mittee of the Diocese, 105; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergy, $123 25; New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Soc., $75; Alms for the Poor (Holy Communion), $107 59; for the Sunday School of the Parish (for Christmas-Tree), $85; Books, &c., $41 15; Contributed by the Scholars, $80 41; Parish purposes (exclusive of pew rents) collected, through the offertory Sunday Mornings, about $253; Southern Missionary Convocation of the Diocese, $50; Prot. Episcopal Freedman's Commission, $48; for Freedmen in Florida, $44 76; Theological Seminary in the Diocese of South Carolina, $909-total, $1,912 16.

The Rector reports only such families and communicants as have an actual and permanent connection with the Parish, but a considerably larger number of both are attendants on the services of the Church, during a part of the year.

St. Stephen's Church, North Castle; the Rev. J. W. HYDE, Rector and Missionary. Number of Families, 25. Number of individuals, 110. Baptisms: adults, 2; infants, 8— total, 5. Confirmed, 8. Burials, 5. Communicants: admitted, 8; removed into the Parish, 3; removed from the Parish, 4-present number, 50. The Holy Communion: celebrated on the first Sunday of every month. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 30; number of times, 6. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, 52; Holy Days, 4; other days, 2-total, 58.

Contributions.-Episcopal Fund, $5; Diocesan Fund, $6; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $15 50; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, 10; General P. E. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, $3 50; the Poor, $45 12; Parish Purposes, $120; Church Purposes in General, $48 67-total, $253 79.

St. Peter's Church, Peekskill; the Rev. E. M. RODMan, Rector.

Number of families, 81. Number of individuals, 850. Baptisms: adults, 14; infants, 23total, 37. Confirmed, 32. Marriage, 1. Burials, 9. Communicants, 109; admitted, 31; removed into the Parish, 7; removed from the Parish, 8; Died, 3-present number, 106. The Holy Communion: celebrated first Sunday in every month; days for which there is a Proper Preface and Holy Thursday. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 17. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 50; number of times, 12. Sunday-Scholars, (not included in the foregoing.) 100-total number of young young persons instructed, 100. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, morning and night 104; Holy Days, 80 (daily during Lent); other days, (Thanksgiving Day,) 1-total, 185. Contributions.-Diocesan Fund, $18; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $20; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $18 58; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $36 55; Foreign Committee, $56 33; Parochial Schools, $259 45; Communion Alms, $138 07; Parish Purposes, $821 02; Church Purposes in General, $28 75; Christmas Present to Rector, $45-total, $941 75.

In addition to the above contributions, the Parish has subscribed about $4,500 to pay a debt, which has too long existed, and to enlarge the Church by furnishing sittings (for a hundred more persons) which were very much needed, as all our pews were rented, and persons were waiting for the privilege of worshipping God in His Church.

From this record of a year's work, it will be seen that there are many signs of spiritus] growth in the Parish, for which the Rector desires to thank God and to ascribe all the praise to Him, without whose blessing no work can prosper.

Christ Church, Pelham; the Rev. Edward W. SYLE, Rector; Rev. Wм. V. FEETWELL, Assistant.

Number of families, about 80. Number of individuals, about 400. Baptisms: adults, 3; infants, 26-total, 29. Marriages, 4. Burials, 16. Communicants: admitted, 2; removed

into the Parish, 24; removed from the Parish, 27-present number, 81. The Holy Communion celebrated First Sunday in every month. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 15. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 60; number of times, 14. Members of other classes for Religious Instruction, 45-total number o young persons instructed, 125. Daily Parish Schools; 1 (Paid.) Scholars: females, twelve. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, 220: Holy Days, Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday Easter-Monday, Christmas Day, other days,-total, 225.

Contributions.-Episcopal Fund Assessment, $5; Diocesan Fund, $15; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $15; Theological Education to Students at General Seminary, $20; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $10; Freedman's Aid Society, $15 50; Amer. Union Com mission, $10; St. Luke's, Lansing, Iowa, $5; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U.S.: Domestic Committee, $10; Foreign Committee $40; Good Friday collection for Jews, 85; The Poor, $101 04; Parish Purposes. $279 98; Church Purposes in General, Reconstructing chapel at Pelhamville, $548 18-total, $1074 65.

The movement for building a Parsonage still continues, and has advanced as far as the collecting of funds, and considering of plans.

Meanwhile, City Island has been organized into a separate parish, an Incorporation procured, the former assistant of the Parish elected as Rector; and they are prepared to apply for admission to convention at its present session. The important post at Hart Island is included in the bounds of the new Parish.

The building purchased for a Chapel at Pelhamville bas been reconstructed, and made comfortable for use, at a cost of about $500, borrowed for that purpose. A student from the Gen. Theol. Seminary has rendered good service at this station.

St. Peter's Church, Port Chester; the Rev. SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH, Rector.

Number of families, 88. Number of individuals, 825. Baptisms: adults, 8; infants, 9— total, 12. Confirmed, 13. Marriages, S. Burials, 17. Communicants: admitted, 10; removed into the Parish, 7; removed from the Parish, 2; died, 1-present number, 127. The Holy Communion celebrated first Sunday in each month, and on the great Festivals. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 12. Catechumens: Sunday-Scholars, 100. During the winter months there was a Bible Class; and also public catechetical examination once a month. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, twice each Sunday; Holy Days, on all Holy Days; other days, on Wednesday and Friday through Lent and daily in Passion Week.

Contributions.-Episcopal Fund, $5; Special Assessment for do., $8; Diocesan Fund, $12; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $20; Theological Education Fund, $15; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $15; S. Missionary Convocation, $55 84; New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, $12 50; Protestant Episcopal Tract Society, $10; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.; Domestic Committee, $73 50; Fund for Southern Clergy, $36; Foreign Committee, $26 67; Sunday School, Contribution to Rev. Dr. Breck, $70; Parish Purposes, including the poor, $430;-total, $789. All raised by the Weekly Offertory.

Christ Church, Riverdale; the Rev. ED. M. PECKE, Rector.

The Rector of Christ Church, Riverdale, would respectfully report that the Parish was organized, and he was elected Rector, on the 10th day of this September; that the Church building, which is complete, and paid for, and will be consecrated on the 4th of October, was first used on the first Sunday in September, on which occasion three infants were baptized; that the Holy Communion was administered on the second Sunday in September to fifty persons; that the Church will seat about three hundred persons, and thus far has been full at every service; that it is impossible at present to give the number of families, of individuals, or of communicants; that the offerings at the only administration of the Holy Communion amounted to $86 40.

Christ Church, Rye; the Rev. REESE F. ALSOP, Rector.

Number of families, 105. Number of individuals, about 350. Baptisms: adults, 5; infants, 7-total, 12. Confirmed, 10. Burials, 9. Communicants: admitted, 11; removed into the Parish, 10; died, 1-present number, 129. The Holy Communion: celebrated: first Sunday of every month, Christmas and Easter days. Catechists and Sunday School teachers, 18. Catechumens: 84. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, twice every Sunday; Holy Days, Christmas once, Ash-Wednesday, Good Friday, Ascension, once; other days, every Friday evening for 9 months. Twice a week through Lent; five times, Passion weektotal, about 155.

Contributions.-Episcopal Fund, $10; Diocesan Fund, $80; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $54 62; Theological Education Fund, $17 50; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $60; New York City Mission Society, $71; South Carolina Theological Seminary, $292; Protestant Episcopal Freedmen's Commission, $160; Prot. Epis. Church in the South, $70; Western Church, $20; Mission to the Jews, $18 93; Domestic Missions, (through Amer. Church Mis. Soc.,) $59 44; Theological Education in Ohio, $49 66: Sunday Schools, $316 56; the Poor, $218 76; Parish Purposes, $2040; Church Purposes in General, (St. Stephen's, Portland and E. K. S.,) $339 48-total, $3825 95.

During the year about one hundred sittings have been added, and most of the new pews have been at once taken.

Church of St. James the Less, Scarsdale; the Rev. WM. W. OLSSEN, Rector.

Number of families, 28. Number of individuals, 150. Baptisms: infants, 10-total, 10 Marriages, 3. Burials, 2. Communicants: removed into the Parish, 4; removed from the Parish, 4-present number, about 65. The Holy Communion celebrated first Sunday in each month and every day for which a "Proper Preface" is appointed. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 7. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 40. Number of times, 13. Celebration of Divine Service; Sundays, twice each Sunday, other days, once each Wednesday and Friday; once daily, during Lent.

Contributions.-Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $14 39; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $13 50; New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, $16 93; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $11 50; Foreign Committee, $11 50; Freedmen, $9 02; Mission to Jews, $5; Parish Purposes, $550; Communion Alms, $128 54 -total, $755 35.

In addition to the above the Rector has received towards his support the voluntary contribitions at the Offertory on each Sunday morning.

St. Paul's Church, Sing Sing; the Rev. JAMES I. HELM, Rector.

Baptisms: adults, 11; infants, 12-total, 23. Confirmed, 11. Marriages, 10. Burials, 12. The Holy Communion celebrated first Sunday in every month, on greater Festivals, and with the sick in private. Catechumens: children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, monthly. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, two Services each; Holy Days, High Festivals, and most others, once each; other days, Thanksgiving, Fridays, every day in Holy Week twice, and on Wednesday evenings from October to Easter-total, about 280 times.

Contributions-Exclusive of Rector's Salary and contingent expenses.-Episcopal Fund, $10; Diocesan Fund, $15; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $50; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $32; Freedmen's Aid, $25; Relief of Southern Clergy, $110; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $30; Foreign Committee, $20; the Poor, $500; Parish Purposes, $1,980; Church Purposes in general, $100-total, $2,872.

St. Luke's Church, Somers; the Rev. BENJAMIN WEBB, Rector and Missionary. Number of families, 40. Number of individuals, 180. Baptisms: adults, 2; infants, 5total, 7. Confirmed, 4. Marriages, 1. Burials, 3. Communicants: admitted, 8; removed, into the Parish, 8-present number, 50. The Holy Communion: celebrated on the first Sunday of every month, and on every Festival for which a proper Preface is appointed, except Trinity Sunday. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 9. Catechumens: 40; number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, nearly all the above; number of times, 12. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, usually twice every Sunday, during the greater part of the year; Holy Days, once on Christmas, St. Stephen's, Holy Innocents', Ash-Wed. nesday, Good Friday, Ascension Day, and Tuesday in Easter Week; other days, once on Thanksgiving-Day, Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent, and July 5th, P. M., special Servicetotal, one hundred and six (106) times.

Contributions.-Assessment for the Bishop's Salary, $2; Episcopal Fund, $4 50; Diocesan Fund, $7 50; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $7 15; Theological Education Fund, $3 10; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $2; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $10; Foreign Committee, $4; Church Mission to the Jews, $1 82; Parish Purposes, $35 95; Contributions through the weekly offertory, $85 57; from individuals in the Parish through the Rector to the Freedmen's Commission, $14-total, $177 59.

The present Report, being compared with that of last year, indicates considerable growth in matters external, and it is hoped that this has not been without a corresponding improve ment in the things that are more excellent.

Christ Church, Tarrytown; the Rev. J. SELDEN SPENCER, Rector.

Number of families, 85. Number of individuals, 870. Baptisms: adults, 4; infants, 7total, 11. Confirmed, 13. Marriages, 6. Burials 12. Communicants: admitted, 17; removed into the Parish, 18; removed from the Parish, 23; died, 3-present number, 141. The Holy Communion: celebrated first Sunday of every month. Catechists and SundaySchool teachers, 10. Catechumens, 80; number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 40; number of times, monthly; members of other classes for Religious Instruction, 40. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, twice on Sundays; Holy Days, Festivals; other days, Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent; Passion Week.

Contributions.-Bishop's Salary, $22 08; Diocesan Fund, $27; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $24 09; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $18 68; Needy Clergy at the South, $22; New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, $17; General Theological Seminary, $12 61; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $217 81; Foreign Committee, $18 45; Sunday-School Library, $177 24; the Poor, $224 53; Parish Purposes-Sunday-School Fair for a New Church, &c., $1,721 54-total, $2,498 08.

St. John's Church, Tuckahoe; the Rev. ANGUS M. IVES, Missionary.

Number of families, 23. Number of individuals, 63. Baptisms: infant, 1. Burial, 1. Communicants; present number, 87. The Holy Communion celebrated first Sunday in every month. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 5. Catechumens, 17.

Contributions.—Episcop: 1 Fund, 8; Diocesan Fund, $5; Parish Purposes, $366 50— total, $874 50.

St. Peter's Church, Westchester; the Rev. C. D. JACKSON, D. D., Rector.

Number of families, 150. Number of individuals, 718. total, 83. Confirmed, 88. Marriages, 5. Burials, 80.

Baptisms: adults, 6; infants, 27— Communicants: admitted, 20; re

moved into the Parish, 12; removed from the Parish, 9; died, 8-present number, about 183. The Holy Communion: celebrated on the first Sunday of each month, and on all the principal Festivals. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, 24. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, about 200; number of times, each month, and twice a week in Lent. There is also a class for sewing, and for sacred music connected with the Sunday School. Total number of young persons instructed, about 220. Celebration of Divine Service: Sundays, twice each Sunday; Holy Days, all principal Feasts and Fasts; other days, twice each week during the summer months, and five times each week in Lent-total, about 250 Services in the Church.

Contributions.-Episcopul Fund, $25; Diocesan Fund, $37 50: Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $149 85; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $58 24; New York City Mission Society, $200; New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, $58 47; General P. E. S. S. Union and Church Book Society, $112 70; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, $72 15; Foreign Committee, $42 82; the Poor, $250; Parish Purposes, $700; Church Purposes in General, $1,000; Westchester Miss. Asso., $100; Clergy in Southern Dioceses, Freedmen's Commission, $548 34; Easter Offerings, Sunday-School, $66 87; for the Parish Sunday-School, $200; for clothing, etc., to Missions, $250; for Library, $150; Individual Contributions to Sundry Charitable Institutions, $1,000—total, $5,016 94.

St. John's Church, Wilmot; the Rev. ANGUS M. IVES, Missionary.

Number of families, 29. Number of individuals, 186. Baptisms: adults, 2; infants, 4total, 6. Marriage, 1. Burials, 6. Communicants: removed from the Parish, 7; died, 1— present nnmber, 17. The Holy Communion: celebrated first Sunday in every month. Catechists and Sunday-School teachers, S. Catechumens, SO.

Contributions.-Episcopal Fund, $6; Diocesan Fund, $6; Parish Purposes, $464 49; Raised by the Ladies for Rectory Fund, $66 50-total, $542 99.

Grace Church, White Plains; the Rev. THEODORE SILL RUMNEY, Rector.

Number of families and parts of families, 96. Number of individuals, 400 and upwards. Baptisms: adults, 3; infants, 43-total, 46. Confirmed, 11. Marriages, 7 by the Rector and 1 by the Rev. Martin Moody. Burials, 20. Communicants: admitted, 17; removed into the Parish, 10; removed from the Parish, 13; Died, 4-present number, 189. The Holy Com. munion celebrated on the first Sunday of each month, and on the principal festivals. Catechumens: number of children taught the Catechism openly in the Church, 115; number of times, monthly-total number, 125. Celebration of Divine Service: twice each Sunday in the Parish Church, and on each alternate Sunday a third service in the country, with an occasional service In the county jail; Holy Days, on the high Festivals; other days, Wed. nesdays and Fridays during Lent, daily during Passion Week; on Thanksgiving Day, and on Wednesdays during the year.

Contributions. -Episcopal Fund, 85; Diocesan Fund, $6; Missionary Committee of the Diocese, $28, 81; Sunday-School Children to Dr. Breck, $25; Sunday-School library for the West, $25-total, $50; Fund for Aged and Infirm Clergymen, $23 85; to the Jews, $10 60; Sunday-School Children, Nashota, $10; Southern Churches and Clergy, $24 80; Board of Missions P. E. Church, U. S.: Domestic Committee, Sunday-Schoc Children, $10; Foreign Committee, $49 89; Sundy-School Children to Foreign Missior, $35-total, $84 39; the Poor, $100; Parish Purposes, $3,372 98-total, $3,720 43.

The Rector has, in addition to his regular duties in his own P. rish, given an occasional service to parishes in the neighborhood, which were at the time without a settled minister.