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fni Missionnriea In Africa Report on
Representation that ATccts New York.
SARATOGA, May 2l.-In the Presbyterian
General Assembly to-day, the special commit
tee on trust funds reported the total trust funds
as t9ll 1922. Adopted, with thanks.
The report on foreign missions. the special
order OF tho day was as follows: Receipts for
the year 1927 G31 8 expenditures Sii2. .e3i Sc;
deficit s152l332 added to debt last year.
il732J.26 leaving present debt Of sG2 532.5S.
The expenses were reduced at the beginning of
the year $4,000 The income must be in
creased or the worl; be contracted. Fortunate
ly, with few months. large bcqucst OF we'll.
known lady becomes available. which will re-
move the debt. Tho force of ordained mission.
aries at present is as follows: Indian tribes 3;
Chinese in California. 2: in China o; Siam.
2; Laos 3; India. 4: Persia 6 Syria, 2;
Liberia, Chill, and Mexico. / each. Among
the Indian tribes are .3jl communicanta. the
majority being Ne2 Perc6s. IN Mexico there
are two missions the northern, with churches
anu 2Ju conhunlrHh's, ana the southern, with
G2 places Of meeting, % church organizations
ahl 3Vniu commuhlI9htsi Ih9 mission nj Bo;
05j commuuicauts 40 having boon added last
year. The contributions Were s2j33. In Chill
We MISSIONARIES are subject to much persecu-
ton; they still have churches with 20O COM
munigants. Western Airica has missions
ihbcria, and GdbQon and Corlsco. ThgJormor
has stations an1 25i communicants ;thc Int
ter 3 churches 3jj communicaute. aud 4
schools, Syria is IN very satisfactory con-
diton II has working force Of 1lO; churches
y; preaching places, &C; communicants. ZIG
In Persia oare IS native pastors. 45
from here .wero 81 5S2. In India there are 3
missions.-Lodiana has l3 churches and jOi
communicates TurrUkahal Is churches and
8lS members, and Koapoor churches and SO
members. There are ~ schools. with 500
g1 bmq so mabd1s ss nl9S on Sp 1S
schools. China; Shantung station, working
force. 9S; members jSs, Pekin- Mi-siona-
ries and helpers, Al stations u; membrrs
~. Canton-3Q missionaries and assistants
3lQ members. Japnn-ll churches q stations,
G32 mambers Churches have been established
for the Chinese Mt San Francisco, Oakland
Sacramento. and San JO-G. and there are sew
eral hundred church members and Sunday
school scholars. Great good has been done
in pNpai Europe.
The Rev Dr Rice Secretary. spoke in behalf
OF the report He said the conversions had in
creased twenty pcr cent over tho past year.
and showed a net gain of over sixteen per cont
Tho Rav. DE- Bushnell Of the GUboon mission
SPOKE regarding that mission, showing how
light had been let in by commerce and eXplOra-
tion. SO that instead Of n bare fringe Of terri
tory, as at first. 200 100000 Of people are now
open 10 receive the Gospel. The native Chris
tians are working we'll. He commended the
women ; work for missions. II was the first
great difficulty TO get the Africans to allow
their women ani girls to be educated; but
work here there was rush Of women and girls
TO the schools in Africa. Now the Bo1rd can
get ten young women TO 20 to Africa where 1t
could get ono young man.
William Rankin. Treasurer Of the Board. said
that IN iorty-tw9 years, s9762OOQ had been
through his hands During few years past
t6nQ,OOO had been paid in premiums on gold.
The report on missions was adopted.
AZ the afternoon session, the Rey. DIR. Wolcott
Calkins. Chairman of the Special Committee on
REPRESENTATION, read a report. He said II had
concessions. It recommends that the Assembly
send an overture to the Presbyterics to amend
section 2. chapter -, OF the form Of govern
tNrnf. 10y making n read as lnllOWS. Eurn