NEVIS. Three Missionaries; in society, fifteen hundred and nineteen; in the schools, one thousand two hundred and seventy-six children and adults. ST. CHRISTOPHER'S.-Four Missionaries; in society, two thousand six hundred and forty-one; in the schools, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five children and adults. ST. EUSTATIUS.-(Dutch.) One Missionary; in society, five hundred and one; in the schools, two hundred and forty-four. ST. BARTHOLOMEW's.-(Swedish.) One Missionary; in society, two hundred and thirty-four; in the schools, ninety-four. ST. MARTIN'S. (French and Dutch.) One Missionary; in society, four hundred and fifty; in the schools, one hundred and forty. ANGUILLA.-One Missionary; in society, two hundred and ninety. TORTOLA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.-Three Missionaries; in society, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; in the schools, seven hundred and twenty-six children. BERMUDA. Two Missionaries; in society, four hundred and fifty-one; in the schools, seven hundred and eight. ST VINCENT'S.-Two principal stations; five Missionaries; three thousand six hundred and forty-eight members of society; in the schools, one thousand and forty-eight. GRENADA. TWO Missionaries; three hundred and ninety-four in society; in the schools, one hundred and seventy-one. TRINIDAD.-Two Missionaries; four hundred and forty-two members in society; in the schools, one hundred and twenty-one. TOBAGO. TWO Missionaries; three hundred and one in society; in the schools, three hundred and eleven. DEMERARA. Three principal stations; four Missionaries; one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine members in society; in the schools, nine hundred and forty. BARBADOES.-Four Missionaries; nine hundred and five in society; in the schools, eight hundred and eighty. JAMAICA. Seventeen principal stations; twenty-nine Missionaries, and one General Superintendent of schools; eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifteen members in society; in the schools, three thousand and nineteen. HONDURAS-BAY.-Two Missionaries; one hundred and fifty in society; in the schools, seventy children. SAN-BLAS (Indian Mission.) One Missionary. NEW-PROVIDENCE.-Two Missionaries; five hundred and seventy-three in society; in the schools, four hundred and forty-three. ELEUTHERA.-One Missionary; three hundred and forty-eight members in society; in the schools, four hundred and eight. HARBOUR-ISLAND.-One Missionary; five hundred and eight members in society in the schools, five hundred and eighty-five. ABACO.-One Missionary; two hundred and seventy-seven members in society; in the schools, three hundred and forty-five. HAYTI, formerly called ST. DOMINGO.-Two principal stations; three Missionaries, and one Assistant Missionary. The languages used are English, French, and Spanish. Members in society, one hundred and twenty-two; in the schools, fifty-six. TURK'S-ISLAND-One Missionary; one hundred and fifty-six members in society; in the schools, one hundred and seventy-four. BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. UPPER CANADA.-Fourteen principal stations among the Chippewa and other Indians, to whom the Gospel is preached in their own language; thirteen Missionaries, and one Assistant Missionary; one thousand five hundred and seventeen in society; in the schools, two thousand. LOWER CANADA.-Thirteen principal stations; nine Missionaries, and six Assistant Missionaries; two thousand five hundred and twenty members in society; in the schools, one thousand one hundred and Eighty-two. NOVA-SCOTIA.-Eleven principal stations; eleven Missionaries, and four Assistant Missionaries; one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two in society; in the schools, seven hundred and one. ISLAND OF CAPE-BRETON.-Two principal stations; one Missionary, and one Assistant Missionary; one hundred and fifty-eight in society; in the schools, sixty-five children. PRINCE EDWARD'S-ISLAND.-Three principal stations; two Missionaries, and one Assistant Missionary; five hundred and ninety-four members in society; in the schools, three hundred and sixteen. NEW BRUNSWICK.-Thirteen principal stations; nineteen Missionaries, and three Assistant Missionaries; in society, two thousand four hundred and eighty-seven; in the schools, one thousand five hundred and ninetyfive. NEWFOUNDLAND.-Eleven principal stations; eleven Missionaries; one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine members in society; in the schools, one thousand two hundred and seven. RECAPITULATION. THE Society occupies about two hundred and four principal stations; its Missionaries are about three hundred and fifteen; its Catechists and salaried Schoolmasters, &c., are about two hundred and sixty; the Assistants and Teachers, not salaried, are upwards of four thousand. Five printing establishments are supported on the foreign stations. The members of the Society, or communicants under the spiritual care of the Missionaries, are upwards of sixty-five thousand. The total number attending their ministry may be reckoned at about two hundred thousand. In the schools there are upwards of forty-nine thousand adults and children. Upwards of twenty different languages are used by the Missionaries; and into several of them the translation of the Scriptures, and of other useful and instructive books, is in progress. MISSIONS IN CONTINENTAL INDIA AND CEYLON. MADRAS.-Extract of a Letter from the Rev. R. Carver, dated September 15th, 1837. You will be gratified by the circumstances which led to the soldier's donation of five hundred rupees. We were without the least idea of any such intention on the part of any one in Poonamallee. A gracious work had been some time going on among the soldiers at the cantonment and a class of sixteen or seventeen members had been formed, but this soldier had not yet cast in his lot among them. The Lord was working by his Spirit, and who can hinder? July 22d, 1837.-I returned to Poonamallee much rain having fallen, the roads were bad. During my absence at Madras, my native Assistant had been very busy at Poonamallee, distributing tracts, and speaking to the people. He mentioned having been wantonly assaulted by a pensioner, a Roman Catholic, who had run furiously upon him, and had struck him in the face and neck while he was giving books. When this man was called upon, he seemed to glory in his violence; and notwithstanding our reproofs, went off quite hardened. This evening I was requested to fill the chair at a Meeting of the Temperance Society at Poonamallee, and to give an address. I found one hundred and thirty-seven names on the list of n.embers at this small cantonment. 24th. This morning a soldier desired to speak to me privately at the Commandant's, where we had slept. I invited him into my room, when immediately he laid down five hundred rupees in gold and silver, and paper money, and said, "This is dedicated to God's cause, being a dona tion to the Wesleyan Missionary Society." He then stated his Christian experience; overcame all my inquiries whether he should give such a sum, saying, he was able by God's grace; he yet had more than sufficient for himself, and moreover wished to give himself to God, and to be admitted a member of the Wesleyan society. We prayed together, his forehead on the ground, and his mind and heart overflowing with love to God. With many tears we conversed further on the Lord's mercies to us in making us partakers of divine grace. He did not wish his name to appear with the donation. He is called "Churchill," but where born in England I have not yet had time to inquire. When the tale got abroad, of course all the covetous and straitened souls felt alarmed: some said one thing, some another; most agreed that to make such a gift the man must be deranged! "Anti-mammon," or love. mammon, has many devotees, English, Scotch, and Irish, in these regions. He observed farther, that he began to save a little money in the Burmese war, and by small savings he accumulated a sum from which he offered this to God. And he requested that, in our approaching sacramental occasion, he might partake with us. In the evening about thirty-five persons surrounded the Lord's table in our school-chapel at Poonamallee, when I administered the emblems of the passion of our Lord and Saviour, with deep feelings of reverence among the people. All seemed to experience it a time of refreshing, and none more than the soldier who had offered of his substance in the morning of this long-to-be-remembered day. CEYLON.-Extract of a Letter from the Rev. P. Percival, dated Jaffna, As stated in my last, dated the 10th ult., I went to Batticaloa. I was absent from Jaffna only twenty days, four of which I spent at Trincomalee, waiting for a passage, seven at Batticaloa, one at Point-Pedro on my return, and eight in journeying by sea and land. On the whole, I had a very agreeable journey. The aspect of things generally at Batticaloa, I consider highly creditable to Mr. Hunter. The society is one of the most interesting I have seen in the District. It is small, consisting only of twentyseven members, sixteen of whom are natives, and eleven Burgers, or European descendants. Some little change in the arrangement of the classes will, however, it is to be hoped, contribute to the increase of our members. The schools did not come up to my expectations; and I am of opinion that some effort should be made to raise their character, in order to render them very efficient. I met a number of the friends of the Mission, in order to consult with them on the best means to be adopted for improving the English school. They manifested considerable interest in the subject, and will, I think, make some efforts for securing a better English school. The population being very limited in the small island where the seat of government is, consisting of only one thousand eight hundred souls, there is not a very large field for carrying on a large school; nor is it possible to obtain any large amount for the defraying of the expenses of a master, &c., who must be brought from a distant part of the province. Some of the members of our society are very anxious to send their sons to Jaffna, in order that they may enjoy the benefit of our institution here. I hope soon to hear from them on the subject, and feel anxious to do all in my power to meet their wishes and their wants. The chapel now in course of erection will, if completed according to design, be a good building. Mr. Hunter has exerted himself very much, and the people have most zealously co-operated with him. Some of the parts of the edifice are undertaken by different individuals, who engage to meet the whole expense of completing the parts assigned. The pillars, ten in number, which will require for their completion ten large satin-wood trees, that must be felled at a considerable distance in the jungle, will be furnished by a Moodaliar, who is a Hindoo. The friends expressed their wish that Mr. Hunter might be stationed at Batticaloa, till the chapel is completed; as they are afraid that, in case of a change, the undertaking may fail; as did a similar one in 1824, when they raised materials, &c., to the amount of one hundred and twenty pounds, every part of which was lost. The Commandant spoke in very high terms of Mr. Hunter. In Jaffna things are going on much as at the date of my last. My labours are continued in the same way; and I have every reason to conclude that they are calculated to promote the establish ment and extension of our cause on this station. SOUTH SEA MISSIONS. WE earnestly invite the attention of our Collectors and friends to the following letter from Mr. Manton, written from Van-Diemen's Land. The call for additional labourers in this field is urgent and imperative. "The present number of Missionaries," says Mr. Manton, "cannot do half the work that lies before them. O send us help! We labour until we are ready to die; yet cannot half supply the wants of the people." The expense of supporting one additional Missionary would, it appears, in this case, be met by local exertions. Will not our English friends enable the Committee to provide his outfit and passage, by increasing their own contributions, or by additional zeal and effort in collecting the subscriptions of their neighbours? Many other applications, of equal interest and urgency with this from VanDiemen's Land, are frequently brought before the Committee. VAN-DIEMEN'S LAND.-Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J. A. Manton, dated Launceston, August 20th, 1836. BEFORE this reaches you, you will have heard of the very pleasing aspect of affairs connected with the cause of God in this colony. Our prospects of useful ness were never so bright as at the present moment; and this state of things is not confined to any one station, but is general: the land is all before us, and, were our numbers sufficient, we might go up at once, and possess it. So numerous and so pressing are the calls we have, that we may correctly employ the scriptural expression, "The harvest truly is plenteous," but we must also add, "the labourers are few." The present number of Missionaries cannot do half the work that lies before them. With regard to my own station, I can say, with the utmost confidence, that I never saw the cause of God in so truly blessed a state. The people are all alive to the great and important concerns of eternity, and are diligently seeking a full preparation for the joys of a glorious immortality. Some weeks since, we held our quarterly love-feast, when a very gracious influence rested upon us. The work was very greatly revived and deepened, without any noise or confusion; and for some weeks there appeared to be a gradual preparation for something more extraordinary. About a month ago Mr. Butters came on our side of the island, to spend a few Sabbaths among us; and during his stay a copious effusion of the Holy Spirit took place, and many a stubborn sinner fell slain before the com mandment of the Lord. So powerful was the influence which rested upon some of the meetings held for prayer, that it was found next to impossible to conclude them before ten or eleven o'clock at night, the time being spent in directing the penitent to "behold the Lamb of God," or in rejoicing with those who had been brought into the liberty of God's children. Some of the most notorious sinners have, it is hoped, been soundly converted to God. This work has gone through whole families; husbands, wives, children, and servants, all having tasted the sweetness of redeeming love, and being now the subjects of saving grace. Our chapel has been filled to excess, and in all the means of grace we have enjoyed "a heaven on earth begun." Glory be to God for ever and ever! The Sabbath-school is in a truly prosperous state: we have one hundred and twenty children receiving instruction; and upon several of them, during the late revival, a very gracious work has been begun. On the last Sabbath, we held our first Anniversary, when the children, on a platform erected for them round the pulpit, formed one of the most delightful sights ever beheld in this town; and, in singing the hymns prepared for the occasion, produced the sweetest melody ever listened to by hundreds around us. Many who are natives of this colony, and who never saw or heard anything of the kind before, were truly astonished, On that day our congregations were very large, respectable, and attentive, and numbers were deeply affected while they witnessed the pleasing scene. On Monday afternoon the children, with their Teachers and friends, took tea together in the school-room; after which a public Meeting was held, when several interesting speeches were delivered: and at the conclusion, a collection was made, which, with the sum raised on the Sabbath, amounted to the sum of £44. This truly liberal people are willing, according to the utmost of their power, to forward every department of the Lord's cause. At the town of Longford, in the district of Norfolk-Plains, our prospects are very encouraging. We are building there a good substantial chapel. Three of our wealthy friends intend to take all the charge of it upon themselves, and, when completed, present it to the Connexion free from debt, and settled upon the Wesleyan plan. The dimensions of the building will be forty feet by thirty; and it is supposed it will not cost less than one thousand pounds. Three and a half acres of excellent land are connected with it; and it is situated in one of the most delightful parts of the town, surrounded by a numerous and most respectable population. What we shall do with this chapel when finished I know not, unless we have another Preacher on this station. Sunday services by a regular Minister they must have. The distance is too great from us for the Missionary stationed here to render them any assistance. Even were it within reach, the Missionary in Launceston could afford them no certain supply, as we have to cross a river, which sometimes rises so high as to prevent any passage for days together. The distance is seventeen miles, and all the way to it are the establishments of wealthy settlers, who would gladly grant permission to us to preach to their assigned servants; and Norfolk-Plains is so populous a district as to furnish abundance of labour to another Preacher on this station, if one could but be appointed. O, fathers and brethren, send us help! We labour until we are ready to die, yet cannot half supply the wants of the people. Could you send us an additional Preacher, here are those around us who would engage to meet all additional expense; and what multitudes would be brought to God! It is heart-rending to see the state in which the inhabitants of the interior of this colony are living: they are, however, willing to be instructed; but have none to teach them; and, surely, not knowing what we feel for them, they may exclaim, "No man careth for my soul." Will English Christians stand unconcerned, and see their exiled countrymen perishing in the dense woods and forests of this far-distant land? Many of them sigh deeply for their home, their native land, their wives and blooming children, from whom they have been torn; or, rather, from whom in the moment of folly they have banished themselves by their crimes. But now, in the solitude of a forest, they have time to reflect; many of them "hate the sins which make them mourn; and they would seek their happiness in God, but they have no instructers. Great numbers, who are assigned to masters in the interior, have not heard a sermon since they left their native land. O send us help! VAN-DIEMEN'S LAND.-Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J. A. Manton, dated Launceston, July 12th, 1837. IT is with feelings of the most pleasurable description that I once more address you from this station, because I am yet furnished with satisfactory evidence that I am not labouring in vain, or spending my strength for nought. We are favoured with continued prosperity. The Lord graciously pours out his Spirit upon us in a manner we have not hitherto known. During the past quarter, pure and undefiled religion has greatly increased in the hearts of many of our people. Indeed I have no hesitation in saying, that the society, generally, is much alive to God. Our congregations have very much increased. The prayer and class meetings never were so well at tended; and never were more pleasing and encouraging indications of a glorious revival of the work of God given than those we now have: so that we are now fully expecting that the Lord will shortly pour out upon us "all the Spirit of his love." On the 4th instant our chapel at Longford, on Norfolk-Plains, was opened for divine worship. Mr. Butters, from Hobart-Town, preached in the afternoon; after which I administered the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper. The congregation was large and respectable; and the collection very good, amounting to £350. This neat and substantial chapel, |