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hospitality-tea. Wishing to set them at their ease I said I would taste their white food, which is the common compromise adopted when it is difficult or inconvenient to get tea. The sour, white, milk-cake was at once produced, and in addition some butter-baked flour scones which had come from the temple hard by. Though suffering as criminals, the five lamas had not been neglected in the temple ministrations, but a dole had been sent them as if they had taken actual part in the services.

Prisoners in Mongolia seem to have a good time of it. Perhaps they have, but it is not impossible that the modified kind of restraint to which they have to submit, proves to them as irksome as the severer discipline of other nations proves to more civilized prisoners.

One of the prisoners, when asked how long he had been there, replied with exactness stating the number of days. This showed how he felt. Mongols usually state time loosely, such as, more than three months, about a month,-less than a year. This poor fellow was exact in his statement. He had been wearying and counting the days of his confinement. Our visits, for the time being helped to relieve the monotony of their days, but this was only a temporary relief.

Perhaps most of them are there still, crouching on the ash heap, watching the riders as they come and go in the valley, and counting the days that must pass before they themselves can again wander at their sweet will in the open plains.

HOINOS.

STATISTICS OF THE NINGPO PROTESTANT MISSION.
STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION.

THE first agent of this mission at Ningpo was D. J. Macgowan, M.D., who opened a hospital there in November, 1843. Leaving temporarily in the early part of 1844, he returned with Mrs. Macgowan in April, 1845, and reopened his hospital. In June, 1847, he was joined by the Rev. E. C. Lord, who still continues his labours there.

We have to thank the Rev. E. C. Lord, D. D. and the Rev. J. R. Goddard, for the following statistics of the mission, furnished in 1875. The mission of the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions was commenced in China in 1836.

The Ningpo station of the mission was opened in 1843.

There have been twenty-five missionaries in all from the commencement, fifteen of whom have been ladies.

There are at present four male missionaries-three of whom are ordained and one medical-and three ladies.

The mission has seven chapels.

There are twelve out-stations.

There are seven organized churches.

There are fourteen native preachers, one of whom is ordained, and in pastoral charge.

Two of the preachers are partly supported by the native church.
Four students are preparing for the ministry.

Two colporteurs and three Bible-women are employed.

The number of adults baptized from the commencement is 551.
The present church membership is 277, both male and female.
The contributions of the native Christians amount to about $120.

STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION.

This station was first occupied by D. B. M'Cartee, M. D. who arrived on June 20th, 1844; and has worked there with intervals of absence, till within a few years past. On November 6th, he was joined by the Rev. R. Q. and Mrs. Way, who remained till 1859. The Rev. W. M. Lowrie came next, in the early part of April, 1845, and was killed by pirates in 1847. The Rev. M. S. and Mrs. Culbertson arrived with the latter, and removed to Shanghae in 1850. About the end of July, Mr. R. Cole arrived with Mrs. Cole, to take charge of the printing operations, and remained till near the close of 1847, when he left the mission. The Rev. A. W. Loomis, who had been working for more than a year in the neighbouring island of Chusan, went to strengthen the mission, in August, 1846, accompanied by Mrs. Loomis, but left for America in 1849. The Rev. J. W. Quarterman arrived on March 8th, 1847, and died in 1857. The Rev. J. K. and Mrs. Wight arrived in July, 1849, and were transferred to Shanghae in 1850. The Rev. H. V. V. Rankin arrived with Mrs. Rankin in August, 1849; but went to Tăng-chow in 1863, and died there the same year. Mr. M. S. Coulter arrived with Mrs. Coulter, on August 24th, 1849, to take the superintendance of the press; but he died on December 12th, 1852. The Rev. S. N. D. and Mrs. Martin came in the summer of 1850, and remained till April, 1858, when he returned to America. The Rev. W. A. P. Martin, the brother of the preceding, arrived with Mrs. Martin about the same time, and remained till 1860. The Rev. J. L. and Mrs. Nevius arrived in March, 1854, and left in 1861. The Rev. E. B. Inslee arrived with Mrs. Inslee on January 1st, 1857, and remained till 1861, when he left the mission. In the summer of 1858, Mr. W. Gamble arrived to superintend the printing, but left for Shanghae in 1861. The Rev. D. D. and Mrs. Green arrived about the end of 1859, and removed to Hangchow in the beginning of 1865. The Rev. J. A. and Mrs. Danforth arrived with Mr. and Mrs. Green, but left for Tăngchow in 1861. The Rev. W. T. and

Mrs. Morrison arrived in July, 1860; but left for the United States in 1865, on account of his health. The Rev. S. Dodd arrived in the autumn of 1861, but subsequently settled with Mrs. Dodd at Hangchow. The Rev. J. A. and Mrs. Leyenberger arrived on April 10th, 1866, and he is still occupied in that sphere of labour.

We are indebted to the Rev. J. A. Leyenberger for the following summary received in 1875.

The Ningpo station was commenced in 1844.

From the commencement, there have been altogether twenty-three missionaries, nineteen of whom were married.

There are at present two ordained missionaries and two ladies.
The mission has fifteen chapels.

There are fifteen out-stations.

There are nine organized churches.

There are fifteen native preachers, seven of whom are ordained and have pastoral charges.

One of the native preachers is entirely supported by the native church, and six partly so.

There are seven students preparing for the ministry.

At present there are 183 male and 251 female members in church fellowship, or 434 in all.

The native contributions in 1874, amounted to $322.00.

Mr. Leyenberger gives the following note in 1875, regarding the Medical work of this mission.

"Medical missionary work was commenced at this station in 1844; and a great deal has been done at Ningpo in connection with our mission-formerly by D. B. McCartee, M. D. and last year (1874), by S. A. Davenport, M. D. I regret to say, no statistics can be given, as they have not been preserved. The work has been carried on at the cost of the Board of Foreign Missions."

For the following notes on the Itinerancy of the mission given in 1875, we are indebted to the Rev. J. Butler.

The native assistants paid from the mission funds engage in this work. There was also one paid by the American Bible Society; but he did not prove satisfactory. The journeys are made principally by boats; but where there are no watercourses, they are accomplished on foot or by sedan chairs.

Mr. Butler has been through ten of the eleven prefectural cities in the province of Chekeang; and to thirty of the district cities. In the travelling season, his principal work is itineration among the nine out-stations in Sæn-poh, and also in the regions beyond. He has made

a good many journeys, the longest of which was last spring, in company with the Revs. D. N. Lyon and F. Galpin. They travelled 3,020 le, or a little over a thousand miles. The most distant city reached was Lung-tseuèn, on the border of Fuhkien province,-1500 le from Ningpo (see Chinese Recorder, vol. vii. p. 349-the Itinerancy of the American Presbyterian missionaries at Hangchow).

STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY'S MISSION.

The following summary of statistics is given on the authority of Rt. Rev. Bishop Russell, D.D.-for 1875,-by whom, in conjunction with the Rev. R. H. Cobbold, this station was commenced in May, 1848. There have been nine ordained missionaries from the commencement, and one lady missionary.

There are four ordained missionaries at present on the station, and one lady missionary.

The mission has twenty-two chapels and preaching rooms, eight of which are foreign built.

There are sixteen out-stations.

There are fourteen organized churches.

There are seventeen native preachers, one of whom is ordained, and fourteen in pastoral charges.

All the native preachers are partly supported by the native church.
There are three students in training for the ministry.

Six Bible-women are employed.

From the commencement, there have been in all 600 baptisms, including adults and children.

The number at present in church fellowship is 450, including male and female.

The native contributions for 1874 amounted to $180.

The Rev. A. E. Moule has furnished the following note regarding Itinerancy in the mission in 1875.

"The native catechists and evangelists are engaged in the work, and travel by boats, sedan chairs, or on foot. Journeys are undertaken in radii from Ningpo of sixty miles as a maximum and five miles as a minimum.

STATISTICS OF THE UNITED METHODIST FREE-CHURCH MISSION.

This mission was commenced by the Rev. W. R. Fuller, who arrived at Ningpo with Mrs. Fuller in October, 1864. and left the mission about 1868. The Rev. J. and Mrs. Mara arrived on September 2nd, 1865, and returned to England about 1869. The Rev. F. and

/Mrs. Galpin arrived in 1868, since which he has continued to labour there up to February in the present year, when he left for a visit to England.

Mr. Galpin favoured us with the following statistics of his mission

in 1875.

This society began its agency in Ningpo in 1863, being the commencement of its work in China.

From the first there have been four ordained missionaries, three of whom have been married.

There are at present two missionaries, one of whom is married.
The mission has two chapels.

There are four out-stations.

Two churches have been organized.

There are seven native preachers, three of whom are unpaid. Two of the native preachers are partly supported by the native church.

One Bible-woman is employed.

The numbers baptized from the commencement are 160 adults and 30 children-or 190 in all.

The numbers at present in church fellowship are 72 males and 40 females-or 112 in all.

The annual contributions of the native members amount to $60.

We received the following notes on the Itinerancy of the mission, from Mr. Galpin in 1875.

The missionaries and native preachers all itinerate in turn; travel

ling by boats or sedan chairs

In the vicinity of Ningpo, a few market-towns, villages and

stations are visited. The chief out-stations are at the district cities of 鎮海 Chin-hae and 象山 Seang-shan.

In 1872, Mr. Galpin made a journey with Mr. J. Williamson of
Choo-chow,

the China Inland Mission, to the prefectural city of

near the boundary of the Chekeang and Fuhkeen provinces.

In 1875, Mr. Galpin made the same journey, in company with the Revs. J. Butler and D. N. Lyon; but they extended their tour to the prefectural city of Keu-chow, and thence via Hangchow to Ningpo (see the Itinerancy of the American Presbyterian missionaries, supra).

The General Baptist Missionary Society in England sent two missionaries-the Revs. T. H. Hudson and W. Jarrom-to Ningpo in 1845, where they arrived towards the end of the year. When

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