Jones, in the investigation of difficult passages. Frequently from ten to twenty others remain, and listen to the expositions with great interest. Additions by baptisms have been made to the churches at most of the stations and outstations. One of the most interesting of these occasions was at Delaware Town, Nov. 18, when one man and four females were baptized by the younger Mr. Jones, at the same spot where eleven years before he himself had received baptism at the hands of John Wickliffe, the aged native preacher. The whole number of persons baptized in connection with the different churches, during the year 1855, is eighty-one. The national school, under the charge of Mr. Upham, has had eighty-two different pupils during the year. It holds the rank of an average district school in New England. A portion of the pupils were from abroad. Contributions. At a missionary meeting held at Long Prairie, soon after the last annual meeting of the Union, Mr. Jones made known the embarrassed condition of the treasury, and stated that he had pledged the Delaware church, the oldest in the mission, for the sum of fifty dollars. The members present, of that church, accepted the pledge with all cheerfulness, and individuals on the spot pledged such sums as they were able, proposing on their return to lay the subject before the church. The whole amount has since been forwarded. One of the natives present at the meeting, suggested that the privilege of giving should be extended to the other Cherokee churches; which was conceded; and they also immediately pledged upwards of twenty dollars. Mr. Jones says, in a late communication, " So far as I can learn, all the labor that has been judiciously expended for the spiritual improvement of the Indians, has been richly rewarded. It is true that, in this portion of the Indian field, we have had to encounter many and severe trials; but God has not failed to bless, and to bless abundantly, every portion of our labor, on which, in the honest judgment of conscience, we had any right to look for a blessing. Year after year, we have had the happiness to see men and women added to the church on confession of their sins and faith in the Saviour,-backsliders restored to the path of holiness, and believers dying with hopes full of immortality. "We need only more help of the right character to carry the living word into every corner of the land; and more prayer and more entire reliance on the aids of the blessed Spirit, in order to gather in abundantly from these fields, which are already ripe unto the harvest." RECAPITULATION. The number of missions sustained by the Union is twenty-one, of stations ninety-eight, and of outstations 641. Of the outstations, 441 are connected with the German mission. The number of laborers sent from this country, including 57 female assistants, is 117; and of native laborers, 296; total 413. There are 278 churches. The number of baptisms reported from the missions, the past year, is 3,778. Aggregate membership in the churches 21,381. REPORT OF THE TREASURER. EXPENDITURES OF THE UNION DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1856. Purchases and payments, 354 93 Passage of Dr. Mason and family to the U. S. via England, 2,005 02 1,064 17 3,424 12 Remittances, drafts, purchases, and payments, Passage and other expenses of Mr. Moore in returning to the United States, Expenses of Mr. Moore and family, 66 of Mrs. Campbell and children, 2,261 34 1,199 12 381 54 250 00 4,092 00 Assam Mission. Remittances, drafts, purchases, and payments, Passage and other expenses of Dr. Brown in returning to the U. S. via England, Expenses of Dr. Brown and family, 5,947 07 808 75 [July, 340 90 of Mrs. Barker aud children, 400 00 7,496 72 4,435 42 5,168 21 457 25 5,625 46 Remittances, drafts, purchases and payments, Ningpo Mission. Remittances, drafts, purchases and payments, 4,278 42 Passage and expenses of Mrs. Goddard and family in returning to the U. S., 1,774 41 Expenses of Mrs. Goddard and family in this country, Deputation to the Asiatic Missions. Expenses of Messrs. Peck and Granger, Passage and other expenses of Mr. Buel in returning to the U. S., 439 64 Expenses of Mr. Arnold and family 113 55 66 of Mr. Buel, Of this amount, $1,596 47 is paid by appropriations of the U. S. Mission to the Ojibwas. Drafts, &c., 1,403 53 The expense of this mission is paid by appropriations of the U. S. Salary of Rev. S. M. Osgood, one year, Travelling expenses, &c., including expense of removal Salary of Rev H. A. Smith and assistant, one year, 850 00 44 53 200 58 1,000 00 426 67 1,000 00 to, and house rent in Brooklyn, N. Y., 487 44 800 00 Travelling expenses, &c., including expense of removing from Watertown to Fayetteville, 221 98 Travelling expenses, &c., 57 50 work, Travelling expenses of Rev. E. A. Stevens, in agency Expenses of Rev. L. Wright, in 1854, Travelling expenses of the Home Secretary, 750 copies of the paper on the "Work of the Deputation," 500 copies of the paper on "Mutual Relations," &c., Extra expense of the May No. of the Magazine, 24 11 22 69 127 78 8,509 21 373 53 11 53 26 76 23 40 34 48 July No. of 404 99 275 copies of the Magazine, for file and distribution, 2700 copies of the Macedonian, for file and distribution, Circulars and notices, 137 50 270 00 80 05 1,362 24 Secretaries' Department. Salary of the Foreign Secretary $1600, less $790 received Salary of the Assistant Treasurer $1,200, less $790 received from the fund for officers, Clerk hire, 410 00 300 00 710 |