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WOODSTOCK: in Landour, 15 miles eastward from Dehra; school begun, 1874; missionary laborers-Mrs. James L. Scott, Miss Anna E. Scott, Miss Clara C. Giddings, Miss Mary E. Bailey, and Miss Susan A. Hutchison.

SAHARANPORE: 130 miles southeast of Lodiana; mission station commenced, 1836; missionary laborers-Rev. Alexander P. Kelso and his wife; Rev. Kanwar Sain; native Christian assistants-three licentiate preachers, one male and five female teachers. MAZAFFARNAGUR: a few miles south of Saharanpore, on the railroad; station sus

pended.

In this country: Mrs. C. B. Newton and children; Rev. F. J. Newton, M.D., and his family, and Rev. J. M. McComb and his wife; Miss A. S. Geisinger, Miss Sarah M. Wherry, and Miss Clara G. Williamson. In Germany: Miss Clara Thiede. On his way to this country: Rev. C. B. Newton, D.D.

FURRUKHABAD: on the Ganges, 723 miles northwest of Calcutta; mission station commenced, 1844; missionary laborers-Rev. Herbert M. Andrews and his wife; Rev. Mohan Lal; one Christian assistant; two native Christian assistants. Outstation: Chabramow.

FUTTEHGURH: mission station commenced, 1838; missionary laborers-Rev. C. A. Rodney Janvier and his wife, Rev. John N. Forman and his wife, Miss Mary P. Forman; native minister, one; native Christian assistants, five. Employed by the mission-two Christian female teachers.

MYNPURIE: 40 miles west of Futtehgurh; mission station commenced, 1843; missionary laborers-Rev. T. Edward Inglis and his wife; two assistants; twelve native helpers, of whom four are women; native Christian assistants, seven; and at Outstation, four.

ETAH (substation): not distant from Mynpurie; begun, 1873; missionary laborers -three native Christian helpers.

ETAWAH on the Jumna, 50 miles southwest of Mynpurie; mission station commenced, 1863; missionary laborers-Rev. John S. Woodside and his wife; three native licentiates; five native Christian assistants, of whom two are females. Miss Christine Belz, teacher and zenana visitor. Two substations.

GWALIOR capital of the district of the same name; mission station commenced, 1874; Mrs. Joseph Warren; Rev. Sukh Pal; native Christian assistant, one.

JHANSI 65 miles south of Gwalior; occupied as a missionary station in 1886; Rev. James F. Holcomb and his wife, Rev. Hervy D. Griswold and his wife; two female assistants; Rev. Nabi Baksh; two native assistants.

FUTTEHPORE: 70 miles northwest of Allahabad; station begun, 1853; missionary laborer, one native licentiate preacher.

ALLAHABAD at the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna, 506 miles northwest of Calcutta; mission station commenced, 1836; missionary laborers-Rev. James M. Alexander and his wife; Rev. James J. Lucas, D.D., and his wife; Rev. Thomas Tracy; Miss Sarah C. Seward, M.D., Mrs. John Newton, Jr., Miss Mary L. Symes, Miss Jennie L. Colman, and Miss Margaret J. Morrow; one Christian female teacher and zenana visitor; Rev. John S. Caleb, Rev. Isaac Fieldbrave; three native licentiates; native Christian assistants, ten.

In this country: Mrs. Thomas Tracy and children; Rev. Henry Forman and his wife. CHANGES IN THE LIST OF MISSIONARIES.

Mrs. Ullmann, wife of the Rev. J. F. Ullmann, died in England, April 27, 1890. Miss Margaret A. Craig died at Rawal Pindi, September 15, 1890. The Rev. F. J. Newton, M.D., and his family arrived in this country on a visit in May, 1890. The Rev. C. B. Newton, D.D., soon went back to his work, but he is expected to arrive again in June, 1891, at his own expense for the voyage, to accompany his wife and younger children in returning to India. Miss Clara G. Williamson, of Woodstock, returned in March. The Rev. Messrs. H. M. Andrews, A. H. Ewing, and H. D. Griswold, and their wives, Misses J. L. Colman, M. Morrow, and A. E. Scott arrived in India in November, excepting Miss Scott, returning to Woodstock later. Their stations are given in the general list, supra. The transfer of the Rev. H. Fisher from Rawal Pindi to Ferozepore, Mrs. Calderwood to Ambala, Miss Dunlap and Miss Orbison to Rawal Pindi, and Miss Babbitt to Dehra, are also given in this list. The names of missionaries in this country, but not receiving their support from the Board, though hoping eventually to return to their former field of labor, are omitted in the general list, viz., Rev. W. F. Johnson, D.D., Rev. E. M. Wherry, D.D., and his wife; Rev. Messrs. Bergen, Seeley, and Pollock, their wives, and Miss Pratt, Miss Fullerton, and Miss Seeley. [As this paragraph goes to the printer the sad news reaches the Mission House of the death of Mr. Seeley at Morristown, N. Y., on the 13th of March, of pneumonia. He was pastor of the church there.]

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Number of pupils under instruction in zenanas not generally reported. Number of Sabbath-school scholars: in Lodiana Mission, 1,963; in Furrukhabad Mission, last year, 1,402. Contribution, as far as reported, by native churches in Lodiana Mission, $651.00. Further Statistics will be found in the General Summary, infra.

NOTICES OF STATIONS.

Rawal Pindi.

The varied means employed at this station for making the Gospel known to all classes of people have been marked by encouragement. Mr. Ullmann, the aged missionary, while continuing his work for the press, has taken charge of the Sunday-school, the leper asylum, a Thursday afternoon prayer-meeting, and a weekly teaching of beggars applying for alms. Mr. Morrison was largely occupied with itinerating work, accompanied part of the time by his wife, whose successful medical "treatment of one or two cases" led to numerous applications from people of all classes and ages for relief. It was pitiable to see their importunity, especially as no relief could be given in advanced cases of illness, and an urgent plea is made for a missionary who could both preach the Gospel and minister to the sick. Referring to his visits among the villages, a valuable remark is made as to their quiet and simple method: "We went from house to house, from village to village, talking quietly to the people, endeavoring to avoid the opposition that must have come had we gathered large audiences." The labors and

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influence of the native pastor, Mr. Rala Ram, are warmly commended, and his wife is a helpmeet to her husband. Their support and other expenses of the native church are defrayed by its own congregation.

Mr. Fisher's time was chiefly occupied with learning the native language, and he can now take a share of the many duties of the station; but at the end of the year he was transferred by the mission to Ferozepore, to the aid of Mr. Jones. In the urgent call for single women, Miss Dunlap and Miss Orbison were transferred by the mission to Rawal Pindi. For the church and school returns from this station, see statistical tables on pages 77, 78, supra.

Lahore.

Referring to last year's Annual Report of the Board for a somewhat particular though brief account of the varied missionary work of our brethren at this city, it may be well to state here that this work has since been conducted on the same lines, and with signs of progress. Preaching services, "chiefly in two churches and two chapels, one high-school, with eight branches, one night-school, one college, sixteen schools for girls, one dispensary for women and children, and one general dispensary," have been maintained. The number of communicants in the Hindustani church had increased from 97 to 122. A number of the members are non-resident for a time. This church of native members was under the care of Dr. Newton until his failing health led to its being placed under the charge of Dr. Forman. It has not yet obtained a native pastor. The English church, partly of natives who speak English, reports 56 members. It has the services of the college president and professor.

The college has the services of four of the missionaries as professors, though their labors include other kinds of missionary work. The attendance of students was increased to 141; tuition fees, to $2,331 from $1,762 in the preceding year, counting the rupee at forty cents. "We have a good college building, two comfortable boarding-houses, one for Christians and the other for non-Christians. The former is the gift of an American lady who visited us last winter." The general boarding-house is too small, so that a house has to be rented for the overflow. A house for the president is also needed, which about $2,375 would provide. The college property, as it stands, is estimated to be worth $34,800, subject to a lien to the Government of $12,000, without interest, on the land-one of the best sites in the city. The managers and professors are appointed by the Lodiana Mission, under the control of the Board, as in all cases of mission property. Good encouragement is reported in the instruction given. "Every day each student has some lesson from the Word of God presented to him. In this study some of the youths have manifested the deepest interest."

There are other colleges in Lahore-a Mohammedan, a Hindu, a Sikh, and an Aryan-all including instruction in English, so that our Christian college seems to be of no ordinary importance, however much its friends might desire to see it conducted like our college at Tungchow, China-on an exclusively vernacular basis, but with the highest order of modern and Christian teaching.

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