 10 0 Kitching, Sarah Ann...... 0 5 0 Hall, Ann...... 0 6 0 Maw, Rachel ...... 1 0 0 Headley, Bertie ...... 0 1 0 Maw, Thomas...... 1 0 0 Headley, G. M...... 0 2 0 Sims, William Dillwyn ... 2 2 0 Headley, H ...... 0 10 0 Ward, W. W ...... 0 5 0 Headley, H. D...... 0 2 6 Young Friends of Meeting 0 10 0 Hollands, C...... 0 1 0 Collection after W. John­ Horsnaill, A. E...... 0 2 6 son’s Lecture ...... 2 0 0 Horsnaill, C...... 0 10 0 IVYBRIDGE— Horsnaill, Clara ...... 0 5 0 Frideaux, E. B...... 0 10 0 Nickalk, T...... 0 5 0 Poulter, H ...... 1 0 0 K endal, per Isaac Brown— Poulter, M...... 1 0 0 Allen, Mary Agnes...... 0 5 0 Reynolds, E...... 0 5 0 Baron, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Sholl, R...... 0 5 0 Bradley, Thomas...... 1 0 0 Collected by C. Reynolds— Braithwaite, C. L...... 3 0 0 Busby, H...... 0 3 0 Braithwaite, C. L., jun. ... 0 10 0 Dale, Robert ...... 0 5 0 Braithwaite} Isaac ...... 1 0 0 Greenwood, M...... 0 10 0 Brown, Isaac ...... 5 0 0 Parker, Mark ...... 0 5 0 Drewett, Joseph P 0 5 0 Pett, Thomas ...... 0 5 0 Duncan, Elizabeth G. 0 5 0 Prowse, Mrs...... 0 5 0 Farrer, John ...... 4 0 0 Reynolds, W. H...... o 5 0 Farrer, A., J., and E...... 0 10 0 Smithe, William 0 10 0 Farrer, Annie B...... 0 3 0 Wheeler, Frederick ...... 3 0 0 Farrer, Mary ...... 0 5 0 Farrer, Joseph...... 0 2 6 K ettering, per Helen Thursfield— Frankland, S. and E...... 0 10 0 A Friend ...... 1 0 0 Gilkes, Gilbert ...... 1 0 0 A Friend ...... 0 5 0 Greenall, George...... 0 5 0 Blunsom, Charles ...... 0 10 0 Handley, Daniel...... 0 2 6 Wallis, Frederick ...... 0 10 0 Harris, Mary ...... 2 0 0 Wells, James ...... 1 0 0 Harrison, James...... 1 0 0 Wells, William...... 0 5 0 Harrison, Thomas ...... 0 3 0 Harrison, William ...... 0 10 0 K ingston, per J. H. Fox— Hartley, John...... 0 5 0 Fox, J. Hingston...... 1 0 0 Hartley, Mary Ann ...... 0 2 6 Marsh, Ann...... 0 5 0 Hays, Mary...... 0 1 0 Marsh, Bedford ...... 1 0 0 Huck, Thomas...... 0 2 6 Jesper, Alfred...... 2 0 0 L ancaster, per Thomas Barrow— Lockwood, Philip H 0 5 0 Albright, Charles...... 0 4 6 Milligan, Joseph...... 0 2 6 Albright, Esther...... 0 2 6 Moore, Sarah A n n 0 5 0 Albright, John...... 0 5 0 Sharpe, Thomas ...... 0 7 6 Barrow, Eliza ...... 3 0 0 Shipley, John ...... 1 1 0 Barrow, S. Elizabeth and Simpson, Elizabeth 0 4 0 G. W ...... 0 5 0 Stramongate F. D. School, Barrow, Thomas...... 10 0 0 for Native Teacher 5 0 0 Barrow, William...... 1 0 0 Thompson, Henry ...... 0 5 0 Binns, Rachael ...... 0 5 0 Thompson, James ...... 10 0 0 Brunton, A n n ...... 3 0 0 Thwaites, Thomas ...... 0 5 0 Collection at S. Clemes’s Yaulkhard, John ...... 0 5 0 Lecture...... 1 5 3 Wilson, Grace...... 2 0 0 Cragg, John...... 0 2 0 Wilson, Henry...... 0 10 0 Eastwood, L u k e...... 0 15 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. Lancaster, Continued— Leeds, Continued— Ford, E. S. (Yealand) for Shackleton, William ...... 0 10 6 R. Metcalfe...... 1 10 0 Southall, Samuel ...... 1 0 0 Hadwen, Elizabeth 1 0 0 Tatham, George ...... 1 0 0 Hall, Richard t 0 15 0 Thorne, H. M...... 1 0 0 Halton, Joseph ...... 0 2 6 Thorp, John H...... 1 1 0 Ingall, George...... 0 2 6 Walker, Lydia...... 5 0 0 King, William H. (Yealand) 1 0 0 Watson, H. E...... 2 0 0 Lord, Charles ...... 0 5 0 Whiting, John ...... 5 0 0 Pickard, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Whiting, John E...... 0 5 0 Pickard, Samuel...... 0 5 0 Whiting, William ...... 0 5 0 Pickard, William...... 10 0 0 Wilson, Thomas (Thornton) 1 0 0 Walker, Anna...... 0 5 0 Walker, John (Bolton-le- Leicester, per Wilfrid H. Ellis— Sands) ...... 1 0 0 Atkins, A. F...... 0 5 0 Walker, Mrs. do. ... 1 0 0 Burgess, A. H...... 0 2 6 Walker, Miss do. ... 0 10 0 Burgess, Hannah...... 0 2 6 . Ward, William...... 0 1 0 Burgess, M. A...... 5 0 0 Worsdell, George ...... 0 7 6 Burgess, Susan ...... 0 2 6 Box at Meeting House ... 0 5 3 Burgess, Susannah 3 0 0 Clipstone, William ...... 0 2 6 Lancaster M onthly M eet­ Ellis, Emma...... 1 1 0 in g , per Thomas Barrow... 10 0 0 Ellis, G. H...... 2 0 0 Ellis, Hannah, for Medical L e e d s, per Samuel Southall— Mission ...... 0 10 0 A Friend, per T. Harvey 1 0 0 Ellis, James...... 2 0 0 Awmack, William H 0 2 6 Ellis, Jane, and Sisters ... 3 0 0 Binns, Maria ...... 0 5 0 Ellis, John ...... 0 10 0 Birchall, Edward ...... 5 0 0 Ellis, John S...... 0 10 0 Broadhead, Elizabeth 2 0 0 Ellis, Sarah L...... 0 15 0 Broadhead, M. A...... 0 10 0 Ellis, Mary, and Sisters ... 1 0 0 Broadhead, William Henry 0 10 0 Ellis, W. H ...... 2 0 0 Broadhead, Sarah, jun. ... 0 5 0 Ellis, Wilfrid H...... 0 10 0 Edmundson, John ...... 0 7 6 Hutchinson, Ann ...... 3 0 0 Ford, Hannah...... 1 0 0 Hutchinson, W. G 1 1 0 Ford, John R...... 1 0 0 Mallabond, William ...... 0 2 6 Harvey, William...... 5 0 0 Ransom, Maria ...... 0 10 0 Harvey, Thomas (the late) 10 0 0 Soar Lane F. D. School, Hewitson, M. A. & H., for for Native Teacher ... 3 11 9 Educational purposes ... 5 0 0 Pike Street F.D. School, Knight, Joseph H 0 5 0 for Native Teacher ... 1 3 0 Latcnmore, Joseph 0 5 0 Sewell, Joseph S...... 10 0 0 Moorhouse, Jane, for Edu­ cational purposes ...... 1 0 0 L eominster, per H. S. Newman— Naylor, Elizabeth ...... 0 4 0 A Friend ...... 0 2 0 Reynolds, Richard ...... 1 0 0 Beck, Eliza ...... 0 1 0 Carlton Hill Adult School, Burlingham, M. and G .... 0 2 6 for one Native Teacher 5 0 0 Doherty, Charles J 0 2 6 Gt. Wilson-st. Adult School, First-day Schools, for for Native Teacher ... 6 0 0 Native Teacher ...... 3 0 0 Great Wilson-st. Children’s Grover, William J . 0 1 0 School, for Native Jones, William...... 0 1 0 Teacher ...... 3 0 0 Newman, Elizabeth H., York Road Adult School, donation ...... 1 0 0 for Native Teacher ... 5 0 0 Newman, Henry...... 4 0 0 104 £ s. d. £ s. d. Leominster, Continued— Liverpool, Continued— Newman, Henry S...... 5 0 0 Leicester, Thomas ...... 1 0 0 Newman, Josiah (the late) 5 0 0 M. C...... 0 5 0 Pumphrey, Caroline W.... 1 0 0 Ryley, Thomas C...... 1 0 0 Pumphrey, Lucy E...... 1 0 0 Townson, Benjamin ...... 1 1 0 Southall, Anne...... 3 0 0 Turner, William E 1 1 0 Southall, Elizabeth & H. 3 0 0 L l a n d r in d o d — Southall, M. A...... 2 0 0 Anonymous ...... 0 0 6 Stephens, Maria...... 0 10 0 London— L ewes, per Caleb R. Kemp— Alexander, George W. ...26 5 0 Kemp, Caleb R...... 3 3 0 Barclay, Joseph Gurney...250 0 0 Rickman, M. H...... 1 0 0 Bedford Institute, & Hart’s Rickman, Rachel, & S. H. 2 0 0 Lane First-day School Speciall, M. A., & C...... 0 10 0 for Native Teachers ... 50 0 0 Vinall, Isaac...... 0 10 0 Collection, Two-thirds of, at Annual Meeting, De­ Lincolnshire, per L. Thompson— vonshire House ...... 36 15 3 Brigg— Fry, Sir Edward...... 10 0 0 Hopkins, D...... 0 2 6 Fry, J. M., and Sisters ... 1 0 0 Hopkins, S. D...... 0 5 0 Kingdon, A., for Sunday Small 8urns ...... 0 2 0 School ...... 1 1 0 Gainsborough— Luton— Daw, Albert ...... 0 2 0 Brown, Henry...... 10 0 0 Anonymous...... 0 5 0 Brown, R. and A...... 15 0 0 Fisher, John ...... 0 3 0 Palian, Alfred...... 0 5 0 Luton & Leighton Monthly Prince, C...... 0 2 6' Meeting, per R. Littleboy 20 0 0 Thompson, A. A...... 0 2 6 M aldon, per Isaac Brown— Thompson, Richard ...... 0 10 6 Alsop, Christiana...... 0 10 0 Grimsby— Sharp, E...... 0 5 0 M alton, per Henry Taylor— Small sums ...... 0 1 0 Burtt, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Spalding and Gedney— Coning, Joseph ...... 0 5 0 Brittain, B. L...... 0 5 0 Hall, Ann ...... 1 0 0 Hall, George...... 0 2 6 Hopkins, John...... 1 0 0 Hurst, George...... 0 5 0 Hopkins, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Massey, J. B...... 0 5 0 Hurtley, Henry ...... I 0 0 Hutchenson, Eliza ...... 0 5 0 Welbourne— Pickering, Henry ...... 1 0 0 Edward Burtt...... 1 0 0 Priestman, Jane (Thornton) 5 0 0 Rowntree, Helen ...... 0 10 0 L iskeabd— Taylor, Geo., Missionary Allen, M. and L...... 1 1 0 Box ...... 0 4 2 Eliott, Mary Ann ...... 1 0 0 Taylor, Henry...... 1 0 0 Eliott, Mary...... 1 0 0 Thurnam, Sarah...... 0 5 0 Weatherill, William (Lea­ L iverpool, per John D. Crosfield— vening) ...... 0 2 6 Brown, Joseph ...... 1 1 0 Crosfield, Ellen E...... 1 1 0 Mansfield, per John Armitage— Crosfield, M. and M 1 0 0 Barringer, Robert ...... 0 10 0 Crosfield, John D...... 1 1 0 Hartas, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 First-day School towards Pickard, George ...... 0 10 0 Native Teacher ...... 0 10 0 Wright, Joseph ...... 0 5 0 Leicester, Samuel B...... 1 0 0 Wright, Samuel W 0 5 0 105 £ s. d. £ s. cL Melbourne (Australia), per Newcastle, per George W. Clark— M. E. Horsfall ...... 2 0 0 A Friend, donation ...... 2 0 0 Boswell, Alfred ...... 0 5 0 Clapham, Esther M...... 1 0 0 Middlesbro’, per William Taylor— Clark, Frederick...... 0 5 0 Clark, Richard ...... 0 5 0 Clark, George W ...... 0 5 0 Darbyshire, Silvanus ...... 0 5 0 Dymond, Charles J 0 10 0 Griffiths, Samuel...... 0 5 0 Edmundson, John W . 1 0 0 Punch, John ...... 0 5 0 Eoster, Robert ...... 3 0 0 Sharp, Isaac ...... 2 2 0 Fry, Lewis ...... 1 0 0 ...... 0 10 0 Taylor, William Hindmarsh, James 1 0 0 Hodgkin, Thomas ...... 10 0 0 Missionary H elpers’ U nion, Holmes, William H 3 0 0 per Ellen Barclay— Holmes, Alfred ...... 0 5 0 Birmingham Branch ...... 6 10 8 Holmes, Theodore ...... 0 2 6 Jones, Richard ...... 0 1 0 For India— Macarthy, G. E...... 0 10 0 Brumana Branch...... 0 10 6 McLean, M. A ...... 1 0 0 Harts Lane „ ...... 0 4 3 Merz, Alice ...... 1 0 0 Plymouth „ ...... 0 10 10 Morton, Margaret ...... 1 0 0 Lisburn „ ...... 6 0 0 Pease, John W ...... 3 0 0 Sunderland „ ...... 0 8 6 Pumphrey, Thomas ...... 5 0 0 Mounsey, C. H...... 2 0 0 Richardson, Caroline ...... 3 0 0 Darlington Branch (for So- Richardson, David 0 10 0 hagpur ...... 1 0 0 Richardson, Ellen ...... 1 0 0 One-sixth of General Fund 8 17 5 Richardson, Henry 2 0 0 Richardson, James 1 0 0 For Madagascar— Richardson, S. A- ...... 2 0 0 Nottingham Branch ...... 1 4 6 Robinson, W. H...... 1 0 0 Darlington „ 1 3 7 Waddington, Thomas 0 5 0 Lynn „ 0 10 0 Watson, Edward ...... 0 5 0 Newcastle „ 1 0 0 Watson, R. and W 1 0 0 Great Ayton „ 0 4 6 Watson, R Spence 0 10 0 Westminster „ 3 15 3 Watson, Thomas C...... 1 0 0 Gainford „ 0 4 2 Watson, W . Joshua ...... 0 5 0 Reigate „ 0 8 2 One-sixth of General Fund 8 17 5 N ewport Pagnell, per R Littleboy— For China— Littleboy, Frank...... 1 0 0 Holloway Branch ...... 1 7 6 Littleboy, Richard 10 0 0 Elsenham „ 1 3 7 Stanstead „ 0 16 5 N e w to n A bb ot— Lynn „ 0 14 0 T. B. Hawkesworth 2 2 0 One-sixth of General Fund 8 17 5 Nobthampton, per Samuel Wells— Blunsom, William ...... 0 10 0 M onkstown, per John B. Beale— Monkstown Friends for Collins, Mary ...... 0 5 0 Native Teacher ...... 7 10 9 Crask, William...... 0 2 0 Friends’ Adult School ... 1 0 0 Johnson, Annie ...... 0 2 6 N eath, per Amy J. Price— Johnson, Eli ...... 0 5 0 Gibbins, Frederick J 0 5 0 Shemeld, Arthur...... 0 10 0 Price, A. J...... 0 2 6 Wells, Haidee...... 0 1 0 Price, C.S...... 1 0 0 Wells, John L...... 0 5 0 Price, H. H ...... 1 0 0 Wells, Maria Louisa ...... 0 1 0 106

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£ s. a. £ s. d. Saffron Walden. Continued— Sheffield, Continued— Robson, Mabel, Arthur, First-day School, First Ethel, Sydney, Ida, and Adult Class, for Native Sybil...... 0 6 0 Teacher...... 5 0 0 Robson, R. P...... 0 10 0 France, Elizabeth ...... 0 10 0 Robson, Walter ...... 0 15 0 Gillespie, Thomas ...... 0 7 6 Rule, Eleanor ...... 0 2 6 Hoskins, Richard ...... 0 10 0 Tuke, Esther, for 1885 ... 3 0 0 Lucas, Alfred ...... 0 10 0 Ditto, for 1884 ... - 5 0 0 Milner, Isaac ...... 1 10 0 Tuke, William M ...... 2 2 0 Rowntree, Charles J...... 0 10 0 Seebohm, Henry...... 2 0 0 Scarborough, per J. H. Rowntree- Smith, Margaret...... 2 0 0 Brown, Francis H ...... 0 5 0 Waterfall, Wilson ...... 1 0 0 Carr, John J...... 0 9 6 Watson, Ann ...... 1 0 0 Foster, Henry...... 0 5 0 Wood, John...... 0 5 0 Hopkins, Mary G...... 1 0 0 Yeomans, Charles ...... 0 10 0 Lean, C. Albert ...... 0 2 6 Yeomans, John ...... 2 0 0 Rowntree, Allan...... 0 5 0 Yeomans, Thomas S...... 0 5 0 Rowntree, James H ...... 0 5 0 Rowntree, John ...... 2 0 0 S ib f o r d , per Charles Gillett— Rowntree, John W ...... 0 5 0 A Friend ...... 0 3 0 Rowntree, Joshua ...... 1 1 0 A Friend ...... 0 1 0 Rowntree, Margaret ...... 0 10 0 Capper, E. N ...... 0 5 0 Rowntree, William...... 2 2 0 Enock, E...... 0 2 0 Wallis, Edward ...... 0 2 6 Lamb, E., & E. A...... 0 2 6 Wallis, Maria ...... 0 2 6 Lamb, Joshua...... 0 1 0 Wallis, Priscilla G...... 0 2 6 Mincnin, William ...... 0 2 6 Walton, Thomas...... 0 10 0 Wells, H...... 0 10 0 Woodhead, Maria ...... 0 2 6 Wells, John...... 0 5 0 Wrench. D...... 0 2 6 S c h o le s , per David Mort— Wycherley, E...... 0 0 6 Friends of...... 1 10 0

S e t t l e , per R. F. Thompson- S o u t h a m p t o n — Cbildren’s Sale of Work 9 14 0 Westlake, Richard...... 1 1 0 Westlake, William C...... 1 1 0 Sheffield, per Daniel Doncaster— A Friend, per E. France 0 5 0 Southport, per Henry G. Coventry- Barber, Christopher ...... 0 10 0 Barrow, John ...... 1 1 0 Barber, James H...... 3 0 0 Bower, Bakewell (Chester) 0 5 0 Barber, Jarvis W...... 0 10 0 Coventry, Edwin...... 0 2 6 Carr, Walter T...... 0 10 0 Goouch, Benjamin. B.A... 0 5 0 Casson, William (Thome) 2 0 0 Grimshaw, Hannan...... 0 10 0 Doncaster, C. (the late)... 2 0 0 Hargrave, John ...... 0 10 0 Doncaster, D. (the late) ... 5 0 0 Hodgkinson, John ...... 0 5 0 Doncaster, Daniel ...... 2 0 0 Kitcning, William ...... 0 5 0 Doncaster, Jane E...... 0 10 0 Nicholson, Richard...... 2 2 0 Doncaster, Phebe ...... 0 10 0 Ord, S. and M ...... 1 0 Ü Doncaster, S. A., & E. M. 0 5 0 Rheara, Henry C...... 1 1 0 Doncaster, Samuel...... 0 10 0 Sim, William F...... 0 10 0 Ecroyd, Hannah M...... 0 5 0 Simpson, Sarah ...... 1 0 0 Farr, Rose, Missionary Tatham, Emily ...... 0 10 0 Box ...... 0 7 6 Thompson, Alice...... 0 3 0 First-day School Women’s Thompson, Ann ...... 0 10 0 Class, tor Native Teacher 3 0 0 Wallis, Hannah ...... 1 0 0 109

£ s. d. £ s. d. Southport, Continued— Stoke Newington, per W. C. Allen— Wallis, Margaret H 0 5 0 Allen, Edward R...... 2 0 0 Wallis, Mary Ann ...... 0 5 0 Allen, Francis ...... 7 0 0 Whitten, Maria ...... 0 10 0 Allen, Stafford...... 20 0 0 Woodhead, Elizabeth 0 10 0 Allen, William C...... 7 0 0 Alexander, Alfred T 1 1 0 Bax, Frederick...... 2 0 0 Sou thw ark M onthly M eetIng, per M. Taylor— Beck, William...... 2 0 0 A Friend ...... 1 0 0 Binyon, G...... 1 0 0 Barrett, Richard...... 1 1 0 Budge, F. A...... 0 10 0 Burne, Rebecca ...... 0 5 0 Butler, Philip J...... 1 0 0 Cash, Elizabeth P...... 0 10 0 Casson, John ...... 0 10 0 Dann, E. R...... 0 6 0 Catchpool, George ...... 0 10 0 Friends’ First-day School i 11 0 Cooper, Thomas ...... 0 2 6 Hunt, John ...... 1 0 0 Dodshon, Louisa...... 0 5 0 Knight, Elizabeth ...... 0 5 0 Fox, H. Courtenay 0 5 0 Lean, Walter ...... 0 5 0 Fox, Joseph J...... 0 10 6 Norton, T. Sterry ...... 1 1 0 Fry, John D...... 3 3 0 Price, Montague...... 0 5 0 Grimshaw, Emily...... 1 0 0 Reckitt, George ...... 2 2 0 Irving, Lydia ...... 1 1 0 Robinson, Henry...... 5 0 0 Jackson, Thomas ...... 0 3 6 Robinson, William ...... 0 6 0 Linley, Sarah ...... 1 0 0 Lucraft, William ...... 0 5 0 Sanders, Joseph ...... 0 3 0 Sterry, John...... 3 3 0 Meatyard, Robert (the late) 1 0 0 Oxley, Caroline ...... 10 0 0 Taylor, John ...... 2 0 0 Pace, M. S., & F. E 2 2 0 Whitehead, Thomas ...... 2 0 0 Roberts, Samuel...... 0 10 0 Wright, Frederick ...... 0 10 0 Collecting Boxes:— Sharp, John ...... 1 0 0 Broad, Mabel ...... 0 2 6 Smee, Josiana...... 1 1 0 Stewart, J. Fyfe...... 2 0 0 Butterfield, E. and A. ... 0 6 o Storrs, Sarah Ann ...... 0 10 0 Lean, Florence...... 0 7 0 Tallack, William...... 0 10 0 Taylor, E. Claude and J. Tylor, John B...... 2 0 0 Augustine...... 0 10 8 Tylor, S. A., & E...... 2 0 0 Warner, Metford ...... 2 2 0 Staines, per Henry Appleton— Wells, M. A. (the late) ... 1 1 0 Appleton, Henry...... 0 10 6 Wells, W. F...... 2 2 0 Ashby, Morris...... 1 1 0 Stourbridge, per John E. Wilson— Whiting, Mary ...... 1 0 0 Stockton, per William Dodshon— Benington, W ...... 4 0 0 Street— Brady, A...... 1 0 0 Ansell, M. A...... 0 10 0 Clark, W ...... 0 5 0 Biddlecombe, W ...... 0 2 6 Coning, J...... 0 3 6 Clark, F. J...... 0 5 0 Dodsbon, John, Trustees of 3 0 0 Clark, James ...... 2 0 0 Dodshon, Elizabeth 1 0 0 Clark, W . S...... 1 0 0 Dodshon, Lewis ...... 2 0 0 Gillett A ...... 0 5 0 Dodshon, William ...... 2 0 0 Morland,John (Northover) 0 10 0 Gilkes, E...... 0 5 0 Juvenile Collection 1 1 3 Holmes, A ...... 0 10 0 Ditto...... 2 3 10 Nicholson, A. A ...... 0 4 0 Taylor, T. M...... 0 2 6 Sudbury, per E. Grubb- Thomson, T. J...... 1 0 0 Beamish, J. W ...... 0 10 0 Woolman, T...... 0 2 6 Crane, Mary...... 0 4 0 110 £ s. d. £ s. d. Sudbury, Continued— Sunderland, Continued\— Grubb, Elizabeth...... 0 10 0 Toshack, Barbara E 0 5 0 Grubb, E. L...... 0 5 0 Toshack. John Carr ...... 0 5 0 Grubb, Jonathan...... 1 0 0 Tyson, Wilson (Newcastle) 0 5 0 Hills, Esther ...... 0 4 0 Watson, George W 0 2 6 Jackson, William ...... 0 10 0 Wilson, C. Stansfield 40 0 0 Pumphrey, S. G...... 2 0 0 Wilson, C.(Shotley Bridge) 40 0 0 Wright, A. M...... 0 4 0 Wilson, Joshua S...... 1 0 0 Wright, M. E...... 0 5 0 Wilson, Katherine ...... 2 0 0 Wright, Edward...... 0 5 0 Wilson, William S 1 0 0 Girls’ Afternoon School... 0 3 7 R. LongstafPs Class ...... O i l 1 Sunderland, per C. S. Wilson— Allison, William ...... 0 2 0 Atkinson, William ...... 0 2 6 T a u n ton — Baynes, William...... 0 2 6 Palmer, Eliza 5 0 0 Backhouse, Arthur 50 0 0 Backhouse, Katherine ...100 0 0 Backhouse, Mary A 50 0 0 T h ir s k , per William Sessions— Baker. George R...... 0 5 Backhouse, Thomas W. ...120 0 0 Bakers, G. R., Children.. Binns, Joseph J ...... 0 5 0 0 1 Davies, J. H. (the late) .. 0 2 Blain, Mary A...... 0 10 0 Hall, John W ...... Blain, Thomas...... 5 0 0 0 10 Hall’s, J. W., Children .. 0 2 Oansfield, James...... 0 5 0 Smith, Arthur...... 0 10 Clark, Mary S...... 0 10 0 Smith, Isabel...... 0 5 M. S. Clark’s Class 11 7 6 Corder, Alexander ...... 0 10 0 Smith, Bartholomew ...... 0 10 Fenwick, Matthew 0 2 6 First-day School, Class M. 0 1 0 T orquay— Firth, John, jun...... 0 2 6 Fisher, Johua ...... 5 0 0 Freeman, F. Gertrude ... 0 10 0 Horniman, William H. ... 0 5 0 Galleway, Charles ...... 0 5 0 Hunt, Mrs...... 0 10 0 Gatt, James...... 0 2 6 Price, George ...... 0 5 0 Gayner, Robert H 0 10 0 Box Collection...... 0 1 0 Henry, Thomas ...... 0 2 6 Lucas, Joseph...... 0 5 0 McClelland, A. P...... 0 5 0 Tottenham, per M. Merryweather— Macfarlane, Robert 0 5 0 Broughton, Mary A ., don. 0 1 0 Miller, Mary ...... 0 2 6 Chalkley, Annie „ 0 2 0 Mounsey, Anna P 5 0 0 Chalkley, Heniy „ 0 10 0 Mounsey, John ...... 3 0 0 Clark, Jemima „ 0 1 0 Mounsey, J. Wilfrid ...... 0 10 0 Cooper, Bernard „ 0 5 0 Mounsey, Lucy E 3 10 0 Cooper, Sidney „ 1 1 0 Mounsey, Mary E 3 10 0 Hall, Isabel „ 0 2 0 Newby, John ...... 0 3 0 Harrison, Alice „ 0 1 0 Ogden, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Harrison, John „ 0 10 0 Pearman, George W . 2 0 0 May, Sophia „ 0 2 6 Pumphrey, Hannah ...... 0 5 0 Merryweather, M. „ 0 5 0 Pumphrey, Hannah M .... 0 5 0 Palmer, Arthur T. „ 1 0 0 Pumphrey, Thomas E. ... 1 0 0 Phillips, John „ 1 1 0 Puxse, Alfred D...... 0 5 0 Phillips, Mary E. „ 0 5 0 Sibbald, John B ...... 0 5 0 Pollard, Andrew „ 0 2 6 Tatham, William J...... 0 10 0 Whiting, William (1884)... 1 1 0 Taylor, Frederick ...... 0 5 0 Ditto (1885)... 1 1 0 Taylor, Joseph...... 0 7 6 Withers, Joseph J., don... 0 10 0 I l l

£ s. d. £ s. d. Wandsworth, per Edwin R. Westminster, Continued— Ransome— R. L. D...... 0 2 6 Coleman, Emma...... 1 0 0 R. B. B...... 0 2 6 Coventry, Millis ...... 2 0 0 R. A. D...... 0 15 0 Pim, Sarah and Josephine 10 0 0 Redfem W. B...... 0 5 0 Ransome, Edwin R 2 0 0 Rickett, Francis...... 3 3 0 Salthouse, W ...... 0 5 0 Sholl, S...... 0 5 0 2 2 0 Squire, R ...... 0 10 0 5 0 0 Smeal, B. D...... 2 0 0 10 0 0 T. W., donation ...... 2 0 0 100 0 0 Tuckett, P. D...... 3 3 0 0 5 0 Wall, Jane ...... 2 0 0 Waterhouse, Edwin ...... 0 2 6 2 2 0 Brooks, Edmund W. 1 1 0 Wright, Thomas...... 1 0 0 Brown, Mary ...... 1 1 0 Fowler, Ann F., for NativeÌ eston super are Teacher ...... 5 0 0 W - -M , per C.. Brownt— A Friend ...... Fowler, E. M., and Sisters3 5 0 0 0 5 0 Fowler, L. E., and L. P Brown, Charles ...... 2 0 0 > Ditto, donation ...... 5 0 0 2 0 0 Brown, Edgar M...... Godlee, Mary . 0 10 6 0 10 0 Brown, R. M...... i 20 0 0 0 5 0 Burcham, C...... 0 2 6 0 5 0 Howard, Elliott 1 1 0 Carter, G. B...... 0 2 6 Eddington, Rachel...... 2 Lister, Susan .., 1 1 0 0 6 , Eddington, Sarah A...... 2 0 10 0 0 6 Ferris, M...... 0 5 0 0 10 0 2 0 5 0 Hadfield, Samuel ...... 0 0 Gregory, F...... 0 5 0 Knight, A...... 0 o 0 Westminster, per C. Dell— Knight, F. A...... 0 5 0 A. M. W ...... 1 0 0 Knight, Henry ...... 0 5 0 Baker, J. G...... 1 1 0 Lidbetter, Thomas...... 0 2 6 Coleby, A lfred...... 5. 0 0 Smith, H. B...... 0 5 0 Bale, F ...... 0 5 0 Wedmore, K. E. and L .... 0 1 6 C. D...... 0 10 0 Wheeler, Martha...... 0 5 0 Dix, J. E...... 0 5 0 White, M...... 1 0 0 Doncaster, Arthur ...... 0 5 0 Dell. Richard ...... 2 0 0 Firth, J. F. B., M.P...... 0 5 0 ss— Fox, F. W ...... 1 0 0 0 3 0 Gray, Henry...... 0 5 0 0 4 0 Grubb, S. S...... 0 10 0 0 4 0 H. W ...... 0 10 0 0 4 6 L. D...... 0 10 0 0 o 0 Marshall, Jam es...... 1 1 0 M. J. K ...... 0 5 0 Knight, Hannah...... 3 0 0 Winohmore H ill, per G. H . Lecky, Sarah M ...... 0 5 0 Farrington— Neighbour, Hannah ...... 0 10 6 0 10 0 Neighbour, Alfred ...... 1 1 0 5 0 0 Neighbour, Henry ...... 1 1 0 0 10 0 Oliver, Professor...... 1 1 0 2 2 0 Rawlings, John ...... 1 10 0 Taylor, J. D...... 5 5 0 112

£ s. d. £ s. d. W isbeoh, per Alexander Peckover— Y o r k , Continued— Peckover, Alexander 20 0 0 Benarrel, Charles ...... 0 2 6 Peckover, Alexandrina, Benson, George ...... 0 5 0 donation 10 0 0 Brady, Hannah ...... 2 10 0 Peckover, Algernon, do.100 0 0 Brown, Edward ...... 0 5 0 Peckover, Anna J., do. 5 0 0 Burtt, Jonathan...... 3 0 0 Peckover,E.Josephine, do. 10 0 0 Burtt, Petchell...... 0 2 6 Peckover, Priscilla H., do. 100 0 0 Clayton, Thomas...... 0 10 6 Ditto...... 20 0 0 Coning, Thomas ...... 0 2 6 Peckover, Wilhelmina ... 5 0 0 Dimsdale, E. G...... 1 0 0 Doughty, Henry...... 0 4 0 W orcester, per Thomas Westcombe— Fryer, John F...... 0 15 0 Binyon, Martha A ...... 2 0 0 Glaisyer, John...... 0 5 0 Binyon, M. and G 1 0 0 Gray, J. S...... 0 10 0 Miles, E. T...... 0 5 0 Greer, Robert J...... 1 0 0 Pumphrey, Candia 3 0 0 Grimshaw, A. G...... 0 2 6 Sparkes, Alfred ...... 3 0 0 Grubb, Edward ...... 0 5 0 Thomasson, C...... 0 5 0 Hardy, A ...... 0 2 6 Thomasson, J. J...... 0 2 6 Head, Edith...... 0 7 6 Westcombe, A. L...... 0 5 0 Hills, Thomas...... 0 5 0 Westcombe, Emma 0 5 0 Hipsley, Elizabeth ...... 1 0 0 Westcombe, Lucy ...... 0 5 0 Hutchinson, William 0 10 0 Westcombe, Thomas ...... 0 10 0 Inchbald, Mary ...... 0 10 6 Wetherall, G. B...... 1 5 0 King, Henrietta...... 0 10 6 King, Henry ...... 1 0 0 W ymondham, per Henry Brown— King, Mary J...... 0 10 0 Bale, W. & H...... 0 5 0 McMorran, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Bush, Jonathan ...... 0 10 0 Mason, Sarah ...... 5 0 0 Cann, Jane ...... 0 2 6 Morrell, Lydia...... 2 2 0 Harvey, Elizabeth ...... 0 2 6 Pim, Edward ...... 0 15 0 West, A. and M ...... 0 5 0 Pontefract, Josiah ...... 0 2 6 Potter, Richard ...... 0 2 6 W yresdale, per William Graham— Proctor, J. W...... 1 0 0 First-day Scholars and Pumphrey, M. C...... 1 10 0 Teachers ...... 0 9 0 Richardson, Henry 5 0 0 Friends...... 0 3 0 Rowntree, Arnold ...... 0 0 6 Rowntree, John S 2 0 0 Y atton, per Emma Gregory— Rowntree, Edith M 0 1 0 Avery, Elizabeth...... 0 2 6 Rowntree, James E 0 1 0 Gregory, Emma ...... 0 1 6 i Rowntree, Joseph ...... 2 0 0 Gregory, Francis...... 1 0 0 ; Rowntree, Sarah...... 3 0 0 Gregory, Sarah ...... 0 2 6 Rowntree, Theodore ...... 0 1 6 Gregory, Sophia ...... 0 5 0 Sessions, William...... 0 5 0 Gregory, William...... 0 10 0 Tompson. Richard ...... 1 1 0 Palmer, Martha ...... 0 10 0 Thorp, Fielden...... 5 0 0 Petvin, Joseph A...... 0 5 0 Tennant, Henry...... 1 0 0 Sholl, James...... 0 5 0 Veale, Ann P ...... 0 3 0 Wilmott, Robert K 0 2 6 Williams, M. A ...... 1 0 0 Williams, Mary ...... 1 0 0 Y ork, per William Sessions- Woodhead, A. B...... 0 2 6 Archer, James...... 0 5 0 Backhouse, James ...... 1 0 0 Baker, Anna ...... 0 5 0 Y oung W omen F rie nd s’ Christian Baker, George...... 0 5 0 Union— Barrow, J...... 0 2 0 Per M. A. Southall 43 0 0 113 £ s. d. £ s. d. A nonymous D onations— Anonymous Donations, Continued— Anonymous...... 5 0 0 0 A Friend, per H. S. Newman 4 0 0 C. A. N...... 1 0 0 H. G...... 50 0 0 A Friend...... 10 0 0 0 M. R. H ...... 0 6 0

NOTE.

The Committee also gratefully acknowledge a free grant of 81 Reams of Printing Paper from the Religious Tract Society, for Madagascar.

SUBSCEIPTIOffS

received since the accounts w e r e made up.

£ s. d. £ s. d. L ondon— Collection at An­ Saffron W alden ...... 0 2 6 nual Meeting, 1885...... 60 11 4 Se t t l e ...... 8 16 6 W ak efield ...... 4 0 0 U x bridge ...... 2 10 0 Stanstead ...... 5 10 0

H FRIENDS’ FOREIGN MISSION ASSOCIATION,

IRISH AUXILIARY.

DUBLIN CENTRAL COMMITTEE:

JONATHAN PIM, JOHN B. BEALE, RICHARD ALLEN, WILLIAM F. BEWLEY, JOHN WEBB, JOSHUA WHITE, HENRY WIGHAM, THOMAS PIM, Jun., RICHARD GOODBODY. THOMAS W. FISHER, ARTHUR WEBB, JOSHUA W. EDMUNDSON, EDWARD SPARROW, WILLIAM WATSON,

MARY EDMUNDSON, REBECCA ROBERTS, MARIA BEWLEY, CHARLOTTE EDMUNDSON, JANE HOGG, SUSANNA PIM, MARIA B. EDMUNDSON, ELIZABETH H. WALPOLE, LUCY BOWLES, ANNA HOGG, ELIZABETH D. ROBERTS, MARY WATSON, HENRIETTA NEALE, SUSAN GLYNN, L. M. FISHER.

TREASURER: JOHN WEBB, 20, Temple Lane.

SECRETARY: THOMAS W. FISHER, 30, Aiiglesea Street NAMES OF CORRESPONDENTS, IRISH AUXILIARY.

Dublin, John Webb, 20, Temple Lane.

» Thomas W. Fisher, 30, Anglesea Street. 3J Mary Edmundson, Fox Rock, Co. Dublin. Cork, Henry Beale, Adelaide Place.

Belfast, Joshua Pirn, White Abbey. Elias H. Bell, Belfast.

W aterford, Joseph Neale, Newtown School.

Bessbrook, S. Douglas Lamb.

Hillsborough and Lisburn, Arthur Pim, Culcavey, Hillsborough.

Richhill, Jane Murray, Taul Bridge, Loughgall, Co. Armagh.

Grange, Sarah Barcroft, Stangmore Lodge, Dun­ gannon, Co. Tyrone.

Brookfield, William Davidson, Near Moira,

M oate, Sarah S. Clibbom.

Clonmel, Edward Beale.

Carlow, Isabella Morris.

M ountmellick, Helen Millner.

Edenderry, Susan Williams.

M ountrath, Richard Neale.

K nock, Margaret J. Walpole, Ashbrook, Queen’s Co.

Clara, Richard Goodbody.

County W exford, Mary Davis, Enniscorthy.

>> Joseph John Haughton, Ferns. >7 Joseph Macquillan, Wexford. IRISH AUXILIARY, Friends’ Foreign Mission Association, in Account with John Webb.

D r . £ t. O r. £ s. d. £ s. d. November 4,1884, To Cheque to J. H. Take ...... 1*20 0 JHTBIilN MONTHLY MEETING. March ^20, 1885, „ Ditto ditto ...... 70 0 May 4, 1885, By Monkstown ...... 77 5 0 April 16, „ „ Ditto ditto 70 0 Bray ...... 14 3 0 May 4, „ „ Ditto ditto r>9 13 Cliurchtown...... 2 7 G Dublin ...... 46 10 140 5 6 Cork ...... 34 11 6 Waterford...... 15 9 6 Clonmel...... 2 7 0 Carlow ...... 1 5 0 Mountrath ...... 1 10 0 Wexford ...... 2 10 0 Enniscorthy...... 7 10 0 Ballintore...... 2 17 6 Belfast ...... 16 8 6 Lisburn...... ]4 10 G Grange ...... 8 6 0 Richhill...... 2 10 0 Bessbrook...... 13 15 0 Brookfield...... 1 2 0 Clara...... 49 10 0 Knock ...... 4 5 0 Mountmellick ...... 1 0 0

£ ‘M9 1» 0 £319 13 0

We have examined the above account, andjind it correct. FRANCIS BEWLEY. Mm, 4, ] SS5. LEONARD WIGHAM. May 8, 1885, To Cheque to J. H. Tuke ...... 12 0 0 May 8, 1885, By Collection after General Meeting ; our proportion ...... 12 0 0 One-third was given to Syria as per agreement.

.£12 0 0 £ 1 2 0 0 IRISH AUXILIARY.

1884—5.

DUBLIN MONTHLY MEETING. £ s. d. £ s. d. Monkstown, per Ann Glynn— Monkstown, Per Anna Hogg— Glynn, Mortimer...... 0 2 6 Allen, Richard...... 7 25 0 0 Glynn, E. J...... 0 2 6 Allen, Henry John 2 0 0 Glynn, W. M...... 0 2 6 Alexander, Elizabeth 0 5 0 Glynn, E...... 0 2 6 Albany...... 0 7 0 Roberts, Francis...... 0 2 6 Anonymous...... 0 5 0 Standing, William 0 5 0 Barker, Julia ...... 0 5 0 Bewley, Sophia ...... 1 0 0 £ 0 17 6 Davis, Thomas and Mar­ Dublin, per Ellen Allen— garet ...... 3 0 0 Allen, Ellen...... 1 0 0 Fennel], Joshua G 1 0 0 Roberts, Rachel ...... 0 10 0 Goodbody, Henry P 2 0 0 Sparrow, Edward ...... 0 10 0 Goodbody, Jonathan, jun. 1 0 0 Sparrow, Frederick 0 5 0 Haydock, W. H ...... 0 5 0 Taylor, Lucy...... 1 0 O Hogg, Jonathan...... 1 0 0 Hogg, Mary...... 2 0 0 £ 3 5 0 Hogg, Anna...... 1 0 0 j Hogg, Susanna P...... 0 10 0 j Per Maria Bewley— Hogg, Sarah M ...... 0 5 0 Bewley, M aria...... 2 0 0 Hogg, Emily ...... 0 5 0 Bewley, Samuel, jun 2 0 0 Hogg, Jane...... 0 10 0 Bewley, William F . 2 0 0 Hogg, Rebecca...... 0 2 6 Bewley, Frank...... 1 0 0 “ InMemoriam.”...... 0 5 0 Eustace, John, M.D 2 0 0 Pease, S. E...... 10 0 0 Haslam, J o h n ...... 0 5 0 Pim, Jonathan ...... 10 0 0 ' Watson, William...... 2 0 0 Pim, Thomas ...... 3 0 0 Pim, Thomas, jun 3 0 0 £ 1 1 15 0 Pim, Joseph T...... 3 0 0 Pim, Emma...... 0 5 0 Per Mary Edmundson— Pim, M. Agnes ...... 0 5 0 Baker, Samuel...... 0 5 0 Pim, Margaret J...... 0 5 0 Beale, John B...... 0 10 0 Pim, Gertrude...... 0 5 0 Edmundson, Mary ...... 3 0 0 Pim, Constance ...... 0 2 6 Edmundson, Joshua W.... 1 0 0 Pim, Jonathan E...... 0 5 0 Edmundson, Charlotte ... 1 0 0 Pim, H. Leopold...... 0 5 0 Edmundson, Eliza ...... 1 0 0 Pim, Mary, E...... 0 2 6 Fayle, Priscilla...... 0 10 0 Pim, Eveleen E ...... 0 2 6 Fisher, Thomas W 0 10 0 Pim, Priscilla ...... 0 8 0 Harvw, Joshua, M.D. ... 1 0 0 Pim, Hannah J...... 0 10 0 Hill, James ...... 1 0 0 Pim, Jane...... 0 2 6 Hill, Samuel E...... 0 10 0 Scott, Letitia ...... 0 5 0 Morris, H. & E...... 1 0 0 Walpole, George...... 1 0 0 Peet, Samuel Yallis 1 0 0 Walpole, Edward...... 1 0 0 Penrose, F. G...... 0 5 0 Roberts, Rebecca...... 0 5 0 £76 7 6 Robinson, Hannah 0 2 6 118 £ s. d. £ s. d. D ublin, per Mary Edmundson, D ublin, per Henrietta Neale, Continued— Continued— Shaw, John...... 0 5 0 Webb, Thomas H 0 Shackleton, J. F...... 0 10 0 Webb, Arthur...... 0 Shackleton, Jane W 0 10 0 Wheeler, Thomasina ...... 0 1 Shackleton, William E. ... 0 2 6 Shackleton, Mary E 0 2 6 £8 15 0 Shackleton, Abraham 0 10 0 Shackleton, Richard ...... 0 5 0 Bbay, per Susanna Pim— Webb, John...... 2 0 0 Bewley, Margaret H 0 4 0 White, Joshua...... 3 0 0 Bewley, Maria Louisa ... 0 1 0 0 White, Martha ...... 1 0 0 Bewley, Eveline ...... 0 3 0 Wighain, John R...... 1 0 0 Bewley, Ernest ...... 0 3 0 Williams, J. E...... 0 10 0 Evans, M. H...... 0 2 6 Williams, P. M...... 0 10 0 F. T...... 0 10 0 Williams, Susan ...... 0 2 6 Pattison, Henry...... 10 0 0 Pim, Huldah ...... 0 5 0 £23 5 0 Pim, J. H...... 0 2 0 Pim, M. A...... 0 2 0 Pim, E. L...... 0 1 6 Per Henrietta Neale— Wigham, Henry...... 2 0 0 A Friend ...... 0 1 0 Abbott, Mary Y...... 0 2 0 £14 3 0 Bowles, Hannah...... 0 1 0 Bowles, Robert ...... 0 5 0 Chubchtown, per Helen F. Heather- Downes, Alexander 0 5 0 Alien, Catherine...... 0 10 Douglas, John...... 0 10 0 Edmondson, John ...... 0 2 Douglas, Jacob ...... 0 2 0 Edmondson, T. and A. ... 0 Douglas, John, iun...... 0 2 6 Heather, W . A ...... 0 Douglas, Mary 1...... 0 2 0 Hill, Anna ...... 0 Douglas, Maggie P...... 0 1 0 Lynch, Ann...... 0 Douglas, Annie ...... 0 1 0 Williams, Henry...... 0 Douglas, 8usie...... 0 0 6 Williams, Henrietta ...... 0 Douglas, Sinton ...... 0 1 0 Woods, Adam ...... 0 10 Halhday, John ...... 0 5 0 Halliday, Emily ...... 0 2 6 £2 7 6 Halliday, Anna ...... 0 2 6 Ballintobe— Halliday, Mary ...... 0 2 6 Corvill, Eliza ...... 0 2 6 Lidbetter, Robert M 0 5 0 Haughton, Jonathan 0 5 0 Lidbetter, S. S...... 0 2 6 Haughton, Joseph ...... 0 5 0 Neale, S. S...... 0 1 0 Haughton, Lydia M 0 2 6 Neale, Anna...... 0 2 0 Haughton, William 0 2 0 Neale, Henrietta...... 0 2 0 Jeffares, Anna...... 0 3 0 Neale, Arabella ...... 0 1 0 Lidbetter, Thomas 0 2 0 Pedlow, Rachel ...... 0 2 0 Morrison, John ...... 0 2 0 PedloWjSinton ...... 0 2 0 Morrison, Joseph...... 0 5 0 Pillar, William (2 years) . 0 10 0 Morrison, Mary J 0 2 0 Thompson, Jane...... 0 2 0 Poole, Benjamin...... 0 2 0 Turtle, Joseph F...... 0 1 0 Poole, Joseph ...... 0 5 0 Turtle, Henry F...... 0 1 0 Waring, Anna...... 0 3 6 Wallace, Hugh ...... 1 0 0 Waring, Sophia ...... 0 3 6 Wardell, Lizzie ...... 0 1 0 Waring, Thomas...... 0 2 6 Watson, Susanna ...... 1 0 0 Waring, William...... 0 10 0 Watson, Samuel H 2 0 0 Webb, Sarah ...... 0 5 0 £2 17 6 119 £ s. d. £ s. d. Belfast— Carlow— Bell, Elias H...... 1 0 0 Davis, A. & S. (Limerick) 1 0 0 Bell, Ellinore ...... 0 10 0 Morris, Isabella ...... 0 5 0 Bell, Joseph ...... 1 0 0 Boucher, William James... 0 5 0 £ 1 5 0 Clibbom, William ...... 1 0 U Cunningham, E. and D.... 0 2 6 Clara, per R. Goodbody— Gilmore, William...... 0 5 0 Goodbody, Frederick R.... 2 10 0 Gilmore, William John ... 0 5 0 Goodbody, Hannah P. ... 1 0 0 Greer, Thomas, M.P 0 10 0 Goodbody, J. Clibbom ... 2 10 0 Hanna, Thomas A 0 2 6 Goodbody, Jonathan ...... 10 0 0 Jackson, Thomas...... 1 0 0 Goodbody, J. Perrv...... 5 0 0 Lockwood, Frederick W. 0 2 6 Goodbody, Lewis F ...... 10 0 0 Malcomson, James 0 2 6 Goodbody, Marcus ...... 10 0 0 Malcomson, Greer ...... 0 5 0 Goodbody, Marcus, jun.... 1 0 0 Marsh, Joseph C...... 1 0 0 Goodbody, Richard 5 0 0 O’Brien, William D 0 5 0 Perry, M iss...... 2 10 0 O’Brien, Louis F...... 0 7 6 Pim, E. Wakefield 0 5 0 £49 10 0 Pim, John ...... 1 10 0 Pim, Joshua...... 1 0 0 Clonm el, per Edward Beale— Pim, Robert B...... 2 0 0 Beale, Edward...... 0 2 6 Pim, Sarah ...... 1 0 0 Fayle, Benjamin...... 1 0 0 Smith, Edward ...... 1 0 0 Grubb, J. H...... 0 2 6 Shaw, John...... 0 1 0 Grubb, Susanna ...... 0 12 0 Thompson, Elizabeth C.... 1 0 0 Grubb, Hannah ...... 0 10 0 Turner, Lucy ...... 0 10 0 £2 7 0 £16 S 6 Cork— Addey, George...... 0 5 0 B e s s b r o o k — A Friend ...... 0 10 0 Barcroft, H...... 2 0 0 Baker, George...... 0 5 0 Cooke, John ...... 0 2 0 Baker, Samuel...... 0 2 6 Fennell, James ...... 0 10 0 Baker, Sarah ...... 1 0 0 Lamb, S. D...... 0 3 0 Banks, John ...... 0 10 0 Richardson, James N., Beale, Alfred ...... 1 0 0 M.P...... 1 0 0 Beale, Henry H ...... 1 0 0 Richardson, John Grubb 10 0 0 Beale, J. W ...... 0 5 0 Beale, Sarah...... 0 5 0 £13 15 0 Beale, Sarah Susanna 0 5 0 Clibbom, Barclay ...... 0 5 0 B r o o k f ie l d — C. H .J ...... 0 1 0 Atkinson, Eleanor ...... 0 1 0 Harty, John P...... 1 0 0 Bell, Alexander ...... 0 3 0 Haughton, Benjamin...... 2 0 0 Bell, Richard ...... 0 2 6 Haughton, Beniamin, jun. 1 0 0 Calvert, M a ryJ ...... 0 1 6 Jacob, Alfred W ...... 2 0 0 Davidson, William W. ... 0 5 0 Martin, Mary J...... 0 10 0 Gray, W illiam ...... 0 2 6 Martin, Russell ...... 0 10 0 Green, Jacob ...... 0 2 0 Newsom, J. C...... 2 0 0 Robinson, William 0 1 0 Newsom, Samuel H 5 0 0 Swain, James ...... 0 2 6 Newsom, Lizzie B. (col­ Swain, George...... 0 1 0 lection) ...... 0 10 6 Pike, Lydia C...... 10 0 0 £1 2 0 Russell, Eliza ...... 0 5 0 120 £ s. d. £ s. d. Cobk, C on tinu ed — Lisburn, C ontinued— Strangman, T. W ...... 1 0 0 Pim, Arthur...... 1 0 0 Taylor, W ...... 0 2 6 Pim, Jonathan J...... 0 10 0 T. H ...... 0 10 0 Radley, Joseph ...... 0 2 6 Wright, Samuel ...... 0 10 0 Richardson, James N. ... 6 6 0 Wright, Thomas...... 0 10 0 Richardson, Joseph 3 0 0 Wright, William ...... 1 0 0 Richardson, J. Theodore 1 0 0 Wright, William, jun 0 10 0 Sinton, John ...... 0 5 0 Silcock, James ...... 0 2 6 £34 11 6 £14 10 6 E nniscorthy— Chapman, T...... 0 10 0 Mountmellick— Davis, A. B...... 0 5 0 Dowden, Harriett® 0 1 6 Davis, A, S...... 1 0 0 Millner, H. J...... 0 2 6 Davis, Anne...... 2 0 0 Odhem, Isabella...... 0 2 0 Davis, E. P...... 1 0 0 Pim, A. E...... 0 2 6 Davis, E. E...... 0 5 0 Pim, Lucy ...... 0 2 0 Davis, F...... 1 0 0 Smith, Humphrey ...... 0 5 0 Davis, F. H ...... 1 0 0 Townson, M. A...... 0 2 6 M. G. D...... 0 5 0 Two Friends...... 0 2 0 M. W. D...... 0 5 0 £10 0 £7 10 0 M ountrath— G r a n g e — Dickinson, S...... 0 10 0 Bareroft, W ...... 5 0 0 Neale, Richard ...... 1 0 0 Barcroft, J. H ...... 0 10 0 Bareroft, Mary...... 0 10 0 £1 10 0 Barcroft, F...... 0 10 0 Bareroft, S...... 0 5 0 R iohhill— Greeves, J. S...... 0 2 6 Allen, Alexander, D 0 5 0 Haydock, J...... 0 2 6 Allen, Anne Eliza ...... 0 2 6 Hobson, S...... 0 2 0 Allen, J. Gower ...... 0 5 0 Hobson, George ...... 0 1 0 Chapman, Thom as 0 2 0 Hobson, W ...... 0 2 0 Haydock, Sarah ...... 0 2 0 Kerr, H...... 0 1 0 Mackie, Jane ...... 0 1 6 Malcomson, S...... 1 0 0 Murray, J. G...... 0 10 0 Nicholson, H ...... 0 10 0 £ 8 6 0 Sinton, Wm. H ...... 0 2 0 Missionary Box, per E. J K nock— and M. L. Sinton ...... 0 10 0 Walpole, Arabella (of Croy­ don) ...... 4 0 0 £ 2 10 0 Rhodes, Rebecca V 0 5 0 W a t e r f o r d — £ 4 5 0 Beale, Richard ...... 0 5 0 Chapman, W . and G . 0 5 0 L isburn— Garnett, Edward...... 0 10 0 Gilchrist, A n n ...... 0 5 0 Harvey Thomas S 0 5 0 Green, J. Orr ...... 0 5 0 Jacob, Francis...... 0 10 0 Gregg, Anna B...... 0 10 0 Jacob, Edward ...... 0 10 0 Gumersall, J. T...... 0 2 6 Jacob, Anna L ...... 0 2 6 McDowell, William 0 2 0 Jacob, Anne...... 0 2 0 Pim, Anna R ...... 1 0 0 Neale, J osep h ...... 0 10 0 121 £ s. d. £ s. d. W aterford, Continued— W aterford, Continued— Peet, Anna D...... 0 5 0 White, Hannah F 0 10 0 Peet, Louisa...... 0 10 0 White, Emily ...... 0 5 0 Peet, Edward G...... 0 2 6 White, Mary ...... 0 5 0 Penrose, M. M., donation 0 3 0 White, Gertrude...... 0 2 6 Walpole, Sarah Maria ... 0 3 0 White, Thomas R...... 2 10 0 ¿1 5 9 6 White, Henry ...... 2 10 0 W e x f o r d — , White, Samuel...... 1 10 0 Johnson, Mordecai 1 0 0 White, John N...... 1 10 0 Macquillan, J...... 0 10 0 White, Henry (Summerville) 0 14 0 Thompson, J. S...... 0 5 0 White, William ...... 0 10 0 Thompson, William ...... 0 5 0 White, G. Edwin ...... Q 10 0 Wood, F...... 0 10 0 White, Eliza ...... 0 10 0 £2 10 0 Schools in Madagascar supported by First-da Schools and others in England.

TOTA SUBSCRIBERS. SCHOOL SUPPORTED. NAME OP TEACHER. 0 SCHO

F riends at Ba t h ...... Antalata ...... Bafaralahy ...... 8

"HrBPARB TwRTTTTT'I’R Amhohimanga Rajaonimanana ...... 24 J3 JJ ...... Fenoarivo ...... Rainizoaly ...... 10 „ j, ...... Ivorano ...... Rasardisaona ...... 10 JJ JJ ...... Andranomanjakakely. Rajoely...... 11 ...... Ambohibahoaka ...... Rajaofera ...... 8 „ „ ----•• Ambatoasana ...... Rajaonary ...... 18 ?> 51 ...... Belanitra ...... Rajaono ...... 11 Ramifiringa (Evangelist). Itinerary Exps. o f ditto .

Birmingham. Adult Class No. I. ... Andrainarivo...... Ravoatra...... 13 „ „ No. II. ... Miadamanjaka...... Ratsifitahina ...... 8 M ahabo...... Rainihasy...... 37 Pnory School ...... Anosivola ...... Rainisoahamoka...... 5

Brighouse and Oldfield N ook ...... Amboatavo ...... Rabenjamina ...... 10

f Amboanana...... Andriantsimalia...... 12 Bradford ...... 1 Ambohidehibe ...... Rainitsimandresy ...... 5

Bristol ...... Imerikanjaka ...... Rainiketabao ...... 11

Darlington S. M. Class Ambohimandry ...... Rainikoto...... 9

Kendal. Adult School...... Tuirapgftinft ...... RAmn.ngasn.ta...... 3 Junior School ...... Ambohidanerana...... Ramananjaona ...... 46

Leeds. Gt. Wilson Street...... Ambohibololona ...... Ramahery ...... 15 Carlton Hill ...... Manalalondo...... Rakotovao ...... 20 York Road...... Ambohifonitrimo Andriaminahy ...... 16

Leominster ...... Ambohipierenana...... Andriamitsinjo ...... 34

Liverpool ...... Tangaina ...... Rainisaholy...... 17

Mohkstown ...... Ambohipandrano...... Ramanandraisoa ...... 7

Sheffield. 1st Class Men ...... Manjaka ...... Rainitrimo ...... 4 2nd Class Men ...... ) Ampahimanga ...... Ravalomanana ...... 17 1st Class Women ... )

Anne Fowler ...... Isaha ...... Ranaivo ...... 17

L. & L. B. F o w ler ...... Mftnankafiirm ...... Andrianantoanina...... 8

Peckham...... Ambohimangidy ...... Rafaralahy ...... 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page Title P age...... 1 Officers, Committee, and Sub-Committees ...... 3 Rules ...... 4 General Report ...... 5 India—Sub-Committee’s Report ...... 7 Madagascar— Ditto ...... 11 China— Ditto ,...... 16 General Balance Sheet...... IS Madagascar Ditto ...... 20 Hoshangabad Ditto ...... 21 Sohagpur Ditto ...... 22 George Sturge’s Gift ...... 23 Contingent Fund—Capital and Deposit Accounts...... 25 Annual Meeting ...... 26 Indian Reports.— Hoshangabad : Samuel Baker’s Report ...... 32 „ „ Anna Baker’s Report ...... 39 „ Rachel Metcalfe’s Report ...... 41 „ „ Ellen Nainb/s Report ...... 43 „ Sohagpur : John H. Williams’ Report...... 43 „ „ Effie Williams’ Report ...... 52 Madagascar Reports.— Henry E. Clark’s Report ...... 54 „ R. M. Clark’s Report...... 60 „ William Johnson’s Report...... 63 „ William Wilson’s Report ...... 66 „ Herbert F. Standing’s Report ...... 71 „ Lucy A. Standing’s Report ...... 75 „ Clara Herbert’s Report ...... 76 „ Ellen Gilpin’s Report...... 78 „ John C. Kingzett’s Report...... 80 „ J. Tregelles Fox’s Report...... 83 Statement of Work done at Printing Office, Madagascar ...... 84 List of Missionaries of the F.F.M.A...... 86 List of Correspondents...... 87 Totals of Subscriptions and Donations ...... 92 Subscriptions and Donations ...... 94 IRISH AUXILIARY :~ Committee...... 114 Names of Correspondents ...... 115 Cash Account...... 116 Subscriptions and Donations...... 117 List of Schools in Madagascar supported by First-day Schools and others in England ...... 122 FORM OF BEQUEST.

“ I give and bequeath unto the Treasurer for the time being of the Friends’ Foreign Mission Association, established in the year 1867, the sum of pounds sterling, to be applied towards the general purposes of the said Association. And I direct the said last-mentioned Legacy to be paid exclusively out of such part of my personal estate as may be legally applied in payment of Charitable Legacies, and the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being of the said Association shall be a sufficient discharge for the said Legacy.”

If a Testator wishes the Legacy to be free from duty, the following words must be added to the above form :— “ And I direct the said last-mentioned Legacy to be paid free from Legacy Duty, which I direct to be paid by my Executors out of the same Fund.”

*»* Devises of land, or money charged on land, or secured on mortgage of lands or tenements, or to be laid out in lands or tenements, or to arise from the sale of land or tenements, are void, if designed for charitable pur­ poses ; but money or stock may be given by Will, if not directed to be paid out in land.