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PRO DEO ETECCLESIA.

-QUAR.TERLY PAPER.

No. 34.

JUNE,· 1905~ ..

~riee · 56reepenee.

... 1on~on: MERSER & SoNs, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 268-270, KENNINGTON RoAD, S.E. SEE OF RANGOON. List of Clergy and English Missionaries.

(Note.-The date given is that of arrival in the i\tlission of English Missionaries, of Ordination of Native Clergy).

Bz"shop. The Rigqt Rev. A. M. Knight, D.D., formerly Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. (Consecrated on S. Matthias' Day, 1903). Bishop's Chaplatn. Rev. F. E. TROTMAN, B.A., Selwyn College, Cambridge ... 1904 S. P. G. Bunftese Mis~ion . Rev. ·E. H. DAY, S . Augustine's College, Canterbury- Moulmein 1~9(i Rev. T . FISHER, S. Augustine's ·College, Canterbury- 1898 (on furlough) ·.- Rev. V. N. KEMP, B.A., Sidney Sussex College, c~mbridge -S. Gabriel 's, Rangoon 1904 Rev. H. E. PRICE, Lichfield Theological College-Moulmein 1904 Rev. W. C. B. PuRSER, lY.[.A ., S. John's College, Cambridge. --"-S. John's College, Rangoon · 1904 Rev. D. Po SA,._I{yaiklat 1901 Rev. S. Po THET-Kemmendine ... 1901 Rev. H. M. STOCKINGS, S. Augustine's College, Canterbury -All Saints, Shwebo 1886 Rev. A. E. TAYLOR, Dorchester Missionary College-S. Barnabas, Rangoon 1901 Rev. G. WHITEHEAD, B.A., Lo'ndon-S. Michael's Kerrimen,.. dine 1888 Mr. E. A. BAMBER-S. John's College, Rangoon ... 1899 Mr. J .. T. •BE:Sir, M.A., Cambridge-S. John's College, Rangoon .. . , 1897 S. P. G. Winchester Mission-Burmese-at Mandalay. Rev. R. S. FYFFE, M.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge-:- . 1904

S. P. G. ~aren Mission. Rev. AQUAH-Lerko, Toungoo 1896 iii.

Rev. J. HACKNE.Y, S. Augustine's College,' Canterbury- S. Paul's, Toungoo 1889 Rev. HAI-l LAv-Athader 1899 Rev. HAITAU-Thraupu 1899 Rev. P. H. KIRKHAM, M.A., Trinity Colleg·e, Oxford- S. Luke'll, Toungo) 1901 Rev. ]. MAu SAH PAu-Kasahder 1884 Rev-. PAn U-Titupu 1901 Rev. PAu KEH-Kasheechee 1899 Rev. T. PEI:.LAKO, Morkooder 1891 Rev. RoPEH-Thabahper 1899 Rev. SHWAY LAn~Samapatee 1899 Rev. TABBER BER-Yayshah 1899 Rev. TARRUAH-Wathoco 1878 Rev. YEAPOH-Thelepwah 1899 Mr. D. SHIELDS-S. Luke's School, Toungoo 1903

S. P. G. Tamil and Telegu illission. Rev. T. ELLIS, M.A., S. Augustine's College, Canterbury, and Hatfield Hall, .Durham (on furlough) 1888 Rev. G. LAZARus-Moulmein 1903

S. P. G. Mission, Nicobar Islands. Mr. SoLOMON-Car Nicobar ... 1885

Additional Clergy Society (Burm,t9. Rev. H. M. BRAY-Akyab 1899 Rev. J. MEREDITH CHAPUN, S. Aidan 's Theological College -:-Bassein' 1899 Rev. R. H. CouRTEN AY,. M. A., Trinity College, Dublin-S. Philip 's, Rangoon 190:.{ Rev: C. W. HODDER, B.A., Victoria University·-Mandalay Town 1900 Rev. E. LAT~IAM,_M .A., Christ's College, Cambridge-·Insein 1904

Government Chaplains. Rev. H. W. BLANDFORD, B.A., S , John's College, Oxford ~fu~~ . ~ . Rev. W. G. BuRRoua'lis, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin- Dagshar, Punjab ... 1890 Rev.· R. W . CAMPBELL, B.A., Corpus Cf risti College, Cam- bridge-Rangoon . 1904. Rev. J. H. CoLLINS, Schol. Cane., Truro-Meiktila .. . l 893 iv.

Rev. C. P. CoRY, M.A., S. John's College, Cambridge- . (on f•nlough• 1892 V en. Archdeacon J. P. DYER, M.A,, Hatfield Hall, Durham -Shwebo 1885 Rev. G. A. ELLARY, B.A., Wadham College, Oxford-Bhamo 1901 Rev. A. H. FINN, Schol. Cane., Lincoln-Cathedral, Rangoon 1885 Rev. A. R. E. LIDBETTER, M.A., Queen's College, Cain- bridge-Thayetmyo. · · . ., 1904 Rev. J. ' Low, M.A., Aberdeen-Mandalay and Maymyo 188~ Rev. G. H. SEELEY, S. Bees' Theological College-Port Blair .i894 Connected with the Women's Missionary Association, . S. P. G. Moulinein-Mrs. SwoP. · · Miss REDPATH. Two Native Teacht'rs. Rangoon-Miss LAUGHLIN ... 1899 Miss DARLINGTON, B.A. Miss ELUOTT 1903 Eurasian and Native Teachers. Toungoo-Mrs. KIRKHAM (Honorary) 1901 Miss FISHER 1902 Five Native Teachers.

Shwebo-Miss MAHON 1901 · Miss SWAIN 1902 Two Native Teachers. Missions tu Seamen-Ratrgoon. \ Rev. T. WRIGHT, B.A., Royal Univer~ity, Irela~d 1904 The Bishop's Commissaries in England. Rev. H. J. C. KNIGHT, M.A., Clergy Training -School, Cambridge. Rev. G • .CECIL WHITE, M.A., Nursling Rectory, Southampton . . M embers in England. · · • ir i Rev. H. W. BLANDFORD, Hawkchurch, Ax~:ninster. Rev. C. P. CoRv, Sedbergf>, Yorkshire. R~v. T. ELLIS; The·Willows, Ellesmerf>,·Salop. Rev. T. FISHER. 6, E·fward Road, Canterbury: Rev. B. MAHON, S. Philip, Heigham, · Norwich (retired). Rev. H, KENNEY~ 10, Bulmershe Road, Reading (temporarily" retired), Rev . . Dr. MARKs, 147, Lo~·er Aqdi~combe Rpad, Croydon (retired). v.

Diocesan and·. Local Secretaries. Diocese of Bath and Wells-Mrs. CHARD, Ilton, Ilminster. Diocese of Bristol-Mrs. T. M. HoUGI-ITON, 30, We-st Mall Clifton, Bristol. · ' Diocese of Carhsle-J. H. KILBURN, Esq., Lodge Terr;,;ce, Brou~hton- . in. Furness, Diocese of Can:terbury-Rev. E. ·B. SPURGIN, Th~ Vicarage, Sidcup. Diocese of Chic~ester-Miss CHE.PMELL, Carey House, Hurstpierpoint. : Dioceses of Durham and Newcastle-W. B. RowNTREE, Esq., North View, Bishop Auckland. Diocese of Ely-Rev. H. TAYLOR, Lavenha.m, Suffolk. Diocese of Exeter-Mrs. RICKARD, Lindisfarne, Vicarage Road, Chelston, Torquay. Diocese of Lichfield- Stoke-on-Trent-C. R. THoM ... s, Esq., 29 Sheppard Street. Dioceses of Lincoln and Southwell-Miss HooGKI"

GUILD OF WORKERS. Members make articles for sale in England for · the benefit of the Rangoon Diocesa11 Association F:unds. The articles may be .sent either to the Secretaries in London for the . November Sale, or to a Branch Secretary for a local $ale. Hon. Secretaries-Miss LATHOM BROWNE, 1, Talbot Road, West. boume Park, W. Miss LEVIEN (for London), 22, Croftdown Road, Highgate, Road, N.W. - . ' . ,

STUDENT'S FUND. £8 maintains a Burman or Karen for a year in the Kemmendine Institute for training Teachers and Clergy.

SCHOOL · CHI~DREN'S FUND. For the support of orphan and .other children in the S.P.G. Schools. Amount required :-£3 a year for a Karen boy or girl at Toungoo; £4 for a Burmese boy or girl at Shwebo; £7 for Tamil boy, £5 for Tamil girl at · S. Gabriel's, Rangoon ; £5 for a .Burmese boy or girl at Moulmein ; £6 for a Burmese boy or girl at Rangoon ; /4 for a Burme~e boyat Mandalay. Note.-Jt is not necessary for a Scho~L wishing to maintain a child to pledge itself to raise the full amount in the first year or in any year-only to do as much as it can. Miss LANGTON, All Saints' Vicarage, Haggerston, London, N.E., will be pleased to furnish information.

NEWSPAPERS FOR THE MISSIONARIES. Friends willing to send· weekly, monthly, or quarterly papers and magazines to any of the Missionaries should communicate with- Miss N. LANGTON, All Saints' · Vicarage, Haggerston, London, N.F., who keeps lists of papers sent, and. papers desired.

'. • • COLLECTING BOXES. These can be obtained of the General or Diocesan Secretaries.

SERMONS, ADDRESSES, .AND LECTURES. The Ge~~r:\1 ;md Diocesan Secretaries will be ·glad 'to give or arrange for Sennons, Address.es ·or Lectures (with or without Lantern), and Ora wing Room Meetings. · RANGOON DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION. President. The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF RANGOON. Patrons. His GRACE THE . The. . The BISHOP oF PETERBORou(1H. THE . The . The . - The BISHOP OF S. ALBANS. The . The BISHOP oF SouTHWARK. The . The BISHOP OF W AKEFIELD. The . Ttie . The . The . The BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE. "''The Right Rev. BISHOP The . STRACHAN. Vice-Presidents. Sir ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT, C.C.S.I., Newtown House, Ne,vbury. The Rev. Canon BAILEY, Canterbury. The Very Rev. the DEAN OF ·MANCHESTER. F. S. CoPLESTON, Esq,, late Chief Justice of Burma. Sir FREDERICK FRYER (late Lieutenant Governor). _ The Rev. M. LAMllERT (formerly Senior Chapiain, B~ngal). The Rev. J. E. MARKS, D.D. (late S.P.G. Missionary in Burma). The Rev. Dr. 0LIVER, Vicarage, Ealing, W. Rev. Canon SKELTON, The Grove, Lincotn. (formerly Principal of Bishop's CoiJege, Calcutta), Rev. Canon STEPHENSON, · Boston Vicarage. (formerly Senior Chaplain, Bengal). Commissaries. *The Rev. H. j, C. KNIGHT, 32, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. *tThe Rev. G. CECIL WHITE, Nursling Rectory, Southampton. Committee. Miss LATHOM-BROWJ\IE, 1, Talbot Road, W. Rev. A. G. CLARKE, Cedars, High Street, Battersea, S.W. H. F. CLARKE, Esq., 9, Wroughton Road, Battersea, S.\V. Rev. G; H. CoLBECK, Chaplain to H.l.M. Forces, South Africa. tRev. R. HARVEX, Bursledon, ·Southampton. Miss HooGKINSON. Miss E. M. KNIGHT, 32, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. _ Miss LANGTON, AIJ Saints' Vicarage, H.aggerston, N. E. tMiss G. F. MARTIN, 5, Oxford Square, Hyde Park, W. tRev. G. W. MINNS, Weston, Southampton. Rev. A. SHILLITo, Warden of Caius College Mission, Battersea, S.W. tRev. Canon VALPY, The Close, Winchester. Oeneral .Secretary and Editor of Quarterly Paper. tRev. p H. CooKE, 66, Mount Pleasant Lane, Clapton, N.E., to ~hom all communications should be addressed. -*Members of Committee. - tMe.tnbers of Winchester Sub-Committee. Bankers. LLoYo's BANK, LIMITED, 16, St. James' Strectt W. MAP OF

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THE BISHOP'S LETTERS. No. 1. Rangoon, March 3rd, 1905. DEAR MR. CooKE, I must congratulate. you all on the very fine work of 1904:. It has far exceeded my expectations, and immensely lightened our labours. The support uf children at the various schools is a very great relief to the. Missionaries, clerical and lay, who are in charge. Time after time I have heard them speak of this, and of their hopes that owing to this support more children might be admitted. On my return last month from the Karen Hills with Mr. Hackney, we came down with a "bag" of four boys. In the last two villages visited we had appealed for children to come down to · Toungoo. Out of this vast district with perhaps 8000 of our Christians, not quite 50 children are receiving the good Christian teaching and civilizing influences which we can gjve at Toungoo, and which they cannot get in their wild, though Christian,. homes. Toungoo is a kind! of University to these villages. So we captured four little fellows, who put their all into a Shan bag slung over the shoulder, and trotted down with us, and two more are to· follow. But who is to pay for their board and lodging? In part their parents, .but we, too, must pay something. It was great fun having these bright-eyed little fellows with us. Now comes the sober time with the grave question of their expenses. This I mention only as an example of what goes on in all our schools. Some stuff was needed for altar frontals in the Karen Churches. I advanced £5 from my General Fund. It wiU probably be repaid, but remain in Miss Knig-ht's hands as working capital. , Now for our outlook for the year. (1). We must build Mr. Stockings a new house (the Mission House was burnt down some years ago). This will cost probably Rs. 8,000-£530. I can see the way to Rs. 4:,000, perhaps Rs. 6,000, from S.P~G. funds. so

(2). At Moulmein, S. Acgustine's Church ·(S.P.G.) must have a new roof, Rs. 2,000----'-£140. 'Vc have no money for this as yet. (3). At Kyaiklat, where is good David Po Sah, the Deacon, and where from considerable distances gathered up on Christmas Day some 150 Burmese Christians, we have secured a little plot of land. Here Mr. \Vhitehead wants to see a small School.,.Chtirch built. At present David holds the school in his own house. There are about 30 Christians in the· place itself, and others at various distances. Yes, we need a Church badly. This is one of those little centres of work among Burmese, mainly conducted by Burmese, which we must encourage. They will give what they can; but we need Rs. 2,000-£140. (4). Then there is the Rest House at Thandaung. Its erection proceeds with Eastern deliberateness, and the cost has mounted up with Western, speed to Rs. 4,000~not an expensive price we thin~. We haveRs. 2,000. (5). There is another very happy expenditure soon to be met. Several men trained at Kemmendine will be going out to work. They will need stipends. Also a new student or two are at pre,.sent unprovided for. I mean we have not the cost of their keep met by any Society. Possibly, too, we might find some additional Karen Catechists and teachers­ certainly, if some high hopes I have prove correct. (6). There is also the new Chapel at S. John's ·college. The fund has not grown much since the Rev. Dr. Marks sent his collected £106. But no doubt he is still at work, and ere long we must begin here. There you have the main expenses which I can foresee. Nos~ 3 and 4 are perhaps the most suitable for R. D. A. The block grant of the S.P.G. is at present a little less pressed than before, because so ·many Clergy have gone off our list. But if ,we get recruits-and I pray that we may­ we shall be growling and begging again.. Meanwhile we are paying off the debt, the money ~e overdrew at Delahay Street during the great trial of 1902-3. Locally we have raised more money than in previous years. So I think the outlook good. SI

I hope no subscriptions, sales, etc., will be dropped. \Ve depend on you to go forward and not backward. You may, I think, with much confidence, assume that all these re­ quests for· m~ney indicate the reverse of stagnation here, indeed progress1 though it is hard to gauge. Once more I thank Gon for the splendid results of 1904. If you could hear how often I say, "the R.D.A. funds will allow of that " you would know that my words were not lightly uttered or without sound foundation. Yours most truly in the Lord, ARTHUR M. RANGOON.

No. 2.· Rangoon, April 27th, 1905. DEAR MR. CooKE, I am now in a position to let the members of R.D.A. know how I have disposed· of the money. they have so splendidly raised for our work here. The sums ear-marked for various special purposes have been paid over by me at once to our S.P.G. Treasurer, and by him sent to those in charge of the respective schools, Missions and funds. I need refer no more to them. My' object here is to show what I have uom:. with · other sums left, for the most part, at my disposal. These consisted of £120 from R.D.A. for 1903, £159 Ss. for 1904-(Note,~ Last draft of £5 18s. not included.-P.H.C. )-and the £140 '' to be used at my discretion '' (Nos. 1 and 2 on page 43 of March Quarterly Paper). Altogether, with some interest on deposit, and one or two sums received by me here without your knowledge and a small balance from my last published account (March Q. P., 1904) they amount to £458--'--Rs. 6705. · This has been expended thus :- Rupees. S.P.G. Building Fund, £200 3000 Rev. T. Ellis,. for Catechist, £6 100 Rev. G. Whitehead- Christmas Festival at Kemmendine, £3 ... 51 School Orphans at Kyaiklat, £32 1904-5 480 Missionaries' Health and Holiday Fu~d, .£29 (6 grants) ... 4:35 Rev. J. Hackney- Karen Clergy Fund, £17 255 Distress Fund, £4 60 Rev. W. C. B. Purser- For Mission Purposes, £1 24 Bishop's General Fund; £74 ll08 Rangoon Cathedral Fund, £5 74 G.F.S., £5 75 Balance, .£69 1043

Rs. 6705

All in round numbers. Let me explain some of the items. The largest sum-£200-was given to help the expensive buildings at S. John's College, at Kemmendine, and at Shwebo, all in the process of erection. For these I asked you for .£150. You see what I have got. This is an immense aid. The other items are much smaller, but they illustrate the work of the Diocese. THE BISHOP's GENERAL FuND.-In this I put sums which it seems well not to allocate at once more definitely. The fund has been of great service, especially in making grants to small English congregations who have found themselves in difficulties 6wing to expensive church reeairs. Their -contributions are met by a grant from this fund. From it, too, such works as Mogok Church ilnd the House of Rest at Thandaung will shortly be asking help. MisSIONARIES' HoLIDAYs.-Holidays here often cost a good deal, and where the need is urgent I have been able to REV. T. fiSH ER, JV\RS . fiSH ER AND T AMI L CHRISTIANS, JV\AN DALAY.

53 assist. I must ask you all to believe that I do not deal recklessly in this matter, or merely save myself from private assistance. THE KAREN CLERGY.-For the last two years the sums raised locally have been insufficient, in spite of quite liberal contributions from the Karens themselves. But in future I think further help will be unnecessary, as the . native contributions increase. DISTRESS AMONG THE KARENS.-Owing to failure of crops, I expected to be asked for a larger sum, but Mr. Kirkham and Mr. Hackney have been able to meet the need. Here I ought to remark that from Karens of. not distresse.d districts, I raised Rs.lOO, of which part was for the Cathedral and the rest at my disposal. This I put into the R.D.A. Fund, and it almost meets the gnint for the distress. THE TAMIL CATECHIST.-A promtsmg young· man appeared. Mr. Ellis thought it probable that we might be able to train him into a useful worker. But he disappointed , our expectations, and the money is to that extent lost. But. I feel sure that we must venture largely in order to fill the : ranks of our native workers, and of course some disappointments must occur. CHRISTMAS HOSPITALITY AT KEMMENDINE.--The . native Burmese Christians have to forego a 'large number· of Buddhists festivals which are to the Burmans delightful holidays. I am sure that we need carefully to develop Christian merry-makings and festivals to meet the laughter­ loving Burmans. Therefore at Christmas the Christians were encouraged to come into Kemm~ndine from the villages outside, and were regaled with a Burmese breakfast•. · ScHOOL ORPHANS. AT KYAIKLAT.-Here is a good little native school. I am sorry to say that the Rev. David Po Sah 's wife, a certificated teacher,, who was ·· its mistress, died last January. But Miss Laughlin has been able to fill the vacancy by giving up one of her teachers. There is good. Christian instruction, and it is very important that we should make this village school to prosper aud the poorer 54

children to benefit by it. Hence I have paid the expenses for 1904-5 of a f·ew children, at Mr. ''Vhitehead's recommendation. I trust you will all realise that the R. D. A. monies placed at my disposal have been of very great assistance. I am, Yours most truly in the Lord, ARTHUR M. RANGOON.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT. The Rev. vV. B. Caldicott, Additional Clergy Society Chaplain,· retired from work in Burma early in the year. He had been out over thirteen years without a single br·eak -a wonderful record. The Rev. C. P. Corv is now a Senior Chaplain. He left Rangoon for six months furlough on February 15th. The Rev. R. VV. Campbell is taking charge of Christ Church, Rangoon cantonments. The Rev. T. Fisher handed over the charge at 1\tlandalay to the Rev. R. S. Fyffe, and left for his eighteen months' furlough on April 22nd. On his return he will go back to his old work among the Karens. ''Ve understand that the Rev. J. D. Crabtree will not return to Burma. The new "sloyd" building at S. John's College is finished and in use; and so is the addition to the school at Shwebo. Moung Chit Hla has promised to build a Church and school on a site recently acquired in a new district which has sprung up b~)'

·IN MEMORIAM. JOHN EDWARD FAIRCLOUGH. J. E. · Fairclough was Head Master of the All Saints S.P.G. School, Shwebo, from February, 1902, till his death on Monday, December 12th, 1904. He was the son of the Rev. John Fairclough, a well-known Missionary in Burma, and belonged to a family several members of which are engaged, directly or indirectly, in Church work in Burma (one sister is Mrs. Kenney ). J. E. F airclough was born at Rangoon on May 21st, 1874. In the following year he was taken to England,, where he remained till 1880. In the year 1884, at tl)e age of ten ye~rs, he proceeded again' to England, this time for his education. After a short time spent at a preparatory school at Reading,.he went to Forest School, vValthamstow. There he remained till 1892, when he returned to Burma, and, for the time, assisted his father in the school work at S. Augustine's Mission, Moulmein. · He did not remain there long, for he was appointed to the Burma Police. As an Officer in the PolictJ he was stationed · at several places in Burma, and at places as distant from one another as Mergui and Mandalay. As a Police Officer he did very well, and in June, 1899, the Government of Burma recognised his good work in the police by selecting him to be the Police Officer-in-Charge of the ex-King Theebaw at Ratnagiri, near Bombay. There he remain:ed till August,. 1902, when he returned to Burma, and his career in the Burma Police terminated. In February of the following year he was sent from Rangoon to take over the School work at Shwebo. During the time he was in charge, he endeared himself to the boys by his gentle disposition. He was present in school, for the last time, on Friday morning-, December 9th, evidently unwell and not equal to his work. The Principal, noticing his distress (he seemed to have great difficulty in breathing-), sent him home .. and on the following­ morning had him taken ·to hospital. There, poor fellow, he did not last long, for on the third day after his arrival he. passed away, the immediate cause of death beJng heart failure. His death was quite unexpected, but nothing could ss have been done for him. The people in the station were most kind in sending flowers, and his funeral in the Cantonment Cemetery was a most impressive one. · The sympathy of all will go out to his sisters and brothers, in Burma and at home.

THE ANNUAL MEETING. . The annual meeting of the supporters of th~ Rangoon Diocesan Association was held in the Lower Convocation Hall of the Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, on Wednesday, June 7th, 1905, under the pr~sidency of the RIGHT REV. THE BISHOP OF SOUTHAMPTON. Amongst those present were the Bishops of Winchester and Dorking (for part of the proceedings}, Revs. G. W. l\·:inns, W. H. C. Pope, R. G. Fairhurst, E. B. Spurgin, G. H. Shorting, 'N. H. Longsdon, Messrs. H . Groves, F. L. Lee, H. F. Clark, R. Eardley vv·ilmot, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Latham, Mrs. Shuttleworth, Miss A. M. Clarke, Lathom Browne, Levien, Langton and Pope. THE REv. G. CECIL WHITE, Commissary, having opened the meeting with prayer, The Chairman said :-Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great gratification to me to be present at this annual meeting, and to redeem as far as possible my failure, on account of illness, of last year. I feel it to be one among many happy t;hings connected with work in the Diocese of Winchester that that Diocese has a link, through this Association, with the work of the Church in India. The happiest years ~f my life were spent in India, · though I was not permitted to enjoy it very long; but I shall always love that country and the people of the country, many of whom were my most warm and affectionate friends. It must inevitably happen, I think, that my affections will chiefly centr·e in Bombay, and yet I shall count it a privilege to have the opportunity, through this Association, of taking, I hope, a practical and helpful interest in the development of the work of the Church in the newer and more struggling Diocese of Rangoon. I cannot profess to read with any great diligence the multitudinous 59 reports an~ periodicals of the missionary kind which pour in upon one m a constant stream nowadays, but I have been able to glance at the Quarterly Paper in which the Bishop writes so many interesting letters, and I think I ought to promise •to read the Quarterly Paper with more diligence in future, and also to read the Quarterly Record which is published in Rangoon. If I can be furnished with a C9PY of that, I shall make it a duty to read it. The impression I have received from all I have read has been that the work in the Diocese of Rang<;>on is deeply important, interesting, and most hopeful work. I think that the Diocese of Rangoon is very greatly to be congratulated upon its Bishop. (Applause). I have not the happiness of knowing him personally yet, but if God should spare us both until the Bishop is able to return on a little furlough to this country, I hope I shall be able to make his acquaintance then. , I wrote to him . on the occasion of his appointment to the See of Rangoon, at a time when I still hoped I should be his brother Bishop and his distant neighbour in work in the East. That hope was not fulfilled, but I was very greatly touched by the reply which I received from the Bishop,­ both by the purport of the reply, and also by the tone which characterized ·it, and I did feel that the Bishop had accepted with unhesitating surrender the call which had come to him to undertake missionary work. The Bishop of Rangoon is, of course, in official relations with the Government of India. He has a staff of Chaplains and he has Additional Clergy, and the charge of a very important and, I suppose, rapidly

increasing I European community, but I do not think that ' work of that kind would have drawn the Bishop from Cambridge to Rangoon. I believe he interpreted the call that came to him, and that he obeyed it, with the intention of devoting himself to the work of preaching the Gospel of the Church of Christ among the peoples of the East. Every­ thing I have read from the pen of the Bishop in these Quar-terly Papers has confirmed that conviction in my mind, and I have greatly admired the courage and the energy with which he has thrown himself into his work. The best thing I can hope from him is that he will be able to attract a large number of young men from his old University to assist him 6o in the arduous, important, and also most interesting task of develowng the work of his Diocese, and I do think that the presence of such a person as Bishop Knight in India is a kind .of t~.st and challenge to thoughtful young men in England, for if anything would attract the young men at Cambridge to work for Christ in the East, it would be the presence in Rangoon of a young Bishop as their leader who has the attainments, the zeal, the ·energy, and the enthusiasm which certainly charact·erize Bishop Knight. I hope, as time ·goes on, he will be very successful, and that he will obtain what so many of us fail to obtain,-large numbers of young men of the right sort, thoughtful and educated and earnest· young men, to help him in the work that he has in his mind, and desires to develop in his Diocese. (Applause). Now, ladies and gentlemen, the time allowed to speakers is very judiciousl:x limited to fifteen minutes. I think the majority of you here present know a great deal more than I •,do of the circumstar;tces and needs of the Diocese of Rangoon. I do not intend, therefore, to speak on general subjects, but I should like to say a few words upon what I think we must regard as the new enterprise of the Diocese of Rangoon, namely, the formation of the v\linchester Brotherhood in Mandalay, which is now being undertaken by Mr. Fyffe. I have heard of the project with very great interest and with great appreciation. My experience in India has led me to attach very great importance to the work done by the Brotherhoods. I had a close acquaintance with the influence of a similar body in my own Diocese in Bombay, and I was accustomed to regard them as a very important factor, if not the backbone, of the work. The community which is to be formed will be an association of a kind which is particularly useful in India because people are accustomed· to the idea of associations for religious purposes. The poor people look upon a Brotherhood as ~ very familiar, homely, and kindly iastitution, and I think that a Brotherhood just there, founded on the principles that have been instinctively approved by the people, would have a better chance of doing good work with the poor and illiterate people than any other kind of missionary organisation, and I believe that educated people in India feel that when there IS a community of any 1\

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kind there is a sort of guarantee of continuity of purpose and . permp.nence in the work which you cannot get in other circumstances. So, from a traditional association of ideas, the people of India do. welcome Brotherhoods very much~ and Christianity has a better chance of ·commending itself when it is presented by a Brotherhood than it has under any other circumstances. Then I think that the simple and frugal life which is the life in tbe Brotherhoods, and which I have no doubt will be the life in this Brotherhood in Man­ dalay, helps· to commend itself to the natives. ~o attempt is made in Brotherhoods in India, or at least I know of none, to lead the ascetic life-it is impossible for Europeans to match Eastern asceticism,-but a simple and frugal life, and the evidence of self denial have a very great influence upon the minds of the people in India in the way of corn­ mending Christianity, and of conveying an impression of earnestness in the lives of those who represent Christianity. I had intimate relations with various classes of educated and uneducated natives during my time in Bombay, and they used to speak with considerable frankness to me. Their criticisms were very interesting, especially as showing the lines on which the native mind thinks and discriminates. They would often ask me questions such as : '' Have not these gentlemen, your missionaries, more in India than it would be easy for them to obtain in the way of commerce in England; and, apart from religious purposes, it is not the case that they are better off in India than they would have been in England?" One tried to' represent to them that our Western idea of completeness of life involves marriage, and that often there was very great denial con­ nected with marriage relationships in India, especially in the case of a Missionary who was subject to poverty and priva­ tion, but I do not know that these arguments were always particularly convincing to the natives, and I think that the simple, frugal, and united life of the -Brotherhood conveyed to their minds· a sense of earnestness and reality that they did not get. from other organisations. I do think that view was taken very commonly by the natives, and I mention it as one ·of the reasons which I think do lend force and weight to the religious and educational work which may be 62 done by Brotherhoods. And, again, we seem to have failed in India to influence any large number of educated natives, and our congregations are chiefly composed of the poorer and less educated classes. .There are many reasons for that, but one is that Missionaries have ;at had time to read and to become Oriental scholars. vVe can scarcely expect a Missionary to do· that, because he goes out without any knowledge of the language, and some years are spent in acquiring it. After that, the ordinary Missionary gets absorbed in routine, and he has to do all the vvork that falls to the lot of an overburdened priest in this country. He has to manage the industrial work, to carry out the medical and dispensary work, and a great amount of routine,­ quite as much as falls to the lot of a Parish Priest. Con­ sequently, the ordinary Missionary does not read, and he is not acquainted with Oriental thought, and he is not by any means the equal of the educated, thoughtful and reading native scholar and gentleman. Consequently, he does not command their respect, and we cannot expect a Missionary who is not the equal, intellectually and in point of knowledge. of the educated classes to have any influence with those classes in commending his own religion. Excellent work has been done in Brotherhoods in this respect. The Brothers at Calcutta have acquainted themselves very deeply with the Oriental systems. They publish a paper called '' The Epiphany,'' which explains all the puzzling questions which come from the Hindoos. The Hindoo couches his questions in rather a controversial spirit, if not an antagonistic one, but the members of the Brotherhood attempt to deal with them ·in as fair a manner as is possible. ·I hope, to a certain e:xtent, that this is the kind of work which the Mandalay Brotherhood intend to undertake. I think that companion­ ship of community is very helpful to Missionaries working in such a country as India. It often happens, I thirik, that the barometer. goes down in India. The influences are depressing, and if a man is working in isolation he some­ times be·comes overwhelmed with depression, due perhaps to failing health, but if he has living with him in the same. . .house his own friends, associated with the work, the influence is most helpful. If one gets sick, the others continue. the work, while if perhaps one fails, and can ng longer do the work, another knows something ahout it and is read_r to take it up, and if any of the members require to leave lndiFt and come back, they still feel that the. work does not fall to pieces, because there is someone else engaged who is qualif1ed to help and ready to step into the breach. Thes~ are a few of the advantages which attach to the united work of the life in India, .and I hope all the members of the Rangoon Diocesan Association will take an interest in the work which is started by Mr. Fyffe. It will be a most important and, I also think, it will be a most interesting work. The establishment of a Brotherhood in Mandalay will constitute a new link of sympathy between the Diocese of Rangoon and other Dioceses where there are similar communities ; and so I look forward to a most useful and a most interesting and valuable future for this Brotherhood, and would solicit for it the support and interest of all those present. I do not know Mr. Fyffe personally, but if he will enter into communication with me, correspond with me, and let me know his objects and needs, and keep me informed of what he wants to do, then I shalt be most glad to use any of the opportunities which come to me in my own work in Hampshire in order to obtain interest and support for his work. {Applause). . The Rev. T .. FISHER :-My Lord Bishop, Ladies. and Gentlemen,-I feel rather to-day like an intruder, for although I have come quite recently from Burma, and have been doing a li~tle work among the Tamils who are in that country, I am standing in the place of Mr. Ellis, who has been working for years_ among the Tamils, and could tell a much better story than I. However, I have been asked to say a few words about the Tamils and will endeavour to do so. About six years and a half ago .I left England to go -out to this Diocese of Rangoon when Bishop Strachan was Bishop and there were very few Clergy. I first went tp Toungoo. There we had, besides a flourishing Karen Mission, a few str':lggling Tamils. To m.inister to these we had one TamiJ Catechist. and no clergymen. Non:e of the clergymen, ~x~ept Mr. Ellis, in the whole Di.ocese of Rangoon knpws anything about the Tamil language; the language spokeri by these people, and I hope and pray, and beg you to pray, that this may be remedied in a yery short time. In Toungoo there are possibly about thirty or forty Tamils, and the the Catechist leads them regularly to · Church, and takes service of them in their own tongue. Another man who has been brought to the fore quite recently was working for the Bible Society when I was in Toungoo, and has been bringing in the Telugus. He has got the priest in charge there to get him a grant of some sort, so that they can have their own little bits of garden, and they h~we a few carts, and make a little money in that way; and when I was last in Toungoo, about a month before I came here, I had one of our Telugu Chrjstians to take my lugg.,.age to the station, and he looked up at me quite smilingly b'ecause he had been . called upon to do that. At Christmas time the Tamil Cate- chist supplied our Tamils with musical instruments,-perhaps you would not call them musical. He had borrowed the instruments and brought as many as he could into the Christmas service. That was last Christmas. I only heard of it, and cannot speak from experience. But to' get to Mandalay. In February, 1903, just before our present· _Bishop came out, I was transferred from the Karen work to Mandalay to take charge of the Burmese and Tamil people there. I knew no Burmese, and I kn.ew no Tamil. When I first arrived there there was one Tamil Deacon to assist me, and a loyal and warm friend he proved. At first I felt very strange, but this Tamil Deacon, old m.an as he was,

11 came forward and worked hard in helping me. 'In about two or three months that poor old man was sick, and though I tried· over and over again- to get him ··to give up work, to go and rest or to go to the hospital and let the doctor see what was the matter with him and help him if possible, I could not persuade him to ~ive up work. I put him to bed two or three times, and took him something to eat, for his wife was · awaJ tn India, and he was all alone; but I could not keep him from work without tying him down. On Easter Sunday he came to assist me as usual at my second Celebration, and just as I was going to hand him the chalice I saw he was trembling. I asked him if he thought he could manage, and he said that he could, but as I handed him the chalice I saw that he. could not, and I told him to sit down. As soon as the service was over I thought '' this will be his last service," and I took him away.. I had not time. to go to the doctor, because there was another service coming on imm~diately afterwards, but I sent for the doctor, and we both persl}aded· him to lie down, and he did so for a time. At half-past four o'clock in the afternoon I had some baptisms to take,. and there was that Tamil Deacon at my side once more. That was his last service in Church. I had to go and .get a cab and take .him to ·the hospital. I had to literally drag him away from the ho.use about an hour after the service was over, and he died very shortly after going into the Hospital. There is a record of one at any rate of our Tamils in Mandalay. From that time onwards I felt ·rather as if I did not know ·. what to do with Tamil work. • I kept writing to Mr. Ellis, w.ho was in charge of the Tamil work under the Bishop, asking him if he could send a good Catechist1 and I got one or t\\.:o, but they did not come to anything. The Bishop sees a good many, and I am thankful to say that he did in the end send us a good one from Rangoon, and our congregations have gone up tremendously since that last Catechist came. After the death of the Rev. G. B. Samuel (that was the name of the Deacon), the people dwindled away to"a certain extent.. W,e had about 90· Tamil Christians. We did not often get more than 30 or 40 at oric'e, and now · that we have this last Catechist going round and seeing the people, and calling practically at every house once a week, the result has been that a good many more come to Church, and instead of 94, which was the nuniber ·we had at first; we no·w have 210 Tamil names on the books. (Applause). There are also 94 or 95 Communicants amongst that number. One of our wants, I think; ih Mandalay, is a Ei.tropean Tamil-speaking missionary: We ought to have one man in the Diocese who knows something of Tamil. I started to learn it myself, but I knew I ·was only going to stay a short time. ·I think that the Bisho~ realises the necessity of the position now, and I' trust that one of the members of the new Brotherhood will take tip Tamil. · We are all trying to learn Burmese, bur during' the time . there is a · Tamil congreg-ation in Man- • 66

dalay, and the Tamils think a great deal of anY. miSSionary who can go and see them and read them the services in their own native tongue. I visited one of. the stations down the line some miles from Mandalay just before I left, about the second or third week in April. I went down by railway in the morning train, ahd could not get back before eight o'clock at night, but when I arrived the station-master was On the platform smiling. He was very glad th?t a priest had· taken the trouble to go down there and give him a little service, because he had .never seen one before; and in order to show that he was glad;, he paid my fare there and back, and he gave me a handsome donation towards the Mandalay Mission. He said that he. hoped I would go back very soon, but I told him I was going away, but I would tell my successor, Mr. Fyffe, and I .was quite sure that he or his colleagues would go down, and that he should not be neglected as he had been in the past. That is only one of the cases, of which we have a good many, with people miles and miles away from any church or missionary, so we want more missionaries to learn Tamil, and we really ought to have more Tamil Catechists. These we import from India, because we have no training institution. The Tamil people and the Telugu people are not numerous enough to stand a thing of that sort. Our Bishop has· to write across to one of his brother Bishops in India and ·ask hirri if he can recommend a very good Catechist. ·Just before Easter last ye~r, 1904, we had our Bishop up in Mandalay re-opening our Church. I am referring to the Church because I want to tell you how the Tamils helped me in getting- it ready for the re-opening. The S.P.G. very kindly made a grant two or three·: years ago so that we might have our buildings renovated, but beyond that there were a good many things which we required. Not only did the buildings want look­ ing to both outside and in, but the fittings and everything else wanted t\ttending to; so I got a committee of Tamils and Telugus together, and gave some of them books, and told them they were to g-o round and col1ect as muc~ as they could. Some would be able to get lamps, and some curtains, and things· of that sort, and my Tamil people ~id very well indeed. I forget exactly' the figures, but I thmk 67 we got 630 rupees from the Tamils and the Telugus-chiefty from the Tamils-,--and their ordinary subscriptions, which were 6 rupees when I first arrived, they had increased to 20 or 21 rupees. That is all in the last eighteen months, since we ~ot the last Catechist to work amongst them, and they rece1ve him willingly, and will do anything for the Church. We have r~gular Tamil services on Sundays, and we have little services, first at one house and then at another-litte cottage meetings, generally conducted by the Catechist. With the Burmese we pave not quite got as far as that. I do not think that I can say much more about the Tamils, but I would ask you to pray for the Tamils in the Diocese of Rangoon:, and for Mr. Fyffe in his endeavours to get new (llen to go out and to learn Tamil. Pray that we all may have streneth to continue that work for many years to come. We . did go down in nqmbers for the first four or five years of my time, but I am thankful to say that. with the new and energetic Bishop, whom I have known for many years, we are now going up both in workers and in numbers, and that that may continue is one of the things I ask' you to pray for. We belong to the S.P.G., and there­ fore we want everybody's syn1pathy, we want everybody's prayers, and we want, as far as we can, everybody's gifts. (Applause). ' .· Mr. J. N. 0. THURSTON (Deputy Commissioner) :-My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen,'--I have been asked to say a few words on the subject of clerical ministrations for Europeans and Eurasians; b4t before beginning on that sub­ ject, I trust it will .not be thoug-h't egotistical if I say some­ thing about myself, because I am unk'nown to the majority of you heFe. I arrived in the country in January, 1884, and . since that time I have spent '18 years iri actual s<'rvice in Burma,· so . that will dispose of the tradition that Burma is an unhealthy county. I am a member of the S.P.G. Council~ ·and I. was ordained Sub-Deacon in 1887 in Bishop Strachan 's time, · so that I know ·something of the inner working of our · Church. The work among Europeans in Burma may be dfvided into two heads,-work amongst soldiers, which is confined to certain limited areas, and work amongst the ' ta.rge number of Europeans scattered all over Burma, and I must ask you to realise for a minute that, when we refer to Burma, we do not refer. to a place as small as the United Kingdom, but to a country larger than France. One little· item you will find in the Diocesan book is that a railway Chaplain travels 800 miles a month in the course of his duty. Therefore you will understand that people who live out of the cantonments live a very wide distance apart. Provision is made by the Government, ~ho provide Military Chaplains, and these Chaplains minister to and look aftet any civilians who happen to be living within their charge outside the cantonments. For supplying the means of grace to the other English, the Bishop has to depend upon the Additional Clergy Society Chaplains, and for this large area of which I have first spoken I think I am right in saying we have about six men~ You will therefore realise how difficult it is forth~ Bishop to provide even the most meagre ministrations for people scattered over such an enormous area when he has only six men. The general procedure when there is a certain fixed population in one particular district is for a certain guarantee as to the salary of a priest to be. given. In the East we are a ftoating population, and although we may now be in the position· to guarantee a certain sum of money towards a clergyman's stiP.end, changes may take place in the course of three or· four months, and we may find that we are not _in a position to keep up the quota of his stipend. Thus: the Bishop meets with grave difficulties~ and he very often has to fall back on his General Fund, we finding the balance.< Then, when a clergyman ifi going to take charge of a place, we try amongst ours"elves to collect the money to build a Church. This is a grea,f tax upon us,· because a large majority of .the people are really riot well ·paid people. They are clerks. and people occupying subordinate positions·. You will probably have in the district only one or two people who are wh~t you call pretty well paid." The majority have quite small incomes. and it is very difficult for them to give anything· like such sufficient sum of money as would enante them· to build a Church. Now there is one Church which we are trying to . build· at present which ·I should· like you· all' ·to take an interest in. Tha,t .is . at Mog6k, which is irr th~ centre of the Ruby Mine district. There is a civil population there, and all the men employed by the Ruby Mine Co. are at present practically without any clerical ministration at all.' They have a clergyman who comes down· occasionally, but in the meantime the Deputy Commissioner reads a service .an Sundays. I should like you to take a great interest in this Church, and if you can help the Bishop by collecting the funds for it, or in any other way help towards building it, I am sure the Bishop will be only too glad to receive any .assistance. One other point I should like to speak about to-day, and thaJ is we wa'nt men badly for the Additional Clergy Society; but when I say we want men, we want real whole-hearted .men, and I think if will not be out of place here. if I add to what our worthy Chairman has said in .speaking to you. The Church at home has certainly done .a great deal in sending out Dr. Knight. As Rudyard Kipling says, we must s·end out our. best if we want to build up the Empire abroad. · If they searched the Kingdom, north and south, and east and west, they might have found as good a man, but I am very doubtful if they could have found a fitter, more whole-hearted, honest Christian. His whole heart· is in his work. To know him is an education in itself, and the enthusiasm which he throws into his work -cannot fail to affect those thrown into his society; and I can assure you, speaking for myself, I prize my friendship with Dr. Knight at a very high rate indeed. (Applause). I can further assure you that if you only realize the difficulties he has to contend with, the burdens he has to bear, both in finding the 1non~y to run the Diocese and in finding the men -of his own 'sympathies,-men who will come forward and give themselves heart and soul to the work,-you would realize what a heavy burden he has to bear, and I can honestly say · that if anyone here present, or anyone you know, can come out to Burma and work hand in hand with· Dr. Knight, he will have an example before him which w!ll make his work a joy and happiness such as I know he will not get elsewhere. Wdl, ladies and ·gentlemen, you will find in this. paper, of which I was one of the signatories, written in 1904, that we· make an appeal to men to co~e out to us. It· is not child's. play, and it is not a soft btilet at 70 all. A man must be prepared to rough it, and to have grave disappointments. He will fihd that his faith and his hppe and his charity are taxed to the very utmost, but it is a billet which, if any young clergyman will give five years of his life to, he will never regret it, for it is a work in which he will realize that he is ·not only aiding in building up our great British Empire, but that he is doing a work for Christ, and one which he will, I feel, certainly never regre.t. (Applause). The Rev. H. J. C. KNIGHT.-My Lord Bishop and Fellow­ workers of the Diocese,-! have a letter to read from the Bishop, but first I think we ought to give some expression to the regret we must all feel at the fact that Mr. Richards who was to hav,e spoken .to us, has passed away since the date of our meeting was fixed. Mr. H. C. Richards, M.P., had promised to speak to us this afternoon, and, as every­ body knows, he died last week. In him we lost a man we valued at a Missionary meeting; a stout Churchman, a man who had a brother's heart for young men, and who was not afraid to stand up anywhere and claim for foreign Missions a central ·part in the work of the· Church. I have not the privilege of knowing Mr. Richards' family, but as he was to have been here, I think we should m·ake a record of our regret and sympathy. Now for· my dear brother's letter. He writes as· follows :..:..... · BisHoPJs CouRT, RANGooN .. May_ 6th, .1905. To the Annual Meeting, R.D.A. Mv DEAR FRIENDS}· My first desire is to greet you one and all personally with grateful remembrance. · My difficulty in· this letter lies in the multiplicity of topics that occur. • , · · · · First-1 thank Goo for what He has ·done through you during the year 1904. YoU: will also thank Him through Whom the Church lives and' grow·s. . Second_:_For yourselves. I trust you will never go back from the level reached in 1904....:....-but advance· on it. What you have been used by Goo to. do pledges u·s all to advance. 71

If we do .not advance, we have done little or nothing­ certainly nothing complete. · Third-W~ have now just filled,. not all, .but our most important vacancies at last,. even one of the three fresh ones of the past year. Indeed we have two more clergy than eighteen months ago for English work, viz., my private Chaplain, and the Chaplain of the Missions to Seamen. By the end of this year, if no further failures of health ensue, we add three Clergy (the Revs. Arthur Jerwood, W .. H. Conway Pope and the Rev. R. J. Stone) and two lay-workers, Miss Clarke and Miss Hart, to our staff. Yet shortly after furloughs will make fresh vacancies, without setting free any stipends. Therefore two conclusions are to be drawn:- 1. The prayers offered here oh October 11th, 1903, for more workers (when we knew of Mr. vVilmot only as coming to us), have been answered. Already from that time to this 10 priests have landed in Burma for our various works. We have seen prayer answered. 2. All those additions to our staff must mean more expense, more need for prayer. for wisdom and faith; and I hope also in Burma more knowledge and loving obedience to GoD will result. Yet we need still more workers, since these recruits fill vacancies. Personally I feel bound to run some financial risk for Christ's sake. Fourth-Where are the needs for more workers still? 1. vVell, next· year Messrs. Stockings, \iVhitehead and Hackney have furloughs / due and overdue, i.e:, each will have been working here for seven ye;;trs and more without a thorough change. 2. The Km'ens of the Delta have called to us in large numbers. Some twenty· villages with about 2,000 inhabitants have asked earnestly for teachers. Here are the most striking facts. Most of them, · I find to my surprise, had already been captured by Buddha, and had added Buddhism (a hard belief to· overthrow) to their old demon-propitiation_:..a much weaker opponent to Christianity. Some came two and three days' journey to ask for teaching. Two villages had erected building·s fqr this worship and instruction. Three ignorant, zealous, vigorous men had itinerated proclaiming such Christianity as they had learnt by going . 200 miles . to the Toungoo Karens for instruction. But all this is new ground in Mr. Whitehead's vast field, though now he has some· valuable help from Mr. Purser. We may be just in time to catch those thousands (for the villages ·are in groups widely separated, and will shine1 I trust, like lamps in much darkness) before Buddhism fixes its hold firm on them and lifts them a little and keeps them there away from Christ. We are just in time if we follow up our beginning. Of the ultimate results I wish to speak wjth much caution, but we are full of hope, and it is clear that we must attack with vigour. 3. The Chins.-As foreseen, the movement from the hills to the plains which the Pax Britannica has made possible, has now begun. This week Messrs. Whitehead, Purser, and Trotman, visiting the Karens of whom I write, visited also a Chin village in the plains near Rangoon (50 miles away), and Mr. Whitehead baptised 12 or 15. It is another sign of the times. 4. The Tamils grow in numbers. They come over to us from Madras. Many are already Christians. . We must shepherd those, and evangelize the heathen among them.· For this we need, most of all, native ag·ents, and must find, sift, and train Tamil Catechists and Clergy. This, again, needs men and, even more, money. Here is an instance of their vigour. At Thazi a little group of 18 baptised Christians and confirmed Jmost from last year) are• collecting among themselves for ·a Church. They are not wealthy, working mainly on the railway, but hav,e got together a few hundred rupees already. Among these people in Rangoon the terrible plague . is rife. It is a. time when their thoughts turn more read1ly to religion. 73

1'he Burmese.-This, of course, is not fresh work, and· is our most difficult field. But here, I think, the time of trial through lack of Missionaries is ending, and the more staunch Christians of this little band have been sifted from the rest. In one place, Kyaiklat, under good Beacon David Po Sah, the work advances, and we must build a school and Church. The work among the English has less that calls for com­ ment. .Yet we now shepherd our seamen through Mr. Vv' right. Miss Clarke will soon he helping us with the· young women, and all our vacancies are filled for the present, though one looms ahead ; and I hope, if finances allow, soon to hunt high and low for a Riverine Chaplain for Upp.er Burma. · At Mogok, Pakokku, and Mergui the residents are raising funds for small. Churches, which do much to ensure the upholding of the Banner of CHRIST. East Rangoon grows. vVe must plant a Church and schools in th.is populous suburb, but I wait to hear from Government about a certain pieoe of land which, if sold, would help us a long way towards initial expenses. Yet Christian life here is like that of England. Indiffer­ ence grows among the many and earnestness among the few. Y.et the " new blood " has infused new energy. ·I feel that whenev.er I write home I give a rosy account; for our many failures and sins-and they are many-will not be overcqme by publication in England. If you were transported to our midst for a year you would soon see what I mean-but I trust also that you would see that this "rosy" aspect is also true (and at any rate we must do our duty and strive to proclaim CHRIST by word and deed). I long- to say "thank you " to you all, but it would give a wrong impression. You work for Goo, not for us. Our part is to tell you how the fight goes here, to keep you informed, and to congratulate you and ourselves on the privilege of sharing in it. · If, as I hope, the Annu'al Meeting sends you back to your ho111es determined to continue your part in this common work and glad to do so, it will not have. been in vain, and will not disappoint those who have worked hard to make it serve the Church of our LORD JEsus CHRIST, In Whom I am, yours most truly, AR.THUR M. RANGOON. 74

. Now may I say what reinforcements we hope to send in the following winter? Ladies first. Miss Margaret Clarke is going und'er the auspices of the Girls' Friemlly So6ety to care for the young women. It means a great deal of work in the East to go into the homes, and many homes will be in. Miss Clarke's hands. Then one of the Clergy, Mr. Trotman, is going to take to himself a wife, which 1 believe is not a bad thing to do, and his bride will come from an English Rectory of the best and highest traditions, and it is impossible for her to go into Burma without her being a real addition to the staff of the Diocese. I am happy to know that Miss. Clarke will have Miss Gildea with her. The Rev. A. Jerwood, at present an assistant Curate at Oakham, will join Mr. Fyffe at Mandalay~ a man stout and , vigorous in body and stout Of heart, who w·ent to South Africa when the war broke out, and did his part there man­ fully, and will carry to his work in Burma the same vigour· he gave to South Africa and Oakham. Then Mr. Conway Pope has placed himself at the Bishop's disposal. I believe I see him here, so it becomes rather hard to say anything about him, but my brother knew him at Cambridge, and knows enough about him to give him a cordial welcome. The Rev. R. J . Stone is going to succeed Mr. Trotman as Chaplain to my brother. Mr. ·Stone is a very dt>ar friend ~nd pupil of mjne, and is a man to know and love. He played Rugby for his College and tennis for his University, and before he has been out there very long, there will not 'be many young fellows in Burma who will not know what it is to have his friendship. Lastly, there. is Mr. Fairhurst, who is going to new work among the Karens. I have not had the pleasure of. meeting him yet. If he happens to be here I hope he will give me the pleasure of having a talk later on. Then there is Mr. Ernest Hart, who will look on his work in Mandalay from a Missionary point of view. Now we are ~ending out these six people, brothers and sisters, to take this work in hand: not in our places, but as part of ourselves. You will remember them in your prayer?· especiaJiy in October.. I hope the bulk . of ~he P.arty .wtll start on the 5th October, but Mr. Jerwood wtll satl a llttle earlier. Do let me say that in praying for our brothers and 75 sisters in Burma, we must make our prayers definite, and let us pray that they may never be without the sense of the · presence of our LoRD, that they may always know they have the FATHER's love to fall back upon, and that the Holy Spirit's power may be given to them to touch the consciences and move the hearts of the people wherever they go, that they may teach English people or natives the love and joy · of JEsus CHRIST. Do take the trouble to write out a prayer for them, every word of which comes from your own heart and your own desire for them, and do not be satisfi.ed with · a careless prayer uttered simply in the words that just occur to you. Prayers which are effectual are prayers about which trouble is taken. May GoD grant, as they move about the country, that they will never lose the sense that ]Esus CHRIST is with them and in them, and may they never teach or speak to anyone without leaving them happier and brighter and better than they were. Now I have only a. minute or two more. I want to try and strike a note as to the way an association of this kind can really serve the country in which it is interested. Of course we take an interest in it because our dear ones are there, and we give them all our time. and thought and prayer, and perhaps our money; but I think there is something more we can do. It is the lookers-on who see most clearly the end, and how the battle is going. In all we do for them let them always feel that we are not simply working to help them, and that our interest will not fail if anything takes them away from the scene, but that what we are really. working tor is to claim Burma as a whole for _the LoRD JEsus CHRISr. We must let them feel that that is what we arc working for, and by the LORD's will what we mean to have, and let them always know that we have no doubt whatever that in the end India will be brought to CHRIST--a greater work even than the conversion of the Roman Empire, and certainly it will be the greatest event that has happened in the history of the world. We must look for it, count on it, and we must never lose our hope. Here we are, serving for only a little while. We cannot go ourselves mto the mam field. but it is rightly written :- " It may not be our lot to wield The sickle in the ripened field, . Nor ours to hear on summer eves The reaper's song among the sheaves. Yet where our duty'" task is wrought In unison with God's great thought, The near and future blend in one, And whatso'er is willed, is done." I think we can help our brothers to keep their hopes up, their aspirations, and thetr spmtual strength, and if we live in CHRIST, I think our prayers will be more powerful and more effectual. Those ot you who know your people and write to them, write. to them m a hopeful spirit, and write with all your hearts in. a cQ.nquering spiri-t. •May Goo bless your work and make it a constant joy. (Applause). I should like before I sit down to prQpose a vote of th.anks to your Chairman. The vote was carried by acclamat~on. . The .CHAIRMAN-Thank you very much for the cordiality of your vote. I will now say the Benediction. The meeting then terminated, and some time was spent most pleasantly in social intercourse. In connection with our Annual Meeting, Celebrations of Holy Communion were held at the following churches, with collection in cases of those marked with asterisk:­ Briitol.-S. Anselm, Clifton; *Frenchay. Durham.-S.' Chad, Gateshead; *Christ Church, West Hartlepool; *Sedgefield. Lincoln and Sou,thwell.---:-*Boston; *S. John. New Clee; *S. Matthew, Sutton Bridge; S. Paul's College, Burgh; Society of Sacred Mission, Kelham; *Thorcsway, Caistor. London.-*All Saints, Haggerston; *Christ Church, Isle of Dogs; *Kentish Town; *S. Mary, Ealing; *S. Matthew, Clapton ; *S. ~atthias, Stoke Newington ; *S. Michael. London Fields; *S. Michael, Paddington; *S. Saviour, Paddington. Manchester.-S. Gabriel, Manchester; *S. John, Evangelist, Darwen ; *Rossall Mission. Nor•wich.-Burnham Thorpe; *Christ Church, Eaton; S. )ames, Norwich; *\Voolverstone. · 77

S. Albans.-Bowers Gifford; E. Tilbuq~; *Langley; *Saffron Walden; S. StepheQ, Colchester. Southwark.-*S. Augustine;, Leytonstone; *Caius College Mission ; S. John, Upper N orwood ; * S. Mary, Battersea ; S. Mary, Lewisham; *S. Mark, South Norwood; *S. Michael, Southwark; S. Peter, ·Petersham. · Winchester.-AJverstoke; The Cathedral; *Newton Newbury; *S. Peter, Southsea ; S. Peter, Winchester ; Romsey Abbey ; Shere. Worcester.-All Saints, Wolverhamptonj $._ John, \Valsall; *S. Peter. the Great, Worcester; *S. Philip, Dorridge. Sundry."""-* All Saints, Birchington; S. Boniface College, \N arminster; Burpham: *Eastnor; S. J ude, Liverpool; S. Lawrence, Stroud; S. Lawrence, Northampton; *S. Margaret, Glasgow; Market W·eighton ; *S. Mary, Chaddesden; *S. Paul, Ilton; *S. Peter's Cathedral, Liverpool; *S. Peter, Stoke on Trent; *Midhurst; *Sidcup; *Stainborough; S. Stephen, Lever Brjdge.

HOME NOTES. Our connection with S.P.G. is now established. ' Our first payment through the Society· at the end of M_arch was £30 iOs., and that at the end of May £57 2s. ld.­ £87 12s. ld. in all, of which £50 was for general purposes and £25 for the Thandaung Rest House, and the rest for other special purposes. . The Indian Church Aid Association ga.ve £25 from its General Fund for 1904: to the Diocese of Rangoon. There was an error in the stat·ement of the allocation of our funds for last year~ £9 18s. 3d. should have been ear-marked "For Rev. G. Whitehead's work,'' and so the amount to 11Jeet the special appeal for £150 was £155 ls. 9d. instead of £165. · · CHILDREN' s FuND. The report of the "King's Messengers, S .P.G.," shows a sum of £94 sent out for scholars in Burma, besides that acknowledged in our accounts. Eaton Parish, Norwich, is adopting a boy at S. John's College, Rangoon; S. Mary, Battersea, a Karcn child at Toungoo; and Norton Mission Church I{. M., a boy at Mandalay. ORGANISATION. Dr. Talbot, our Patron, now appears on our list as the Bishop of Southwark, and Mr. H. Clatke as Secretary for Southwark The few names on his iist in the present Diocese · of Rochester are temporarily transferred to the -General Secretary's list. The Bishop of Manchester has kindly consented to become .a Patron. THE KENSINGTON SALE. The Annual Combined Sal~ for Foreign Missions will be beld in Kensington Town Hall, on ThUI·sday and Friday, November 2nd and 3rd. The Rangoon D.A. and the Win­ -chester Mission have each a stall, and sixteen other Associations are taking part. The openers on the respective -days will be Countess Beauchamp, and Mrs. Percy Gates, Mayoress of Kensington.

THE REINFORCEMENTS. Four priests have been accepted for work m Burma, and will sail (D. V.) early in October. The Rev. Robert George Fairhurst, B. A., of Brazenose College, Oxford (3rd Class Theological School), was ordained in 1900, and worked till 1903, at S. Mary, Stockport. . in the Diocese of Chester. He then came to S. Peter's, Bethnal Green. The Rev. Henry Arthur Jerwood, B.A., of Sidney Sussex 'College, Cambridge, and the Clerg-y Training School, was ordained in 1902, to the ClJracy at AIJ Saiuts, Oakham, in "the Diocese of Peterborough. The Rev. William Henry Conway Pope, M. A., of Queens' 'College, Camt:>.-iclge, and Ridley Hall,· was ordained in the LO"ndon Diocese in 1898, and has worked at S. Jude's, Bethnal Green, Christ Church, Hampstead., and S. Clement's, Barnsbury. The Rev. Reginald Joseph Stone, B. A., of Jesus College, · 'Cambridge, and the Clergy Training School, was ordained in 1903, in the Diocese of Canterbury, and has been for two -years A~sistant Chaplain at Dover College. 79

BRISTOL DIOCESE. On Monday, May 22nd, Mr. Knight (the Bishop's brother) head of the Clergy School at Cambridge, visited Bristol. In the afternoon, at the invitation of the Mandalay Associa­ tion, he went to S. Agnes, and talked to the members about the work Mr. Fyffe is doing as head of the Winchester Brotherhood. He de,eply interested all present in his very clear explanation of the religions of Burma, and the great necessity of trying to understand the mind of the Burmese· before making converts of them. In the evening Mr. Knight was one of the speakers at the Annual S.P.G. Meet­ ing in the Colston Hall. He made a strong appeal for one man to go out and help in the work. It is not too much to say that he held a very large audience absolutely enthralled with. his description of work in Burma, and left those who heard him more or less inspired with a greater missionary zeal, to work at home, if it is impossible to g-o to the front and work abroad.

ELY DIOCESE. At an S.P.G. Missionary Exhibition at Bury S. Edmunds on June 7th, 8th and 9th, the Rev. H. Taylor gave Lantern Lectures on ''Work among Burmese at Moulmein, Man­ dalay, and Shwebo." The lectures were well attended, and the pictures much appreciated.

LONDON DIOCESE. On April 1st, the General Secretary gave a Lantern Lecture on '' Work in Rangoon '' to the Missionary Guild of S. Saviour's, Hoxton. On May 23rd, the S. Matthew's, Clapton, KM. Branch had a stall at a Home and Foreign Missions Sale in the Parish Room. During the afternoon there was an exhibi­ tion of Burmese curios, and in the evenit•g, the members gave " Some scenes from Japanese Life." About £12 was · cleared, of which £10 has been given to the S. John's College Chapel Fund.

. NoRWICH DIOCESE. There is little to report, but what little there ts, ts: encouraging. The Rev. H. V. Eardley..:~·ilmot has So addressed the two Sunday Schools in Eaton Parish, and also the K. M. which is going to support a child in the Rangoon Diocese. · There is a welcome addition of several fresh subscribers, and several fresh Parishes are giving us offertories this year. S. ALBAN's DIOCESE. The Rev. A. Harrison, Rector of Bowers Gifford, Pitsea, is Local Secretary for the Rochford and Canewdon Rural Deaneries, which support a Kar·en Boy. By way of stimu­ latihg interest, he has lately given· Lantern Lectures on " :VVork amongst the Karens," at South Ben fleet and in his own Parish, and hopes in the autumn to atrange others. SOUTHWARK DIOCESE. The Annual Missionary Sale at S. Mary's,· Battersea, will be held on July 7th and 8th. . Arrange_ments are being made .also for a meeting at S. Luke's in November.

VV'INCHESTER DIOCESE. The Annual Meeting and Sale of Work were held at Albury Padsh Hall on June 8th, and was favoured with the only really fine afternoon in the week. Colonel and Mrs. Matthews proved most genial hosts, and did all that was possible to make all their guests comfortable. Mrs. Matthews threw herself heart and soul into the effort, and gathered round her a band of willing and energetic helpers who contributed greatly to its success. H. W. · Prescott, Esq., one of the Treasurers of S.P.G.·, presided, and interesting addresses were given by I. N~ 0. Thurston, Esq., and the Rev. T. Fisher, lately Winchester Missioner .at Mandalay. Letters from the Bishop of Rangoon and Mr. Fyffe were read by the Bishop's Commissary. A vote of thanks to the Chai~men and speakers was moved by the Rev. F. C. Hill, Rector of Shere, formerly Chaplain. at Man-.

Mr. Prescott intr<;>duced Lady Stewart, who declared the Sale of Work open, and the Rev. G. Cecil White expressed the thanks of the Committee to her and to all helpers. The stallholders were busy for some hours, and over £25 was taken. The Rev. F. C. Hill kindly lent a large number of· interesting Burmese curios. Mr. Bray designed some clever and attractive wall notices, and a number of village girls were attired in Burmese costumes. The absence of Miss G. F. Martin, owing to a severe cold, was much regretted, but her sister, Miss C. Martin, superintended everything as well as could be desired. . The Combined Sale for Foreign Missions, at Kensington Town Hall, will be held' on November 2nd and 3rd. The Hon. Secretaries of the L. T. W. will be much obl~ged if those members who have not contributed to Sales this year will do so in time to furnish the \Vinchester Rangoon Mission Stall.

PRAYERS. (Arrangements in use in the Diocese). Sunday.-The Bishop, Clergy, and Layworkers m general. British Residents. Monday.-Bhamo, Shwebo, and Meiktila. Tuesday.-Mandalay, and Maymyo. Wednesday.-Toungoo and the Karen Hills, · Railway Chaplaincy. Thursday.-Thayetmyo, Prome, and Bassein. Friday.-Rangoon and ·Kemmendine. Saturday.-Akyab, Moulmein, Port Blair, Car Nicobar, and Dagshai. For the raising up of .a strong band of native .- Clergy, Catechists and Teachers. For blessing on all the educational work in Burma. For the furtherance of all efforts to supply the means of grace 'to all the scattered English and Eurasians. For the success· of the ·various building schemes now m progress. 82

LIST OF. CHILDREN AND PATRONS. BURMESE CHILDREN. 5. John's College, 5.P.G. Rangoon, £6 Luke Ohn Sein S. John, New Clee. John Ba Shain S. John, New Clee. Paul Tsan Baw S. Matthew, Clapton; K.M. Bcnjamin Krishna Saffron Walden. E. Aung Bone All Saints', Haggerston, Mission. Stephen Po Xyan S. Augustine, Highgate, K.M. John Aung Tha Miss G. Torkington. Regir:ald Po Yin S. George, Woolwich Garrison, K.M. Andrl.'w Bah Tin Mrs. Steele, Kettering. S. Peter, VVorcester. J ames Po Hla Theodore \\ialker, Esq. Thomas Ba Gyau Mothers' Union, Godalming. Philip J a·mes Dwa The Hon. Miss Adderley and Friends. P~ter Po Sine Midhurst Junior Missionary Association John Ba Tun Caius College Mission, Battersea. Peo S. Luke, Battersea, K.M. Robert Trent Vale, Stoke, Sunday School. 5. Mary's Girls' School, Rangoon, ;{P. Edith Tsan Baw Mrs. Pridmore, Bhamo. Evelyn Ai Nyan Sunday School Teachers, All Saints' Haggerston. Ruth Ma Hpwa Shin S. Matthew, Sutton Bridge. Rosalie Ma Thin Mothers' Union, Godalming. Ethel Tsan B::.w Hill Farrance Work Party. Doris Ma Ma Gyi Working Party, Stanway House, Horsham. · Ma Yan Mrs. Robinson, Bath. Ann Hla Yin Miss Laughlin, Rangoon. :VIargaret S. Margaret of Scotland School, Glasgow. Grace Hnin Scin Newtown, Newbury. Agne~;: Ma Thin Hline The Bishop. Ma Lor Hla Barry Sunday School, S. Wales. Martha Silchester, K.M. Dorothy (Partly) U pwey Sunday School. Ma Shway Mav Eaton, Norwich, K M. S. ~ugustine's, Moulmein, Boys, £5. All Saints', Shwebo, £4. Bovs- Htoon Byay All Saints', Haggerston. Maung Ba MiJs StocKings and Friends. Maung Ba Thein Capt. Obbard, Meiktila. Samuel Po Hla Slymbridge, K.M. Noah Po Ka•ng (partly) Thrapston Sunday School. GIRLS- Ruth Ma Gyin . S. George's, Woolwich Garrison K.M. Elizabeth Chit Su All Saints' Sunday School, Alton, H ants. Flora Thai Mai Rossall Mission, Newton Heath, Man- chester. Miriam Mai Mee Mrs. Mahon's \Vorking- Party. May Ma Yu Mrs. Obbard. J udith Mai Gyi Miss Elsley, York. Phrebe Thain Kin S. John, Worcester, K.M. Mandalay Boys, £4. Abraham Maung Tin S. Michael. Battersea, K.M. Elias Maung Pi Gyi Cambourne, K.M. James Maung Ko Gyi Peel, K.M. Norton Mis~ion; K.M. · KAREN CHILDREN. S. Luke's 1'oungoo, £3. BoYs- Shway Bah S. Auj!ustine, Leytonstone. Ay Bee S. Philip, Rangoon. Johnny S. John Plerk, Walsail, K.M. Cha Tha Merchant Taylors' Mission. Ou Gine S. Anselm, Clifton, K.M. Tha Koo S. Nicholas, Liverpool, K .M. Tha Ge Lah S. Philip, Dalston, K.M. David Po Hla Deaneries, Rochford and Cariewdon, K.M. She Sho Miss L. Braithwaite and Friends. Pur Sur S. Hugh's Mission Church, Grimsby• . Tun Mya S. Stephen, Bush Hill Park, K.M. Pee Tha All Saints', Chiswick, K.M. Noo Wee Market Weighton, Yorks, K.M. Yau Gywai S. Michael 's, Bournemouth, Boys. Tha U Rev. R. J. Stone. Sau Deh Thee S. James, Norwich, K.M. Tu Pleh Children's Guild, S. John, Sidcup. Eh Mah. S. Gabriel, Hulme, K.M. Podo Lever Bridge, K.M. Tehoo S. Mary, Lewisham, K.M. Shay Sein W. S. Lee, Esq. S. \1ary, Battersea. <:iiRLS­ Mai Lah S. Michael and All Angels. Stoke Newingt.on, G.F.S. Zipporah S. Philip, Tottenham, K.M. Kau Lah All Saints', Wolverhampton, K.M. Ma Tcho S. Nicholas, Liverpool. K.M. Dwav !~lee S. Philip, Dalston, K.M. Mee ·saw Market Weighton, Yorks, . K.M. All Saints', Ha~gerston, Young Martha ~ Women's B1ble Class. . East Tilbury. Lay Lah Bitterne, Southampton. Mee Ay S. Philip, Rangoon. Sheh Leh Miss Malcolmson 's Girls. Mee Woo Kimpton, Welwyn.

1 S. Peter's, Toungoo , ~3. Bovs­ Cephas The Cambridge Mission. Tawelah Kimpton Sunday School, Welwyn. Shwaytoo S. Thomas, Eastville, Bristol, K.l\1. GIRLS­ Hemya Mrs. Knight's Class, Cambridge. Eunice S. Matthew, Clapton, K.M. NoTE.-The letters K.M. stand for King's Messengers, the title ofthe Juvenile AssociatioQ in tonnettion with. S.P.G.

THANKSGIVINGS. For the new workers-Rev. A. J. Jerwoo.d and Mr. E. Hart for: the Winchester Mission at Mandalay; Rev. R. G. Fairhurst, for Karen work; · Rev. R. J. Stone, Rev. W. H. C. Pope; and Miss Clarke, for G.F.S. work. ·

BACK NUMBERS OF Q.P. The Secretary has one set of Quarterly Papers (complete except No. 1). It has come to him most unexpectedly, and there is no likelihood of such ·another opportunity. Will anyone bid for it?

OuR ILLUSTRATION. We give this · time a picture of some of the Tamil con- gregation at Mapd,alay, me'ntioned by Mr. Fisher. Mrs. Fisher, who appears in · the group, also speaks Tamil. ss· IMPORTANT NOTICE. THE COMBINED SALE FOR FOREIGN MISSiONS () WILL BE HELD IN THE KENSINGTON TOWN HALL On THURSDAY, NOV. 2nd, 2 to 6.30 p.m. On FRIDAY, NOV. 3rd, 12 to 6.30 p.m. The Sale will be Opened by - THE COUNTESS BEAUMONT AND . THE MAYORESS OF KENSINGTON . On the first and second day respectively• Admission Is. (6d. after 5 p.m. on 3rd). CHILDREN HALF-PRICE.

THE RANGOON DIOCESAN STALL will be No. 13. (Opposite the Entrance). THE WINCHESTER. MI~SION STALL No. 8. LANTER.N LECTUR.ES J:!ACH DAY. 1Rangoon !Diocese 1ecture on jfrtt)a)l at 4 p.m. Admission to each, IS. and 6d. Friends who will arrange parochial parties of not less than six, can get special terms for admission to Hall, Lantern Lectures, Tea (after s.3o), by applying beforehand to Miss G. F. MARTIN, 5, Oxford Square, W., Hon. Sec. of the Sale. Miss Knight is sending from Burma a box of curios and native work for the R.D.A. Stall. The Secretaries of the Guild of Work tru;,t that not only Members but other friends wi11 help them to furnish the other part of the Stall with saleable articles. Anicles for the Winchester Stall should be sent to-Miss G. F. Martin, 5, Oxford Square, Hyde Park, W. For the Rangoon Diocesan Stall to-Miss LATHOM BROWNE, 1, Talbot Road, W.; Mise; LEVIEN, 2~, Croftdown Road, Highgate Road, N.W.; Miss E. M. KNIGHT, 32, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. Contributions to the Flower and Produce Stall, Refreshment Stall, and Literature Stall will be gratefully received and benefit all the Associations alike.. · Promises for the first should be 1.ent to-Miss TROTTER, 42, Gloucec;ter Terrace, W. For the second to-Miss BARTHORP,J, Somers Place, W. Parcels for the last to-Mrs. VYVYAN POPHAM, Maldah, Marlow, Bucks. (Goc~ds on the days of Sale to these Ladies at Kensington Town Hall). · Please attend and bring your Friends.