MALCOLM PAITH, on Mahaburlishwur Hills, (temporary station.)—Allen Graves, Missionary, and wife. Miss Orphar Graves, Teacher. these had come from Madras, and they, becoming known to each other, and associating together, and being actuated William Ramsey and Hollis Read, Missionaries, by the spirit of Christ, had drawn others and Mrs. Read, on a visit to this country. (3 stations, 8 missionaries, 2 teachers, 1 printer, 12 female assistant missionaries, and 3 native assistants.) Messrs. Ballantine and Webster arrived at Bombay on the 11th of October. Mr. Sampson had embarked two or three days before on a voyage, which it was hoped might arrest the progress of consumption, to which he was constitutionally prone. At Aleppie he was found too ill to proceed further. The Committee have since heard of his death, which took place at Aleppie. His disease, it should be remembered, is not one which is chargeable to the climate. In December last Mr. Stone, after having resided seven years in Bombay, found it necessary for his health to take a voyage to Ceylon. With the advice of physicians, Mr. and Mrs. Read, owing to the protracted ill health of the latter, sailed from Bombay, March 18th, 1835. They reached this country November 14th, coming by way of Liverpool. Mr. Read has been employed since his arrival in this country in the service of the Board. The preaching of the word, in season and out of season, is of course continued. In consequence of the departure of Mr. Read, Mr. Allen has spent much time at Ahmednuggur. He has been accustomed to preach every Sabbath afternoon in a particular district of the city. The house at such times was often crowded, and the people heard with more and more attention. With increasing knowledge of the gospel, however, there was increasing opposition. But we have no ground for fear or hesitation. All that missionaries of every nation really need to give success to their labors throughout the wide range of British dominion in Asia, is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the people among whom they have gone preaching the gospel. Mr. Allen has performed a number of preaching tours, in which he distributed many hundred copies of parts of the scriptures and of religious tracts. In the months of July, August, and September, 1834, he went as far as Jalna, a town containing about 75,000 inhabitants, 120 miles northeast of Ahmednuggur, and in the dominions of the Nizam of Hydrabad. At Jalna Mr. Allen found a native christian society, of forty-five or fifty members, without any pastor. A part of into their little fraternity. The fact is one of extraordinary interest, as no missionary had resided at Jalna. It shows that the good seed we are sowing in India is not and will not be lost. Mr. Allen preached to them, performed several baptisms, and administered the Lord's supper. EDUCATION.--The attention of the mission is turned more than formerly to the importance of training native helpers. For a year or two past, circumstances have combined to concentrate our operations in Bombay, rather than in the Deccan. To counteract these and enable the Committee to carry out their plans, a considerable reinforcement is needed. Our printing establishment must be in Bombay, but our seminary, as soon as the Head of the church shall give us one, must be in the interior. The great hindrance to the success of an enterprise of this kind is caste, which makes it almost impossible, until the bands have become loosened, to obtain boarding scholars of sufficient promise. The mission, however, seems likely to be succassful in collecting scholars for a female boarding-school at Bombay, under the superintendence of Miss Farrar. The pupils of this school will be separated as far as possible from the influence of surrounding heathenism. It is supposed that a girl may be boarded for a year for about twenty dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Graves collected a school of forty girls at Satarah, which was taught by Mrs. and Miss Graves. At the close of the year 1835 there were in Bombay and the vicinity thirty schools; at Ahmednuggur nine; and at Malcolm Paith one; in all forty, containing 1,620 pupils. Nearly all the schools at Ahmednuggur were established by Mr. Abbott in the space of a month. There were urgent requests for more from neighboring villages, but he had established as many as he could superintend. One of the schools at Bombay was for teaching the English language, and contained fifty pupils. Another of the same kind existed for a time at Mahim. Mrs. Munger, Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Hubbard have each a small school of girls under their care. That of Mrs. Stone contained eight Parsees, or Persians, still retaining the fire-worship of pagan Persia. THE PRESS. The last Report brought || bers, and that at Ahmednuggur eight, down the history of the press to Novem- making twenty-one in all. It would ber 15, 1834. The printing in Mahratta seem that one member had been admitduring the remainder of that year was ted at the latter station. At Bombay as follows:there have been four admissions. Three were converts from Hindooism, and the fourth was a native Roman Catholic, a young man of much promise. For Bombay Bible Society: Gospel of Mark, litho graphed in the Modh character, Gospel of Mark, printed, For American Tract Society: History of our Savior, Total, Coples. Pages. Whole No. Mahratta printing in the year 1835: Whole No. 7:2,000 450 64,000 44,000 28,000 Copies. Pages. Pages. First Book for Children, 2,000) 16 32,000 Mahratta Catechism, 3,000 24 Barakhudya, 2,000 26 Mahratta Mission Regu lations, 50 Mahratta Hymns, 2,000 Experience of Babajee, 2,000 22 2,000 Way of Salvation, Mahratta School Regu- For American Bible Society: Scripture Narratives, Total, 200 MISSION TO SOUTHERN INDIA. MADURA.-William Todd, James Read Eckard, Alanson C. Hall, and J. J. Lawrence, Missionaries; Mrs. Eckard and Mrs. Lawrence. Francis Ashbury, Edward Warren, 1st, and Edward Warren, 2d, Native Helpers. sionaries, and 3 native helpers.) (1 station, 4 missionaries, 2 female assistant mis Early in the last year, Messrs. Eckard and Hoisington, with the approbation of their respective missions, made an exchange of labors, and Mr. Eckard removed to Madura. The brethren at Madura having earnestly requested two more helpers, Messrs. Hall and Lawrence left Jaffna early in October, with their wives and effects, accompanied by Mr. Poor and Mr. Todd, and in twelve days completed their journey. Mr. Poor expected to spend three months in mis108,000 sionary labors at Madura. The arrival of this reinforcement excited great attention among the inhabitants, which was increased by the books brought from Ceylon, and by the preaching of Mr. Poor. Their houses were visited by crowds. This excitement of curiosity on the part of the people, gave rise to another of fear and of hate among the brahmins and others, and at length to decided opposition, which led to some modifications, that were perhaps salutary, in the plans of the mission. 108,000 96,000 104,000 32,150 682 1,680,650 Making the whole Mahratta printing|| from the beginning, 18,508,450 pages, generally 8vo. Five tracts were also printed during the year for the Bombay Tract Society, in the Portuguese language, averaging thirty-three pages each, and amounting to 182,000 pages in all; and 28,750 copies in English, averaging seventy-three pages each. On the 11th of September Mrs. Todd, and on the 2d of January Mrs. Hall were removed by death. Both of these devoted females departed in great peace of mind, rejoicing that they had gone to India on such an errand of mercy. Thirteen publications in the Mahratta, In February of the present year, there by the mission of the Board, have been were four schools within the city, consanctioned by the American Tract So-taining 133 scholars, and ten schools in ciety. It is found that with the present limited number and numerous vocations of the mission, the judicious distribution of the scriptures and religious tracts must unavoidably go on much slower than the patrons of bible and tract societies, and every friend of man will desire. CHURCHES.-The mission church at Bombay contains thirteen native mem the adjacent villages, containing 270. Besides these, there was an English school, under the superintendence of Mr. Todd, in which were sixty scholars. The whole number in the schools is 463. The Committee have been so much impressed with the importance of strengthening this mission at an early period of its existence, that they have given appointinents to six missionaries and a physician, with the expectation Native Catechists. Moolai, (out-station.)-A. Backus and Caleb, Natire Catechists. Valany, (out-station)-E. Porter, Native Catechist. Shangany, (out-station.)-Sangarapully, Native Helper. OODOOVILLE.-Levi Spaulding and Samuel Hutchings, Missionaries, and their wives. Seven Natine Helpers: R. W. Bailey, Teacher of Female School. (Names of the others not reported.) PANDITERIFO.-Under the care of Mr. Poor, assist ed by his associates at Batticotta. Three Native Heipers. Tamban, John Lawrence, and A. Henry, Native Helpers. John M. S. Perry, Missionary, and wife, and Mrs. Woodward; stations not reported. Miron Winslow and Robert O. Dwight, Missionaries, and their wives; on their way to Ceylon. Intel The infant school at Batticotta, established by Mrs. Eckard, and now under the superintendence of Mrs. Ward, aided by two seminarists, contained 120 boys at the date of the latest general letter. The out-station at Valverty had five schools and 380 scholars; the one at Moolai, six schools and 255 scholars; that on the island of Caradive, seven schools and 275 scholars; etc. etc. There are several preparatory schools, from which pupils are received into the semiand Chavagacherry. Ten of the lads in nary, at Batticotta, Oodooville, Manepy, the school at Batticotta are boarding scholars. At three other preparatory schools the children reside with their parents. Nine out-stations are reported. By these is meant posts that are occupied by native helpers at some distance from the stations where the missionaries reside. The seminary is now completely organized, with directors, constitution, and the instructors were as follows: bye-laws. At the close of the year 1835, Rev. Daniel Poor, Principal and Instructor in Astronomy and some of the higher branches of Mathematics. Rev. Henry R. Hoisington, Instructor in the English language. Nathan Ward, M. D., Instructor in Natural Philosophy and Medicine. P. Nicholas, H. Martyn, E. Warren, J. P. Hassleton, and W. Volk, Superintendents and Teachers of Classes in the Seminary. G. Dashiel, Teacher of Sanscrit, native Arithmetic, and Astronomy. Sanmookam and Aseervathum, Teachers in Tamul. S. J. Ropes, Medical Assistant. H. K. White, Teacher of Preparatory School. The seminary then contained 148 ligence has been received of their arrival at Madras members, not including the thirty-seven on the 21st of March. scholars in the preparatory school. There are five classes. It is the design of the mission to have six classes, making the collegiate term six years. The prospects of the institution were never more encouraging, nor were there ever more cheering indications of divine favor, than there are at present. The female central boarding-school at Oodooville prospers as heretofore. THE PRESS. The printing establishment is now furnished with three presses, and with a complete bindery and tools for wood engraving. It is in contemplation to provide a type foundery for the Tamul language. The printing in Tamul from March 1, 1834, to the end of the year 1835, was as follows: The demand for school-books is very urgent. The mission design to commence immediately the printing of portions of the Holy Scriptures. About thirty of the tracts in the Tamul language have the sanction of the American Tract Society, and are printed at the expense of that institution. Twenty native laborers are employed in the printing establishment, about half of whom are members of the church. A native workman does about half as much work in a day as is customary for men in printing-offices in this country. STATE OF RELIGION.-During the year 1835, seventy-seven natives and a daughter of Mr. Meigs were received into the several mission churches, chiefly as the result of the gracious visitation from on high described in the last Report. In March forty-eight were received at one time. This interesting scene was at Batticotta. The excommunications from the churches during the year were seven, and four were suspended from communion. The whole number of native members is 261. EASTERN ASIA. MISSION TO SIAM. BANKOK-Charles Robinson and Stephen Johnson, Missionaries; Dan B. Bradley, M. D., Physician; and their wives. (1 station, 2 missionaries, 1 physician, and 3 female assistant missionaries.) The city of Bankok it supposed to contain half a million of inhabitants, of whom about 400,000 are Chinese. Messrs. Gutzlaff and Tomlin were the first to commence christian efforts in Siam, which they did in August, 1828. Messrs. Abeel and Tomlin spent some time at Bankok in 1831, and again Mr. Abeel in 1832. Messrs. Robinson and Johnson, with their wives, arrived July 23, 1834, and Doct. and Mrs. Bradley on the 18th of July, 1835. Doct. B. carried a press and Siamese type from Singapore. Another press and whatever else is necessary to complete an establishment for printing on a moderate scale, has since been forwarded from the United States. The Committee are looking for a printer. Tracts are sought with great eagerness, but experience has shown the inexpediency of promiscuous distribution. Little difficulty is found in gathering schools among the Chinese, and Mr. Johnson had one under his care. Among the Siamese this is not so easy, as the boys are usually sent to the wats, or temples, for education, and the girls are not thought to need education. The multitudes daily resorting to Doct. Bradley for medical treatment awakened the jealousy of inferior officers of government, and occasioned an order for the removal of our brethren from the Chinese quarter. In October, the eldest son of the Prah Klang, or prime minister for foreign affairs, sought Doct. Bradley's acquaintance, and in November, the prince invited Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to accompany him to Chantaboon, a place Protracted meetings were held at all about 160 miles down the coast, near the the stations successively in the early frontier of Cambodia. His object was to part of the year, and with cheering evi- have them reside in his family, and teach dence of the divine presence. The gra- himself and wife and children the Engcious work was confined chiefly to the lish language, while at the same time rising generation. Several hundred of they were to have liberty to distribute the children in the native free schools tracts among the Chinese. Doct. Bradwere so far under the impression of di- ley being ill, was also offered a free pasvine truth, as to be constrained to call sage by the generous nobleman. Chanupon God, in the name of the only deliv-taboon presented a surprising change to erer from the wrath to come. them in the face of the country, being The native evangelical society sup- mountainous, rugged, and apparently faports three catechists, viz. Francis As- vorable to health. The providential debury, at Madura, Jordan Lodge, at Val-velopements occasioned by this visit to verty, and Alexander Lovell, at Cara- Chantaboon are in no ordinary degree encouraging, and have greatly strength dive. ened the desire of the Committee to send, received with most reserve by the people, more missionaries into that field. MISSION TO CHINA. CANTON-Elijah C. Bridgman, Edwin Stevens, and Peter Parker, M. D., Missionaries; and S. Wells Williams, Printer. David Abeel. Missionary, on a visit to the United States. (1 station, 4 missionaries, and 1 printer.) they distributed about 1,000 volumes, of 100 pages each, in two days. Nearly 4,000 volumes were left in that province. In the great commercial city of Shanghae, on the river Woosung, they soon distributed 1,000 books. Generally when in their vessel they were attended by the war-boats, and when on land by officers, who gave them no small annoyance, though they made no determined opposition. The mass of the people almost uniformly manifested much curiosity, treated them kindly, and eagerly receiv In consequence of the voyage up the Min, and the tracts then distributed, the governor of Fuhkeen forwarded a series of complaints to the emperor. An order was accordingly issued to seize and punish the 'traitorous natives,' who were engaged in teaching foreigners the language, printing barbarian books, and acting as agents in prosecuting this object. At the same time the English barbarians' were threatened with a loss of their commercial privileges, if they indulged their own desires and continued to make voyages along the coast, contrary to the imperial mandates. Referring to the tour up the Min river, (see pp. 76-80 of last volume), "This," says Mr. Stevens, "in addition to all other facts, has quite convinced me thated their books. it is not practicable to travel into the interior of China. There is nothing to countenance a contrary opinion, but the success of Messrs. Gutzlaff and Gordon's late excursion to the Ankoy tea hills. But respecting this it should be said, that it is one of the least populous parts of the country, and the route led them near to few towns; that they were thereby enabled to avoid any notice from the officers, not seeing even one buttoned man during their absence; and that the whole distance was not more than thirty or forty miles. And this is the only instance of successful attempt of the kind. To think, in all ordinary cases, of proceeding far without attracting notice, and to hope to extricate one's self from the officers, when once notice is taken, without resort to force, it seems to me cannot be expected." An important voyage was performed last year, illustrating the manner of doing good to China, to which Providence especially calls the attention of the churches at present. This was made by Mr. Medhurst, of the London Missionary Society, and Mr. Stevens. Including Mr. Medhurst and Mr. Stevens, there were in all only eighteen persons on board the vessel. A few bags of rice were taken on board, in furtherance of the object of the voyage, to be sold or not, as should seem best. The cargo was about 20,000 volumes of books of various sizes, comprehending some copies of the Scriptures, Medhurst's Harmony of the Gospels, Theology, Commentary on the Ten Commandments, the Life of Christ, and a variety of other publications. A brief but interesting account of this voyage, from the journal of Mr. Stevens, is given in the Missionary Herald for June, pp. 197-202. Totally unarmed, and often far beyond sight of their vessel, these two missionaries had safely visited a great number of towns and villages, and distributed thousands of christian books. In Shantung, where they were The voyage in the Huron was the first missionary excursion made in a vessel that did not carry opium for traffic with the natives, and in several respects is a very interesting and encouraging experi ment. The order to arrest every native helper of the missionaries, very naturally put those helpers to flight, and for a time arrested all proceedings at Canton. It was resolved to transfer the printing of the revised Chinese version of the Scriptures to Singapore, and ten native workmen were sent to Singapore for that purpose, and soon after eleven tracts in Chinese were sent to that place to be printed. Mr. Williams has removed to Macao to devote himself to the printing of Mr. Medhurst's dictionary of the Fuhkeen dialect, which more properly than any other, may be called the language of commerce, and is almost the only dialect spoken by the Chinese of the Archipelago. Mr. Parker returned to Canton in September, and immediately opened a dispensary, which was resorted to by great numbers, chiefly such as were diseased in the eyes. In November he had 300 patients. Mr. Stevens is applying himself to the Mandarin, or national language of China. Rapid progress is made in the revision of Dr. Morrison's translation of the Scrip |