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in South Africa; and 3,400 in India. The converts under the Society's care speak altogether twenty-six languages.
The general scope of the Society's efforts, so far as figures can show it, is set forth in the following Table:--
GENERAL SUMMARY. +----------------+--------+---------+---------+--------+---------+ | |English | Native | Native | Church | Native | | MISSIONS. |Mission-| Ordained| Preach- | Mem- | Adher- | | |aries. | Pastors.| ers. | bers. | ents. | +----------------+--------+---------+---------+--------+---------+ |1. CHINA | 21 | 4 | 40 | 1265 | 2367 | | | | | | | | |2. NORTH INDIA | 18 | 6 | 20 | 284 | 1374 | | | | | | | | |3. SOUTH INDIA | 22 | 11 | 65 | 882 | 3408 | | | | | | | | |4. TRAVANCORE | 8 | 11 | 190 | 2228 | 32,362 | | | | | | | | | (MADAGASCAR | 12 | 20 | 532 | 7066 | 37,112 | |5.( AND | | | | | | | (MAURITIUS | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | | | | | | | | |6. SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | 1 | 30 | 5866 | 31,197 | | | | | | | | |7. WEST INDIES | 13 | 2 | 14 | 4972 | 14,240 | | | | | | | | |8. POLYNESIA | 28 | 26 | 249 | 12,924 | 69,738 | +----------------+--------+---------+---------+--------+---------+ | TOTALS | 156 | 81 | 1140 | 35,487 | 191,798 | +----------------+--------+---------+---------+--------+---------+
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | | SCHOOLS. | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | BOYS. | GIRLS. | | +-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+ | MISSIONS. |Sch- |Schol-| Fees. |Sch- |Schol-| Fees. | | |00ls.| ars. |pnd. s. d.|ools.| ars. |pnd. s. d.| +----------------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+ |1. CHINA | 16 | 354| 0 13 6| 7 | 103| 26 0 0| | | | | | | | | |2. NORTH INDIA | 15 | 2076|1036 3 1| 16 | 375| 12 10 0| | | | | | | | | |3. SOUTH INDIA | 47 | 2858| 706 2 10| 31 | 1494| 9 2 8| | | | | | | | | |4. TRAVANCORE | 180 | 6646| ... ... | 30 | 1595| ... ... | | | | Boys and Girls. | | | | | (MADAGASCAR | 28 | 1735| 9 7 6| ... | ...| ... ... | |5.( AND | | | | | | | | (MAURITIUS | ... | ... | ... ... | ... | ...| ... ... | | | | | | | | | |6. SOUTH AFRICA | 39 | 1332| 32 10 11| 25 | 1473| 19 2 0| | | | | | | | | |7. WEST INDIES | 35 | 2040| 317 0 10| 35 | 1691| 269 11 1| | | | | | | | | |8. POLYNESIA | 229 | 6715| ... ... | 212 | 6695| ... ... | +----------------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+ | TOTALS | 589 |23,756|2101 18 8| 356 |13,426| 336 5 9| +----------------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+
+----------------+----------------+ | | LOCAL | | | CONTRIBUTIONS, | | MISSIONS. | &c. | | | pound. s. d. | +----------------+----------------+ |1. CHINA | 374 1 4 | | | | |2. NORTH INDIA | 1435 14 9 | | | | pound. s. d. |3. SOUTH INDIA | 1793 13 6 | *From English Friends | | | 4,200 0 0 |4. TRAVANCORE | 1220 0 0 | From Native Converts | | | 11,647 2 3 | (MADAGASCAR | 479 17 7 | ------------ |5.( AND | | 15,847 2 3 | (MAURITIUS | ... ... | | | | Fees--Boys |6. SOUTH AFRICA | 2125 3 10 | 2,101 18 8 | | | Fees--Girls |7. WEST INDIES | 4730 16 8 | 336 5 9 | | | ------------ |8. POLYNESIA | 3687 14 7 | 2,438 4 5 +----------------+----------------+ ------------ | TOTALS | 15,847 2 3* | 18,285 6 8 +----------------+----------------+

IV.--THE SOCIETY'S MISSIONARIES.
But Statistical Tables cannot show the real character of the Society's work, or the breadth of influence which that work has attained. The hundred and fifty-six English missionaries of the Society in foreign lands constitute the central force and stimulus of a wider agency, numbering twelve hundred persons, gathered among people once heathen, now Christian; an agency adopting the same aims, ruled by the same Christian spirit, and fulfilling the same Divine command. This body of true and devoted men were never rendering to the Society a nobler service than at the present time; and were never more worthy of our highest esteem. It is, therefore, with indignation and regret that Christian men have seen the recent attacks made on the whole missionary body, and the