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r■. r —f..' „■ ■Z/t day mission THE \ > / /?6 RARB A Q ^ ANNUAL REPO OE THE COMMITTEE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FOB. T H E Y E A S ENDING MARCH THE THIRTY-FIRST, M.DCGC.LXXVII. WITH A LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS, BEING A CONTINUATION OP THE PERIODICAL ACCOUNTS. LONDON : WONTED BY YATES AND ALEXANDER. CHAKCEBY*' BUILDINGS, 23, CHANCEÌVT LANE. TO BE HAD AT THE MISSION HOUSE, 19, CASTLE STREET, HOLBORN, B.C. 1877, N.B.— THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS OP THE PARENT SOCIETY ABE MADE DP ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OP MARCH, PREVIOUS TO WHICH ALL CON TRIBUTIONS MUST BE FORWARDED : IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT TTTF, CUBRENT YEAR OP AUXILIARIES SHOULD BE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, TO ALLOW TIME FOE THE REMITTANCE OF CONTRI BUTIONS. contents. Notice in reference to Bequests ... ... ... ... ... jv' Committee and Officers for 1877-78 ... ... ... ... ... " v Honorary Members ... ... ... ... District and Corresponding Secretaries ... ... ... ... Ti Plan and Regulations of the Society ... ... ... ... * ... viii Minntes of the General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... x Annual Public Meeting ... ... ... ... *” ... *** ... E e p o b t ... „. ... ... ... ... ... ... *" I; General Testimonies of Brethren to the Year’s Work ... .. ... 2 Hindrances ... ... .. ... ... ... a The Native Churches ... ... ... ... ... ... ... q Bible and Publication Work .................... ... ... ... ... <) Bible Circulation ... ... ... ... 12 Auxiliary Work ... ... ... ... ... ... ... "* 14 The Missionary Staff ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Finances................................. 22 REPORT in. detail of Missionary Stations ... ... ... ... 25; APPENDIX No. I. Stations,.Missionaries, and Native Preachers ... ... ... ... m APPENDIX No. n . Statistics for 1676-7 ... ... ... ... ... 117 Summary for 1876 ... ... _ ... ... *"* . *’* 123 APPENDIX No. III. Amounts Contributed and Expended at Stations ... ... _ 124 APPENDIX No. IY. Annual Subscriptions ... ... ... .... ... ... jjjg Collections at Annual Services ... ... ... ... ... 125 Donations ... ... ... .... ... .... ... i26 Donations in response to “ Special,Appeal ” .... .... ... .... 127 Legacies ... ... .... ... ... ... 128 Contributions from Auxiliaries .... „ . ... ... .... 129 Dividends, Interest, House Aocounti &c., ... ... ... „..21 6 Special Contributions, for Mission. House, at Falmouth and TTnHy Station«^ Jamaica... ... ... ... ... 217 „ for Sonthal Minion ... ... ... ... 218 „ for Jamaica Education Band ... ... 218 » Gaohar Missies ... ... ... 218 „ for Mission at Spezria;.. .... ... __ " 218 „ for St. Helena Mission ... ... ... ... 218 »• for Bengal Famine Fond. ... ... ... 218 „ for Colombo Minion Premises ... ... ... 218 Summary of Gan tribu turns... ... .... 219 APPENDIX No.Y. General Summary of. Cash Account ... .... 220 Abstract of the Cash Account .... ... ... ... ... 222 . Widows’ and Qrphan8>,and Superannuated MIsakmaries’ Account ... ... 225K Speoi&l Funds Account ... .... ... ... ... 230 Legacy Eeaerve Eund ... .................. ... 2312 Legacies during the last Ten Year» .... ... ... ... 2»** Life- Subt ribaix ... — M __ ... ... 23b Buies and Regulations for Auxiliaries ... ... ... ... 2S9 iv EIGHTY-FIFTH REPORT. [1877. NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO BEQUESTS. As the kind intentions of some of the deceased friends of the Society have been rendered abortive for want of correct knowledge of the laW relating to Charitable Bequests, the Committee call special attention to the folloWing directions:— By Statute 6 Geo. II. cap. 36, commonly called the Mortmain Act, it is enacted, Section 1, that after the 24th June, 1736, “ no manors,lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, cor poreal or incorporeal, whatsoever; nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate Whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be given, granted, alienated, limited, released, transferred, assigned, or appointed, or any Ways conveyed or settled to, or upon, any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, or otherwise, for any estate or interest whatsoever, or any Ways charged or incumbered by any person or persons whatsoever in trust, or for the benefit of any charitable uses Whatsoever, u n l e s s such gift, conveyance, appointment, or settlement of any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, sum or sums of money, or personal estates (other than stocks in the public funds) be, and be made by d e e d , indented, sealed and delivered, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, twelve calendar months at least b e f o r e t h e d e a t h of such donor or grantor (including the days of the execution and death), and be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, within six calendar months next after the execution thereof; a n d u n l e s s such s t o c k » be transferred in the public books usually keptfor the transfer of stock, six calendar months at least before the death of such donor or grantor (including the days of the transfer and death), a n d u n l e s s the same be made to take effect in p o s s e s s i o n for the charitable uses intended immediately from the making thereof; a n d b e W i t h o u t any powe of revocation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation clause or agreement whatsoever, for the benefit of the donor or grantor, or any person or persons claiming under Mm." The third section of the statute enacts “ That all gifts, grants, conveyances, appointments, assurances, transfers, and settlements whatsoever, of any lands, tenements, or other hereditaments, or of any estate cr interest therein, or of any charge or incumbrance affecting or to affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any stock, money, goods, chattels, or other personal estate, or securities for money to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, or of any charge or incumbrance affecting, or to affect, the same to, or in trust for, any charitable uses whatsoever, which shall at any time from and after the 24th June, 1736, be made in any oilier form than by this Act is directed and appointed, shall be a b s o l u t e l y , and to all intents and purposes, n u l l a n d v o i d .” Upon these enactments it may be observed:— 1st. That the Baptist Missionary society is a Charitable Institution, within the meaning of this Act. 2ndly. Land, money arising out of land, or money secured on land wholly or partly, and Whether freehold or leasehold, can be given to a charity only by deed in manner directed by the statute. 3rdly. Not only cannot a will pass to a charity any property of the above description, but no money- legacy given to a charity can be satisfied out of such property. If, therefore, a testator has only land, mortgages, rent-charges, debentures, or securities on land, the legacy Will fail altogether; if his estate be mixed it Will fail to the extent of the proportion of this property to pure personalty. If A. having £1,500; namely. £500 at his bankers, and ¿1,000 on mortgage, gives £100 to a charity, the bequest will only be worth £33 6i. 8d. Railway and canal shares are pure personalty, und may be used to satisfy a charitable lcgacy, but not railway debentures. By 1 Vic. cap. 26, sec. 9, it is further enacted, “ That no will shall be valid, unless it shall be in writing, and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned (that is to say): it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the Testator, or by some other person in his presence or by his direction: and such signa ture shall be made or acknowledged by the Testator in the presence of two or mare Witnesses present at the same time ; and such Witnesses shall attest and sh»U subscribe the will in the presence of the Testator; tut no Form of Attestation shall be necessary.” N.B.—Wills executed prior to the first day of January, 1838, are not affected by this act; but any alteration therein, or codicil thereto, must be executed in the manner before mentioned. ■The following Form of Bequest may be safely adopted by those Who wish to bequeath such property as may be left by will for this purpose FORM OF BEQUEST. I give to the Treasurer or Ti-easurers for the time being, of the Baptist Missionary Society, the sum of £ sterling, to be paid exclusively out of such parts of my personal estate, not specifically bequeathed, as may lawfully be given by will to charity, and not to abate wnle&s there should be no other fund for the payment in full of my other legacies, and in such case only rateably with my otfter pecuniary or general legacies. I f any friends Wish to bequeath property for Translations or Schools, it is .'only necessary to say Instead of the General Fund, the Translation Fund, or the School Fund. It is proper to observe, that the aboyé restrictive statute does not extend to Scotland, Ireland, or the Colonics. 1877.] EIGHTY-FIFTH REPORT. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS— 1877-78. ta S ttttr.—JOSEPH TRITTON, Esq. Pmtcrrarg Sttttiarg.—EDWARD BEAN UNDERHILL, Esq., l l .d . «^eraisries. R ev. CLEMENT BAILHACHE. Mr. ALFRED HENRY BAYNES, F.S.S. (Kimnratt«. BACON, Me. J. P. WalthamstoW. BAYNES. M r . W. W., J.P. and D.L................................................. London. BENHAM, Mr. J A S . ........................................................... Bloomsbury. BIGWOOD, R e v . J. Sutton. BLOOMFIELD, R e v . J. .... Gloucester. BOOTH, R e v . S. H. London. BOWSER, M r . A. T., F.R.G.S..............................................Clapton. BROWN, Rev. J.