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The NATIVE CHURCHES of the Society are 150 in number. They
contain 35,400 members: in a community of nominal Christians, young
and old, amounting to 191,700 persons. Of these, nearly 13,000 are in
Polynesia; nearly 5,000 in the West Indies; over 5,000 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