The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-01-31

oorr;raa Beard &c Missions. ere hs India
Western lsia--she Sandwich Islauds-and
chs Indians ia North Am~rica.
INDIA.
These are IN Bombay. the third ~ the Brit
Iuh Prrsdpncies IN India and in Ceylnn, a
large island oppOsite the C"rOmandel coast.
Population 0fthe island Of Bombay, 100000;
OF the MahrAtta county. 100000. L"ugth
of CeylOn, 500 hundred miles; breadth goo ;
population, 100000: the missions of the
Board in JaEfna district, on the north Of the
island; the Tarnul language spoken. The
mission in Bombay commenced in 1913; that
IN CeylOn, in 1916.
BOMBAY.
Rev. Allen Graves, Missionary Mrs. Graves;
James g ,rrett. Printer. Mrs. Garrett.
Mrs, Nichols has removed to CeylOn,aS the
wife Of MIR Knight. Church Missionary at
NplIorp, and Mrs. Frost, also, az the wife Of
Mr.. Woodward, American Missionary in
Jaffna.-Rev. Cyrus Stone, and Rev. David
O. Alien. Missionaries, and their wives, and
Miss Cynthia Farrar. embarked at Boston, in
the Emerald, June 5th. and have probably
arrived at Bombay.
The schools for boys are IS in number.cOn-.
tainlng 1900 pupils. 10 February. 1Ss6, a
separate school was opened for girls, aud IN
Rvc months, ten schools Of this kind were
tahlished, containing 2O4 girls. About $500
we're contributed in 1894. by English ress
dents in Bombay. for the prom"tinE"f native
free schools In 1875. the natives Of Bombay
and its vicinity formed an Association, in di
rect aid, as it would seem. Of the free schools
of the American mission, and raised 500:
about $50 were received from other sources.
When the schools for native females :yere
commenced. collection Of more than $500
was made for their support.
The publications Of the mission for its own
use, 10 Mailratta, between Jan. LIST, 1873. aud
Dec. S1st, 1895. amounted to about 6O,S5O
In Mahratta. for the Society for promoting
Christian knowledge, 5000 pages.
A number Of pamphlets and books. Of va
riOus sizes, were also printed. in English. for
the use of the mission. and for others. About
half Of the copies of Mahratts books, printed
for the mission, had been distributed. at the
commencement of the last year. Vast num-.
bers of the natives were disposed to receive
books Of religious character.
CEYLON.
Stations at Tillipally, Bafticotta, Oodoo-
vile. Panditrripo. and Manepy.
Iyliipally.--Rev. Henry Woodward, Mis-
sionary, Mrs. w oodward; NJ. Tumban. Teach
er Of English; Jordan Lodge. and Leonard
Woods, Native Assistants: Charles Hodge.
Native Superintendent of Schools.
Batticotta.-Rev Benjamin G. Meigs, Mis-
sionary. Mrs. Meigs; Rev. Daniel Poor. Mis-
sionary and Principal Of the Central School !;
Timothy Dwight, Native Assistant Teacher
in the Central School: John Griswold.a men,
Der of the 6rst class, Native Assistant Teach
rot the third class; Ebenezer Porter, Ma.
tive Assistant.
Oodooville.-Rrv. Myron Winslow. Mis-.
sionary. MIS-. Winslow Aase-rvaatham, Ma
tive Assistant; Solomon, Native Superinten-
dent Of SchUnls.
'% Panditeripo. Rev. John Scudder, M ID.
Missionary. Mrs. Scudder; Samuel willie,
Native Assistant.
Manepy Levi Spaulding. Missiona.
~. Mrs. Spaulding; Veerasingum, Superinr
tendeat Of Sch"Ols.
A full account of the Central School was
given in the last volume. The number of pu-
pills was So, of whom ae were members Of
the Church. The influence of the piOus stu
dents on the others, il salutary. The. 18th
Report thus speaks Of the buildings erected
for the school. M
~ Encouraged by the patronage they had
received in the East TOR their contemplated
Mission College. and by the favorable opin-
ion expressed by TIN Prudential C"m,nitfee.
the missionari-. proceeded. in the summer Of
the last year. to erc' suitable buildings for
the seminary in its present state. O,lecdi
Ace. 20 be- nam"d Ou'ey Hall g. feet by 20.
with Verau1a, or st"op, all round, and de-
signed for library, lecture rooms, the appa.
ratus. and public eva nnations, was almost
completed; as were. also, four large rooms.
e. Nv IS. ,od four smaller ones. Cor Study; il
dining room 60 by 50, and u knchr" IS feet
4 square All of these bindings we're 1t hewn
stone, laid 10 mortar, aud ready for thing
Ten small rooms. II feet square, were also
prepared fnr thu private iev"tiOns Ut the stu
dents. They were made with smooth mud
" s. which when white W aslled, are descli.
bed as very neat M
The boarding school for girls. is at Name
py. There are 90 girls in the school div ided
Into four classes. No report was received
during the last year,Of the number "f scholars
in the Free Schools. II was stated in the last
survey at 2.4l4 boys. and 255 girls, taught
IN SO schools by SO schOOlmasters The num-
Der of scholars In the Boarding SchoOls. was
estimated at about two hundred. The
Mission is at present in possession Of print
ing press
WESTERN ASIA
Stations at Beyroot. in Syria-at Smyrna.
IN Asia MinOr-and "n the leland Of Malta.
THE last far nr,,Nuntial peasnns haa h.,st,