The Portland daily press., 1882-10-04

writes: "I send you memorandum of
moneys which appear on our books to have
been paid out in connection with the special
work ofyour missions, thoughn not allof them
have passed through the treasury of your
Board: For Madura, $500; for Micronesia,
$3.50; for Austria, $500; for Zulu Mission,
50 1000; for Spain, 2,049,21. OF this amount,
$1,000 for the Zulu Mission and $3.50 fol-
Micrenesian we have charged as part of the
expenses of manufacture. Besides these
appropriations of money, note 1000 vol
umes OF Micronesia Scriptures, forwarded
last spring 2, 900 Zulu portions sent to South
Africa, and 1l2 volumes of Scriptures in
English recently shipped TO CeYlon." rf
The Corresponding Secretary of the
American 'tracs Society, DIR. j NJ. Stevenson,
reports .et
The grants of the American Tract Socie-
ty to the missions and missionaries of the
American Board from March 81, 1881, to
March 81, 1882, were, in publication, $685.
III; i'll electrotypes, 1925. 20; in cash and
printing at the Tract House at cost prices
s1,32000; and 20 TracHCommittee, at Shang-
hal, Osaka, and Toxic, for printing books
and tracts largely prepared by and circula.
ted under the direction of said missionaries
10000. So high is oar estimate of the
Zeal, wisdom, and efficiency of the mission
would gladly expend through them, ten
Jold this amount.
VISITATION OF OUR INDIAN MISSION.
During the past year visit of considera-
Die interest has been made to all the sta.
tons OF our Dakota Mission in behalf of the
Prudential Committee, by DR.. A. c.
thompson and G. @. Burr, Esq, two of its
members, and by Secretary Means who has
charge OF the correspondence with this mis-
slou. During portion of the time the
visiting Committee was favored with the
presence and council of one of our corporate
membe.s, Rev. Joseph Ward, of Yankton,
Mrs. thompson as representative of the w
b. NJ, also accompanied the Visiting Com
mite, and rendered valuable services
through her opportunities of intercourse
with the missionary ladies of the several
stations.
The entire cost of this visitation was met
without charge to the Treasury of the
Board. Aspecial report OF this visitation,
with interesting statements aud important
suggestions, will be made during the pres,
ent annual meeting.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,
The receipts of the year have been as fol
lows; From the regular donations of church
es and individuals, $230, 403,2S. From the
four. Woman's Boards, Sill, 52S.33. From
W. B. NJ, 1874, 46694 From w. B, M. /.
s26, 037.S4 From w. B. of the Pacific. SS1S..
So. From Hawaiian W. B. $500. From
the Sunday schools for the Mission School,
enterprise, 6,44S.1 10. A total of donation.
of $34S, S74.S0. This is s1,049.94 less than
the amount received from the same source:
during the preceding year. From legacies
we have received $l05,667.O6, an increase
over what was received the previous year Of
$13, 398.79. Add what has been received
from miscellaneous sources, the items o.
which are given in the Treasurer's report
s. 229.35, and the aggregate Of receipts i:
S462,27l.2l, an advance over those of the
preceding year of $11,05711.
From the Otis bequest, set apart by the
Board for new missions and for enlarge.
ment, we have received:
For New Missions in China and Africa. s27, 45S IS
For educational Enlargement. ......... IS, 1891 "a
FOR Evangeiistic Enlargement ........., 83.854. 81
total Of................... slss, 7o5.e SO
The entire receipts of the year thus aggregate
The expenditures of the year have been as fol
lows -
Payment of the deficit of the proceed
ing year. ..............,.... ........$ 2,Ob9.2a
Appropriation for the regular work. :. 459,7iS.gs
Special appropriation from the Otis be-
qucst.......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 189 705 SO
Making total Of. ...-...... ........ 65l483 "a
Leaving a oalanee In the treasury Of. 1890
THE GENERAL PERMANENT FUND.
The General Permanent Fund at the be-
ginning OF the year amounted to 1920, Al. %
There has since been added, as will appear
in the Treasurer's accounts, $50. 500. the
largest amount ever thus given in one year
In 1916 the Norris legacy of $27,527. 10.
which was allowed to accumulate to the
original bequest of $4,000, was received
in 1868 that of Sarah Baxter, of Newton
$2S,630.47. In other years the fund has
rarely received more than from 81 900, tC
$1,000, and this latter sum but once.
Among the additions of this year, there are
two which special mention should be
made.
1t was the expressed wish of one of the
generous donors OF the Board, who died
daring the past year. Deacon John c.
Within, of Whitinsville, Mass, that there
should be given from his estate to the
American Board a sum sufficient to insure
from its income the continuance after his
death, for all years to come, of his usua
annual donation. This wish, although moi
put into legal form, was regarded as sacred
by his family and executors, and as the
resu the sum of S25, 900 has been committed
/ to the Board, and has been added to the
permanent fund for the purpose named
Another suggestive item is the bequest OF
50 600, under the will of Mrs Caroline
Phelps Stokes. of New York City, ''the
annual income to be applied each
year in distributing, free of cost, among
such ministers, missionaries, and col
porters as the Board NAV select,
its various publications, so that the in.
telligence to be derived from them may be
scattered widely in the world" This sum
has also been added to the perIr anent f,nd