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Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.50 Chester. Cong. Ch. 26.42 Clinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 15.00 Dewitt. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 3.65 Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 Dubuque. Mrs. C. C. R. 0.50 Green. R. L. 0.50 Hillsborough. John W. Hammond 5.00 Independence. S. W. N. 0.50 Iowa City. Ladies’ Sew. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.15 Logan. Cong. Ch. 6.72 New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 1.50 Osage. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 21.31 Sibley. C. E. Jenney 5.00 Tabor. Friends, by Julia E. Williams 6.50 Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. T. 0.50 Wittenburg. Cong. Ch. $24, and Sab. Sch. $2.80, to const. REV. SETH A. ARNOLD, L. M. 26.80

MINNESOTA, $119.03.

Afton. Cong. Ch. 4.50 East Prairieville. Mrs. Mary Adams 5.00 Litchfield. Mrs. S. B. Cathcast $2; W. E. C. 50c 2.50 Marine. Cong. Ch. 2.04 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $19.22; Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch. $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 44.22 Northfield. Individuals 2.00 Plain View. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 8.00 St. Paul. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Winona. Cong. Ch. 25.77

NEBRASKA, $3.

Steele City. Cong. Ch. 3.00

DAKOTA, $15.

Fort Berthold. Rev. C. L. Hall 10.00 Riverside. Rev. Lewis Bridgman 5.00

CALIFORNIA, $515.90.

National City. Theron Parsons $5; J. T. $1. 6.00 —— Receipts of “The California Chinese Mission” 509.90

OREGON, $31.00.

Forest Grove. ALVIN T. SMITH, to const. himself L. M. 30.00 Hillsborough. Rev. J. S. G. 1.00

DELAWARE, $2.50.

Felton. Talmon Dewey 2.50

MARYLAND, $100.

Baltimore. T. D. Anderson 100.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $0.50.

Washington. H. N. F. 0.50

KENTUCKY, $11.85.

Berea. Cong. Ch. 11.85

TENNESSEE, $186.53.

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 144.25 Nashville. Fisk University 42.28

NORTH CAROLINA, $267.49.

Raleigh. Public Fund $140; Washington Sch. $18.45 158.45 Wilmington. Normal Sch. $94.05; Cong. Ch. $5.54 99.59 Woodbridge. School 9.45

SOUTH CAROLINA, $229.30.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 229.30

GEORGIA, $463.31.

Atlanta. Atlanta University $122.50.—Rev. S. S. Ashley $12, _for Student Aid_ 134.50 Atlanta. Storrs School. 183.10 Macon. Lewis High Sch. 64.55 Savannah. Beach Inst. $77.16; First Cong. Sab. Sch. $3 80.16 Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.00

ALABAMA, $717.75.

Athens. Trinity School 33.75 Long Island. Mrs. Chubbuck and Miss Standish 700 Apple Trees, _for Atlanta U._ Mobile. Emerson Inst. 79.50 Montgomery. Public Fund $440; First Cong. Ch. $75 515.00 Selma. Rev. Fletcher Clark $9.55, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._—First Cong. Ch. $8.10 17.65 Talladega. Talladega College 71.85

MISSISSIPPI, $91.40.

Jackson. S. Lemley and Son, _for barracks, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Tougaloo. Tougaloo University $60.40.—Rev. G. S. Pope $9, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 69.40 Verona. Sab. Sch., _for Mendi M._ 2.00

MISSOURI, $2.50.

Index. F. P. M. $1; Others $1.50, by W. B. Wills 2.50

LOUISIANA, $157.25.

New Orleans. Straight University 157.25

TEXAS, $1.

Whitman. A. F. 1.00

CANADA, $23.23.

Montreal. John Dougall & Co. $8; A. Spaulding $5; Robert Dunn $5; P. H. Barton $3; R. W. Cowan $2; Premium 23c 23.23

SCOTLAND, $5.89.

Innellan. Young Women’s Prayer-Meeting, by Mrs. P. Taylor, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 5.89

AFRICA, $2.

South Africa. Miss Emelia F. Brewer, _for Raleigh, N. C._ 2.00 ————————— Total 14,319.13 Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $85,752.83

H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._

RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Keene, N. H. “A Friend” 0.50 Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford 10.00 Dedham, Mass. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. Coll. 11.39 Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith 300.00 Newburyport, Mass. H. Lunt 25.00 Salem, Mass. Joseph H. Towne 50.00 —— Mass. “Worshiper at Indian Orchard” 500.00 Waterbury, Conn. Chas. Benedict, of Second Cong. Ch. 500.00 Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Woodward 10.00 Homer, N. Y. “A Lady” 50.00 Spencerport, N. Y. “A Presbyterian” 10.00 Hampton, Va. Helpers in Hampton N. & A. Inst., by J. F. B. Marshall, Treas. 25.00 Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 500.00 Ripon, Wis. Rev. H. W. Carter 5.00 Danville, Iowa. Mrs. H. Huntington 5.00 Index, Mo. W. B. Wills 4.00 —————— 2,005.89 Previously acknowledged Feb. receipts 6,915.83 —————— Total $8,921.72

Receipts of the CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E. Palache, Treasurer, from Sept. 26th, 1877, to March 20th, 1878:

FROM AUXILIARIES, $64.20.

Petaluma Chinese Mission. Chinese Pupils 30.70 Santa Barbara Chinese Mission. Friends 20.00 Stockton Chinese Mission. Mrs. M. C. Brown $6; Chinese $5 11.00 —— By D. W. C. Putnam, Treas. 2.50

FROM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS, $68.50.

1876-1877. Paid at Annual Meeting 39.00 1877-1878. Paid at Annual Meeting 29.50

FROM CHURCHES, $141.70.

Benicia. Cong. Ch., Ladies $25, to const. REV. J. A. BANFIELD, L. M.; J. A. B. 50c 25.50 Oakland. First Cong. Ch. 38.00 Redwood. Cong. Ch. 8.30 Sacramento. Cong. Ch. 11.20 San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. $18.70; Plymouth Ch. $30 48.70 Santa Cruz. Cong. Ch. 10.00

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, $115.50.

San Francisco. Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D., and C. T. Christensen, Esq., $25 ea., _for Barnes Mission House_.—Rev. Joseph Rowell $20; Miss Ella M. Pinkham $2.50; Rev. W. C. Merritt (annual membership) $2 74.50 Sacramento. Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D. $1; Cash $1 2.00 Sonoma. Rev. F. B. Perkins $5; “A Friend” $5 10.00 San Francisco. Chinese $13.50; Chinese at Central School $11 24.50 Bethany. Chinese 4.50

FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $120.

Bangor, Maine. Mrs. E. H. Coe (gold) 25.00 Portland, Maine. State St. Cong. Ch. 40.00 Boston, Mass. Mrs. James Means 5.00 Granby, Mass. Cong. Sab. Sch. Mrs. John Church’s class, $18; Mrs. R. H. Davis’ class $12 30.00 Norwich, Conn. Mrs. E. B. Huntington $20, bal. to const. REV. F. B. PERKINS, L. M. 20.00 —————— Total $509.90

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_The American Missionary Association._

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AIM AND WORK.

To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11; Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.

INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH. _Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11; _Other Schools_, 7. Total, 26.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10. Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course, 79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.

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1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

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