The New York herald., 1879-11-06
METHODIST MISSIONS ABROAD.

TWO HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-NINE THOUSAND
DOLLARS APPROPRIATED FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
The annual meeting OF the Methodist Missionary
Committee opened yesterday at No. sos Broadway.
Bishop Simpson presided at the first session. All
the bishops were present. The committee fixed the
basis of its appropriations for 1880 not to exceed
s625. 900. A discussion. usual, ensued on this
appropriation, and also on the rate OF exchange
which proposed at ten per .snt but as exchange
is now in favor the committee thought it wiser
to let the exchange question rest for the present
Last year 900 included in the appropriation
for the liquidation Of the debt but while the treas
urer urged similar this year this too was
deferred. From the treasurer's report it ap-
peared that the receipts Tor the fiscal year
just closed S551 $50 80; the dis
bursements for the same period $572 266 go.
The western conferences increased their contribu.
tons by $l5,1So IS, while the Eastern conferences
decreased S14.6s6 SO. There was on the whole an
increase OF $2,417 So. Philadelphia is the banner
conference OF the church. having contributed
S34l l25 20. the New York conferences follow with
S2S,22 81 from New York and S24063 % from New
York east. The decease during the year OF Bishop
Ames, Of Baltimore. and DIR. Reuben Nelson. late
treasurer here. was appropriately noticed by the
DIR. Trimble, DR.. Clark and Mr.. Oliver Hoyt ap-
pointed subcommittee to prepare suitable minute
on the deceased brethren. The appropriations to
foreign missions taken up. The Libcrian
mission was granted $4,000. besides which 1900
was granted for mission work in the interior Of
Africa. South American missions got $500. The
English speaking Church in Buenos Ayres is self
supporting. The mission ut Foochow, ChinA,-re-
ceived S1600O Kinkiang, Central China got So 900.
and Pekin mission, North China, $1,000. The
seventy churches aud sxty-fve minis ters of tho
missions in Germany and Switzerland $21. 900.
The Scandinavian mission has been in existence
twenty five years. The Swedish division was
granted $21 .000. Norways eleven missionaries and
thirty-one helpers got $4,000. and the Denmark
mission received 81, 600.
AT the afternoon session Bishop Bowman presided
and the appropriations were continued. To North
India. 100000; of which $4,000 is for salaries of
missionaries and So. $50 for native preachers. South
India got $500, merely nominal sum to keep it on
the books a mission, though the churches all
sef-supporting. An impression having prevailed
that there arc no native preachers in India Bishop
Bowman. who was there year or two ago, said he
had met ut least seventy-fiye such preachers in
the District Conference at Maradabad and there
forty native at work in the missions besides
The bulgarian mission granted $40, 496, of
which 81, 900 is to be used for renforcements. Now
that that country is independent the Methodist
Church proposes to so to work with more vigor.
Its only American missionary DR.. Long, is president
of Roberts College at Constantnople and has under
his instruction some forty more students, some
of whom will enter the ministry and all will engage
in mission work. Italy got $17,520 tor the regular
work and for the purchase of church property
In Naples The mission in Mexico received $22 500
for the regular work and $4,000 for the purchase of
church property in Guauajuato. Japan missions
asked for $4,000 and received SAT 000 The reports
from that country showed remarkable success. The
entire appropriations made yesterday foot up
S27S. .o96 an increase of S6,sS1 over last year.