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* The occasion of this charge is as follows: A generous friend of the cause, knowing that Dr. Worcester's ill health would not permit his travelling in a waggon, presented him with a coachee, taking the waggon in exchange. The coachee was thought to be .worth 8 200 more than the waggon; and this sum was reported as a donation, and credited to the Board accordingly. Of course, the same sum must be charged as an expenditure. The coachee and horses were left at Brainerd, and have been disposed of for the benefit of the Board.

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Bird, Travelling expenses of Mr. Bishop as agent, including the cost of horse, sulky and harness, which are now the property of the Board,

Services and expenses of other

agents, employed for a short time, Advanced to an agent to be hereafter refunded, Expenses of the voyage and jour

ney of the present Corresponding Secretary, undertaken for the benefit of his health and to visit the missionary stations in the Cherokee country; viz. Passage to Savannah and expenses there, including saddle, loss on sulkey, postage, &c. &c. Cost of a horse, left in the Cherokee nation, for the use of the mission, Travelling expenses from

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Savannah to Boston, through the Cherokee nation, from April 10th to July 17th, 1470 miles, of which above 500 were in stages and steamboats, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S DE

PARTMENT.

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RECEIPTS OF THE BOARD DURING THE YEAR PRECEDING AUG. 31, 1822.

Received in donations, viz

Sept. 1, 1821, to 17, as acknowledged in the Missionary Herald, Vol. 17, p. 376,

$2,411 66 p. 357, 4,935 04 p. 389, 4,754 23 p. 19,

Sept. 18, to Oct. 17, Do. "
Oct. 18, to Nov. 17, Do. "
Nov 18, to Dec. 17, Do. 18
Dec. 18,1821,to Jan. 17,1822, p. 50,
Jan. 18, to Feb. 18. Do. " p 83,
Feb 19, to Mar. 17, Do. " p 113,
Mar. 18, to Apl. 17, Do. "
Apl. 18, to May 14, Do. "
May 15, to June 17, Do. "
June 18, to July 17, Do. "
July 18, to Aug. 12, Do. "
Aug. 13, to Aug. 31, Do. "

3,706 15 4,856 69 4,709 58 4,294 40

p 153, 5,047 64

p. 185,

3,322 52

p. 225,

8,007 75

p. 257,

5,617 10

p. 294,

5,269 59

2,535 38

59,467 73

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THE intelligence received, since the last annual meeting, from the missionaries in Ceylon, embraces a period of fifteen months; viz. from November 1820, to February of the current year. Death has been commissioned to assail this little band of laborers also. Mrs. Poor, a most excellent and faithful helper of the mission, greatly endeared to all who were associated with her, to other Christian friends who occasionally saw her; and to the children of the heathen, whose spiritual interests she habitually consulted, was released from the cares and labors of this world, on the 7th of May, 1821. Her illness was of a fortnight's continuance, and was dangerous from the first. She was favored, almost the whole time, with the vigorous exercise of her intellectual powers; with clear and satisfactory views of the Gospel scheme of salvation and of her own interest in the Savior; and with a triumphant faith in the Lord of glory, accompanied by the liveliest anticipations of heavenly realities. Her death-bed was a scene of victory and exultation. Her bereaved husband, and the other survivors, could not do otherwise than exult and rejoice with her. So vivid was the representation of divine things in her exhortations, her prayers, her confidence in Christ, her expressions of holy wonder, love, and praise, that it was indeed a blessed sight to behold: and those, who enjoyed it, went forth to their several labors consoled, cheered, and invigorated.

many boys in the boarding schools have received special advantage from his having superintended their English studies. He has also, by the aid of Mrs. Richards, taken the whole charge of the temporal concerns of the family and boarding school at Tillipally, whither he removed soon after the death of Mrs. Poor; thus liberating Mr. Poor from these cares, and leaving him in possession of his whole time for preaching the Gospel, and visiting the schools and the people.

The health of Mr. Woodward became very feeble in the summer of 1821; and, in consequ nce, he took a voyage to Madras and CalIn the course of the voyage, he obtained great relief, and returned to his station in January, having experienced many favors from friends of missions, both by land and sea.

cutta.

The operations of the Ceylon mission are carried on, at five different places. These stations are described, in the Report, as follows:

Station of Tillipally.

This place is nine miles north from Jaffnapatam.

Rev. James Richards, Missionaries.
Rev. Daniel Poor,

Nicholas Permander, Native Preacher. The Charity Boarding School for Heathen children contains 23 boys and six girls. There are seven free schools for heathen children, containing 315 boys, and 14 girls. Five natives are members of the church, having been admitted by baptism, after a public profession of their faith, and evidence of their having received the truth in love. From the journal transmitted by Mr. Poor, it appears, that his unwearied labors have been attended with many en

The health of Mr. Richards has expe rienced considerable depression, at different times; and he has apparently been approaching to the grave. At the last ad-couraging indications. Though, in many vices, the immediate danger seemed less imminent. Notwithstanding his long protracted weakness, Mr. Richards has been able to pursue a course of steady usefulness, and to afford very essential aid to the mission. Beside the benefit derived from: his judicious counsels and bis medical skill,

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instances, the natives have discovered great hostility to the truth; in some cases there have been evidences of a serious disposition to inquire concerning religion. There can be no reasonable doubt, that the more intelligent heathens consider their superstitions in danger, and the future preva47

lence of Christianity as a very probable event. Interviews have been sought with the Brahmins and the people, at the temples, in the high ways, and in the fields. The aged and the young, the rich and the poor, have been warned to flee from the wrath to come, and invited to accept of a free pardon, according to the terms of the Gospel. The need of divine agency has been felt and acknowledged. The promises of the Scriptures in behalf of the heathen have been importunely pleaded in the midst of pagans; and cheering tokens have been received, that the Great Head of the church has kindly regarded the labors and prayers of his servants.

On the 22d of April two boys of the charity boarding school, whose names are Nathaniel Niles and Jordan Lodge, were received into the church; and on the 3rd of August, Ebenezer Porter a member of the same school, and Valen, a gardener, were admitted also. The latter is a slave of the Covia cast, and was baptised by the name of Onesimus. George Koch, a young man of Dutch extraction, now attending to the study of physic at Panditeripo, and acting as an assistant of Dr. Scudder, was received on the day last mentioned. To the five native converts, who reside at this station, the last letters add three more, two girls of the boarding school, and a young man, who is employed in the family of Mr. Richards. They were baptised December 25th, the girls having given evidence of piety and devotedness for several months previously. Their names are Chelly and Marial, and they have been actively employed in communicating religious instruction to females of their acquaintance. The religious aspect of this station is exceedingly interesting and encouraging.

Station of Batticotta,

communion, now a licensed preacher. The Charity Boarding School contains 11 boys and three girls. Five native free schools contain 250 boys and six girls.

In consequence of Mr. Woodward's ill health, it was considered necessary that the new station at Manepy should enjoy the labors of some other of the missionaries. This service was assigned to Mr. Spaulding, who of course left Oodooville, and took up his residence at Manepy. On Mr. Woodward's return from Calcutta, he was assigned to Batticotta, where Mrs. Woodward had resided during his absence.

She

In the last letters received, the gratifying intelligence is communicated, that six adults, three men and three women, appear to have embraced the Gospel; and that probably some of them, if not all, would soon be baptised, and admitted to the church. One woman died, not long before, professing a full belief in Christ, and a reliance on him for salvation. and her daughter had been more constant attendants on preaching, and probably had gained more religious knowledge, than any other females near this station. The daughter and her husband are among the hopeful converts. The kindness of Mr. Winslow in attending the family, several members of which were sick with the epidemic, made a very deep impression on the minds of the woman and her husband. She observed, that the Christian religion must be good, or it never would have induced the missionaries to expose themselves, by visiting the sick, praying with them, giving them medicines, burying the dead, and showing every kind attention to the afflicted, while their personal friends and immediate neighbors were so terrified by the appearance of the epidemic, that they would leave the sick to suffer alone, and the dead to remain unburied. By this increasing seriousness in the minds of the

Seven miles west by north from Jaffna- natives, an impulse was given to the exerpatam.

Missionaries.

Rev. Benjamin C. Meigs, Rev. Henry Woodward, Gabriel Tissera, a native convert in communion with the church, and now a licensed preacher of the Gospel.

The Charity Boarding School contains 22 boys and four girls; and four schools for the gratuitous instruction of heathen children contain 180 boys, and two girls.

The same course of labors is pursued here, as at the other stations; but no details have come to hand as in preceding years.

Station of Oodooville,

Five miles north from Jaffnapatam.
Rev. Miron Winslow, Missionary.
Francis Malleappa, a native convert in

tions of the missionaries, who continued their arduous labors with renewed activity.

Station of Panditeripo,

Nine miles N. W. from Jaffnapatam. Rev. John Scudder, Missionary and Physician.

George Koch, a youth of Dutch extraction, a member of the church, assists Dr. Scudder in his medical services, as well as in communicating religious instruction. The Charity Boarding School for Heathen Children contains 16 boys and two girls; and three free schools contain 125 boys and four girls. One native convert, besides George Koch, is a member of the church. The last letter mentions, that a lad in the boarding school was a candidate for admission to the communion.

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