Toan. Kuala Lumpor, W. T. Kensett. Penang: Anglo- visited. The Chinese are very numerous, and, as Missionaries: Ipoh, Anglo-Chinese School, S. H. Wood; "In Penang the English work has been maintained as usual; the Tamil work has suffered a great loss in the death of the preacher in charge, but the spiritual tone of the church has greatly improved; The Chinese work reports a large number of women and children who regularly attend the services. The Anglo-Chinese School has prospered, and in the amount of fees paid and in the grant earned there is SINGAPORE DISTRICT.-W. G. Shellabear, P. E. (P. (Since Conference C. C. Kelso and Arthur J. Watson have been transferred to Conferences in the United States.) done well, gaining an increased grant, and the boys are becoming more and more impressed by the Gospel, and several are candidates for baptism. The three girls' schools have had a successful year. CEA KE Kota A TA Bukit Mertajem Georgetown or Weld Port DINDINGS • Kulim 102 Kelantan PER Kindin K poh PANGKOR SEL Selangor MAP OF STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Kota Bharu Kw.Senfpang KanchingP A HAN Trianganu Pahang B Kanchei Kw Lumpor Klang, Seremban NEGRI Port Dicksol MALACCA Malacca Pekans EA SUMATRA 100 102 Singapore SINGAPORE I "The work on the Bukit Mertajam and Kulim Circuit continues to make advances. I have dedi have thirty acres of land here and expect to have it planted with cocoanut trees, that it may be a source of income. The members, are mostly farmers, and they are doing well in giving to the work. In November, 1898, the Mission reported 389 members, 205 probationers, 1,449 Sunday school scholars. There are 16 local preachers, 58 Sunday schools, 22 day schools with 2,373 scholars enrolled, and an average daily attendance of 1,317; 3 churches valued at $16,600, and 1 parsonage valued at $1,500; 4 school-cated a small chapel and parsonage at Kulim. We houses and 3 boarding schools with property valued at $103,700. During the year there were 27 children and 60 adults baptized; $2,266 collected for pastors' support; $1,174 for current expenses; $289 for the Missionary Society; $18 for other benevolences. There was a total of $37,350 collected for self-support, of which $12,608 came from school fees, $1,069 from government grants, $5,059 from Mission Press, and $8,984 from collections, donations, and subscriptions. Rev. B. F. West, Presiding Elder of the Penang District, reports: "In addition to the regular work of the district and of my own appointment, I have made several visits of exploration. One such was to the Langkat oil fields, in Sumatra. I found large settlements of Chinese and Malays, and was very kindly treated by them, as well as by the Dutch officials. Another visit was to Alor Star, the capital of Kedah. Mohammedanism is more strictly observed at this place than at any other that I have ever "The work at Ipoh has prospered, and services have been held at Batu Gajah, Gopeng, and Teluk Anson. The school at Ipoh has prospered, and the Perak government made a grant of $750 toward the cost of a new school building, and local subscriptions in addition have been received to pay for a substantial building which is being erected. "Miss H. G. Bellingham has made a gift of £200, the bulk of which she desires to be spent in training young men for the ministry. She has also given £200 for the support of another deaconess at Penang. If we had suitable native helpers to put in all places now open to us we should soon number our baptisms by hundreds where now we number them by twos and threes." Rev. W. G. Shellabear, Presiding Elder of the ice. "The Anglo-Chinese School at Singapore reports a prosperous year. The attendance at the day school has been gradually increasing, and the receipts from school fees has considerably increased. There is a debt on the new boarding school building of about $12,000. The number of boarders has greatly increased, and will probably be from sixty to seventy the coming year. Several of the boys in the boarding school have joined the church. There is an average daily attendance at the school of 496, while 870 have been enrolled during the year. Singapore District, reports: "The work in the five to thirty adults at the Sunday morning servSingapore District has expanded considerable during the year, new work having been opened at Kuala Lumpor and at Malacca, and a Tamil Mission in Singapore. The English church in Singapore has made some progress, and the three services held every Sabbath are well attended. Chinese, Tamils, Japanese, Siamese, as well as Europeans and Eurasians are seen at the church. The chaplaincy to the troops is an important branch of the English work. The Sunday school has considerably increased in numbers, and is in a very satisfactory condition. The Chinese church has not prospered much owing to the poor health of the Chinese pastor. The spiritual condition of the Malay-speaking congregation continues to be most gratifying. The members of this church are engaged in a large amount of Sunday school work, gathering little groups of children together for instruction at the street corners and under the verandas wherever they can get them to come. Open-air meetings are also held two or three times a week. The Sunday school connected with the church is a large and prosperous one. The Tamil church has a congregation of from twenty "At the new station of Kuala Lumpor good work has been done among the Chinese, and a congregation of about thirty adults gathered. There are good openings for Tamil work here, and a school for Tamil boys and one for Tamil girls have been opened. The work of the Chinese preacher at Malacca has been blessed, and I have baptized four Chinese converts there, and others are applying for baptism. There are promising openings for work among the Chinese in the town of Riouw, on the island of Bentan, about forty miles from Singapore." THE INDIA METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSIONS IN 1898. THE India Mission was commenced by Rev. Wm. Butler, D.D., who arrived in Calcutta September 25, 1856. The Mission has developed into five Conferences called the North India, Northwest India, South India, Bombay, and Bengal-Burma Conferences. Bishop Thoburn has episcopal supervision. In the Conferences held the last of 1897 and early in 1898 Bishop Foss united with Bishop Thoburn in presiding. Dr. J. F. Goucher, of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society, attended the sessions of the different Conferences and took part in their proceedings. In the list of missionaries nearly all who joined in India are married, but we are unable to give the names of their wives. North India Conference. THE North India Conference includes the Northwest Provinces east of the Ganges, and the province of Oudh. Mission work was commenced in 1856 and organized as a Conference December 8, 1864. MISSIONARIES. Rev. Wm. Wesley Ashe, M.D., Mrs. Christine Christiansen Ashe, Rev. Charles L. Bare, Mrs. Susan Winchell Bare, Rev. John Blackstock, Mrs. Lydia Duncan Blackstock, Rev. Lewis A. Core, Mrs. Mary Kennedy Core, Rev. Stephen S. Dease, M.D., Rev. Joseph H. Gill, Mrs. Mary Ensign Gill, Rev. George C. Hewes, Mrs. Annie Butcher Hewes, Rev. James L. Humphrey, M.D., Mrs. Nancy Burrell Humphrey, Rev. Wm. A. Mansell, Mrs. Florence Perrine Mansell, Rev. James H. Messmore, Mrs. Elizabeth Husk Messmore, Rev. Frank L. Neeld, D.D., Mrs. Emma Avery Neeld, Rev. Edwin W. Parker, D.D., Mrs. Lois Lee Parker, Rev. John Wesley Robinson, Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher Robinson, Rev. Noble L. Rockey, Mrs. Nellie Hadsell Rockey, Rev. Thomas J. Scott, D.D., Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, Rev. David L. Thoburn, Rev. John N. West, Mrs. J. N. West, Mrs. Helen Johnston Wilson. Joined in India; 418 Kandahar Kelad BALOCHIS Indus B. Dharmsala Sialkot Khanpur Khairpur Desert *Simla Meerut Moradabad Fatehpur RAJPUTANA Jaisalmer IND Jodhpur Jaipur, Muttra Agra Haldarabad Ajinete Banas TIBET Almora Bareilly DOKTHOL Shahjahanpur Mt. Himalaya 4Khatmundu o E Lucknow LOUDH Bhilsa Mts. 26 Darbhangah Muzaffarpur Gange, Umarkot Jhansi Allahabad Begares Bhilsa Son BENGAL Bhopal Bardwa Caleutta Burhanpur Verawal S Bombay ARABIAN SE Satara BASTAR Surat Indore" Narbada Khandwa Jabalpur, CHOTIA NAGPUR CENTRAL Sambalpur Midnapur ORISSA JalnaBERRINCES Sonpur Cuttack Baaint Ahmadnagar Godavar Poona HAIDARA BAD Bidar Secunderabad Berhampur Jagdalpur' JAIPUR O Haidarabad s Vizagapatam Kistna Ellgre Balasor Mandalay E MYSORE Mangalore Calleur Jaffna ANNUAL MEETING. 10 B BENG OF 18 Barak R. Balwin Prom B Basse Maulmain BAY OF BENGAL The thirty-fourth session of the North India Conference was held at Bareilly, India, January 5-11, 1898, Singha Bishop Foss and Bishop Thoburn presiding. Stephen S. Dease was received from the Northwest India Conference, and Jawala from the Bengal-Burma Conference. Prem Singh, James Thomkinson, Lazar Shah, Jukkan Lal were received on trial. Harvey L. Roscoe was transferred to Puget Sound Conference, and John T. Robertson to Northwest India Conference. Jumman Lal was deposed from the ministry. Thomas Craven and J. W. Waugh were supernumerary preachers, and Joel T. Janvier superannuated. The benevolent collections as reported by the Conference treasurer aggregated 5,243 rupees.* The following were the appointments: BAREILLY DISTRICT.-E. W. Parker, P. E. (P. O., Shahjahanpur). Aonla, J. Jordan. Bareilly: S. S. Dease, S. Phillips; Sadr Bazar, J. Wahid-ud-Din; Hindustani Church, W. R. Bowen. Bhamora, N. Ali. Bilsi, W. T. Speake. Binawar, to be supplied. Bisauli, H. J. Adams. Budaon, G. C. Hewes, B. Singh. Dataganj, B. Lal II. Faridpur, C. S. Paul. Jalalabad, L. Cutler. Kakrala, B. Ram. Khera Bajhera, H. L. Mukerji. Miranpur Katra, to be supplied. Panahpur, to be supplied. Powayan, A. Sweet. Shahjahanpur, J. Blackstock, P. Dyal, P. Singh; Shahjahanpur West, G. D. Presgrave. Tilhar, H. K. List. Ujhani, to be supplied. T. J. Scott, Principal; S. S. Dease, H. L. Mukerji, Professors; J. Singh, J. Thomkinson, Teachers, in Theological Seminary, Bareilly. now). Barabanki, G. Nath. Hardoi, S. Tupper. Itaunja, G. E. Ferguson. Lucknow: Hindustani Church, D. M. Butler; Circuit, J. W. Robinson, A. Frank; English Church, J. W. Robinson; Reid Christian College, C. L. Bare, J. N. West, J. B. Thomas; Methodist Publishing House, D. L. Thoburn. Rae Bareli, G. H. Frey, J. Lal. Shahabad, G. D. Spencer. Unao, Y. Shah. GARHWAL DISTRICT.-J. H. Gill, P. E. (P. O., Pauri). Bainoli, F. W. Greenwold. Gadoli, W. W. Ashe. Kainur, D. A. Chowfin. Kotwara, to be supplied. Lansdowne, to be supplied. Pauri Circuit, to be supplied. Ramni, S. Mansell. Srinagar, to be supplied. Tihri, to be supplied. Mission Hospital and Dispensary, Chopra, to be supplied. PILIBHIT DISTRICT.-S. Paul, P. E. (P. O., Pilibhit). Bisalpur, to be supplied. Fatehganj West, A. Solomon. Jahanabad, J. H. Walter. Milak, to be supplied. Mirganj, to be supplied. Nawabganj, to be supplied. Pilibhit, C. Hancock. Pipalthana, N. R. Childs. Puranpur, to be supplied. Rampur, to be supplied. Shahi, to be supplied. Sirauli, B. Lal. SAMBHAL DISTRICT.-H.A. Cutting, P. E.(P.O., Sambhal). Amroha, Mazhar-ul-Haqq. Babukhera, B. Singh. Bahjoi, to be supplied. Bhasta, K. Masih. Dhanaura, W. Scott. Gunnaur, R. S. Franklin. Hasanpur, B. S. Phillip. Narainiya, M. H. Jan. Rajpura, to be supplied. Rasulpur, to be supplied. Sambhal, to be supplied. Shahpur, to be supplied. Sharifpur, to be supplied. GONDA DISTRICT.-W. Peters, P. E. P. O., Bah- SITAPUR DISTRICT.-P. T. Wilson,* P. E. (P. O., raich). Bahraich, to be supplied. Balrampur, B. Lal I. Sitapur). Baragaon, J. Dysell. Isanagar, to be supBhinga, J. F. Samuel. Gonda, S. B. Finch. Kaisar-plied. Khairabad, B. F. Cocker. Lakhimpur, D. P. ganj, B. Parshad. Karnalganj, J. S. Samuel. Manka- Kidder. Mailani, J. H. Smart. Mohammadi, K. Singh. pur, S. Wheeler. Nanpara, to be supplied. Nawab Sidhauli, A. G. McArthur. Sitapur, C. Lal. ganj, J. Solomon. T. Craven, supernumerary. KUMAON DISTRICT.-S. Knowles, P. E. (P. O., Naini Tal). Bhot, H. Wilson, two to be supplied. Dwarahat, N. L. Rockey, S. Lawrence. Gangolihat, to be supplied. Haldwani, to be supplied. Lahu Ghat, B. Marqus. Lobha, to be supplied. Naini Tal: Hindustani Church, S. D. Sanwal; English Church and Circuit, J. L. Humphrey; Boys' High School, F. L. Neeld. Pithoragarh, B. Patrus. J. W. Waugh, supernumerary. MORADABAD DISTRICT.-J. H. Messmore, P. E. (P. O., Bijnour). Bijnour, S. Falls. Chandausi, M. Stephen. Dhampur, M. S. Bailey. Kanth, to be supplied. Kiratpur, B. Dahr. Kundarki, L. Shah. Mandawar, H. B. Mitchell. Moradabad: L. A. Core, D. Singh; High School, L. A. Core, J. Jacob. Nagina, C. Shipley. Najibabad, to be supplied. Nurpur, to be supplied. Seohara, to be supplied. Sherkot, to be supplied. Thakurdwara, to be supplied. OUDH DISTRICT.-W. A. Mansell, P. E. (P. O., Luck- Bahraich * A rupee is worth about 33 cents. 80 School 338 268 345 258 80 474 135 517 300 REPORTS. 775 BAREILLY DISTRICT.-E. W. Parker, P. E. "The 325 district contains a population of about 2,500,000, and is carefully organized into 20 circuits, and these 470 are divided into 112 subcircuits. The circuits are in 167 520 charge of experienced men, 17 of whom are Hindu258 stani ministers, and 3 are foreign missionaries. The 590 subcircuits are usually under the direct charge of local preachers and exhorters, and under these sub1,108 pastors is a class leader for each village. The special 263 work of the class leader is to collect his people as often as possible for prayer and fellowship service. 210 As they live near together in one square we are trying to establish the custom of a short prayer service 100 every evening. The leaders also aid in securing the collections, in leading the people to give up old customs and become real Christians in every respect. In some of these circuits there are as many as from 60 to 100 of these leaders to each circuit. At the first quarterly meetings for this year special services 632 were held at each place to inspire the subpastors and class leaders with new zeal, and much good resulted from them. In Bareilly the theological school is having a very successful year, the girls' orphanage 54 continues its efficient work, the medical work is ac43complishing much good. There is a middle Anglo55 vernacular school in each of the cities of Shahjahan145 pur, Bareilly, and Budaon that are doing excellent 161 service. The boys' orphanage at Shahjahanpur has 200 boys, and the primary schools of the district are 655 under careful inspection and control. There are nearly 14,000 Christians in the district." 180 94 81 180 110 90 Kaisarganj. 105 Nawabganj. 90 Nanpara 62 138 Pilibhit District. Fatehganj West. Pilibhit.. 180 201 196 GARHWAL DISTRICT.-J. H. Gill, P. E. "Faithful | itinerating has been done by the pastors and sub1.465 pastors. Tracts in the language of the people, Bibles, Testaments, etc., have been distributed, and 1,560, medicine given to a large number. The central day schools have occupied a good deal of attention, and 1,130 213 this work is full of promise because of the quiet influence of regular Christian teaching. We are doing our best to push self-support, and our collections show an increase over last year. We have a good 615 staff of native workers, both men and women, as 290 the result of past years of labor and effort." 39 249 312 200 GONDA DISTRICT.-W. Peters, P. E. "The Lord used the famine for his glory, and hundreds of poor, 65 helpless people joined the fold of Christ, who will in the near future become the means of saving many 290 others. Many of our poor Christians who went away seeking bread are returning, and the outlook 270 is more hopeful. We have been very successful in pushing self-support. It is a great disadvantage that 36.695 the district is so extensive and the workers so few, 38,420 but all are working for their Master with zeal and During the year there were 2,757 adults and 2,443 courage." 325 keep up all our schools or employ the necessary helpers." "The KUMAON DISTRICT.-S. Knowles, P. E. "We have made several long journeys over the district, and the use of the magic lantern in these itineratings has SITAPUR DISTRICT.-W. A. Mansell, P. E. greatly interested the people, often drawing large district met a great loss early in the year by the crowds to see the religious pictures and hear the death of Dr. P. T. Wilson, who was appointed prestory of redemption. It was very interesting to visit siding elder at the last Conference. After his death Dharcula, on the top of the mountain on the border the Sitapur District was joined to the Oudh District of Tibet, and see the work of Dr. Sheldon and Miss for purpose of administration. Mrs. Wilson has Brown and Dr. Harkua Wilson. At a quarterly remained in charge of the boys' school at Sitapur meeting there addresses were given in four lan- and of the woman's work on the district. The guages-Bhotiya, Tibetan, Nepalese, and Hindi. In brethren in charge of circuits have been faithful in Naini Tal, under the charge of Dr. Humphrey, the teaching their Christians and in efforts to win new vernacular and English work have been thriving, converts. There is manifest a spirit of inquiry in the though the place has suffered greatly from an out- villages and towns which is very encouraging. The terbreak of fever and from a disastrous landslide; yet ritory included in the district comprises large tracts the Lord has blessed us with a revival and spiritual in which good-sized towns and villages abound which prosperity." are almost untouched as yet by Gospel influences, OUDH DISTRICT.-W. A. Mansell, P. E. “Faith-¦ and the opportunities for growth and rapid developful and conscientious work has been done in ment are almost unbounded. In Sitapur the work is all the appointments, and a definite advance made. encouraging, evangelistic work is faithfully carried Baptisms have been fewer, largely owing to in- on, the church services are well attended, and the creased conservatism on the part of the ministers, boys' school and girls' school are both flourishing." although in some places the people themselves are not as approachable as formerly. We have made definite advance in Christian culture and development. Christian customs are more general. The Sabbath is better observed. Progress has been made in temperance. A new, beautiful, and commodious church has been built at Shahabad through the generosity of Mrs. A. J. M. Ege. The famine has passed away, and the people are blessed with abundant crops. The schools are generally in a satisfactory condition. The industrial schools have been a success. In Lucknow, the English-speaking church is doing a good work, and the Reid Christian College has had a good year. The Hindustani Circuit connected with Lucknow has twelve centers of work. The Lucknow Woman's College and Girls' High School has had another prosperous year. The Methodist Publishing House at Lucknow employs 150 men, prints in four languages, and has had one of the most successful years in its history. It needs new and large presses, a larger income for printing books and tracts for free distribution, and a book editor who can give his entire time to the translating and editing of books to be printed in the vernaculars of North India." PILIBHIT DISTRICT.-S. Paul, P. E. "There are 12 circuits and about 6,000 Christians. I found in some places old customs existing, such as idolatry and observance of customs, and these defects have been generally removed. There have been revivals in several places, and an advance in self-support. There are 82 schools in the district, in which are 1,145 students, and they are making good progress. There are also 2 other schools, one a boarding school with 33 students, and the other a training school which educates 11 married men and their wives. Colportage work has lately been commenced, and many Bibles, Testaments, and religious books sold." SAMBHAL DISTRICT.-H. A. Cutting, P. E. "The district has a population of 374,215 and a Christian community of 9,581. There has been a loss by the cut in our finances, and we have not been able to | Northwest India Conference. THE Northwest India Conference embraces that portion of the Northwest Provinces which lies south and west of the Ganges, the Punjab, and such parts of Rajputana and Central India as lie north of the twenty-fifth parallel of latitude. It was a part of the North India Conference until it was organized as a separate Conference, January 18, 1893. MISSIONARIES. Rev. Philo M. Buck, Mrs. Carrie McMillan Buck, Rev. Mansell, M.D., Rev. Jefferson E. Scott, Mrs. Emma Souza, Rev. Claudius H. Plomer, Rev. Matthew Tin- ANNUAL MEeting. The sixth session of the Northwest India Conference was held at Allahabad, India, January 13-18, 1898, Bishop Thoburn and Bishop Foss presiding. John T. Robertson was received from the North India Conference, and Dennis Clancy from the Rock River Conference. George Gordon, James Jacob, Puran Mul were received on trial. Stephen S. Dease Bartholomew Gardner, Habib-ul-Rahman Khan, and was transferred to the North India Conference, E. S. Busby to the Rock River Conference, A. T. Leonard to the South India Conference. C. G. Conklin* was supernumerary, and E. W. Gay superannuated. The benevolent collections as reported by the Conference treasurer aggregated 4,528 rupees. The following were the appointments: AGRA DISTRICT.-J. E. Scott, P. E. (P. O., Muttra). Agra, D. C. Monroe, Elias Massey. Bharatpur, sup*Died at Clinton, Mich., April 25, 1898. |