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 REPORT FOR 1816 . 
 
 The year 1876 is memorable to Americans as the Centennial 
 Year of their national existence. It will be marked in the 
 Annals of India, as the year in which Queen Victoria assumed 
 the title of Empress of India, or Kaisser-y-Hind, although the 
 ceremonies of its assumption were delayed till New Year’s 
 day of 1877. In the memories of the people of the Dakhan, 
 it will be marked as the year of the great drought. As it 
 affects our work in many ways, for the information of our friends 
 who live at a distance, we will say a few words about the 
 drought. In some favored cases, a partial supply of rain, suffice 1 
 to perfect crops in the best fields. But throughout the greater 
 part of the Dakhan, less than one third of the usual supply was 
 allowed us, and such crops only as could be irrigated, came to 
 perfection. But the fields that can be irrigated, are compara¬ 
 tively few at the best; and in some parts the streams and wells 
 dried up too soon to allow of this resource. Hundreds of vil¬ 
 lages have been deserted for the want of water to drink, and 
 at the close of the year the wells are failing in hundreds of other 
 villages, and unless God sends abundant rain during the winter 
 months, as He has sometimes done, it is impossible to estimate 
 how many villages will have to be deserted before the begin¬ 
 ning of another rainy season, next June. The very judicious 
 and praiseworthy arrangements made by the Officers of Govern¬ 
 ments and Municipalities, and by the benevolent public, to pro¬ 
 vide work for the unemployed, to bring grain from other 
 parts of India, and to dispense food to those who are unable to 
 work, have so far prevented much actual starvation. It is be¬ 
 lieved that the grain stored in the country, will suffice till the 
 next harvest. But there is not enough fodder, nor water 
 for irrigation to raise a supply. A large part of the cattle and 
 other domestic animals, must be driven to more favored dis- 
 
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 AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 tricts. This has already been done to a large extent. But it 
 has usually been delayed too long, so that many animals have 
 died on the way. 
 
 This state of things very seriously affects our churches and 
 schools and indeed everything that promotes the welfare of our 
 Christian community and the usefulness of our mission work. 
 The native Christians are mostly dependent on their daily labor 
 for their daily bread. And the few who have fields or trades are 
 without crops or business. So they are unable to send their 
 children to school, or to give freely for the support of their pas¬ 
 tors and for benevolent objects. Then, in the general distress, 
 the charities of those to whom we might in ordinary times 
 successfully appeal for help, are over-taxed. So it results that 
 although we are not starving, we are in great straits and diffi¬ 
 culties. 
 
 THE MISSIONARIES- In the early part of 1876 Messrs. Bissell 
 and Atkinson with their families, went to America for the bene¬ 
 fit of their health. And near the close of the year Mr. Park 
 with his family, for the same reason, found it necessary to take 
 leave for six months and go to the Pulney Hills' Sanitarium. 
 The health of both Miss Ashley and Miss Anderson had long 
 been so poor, that at last giving up all hope of recovery in this 
 country, they reluctantly arranged to go to America with no ex¬ 
 pectation of returning to India. Miss Anderson started on the 
 journey in December, and Miss Ashley is to go early in 1877. 
 So at the close of 1876, we have engaged in our work here only 
 nine mission families and one unmarried missionary lady. 
 
 At our business meeting in October, Mr. E. S. Hume passed 
 his final examination in Marathi and was stationed at Bombay 
 in charge of part of out operations there, and also to act for 
 Mr. Park during his absence. At the same meeting, Mr. L. S. 
 Gates passed his preliminary examination in Marathi and was 
 stationed at Sholapur, in charge of the Western part of that 
 field. At the same meeting it was also arranged that Mr. Henry 
 Ballantine should take charge of the secular matters of the Mis¬ 
 sion in Bombay for six months, in the hope that the arrange¬ 
 ment will become permanent. 
 
 THE PASTORS AND PREAGHERS- As there seemed a special open¬ 
 ing for the use of his Kirttans at Satara, Rev. Kasambhai 
 Mahammadji resigned his pastorate at Sirur and removed to 
 Satara. An acc(5unt of his success there will be found in 
 the report of Mr. Bruce. 
 
AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 Rev. Dhoiidiba Wagchaure [was dismissed by the Belapur 
 Church in Februray and was installed as pastor of the Satral 
 Church. 
 
 XJuder Mr. Hume’s ministry, the Loni church, situated among 
 the hills West of Ahmednagar, grew in numbers and vigor till 
 in August it called Rev. Sonaji Chandrabhan Makasare to its 
 pastorate, and undertook to provide for his support without 
 asking aid from the mission. The story of this interesting 
 movement will be found in Mi’. R. A. Hume’s report. 
 
 Rev. Sadoba Zadhaw, sorely afflicted by the death of his ex¬ 
 cellent wife in August, received six months’ vacation from the 
 Khokar Church, but he removed to Wambori, the church of 
 which has been for some years without a resident pastor, and 
 labored there for the rest of the year. 
 
 The other Pastors have resided in their parishes as before, and 
 interesting items in connection with their work will be found 
 in the special reports of the missionaries in charge. 
 
 Just at the close of 1876, Mr. Sakharam Bharshankar, who 
 had been an acceptable preacher in our connection for 34 years, 
 was‘ taken to the higher service. He had been feeble for six 
 months before his sudden death, and at times was laid aside 
 from active service ; but he loved to preach and continued to do 
 it, as he had strength, to the last day of his life. 
 
 The rest of the list of our Preachers, Bible Readers and Bible 
 Women, remains unchanged. 
 
 THE PASTORS’ SUSTENTATION FUND* The Churches received 
 
 grants-in-aid from the American Board for the su.stentation of 
 their Pastors in 1876 amounting to Rs. 2,688. This left a 
 balance of Rs. 2,088 to be provided by themselves. The total of 
 their collections did not quite amount to the required sum ; but 
 donations were received for this specialty from Captain Bour- 
 dillon Rs. 55 and G. A. J. Rs. 60, and there was a balance of 
 Rs. 60 on hand at the beginning of the year. So that after pay¬ 
 ing the regular salaries of the pastors there was still on hand at 
 the end of the year a balance of Rs. 18. The same amount in 
 aid has been promised by the American Board for 1877. The 
 contributions to this Fund are strictly voluntary and on account 
 of the hard times the sum realized in November and December 
 was less than the average had been, and it is likely to be less 
 until the famine has become a bygone. So those in charge of 
 this Fund, feel constrained to express the hope that contribu¬ 
 tions made specially for it may be received from our frienels. 
 
AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 
 THE REST HOUSE IN AHMEDNABAR.. The Anniversary meeting'.s 
 held in October, are the occasion for a large number of Christians 
 and their friends assembling at Ahmednagar. They come not 
 only from the villages of the Ahmednagar districts, but also from 
 other cities and districts. And as the Christian community 
 residing in Ahmednagar is comparatively small and their houses 
 are small, it has been found impossible to provide shelter for all 
 who came. The gathering was unusually large in 1875, and so 
 many were without any shelter, even after all available verandas 
 and tents and houses that could be rented, were occupied, that 
 it was proposed to open a subscription for building a commo¬ 
 dious Rest-house that would at least give protection from the 
 sun and rain. The proposition was entertained with much 
 enthusiasm, and more than a thousand Rupees were pledged for 
 its erection besides the one hundred and nine that were given at 
 the time. A Committee was appinted by “ the Union ” to pro¬ 
 cure a site and erect the building, and their work was complet¬ 
 ed in 1876. The Rest-House is near the Chapel. Its floor is 
 80 by 18 feet, and it cost Rs. 1,157. It has a tiled roof support¬ 
 ed by beams and rafters of teak. The walls are of earth faced 
 with burnt brick. It is a neat and substantial building. It has 
 no windows but is open on the West side for the entire length. 
 It was found very useful during the anniversary meetings in 
 October 1876. As it often turns out in such undertakings, a 
 debt has been incurred. This was not because the committee 
 exceeded their supposed means, but because many subscribers 
 put off paying their subscriptions, till the hard times came on 
 and since then they have been unable to pay them. 
 
 SCHOOLS- We have continued to avail ourselves of the helps 
 afforded us by the excellent Normal School of the Christian 
 Vernacular Education Society. Our Girls’ School at Ahmednagar 
 and the Station Schools, have been carried on with their usual 
 efficiency. The Village Schools, in charge of some of our mis¬ 
 sionaries, that receive no pecuniary aid from the mission, re¬ 
 ceived grants-in-aid for the last six months of 1876 from the 
 C. V. E. S. through the agency of J. S. Haig Esq. The Industrial 
 School at Satara, has prospered. Particulars with regard to all 
 these schools are left for the special reports. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS. The Dnyanodaya, our Weekly, of twelve Royal 
 Octavo pages, with its Illustrated Monthly Supplement of eight 
 pages, for Children, has had the advantage of the same Editors 
 as before through the year, except that Mr. E. S. Hume took 
 
AMKRICAX MrsSIOX KKrORT. 
 
 7 
 
 the place of Mr. Park for the last two months. The Mission 
 also published an edition of 1,000 copies of the First Part of 
 a new Marathi Arithmetic, 36 pages 12mo., for the use of our 
 schools. We also published an edition of 1,500 of the Dnya'tto- 
 daya Almanac for 1877, 36 pages Roy. 8vo. This Almanac is 
 increasingly popular. 
 
 Various Marathi Cards and Mottoes, in different colors, very 
 neat, attractive and useful, have been printed at the “ Colum¬ 
 bian Press,” Satara, and published by Mr. Bruce, the proprietor 
 of the press. A full and deservedly commendatory notice of 
 the work that has been done by this press, will be found in the 
 In. Ev. Review for October 1876. 
 
 MEDICAL WORK has been carried on by Dr. Norris in Bombay 
 and by Dr. Ballantine at Ahmednagar and Rahuri and on tours 
 in his districts. Excepting the support of these Medical Mission¬ 
 aries, the expenses of this department have been defrayed by 
 fees received from the patients treated. Additional information 
 under this head will be found in the special reports of the 
 Missionaries. 
 
 SYNOPSIS, AT THE CLOSE OF 1876- 
 
 BOMBAY. 
 
 Rev. C. W. Park and Mrs. Park, temporarily at Kodi Kanal, 
 Pulney Hills. Miss S. E. Norris M. D.; Rev. E. S. Hume and 
 Mrs. Hume, Mazagon. Mr. Henry Ballantine, Secular Agent, 
 Byculla. Church in Bhendy Bazar, Rev. Vishnu Bhaskar 
 Karmarkar, Pastor and Mr. Shahu Daji Kukade, Editor of the 
 Dnyanodaya, New Nagpada. Mr. Krishna Ratnoji Sangale, 
 Preacher. One Bible-Woman and two School-Teachers. 
 
 AHMEDNAGAR COLLECTORATE. 
 
 Residing at Ahmednagar. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and Mrs, 
 Fairbank ; Rev. R. A. Hume and Mrs. Hume j Dr. W, 0. Ballan¬ 
 tine and Mrs. Ballantine. Rev. Ramkrishna Venayak Modak, 
 Pastor of the Church. Mr. Daji Jagannath, Preacher. One 
 Bible-Reader, four Bible-Women, three School-masters and seven 
 School-mistresses. 
 
 The North-Eastern District in charge of Mr. Fairbank, 
 Six Churches, at Chandcj Dedgaw, Shingawe-Tukai’s, Sonai, 
 
AMEllIC'AN MISSION KEPOKT. 
 
 PancliHgaw, and Kewase. Eleven other Out-stations, at Wadale> 
 Bel-Pimpalgaw, Karazgaw, Manzari, Malunje, Khospuri, Shin- 
 gawe-Keshaw’s, Miri, Tisgaw, Amarapur, and Tarawadi. Five 
 Pastors, One Preacher, seven Bible-Readers, five Bible-Women, 
 and thirteen School-Teachers. 
 
 The Northern and Northwestern Districts, in charge 
 of Dr. Ballantine. Eight churches, at Rahuri,Shingawe-Nayak’s, 
 Wambori, Khokar, Belapur, Gahu, and Satral. Seven other 
 Out-stations. Nandur, Shilegaw, Dawalali, Astegew, Pimplas, 
 Shirdi and Takali. Four Pastors, eight Bible-Readers, four 
 Bible-Women, and six School-Teachers. 
 
 The Southern and Western Districts, in charge of Mr. 
 Hume. Three Churches at Sirur, Loni, and Kolgaw. Nine other 
 Out-stations, at Baburdi, Wadgaw-Darya, Hange, Parner, Jamb- 
 gaw, Kambargaw, Hiware, Mandawgan, and Shirasgaw. Two 
 Pastors, six Bible-Readers, two Bible-Women, and six School- 
 Teachers. 
 
 SATARA COLLECTORATE. 
 
 Residing at Satara, Rev. H. J. Bruce and Mrs. Bruce ; Rev. 
 R. Winsor and Mrs. Winsor, Rev. Vithal Makasare, Pastor of 
 the Church. 
 
 The Western District in charge of Mr. Bruce. One Prea¬ 
 cher, two Bible-Readers, and one School-teacher. 
 
 The Eastern District in charge of Mr. Winsor. One Bible- 
 Reader, and three School-teachers. 
 
 Residing at Panchgani, Rev. S. R. Wells and Mrs. Wells* 
 Church at Bhuinj. Another Out-station at Mahabaleshwar. 
 Two Bible-Readers and two School-teachers. 
 
 SOLAPUR COLLECTORATE. 
 
 Residing at Solapur, Rev. C. Harding and Mrs. Harding ; 
 Rev. L. S. Gates and Mrs. Gates. Rev. Anaji B. Kshirsagar, 
 Pastor of the Church. 
 
 The Eastern District in charge of Mr. Harding. Mr. 
 Bhiwaji D. Kharabas Preacher at Barsi. Two Churches, at 
 Dhotre and Watwad. Two Bible-Readers, and one School¬ 
 teacher. 
 
 The Western District in charge of Mr. Gates. Three 
 School-teachers. 
 
STATISTICS OF THE CHUECHES-No. 1. 
 
 Names oe the 
 CUUBCEBS. 
 
 . 
 
 No. of Members, 
 Jan y. 1st 1876. 
 
 Received on Pro¬ 
 
 fession in 1876. 
 
 Received from 
 
 other Churches. 
 
 Dismissed to 
 
 other Churches. 
 
 Cut off from 
 
 Membership. 
 
 Died in 1876. 
 
 No. of Members 
 
 Deo’r 3l8t 1876. 
 
 geo 
 
 i tN. 
 
 ^ -4-» 
 
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 XJ 
 
 '■P c 
 
 D. e3 
 c9 
 
 m 
 
 Baptized in 1876. 
 
 Came from other 
 
 Cliurches. 
 
 Went to other 
 
 Churches. 
 
 Received to com¬ 
 
 munion. 
 
 Died in 1876. 
 
 •o t,' 
 
 o - 
 
 .ss 
 
 m (3 <o 
 
 o2'^ 
 
 ,2 
 
 Bombav. 
 
 47 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 32 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 Aliniednagar.. 
 
 252| 64 
 
 3 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 301 
 
 16S 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 164 
 
 Sirur. 
 
 26 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 20 
 
 26 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 Loui . 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Kolgaw. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 , , 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 33 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 40 
 
 Rahuri . 
 
 30 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 60 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 Wamhori . . 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 Sliingawe-Nayak’s. 
 
 25 
 
 4 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 24 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 ■’l 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 Gabu ... 
 
 14 
 
 • 1 
 
 1 
 
 . . 
 
 • • 
 
 
 16 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 22 
 
 Satral. 
 
 24 
 
 . , 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 26 
 
 Belapur. 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 
 17 
 
 Khokar. 
 
 41 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 42 
 
 106 
 
 6 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 106 
 
 PanchegavT . 
 
 31 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 2 
 
 36 
 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 29 
 
 Newase . 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 . . 
 
 • • 
 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 4 
 
 Sonai. 
 
 65 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 67 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 23 
 
 Chande . 
 
 38 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 36 
 
 26 
 
 4 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 
 
 26 
 
 Dedgaw. 
 
 41 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 , , 
 
 1 
 
 46 
 
 44 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 43 
 
 Shingawe Tukai’s. 
 
 32 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 , , 
 
 1 
 
 
 39 
 
 36 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 33 
 
 S'ltafa . 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 Bhainj . 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 • • 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 16 
 
 Solapur. 
 
 38 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 «• 
 
 35 
 
 34 
 
 9 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 41 
 
 Dhotre . 
 
 26 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 Wat wad. 
 
 20 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 39 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total..., 
 
 865 
 
 166 
 
 26 
 
 37 
 
 
 14 
 
 983 
 
 ^38 
 
 89 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 42 
 
 18 
 
 764 
 
 STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES—Ko. 2. 
 
 1 
 
 Names or ihb 
 Ckpbohbs. 
 
 Names oe the 
 
 Pabtobs. 
 
 No. of 
 Members. 
 
 Villages in which 
 Christi.ans reside. 
 
 3Mo. of Members 
 who can read. 
 
 Contributions 
 In 1876. 
 
 No, of Schools 
 
 No, of Pupils 
 
 d 
 
 o 
 
 C 
 
 <D 
 
 B 
 
 o 
 
 Rs. 
 
 a. 
 
 P- 
 
 Bombay . 
 
 Vishnu Bhaskar Karmarkar... 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 11 
 
 43 
 
 364 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 2 
 
 40 
 
 AhmftdTiag’ar ..... 
 
 Ramkrislina V, Modak. 
 
 131 
 
 170 
 
 20 2.8 a 
 
 612 
 
 14 
 
 e 
 
 6 
 
 215 
 
 Kolgaw . 
 
 Gangaram D. Wagehaure. 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 23 
 
 88 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 4 
 
 71) 
 
 Loni. 
 
 Sonaji Ch, Makasare . 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 24 
 
 100 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 3 
 
 42 
 
 Sirur. 
 
 „ ' in charge. 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 16 
 
 66 
 
 0 
 
 (1 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 Rahuri. 
 
 Waniram T. Ohol . 
 
 33 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 32 
 
 142 
 
 6 
 
 0 
 
 2 
 
 S2 
 
 W ambori . 
 
 ,, „ in charge.... 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 Shingawe - Nayak’s 
 
 „ ,, in charge.... 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 14 
 
 17 
 
 9 
 
 0 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 Gahu. 
 
 Vithu L. Bhambal . 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 66 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 Satral .. 
 
 Dhondiba T. Wagehaure . 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 17 
 
 63 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 40 
 
 Khokar . 
 
 Sadoba Zadhaw. 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 60 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 2 
 
 14 
 
 Belapur . 
 
 ,, ,, in charge.... 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 IS 
 
 Panchegaw . 
 
 Sayaji M. Ratwad. 
 
 19 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 16 
 
 60 
 
 1 
 
 0 
 
 2 
 
 24 
 
 Newase .. 
 
 „ in charge. 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 19 
 
 61 
 
 0 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 81 
 
 Chande .... 
 
 Tiaksmati M. Salawe . . 
 
 
 17 
 
 8 
 
 23 
 
 90 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 33 
 
 Dedg^aw . 
 
 Mahipati "R. Ankaipag'ar . 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 81 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 61 
 
 Shingawe - Tukai’s 
 
 Jayaram D. Barase.. 
 
 21 
 
 18 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 67 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 40 
 
 
 Viihhal Makasare - . 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 88 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 100 
 
 
 Tti oharpre of Mr. Wfillfl . 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 39 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 Rolapiir . 
 
 Anaji Bh. Kshirsagar . 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 24 
 
 108 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 60 
 
 Dhotre . ■. 
 
 In chargeofBhiwajiD.Kharabas 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 Watwad. 
 
 In charge of Mr, Harding .... 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 •• 
 
 
 •• 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 Totals .... 
 
 
 614 
 
 469 
 
 147 
 
 612 
 
 2085 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 64 
 
 887 
 
10 
 
 AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 SPECIAL REPORTS BY THE MISSIONARIES &c. 
 
 BOMBAY. 
 
 Mr. Park’s Report. 
 
 No events have occurred in connection with our work at Bom¬ 
 bay to render the year 1876 one of peculiar interest. Our re¬ 
 port will therefore be brief, and confined to a review of the 
 ordinary operations of Missionary labor. 
 
 The Church. Regular Preaching on Sunday has been main¬ 
 tained as usual at the Church in Jail Road. The attendance 
 has not always been what we could have wished ; especially as 
 this been the case with the morning service, when the audience 
 has often been discouragingly small. It is generally better in 
 the afternoon. For the larger part of the year, the forenoon 
 service has taken the form of a catechetical exercise on the 
 scripture lesson for the day, according to the “ international 
 series of S. S. Lessons,” under the direction of the Pastor. Week¬ 
 ly Prayer-Meetings have been held on Fridays ; one for the 
 women of the Church at 4 P. M., followed by a General Meeting 
 for the whole congregation. The attendance at these Prayer- 
 Meetings has been on the whole very good, and a good degree 
 of interest has been manifested in them. 
 
 The statistics of the Church will be found in their proper 
 place and the Pastor’s reports will give the matters of more special 
 interest in immediate connection with the Church, and thus 
 render unnecessary any further words of ours under this head. 
 
 Street Preaching. In the month of June a plan for regular 
 street preaching was drawn up, and the services of other mem¬ 
 bers of the church than those whose regular work it is to preach 
 constantly, were enlisted in carrying it out. Suitable sites for 
 preaching were selected in various parts of the city, and com¬ 
 panies of two or more were designated to each place on particular 
 days. Thus, if the plan had been carried out in its integrity, 
 there would have been preaching every day of the week at some 
 stated place, by Members of this Mission. And on the whole, 
 in spite of occasional interruption from rain or the illness of the 
 designated preachers, the plan was carried out quite regularly 
 for several months.' Finally in August the failure of health of 
 the missionary compelled us to retrench our reports in this di- 
 
AMERICAN MIS&ION REPORT. 
 
 11 
 
 rection, though preaching was regularly maintained at some ot 
 the stations selected, though not daily. We found that the 
 most favourable positions for street preaching were on our own 
 premises—either from the door way of our Church in Jail Road, 
 where we were pretty apt to get a large number of Muham- 
 medans, or in the porch of the schoolhouse in BycuUa, where we 
 
 f enerally had a good audience of Hindus. The advantage of 
 eing on our own ground was constantly felt. The most diffi¬ 
 cult place was near the Crawford Market. A large and unruly 
 crowd, almost wholly Musalman, was apt to gather, and they 
 took delight in hindering to the extent of their ability, 
 which is not small in that direction, the preaching of the gospel. 
 We are of the opinion that to such hard places, where a turbu¬ 
 lent and unfriendly crowd may always be expected, two or three 
 should not go alone, but, if possible, ten or more Christians in 
 company ; then they would be sufficiently numerous to form a 
 crowd of themselves, and if necessary, could easily send forth a 
 volume of song great enough to calm the feelings of the assem¬ 
 bly and reduce them to a state of quietness; for it is our 
 constant experience that the assistance of singing at such places 
 is of very great value and importance. 
 
 Schools. A school which had been started independently by 
 a member of the Church among the Mahar population, of a dis¬ 
 trict in Mazagon, was abandoned in June. We took the oppor¬ 
 tunity as soon as possible to revive it, with a young man from. 
 Ahmednagar as teacher, on Mission Pay. At first his school 
 flourished ; then it languished. The boys said that their parents 
 were averse to the teaching of so much Christianty. Perhaps 
 that was so at any rate in October the school died out entirely. 
 But it was revived again in November. 
 
 Another school was, started at the Byculla School House un¬ 
 der the care of Balwantrao. This school was closed for two. 
 months while the teacher was away, but was re-opened in Decem¬ 
 ber. The old school house being appropriated for other pur¬ 
 poses in the mean time, the school is now held in a hired room 
 in Kamatipur. 
 
 Work among the Women. A Bible-Woman has been ap¬ 
 pointed who daily visits the women of the poorer classes. Her 
 acquaintance among them is, continually increasing, and she is 
 generally kindly received. Mrs. Park has been in the habit of 
 accompanying her on these visits weekly; and other days she 
 has visited women of the higher castes. There are a dozen or 
 
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 fifteen houses where she called regularly, up to the time of 
 leaving Bombay, and in a number of other houses she has visited 
 occasionally. 
 
 Tours. A few months early in the year were devoted to a 
 Tour in the Konkan. For a part of the time we enjoyed the 
 company and help of Dr. D. Macdonald of the Bombay Medical 
 Mission. His assistance was of great value ; and we should be 
 glad if as was then the case, we could always have with us on 
 our preaching expeditions, a Medical Missionary. We directed 
 our way across the harbor of Bombay to the districts East and 
 Southeast of the city, on the main land. Rewas, with the small 
 villages near by—Apte, a much larger place—Pen, the most 
 important Town in the Colaba Collectorate^—and Nagotna, a few 
 miles South of Pen, were the places visited. In many of the 
 smaller places it is not easy to collect an audience ; the people 
 go early to their work, and returning in the evening, go at once 
 to their houses. In such villages house to house visitation, by 
 some properly qualified evangelist, promises the best results. 
 At places like Pen or even those no larger than Apte, (about 
 3000 inhabitants,) we could generally get an audience in the 
 usual manner in the bazars. While at Pen, Brother Vishnu- 
 pant and family were with us. Many of the Brahmans and high 
 caste people of the town came to talk with Mr. Vishnupant ; 
 many came for less noble reasons ; but Vhoever came, or with 
 whatsoever motive they came, they were not suffered to depart 
 till they had received faithful and loving warning from his lips. 
 In no other place was so much interest excited; the interest 
 was not altogether of a friendly nature, as we had opportunity 
 to see ; but the very fact that that was said caused any interest 
 was encouraging. Too often the utmost apathy is all that 
 marks the conduct of a community when visited by a Preacher. 
 One lad was so much attracted by what he learned of Christi¬ 
 anity as to follow us to Bombay, leaving his friends for that pur¬ 
 pose. We hoped to see him brought into our Church; but 
 after some vacillation, he went back to his own home. 
 
 C. W. Park. 
 
 Mr. Hume’s Report. 
 
 It is with no little satisfaction that we think of ourselves as 
 already engaged in mission work. The first year spent in study 
 
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 18 
 
 was a pleasant one, but we are glad it is past and that we are 
 now busy in regular work at our own station. 
 
 Mr. Park’s absence leaves the Dnyanodaya and other mis¬ 
 cellaneous work on my hands; and in addition to this, for the 
 present, we can do little more than take such work as comes to 
 hand. ^ We are looking around, however, to see what kind of 
 labor is most needed, considering the present condition of mis¬ 
 sion work in Bombay. There is so much, which needs to be 
 done, that no energy or time should be wasted, but all applied 
 to the very best advantage. During the two months we have 
 been in Bombay we have devoted ourselves largely toencouraging 
 and stirring up the Christians in our native church. As the re¬ 
 sult, there seems to have been a most encouraging improvement, 
 especially in the Sabbath School and weekly prayer meeting. 
 
 The Sabbath School. The first Sabbath we were here, there 
 were about twenty-five present at the Sabbath School, and 
 these were divided into three classes, conducted one by the 
 pastor; a second by his daughter, and a third by Mr. Shahu 
 Daji. The last three weeks we have had an attendance of eighty 
 or ninety, and these have been distributed into some nine classes. 
 We hope to have a regular attendance of not less than one 
 hundred. 
 
 The Weekly Prayer Meeting wsis held Friday afternoons at 
 the School room in the Byculla compound. From three to nine 
 were ■' present at the first three meetings in November. After 
 considering the matter carefully, it was decided to change the 
 time from afternoon to evening, in order to accommodate the 
 men ; and to change the place of meeting to the pastor’s house. 
 Every week since there have been about thirty present and the 
 meetings have been exceedingly interesting and profitable. We 
 hope this change for the better will not be a temporary one. In 
 case we can continue giving the time and attention to the in¬ 
 terests of the church which they need, we have every reason for 
 thinking we shall not be disappointed. 
 
 Schools. I have found some pleasant work in visiting two 
 small schools for low caste boys, which Mr. Park opened some 
 months ago. Although much is being done in Bombay in the 
 way of education, such schools are evidently very much needed. 
 Mrs. Hume has begun a small school for our native Christian 
 children, in our own house. This she has taught almost en¬ 
 tirely, but we have now engaged a Christian young man, who 
 will relieve her from most of the work. 
 
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 Re'rneniscences. It is with peculiar interest that we take up 
 the work in this city which is associated in our minds with most 
 tender thoughts of the father and mother, who spent the sixteen 
 years of their mission Kfe at this station. That their mantle 
 may fail upon us, as we engage in the same work, is our earnest 
 desire. 
 
 E. S. Humk. 
 
 Pastor Vishnupant’s Report. 
 
 The Week of Prayer was observed with great joy and hope, 
 and we praise God that we could begin this year in His service 
 in such a manner. 
 
 The Church has prospered this year in some things more than 
 heretofore. Especially the Sabbath School and Meetings with 
 Inquirers have been very interesting and profitable. Two or 
 three of the Church members did not like what I did in some 
 things and they have not attended meetings regularly. But I 
 have hope that they will look at things differently and will come 
 again. I am happy to say that the number of hearers on the 
 Sabbath, both Christian and heathen, is uniformly larger than 
 it used to be. The Church is thankful to Mr. Park and to Mrs. 
 Hume for improving and adding to our service of praise, by play¬ 
 ing on the organ. 
 
 Additions. Three persons have been added to the church on 
 profession of their faith. Lakshmanrao, of the Koli caste, is a 
 clerk in charge of a Government Dispensary. He was formerly 
 in a regiment stationed ‘at Ahmednagar, and there heard the 
 gospel from Rev. Mr. Ballantine. That was seventeen years ago. 
 And through all those years his duty was matter of his serious 
 inquiry. At last, on coming to Bombay, he found more light 
 and incitement, and he joined this church. 
 
 Phintam, a sweeper whose home was in N. India, came to 
 visit his brother in Bombay and found his way to our church. 
 He heard the word and believed and professed his faith in our 
 connection. 
 
 The third who was baptized and received to our communion 
 was Azaribai, of the Marathi caste. She was convinced by the 
 instructions of Mrs. Park and Bhagabai, the Bible-woman. We 
 praise the Lord for all three. 
 
amp:rioan mission report. 
 
 15 
 
 Hindrances. The Native Church in connection with the 
 Church Missionary Society, by special efforts, drew away some 
 who were inquirers under the instructions of this church. We 
 think such a course very harmful to them, and to us, and to the 
 inquirers ; and we feel aggrieved about it. But we are sus¬ 
 tained at such times by the Scripture that says “ We count 
 them happy who endure.” 
 
 Changes. It has been a great sorrow to us that dear Mr. and 
 Mrs. Harding should have removed from Bombay, and also that 
 Mr. and Mrs. Park were compelled by poor health to leave us 
 for a time. But we rejoice that the Lord is blessing them where 
 they are, and that Mr. and Mrs. Hume have come, and entered 
 into their work. 
 
 Vishnu Bhaskar, Pastor. 
 
 The Medical Work in Bombay. 
 
 During the year, I have visited a great variety of houses from 
 
 Sir-’s spacious mansion down to the cooly’s hut, where the 
 
 entrance was so low that I was obliged to crawl in, and it was 
 so dark at noon-day that I could not see the patient until I 
 brought in the candles from my carriage. At all these places I 
 have been very well received, although as the majority of them 
 are Gujarati houses, I have had but few opportunities for con¬ 
 versation. They know Marathi less than English, and English 
 very little—the women not at all. I make a point of inquiring 
 in every house, whether the women and children can read, and 
 whether they wish to learn. Very few of the women know how 
 to read and I have learned to read Gujarati myself, in order to 
 be able to teach some of the most anxious. In the wealthier 
 houses they employ private teachers for their young children, 
 girls as well as boys, but the wives are entirely neglected. 
 
 These people are chiefly Banias and Bhattias. Some of them 
 are Hindus and others Jains. They are very careful not to say 
 much about their own religion, but many of them are free to 
 inquire about mine, and I as freely explain it to them, as far as 
 I can make myself understood. ^ 
 
 The men make these inquiries—the women, never. They, 
 poor things, look on in silent amazement to see me writing pre- 
 
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 scriptions like a man. One man asked if any of my country¬ 
 men even had more than one wife. I answered—“ Never, it is 
 against the law.” “ Well” he said, “ I read of an American, Brig¬ 
 ham Young, who has many wives, and if it is against the law, I 
 do not see why he should be allowed to keep them.” I tried to 
 explain the matter to him, but am sure that he felt that he had 
 asked a puzzling question. 
 
 The most of these people are in very good circumstances, but 
 I find it hard to collect fees from them. Many of them will not 
 pay, and as a consequence, my expenditures have exceeded my 
 receipts this year. 
 
 During the latter part of the year, it has not been convenient 
 to receive many patients at my house, and consequently the 
 numbers treated at the house have fallen off considerably. But 
 I have visited 40 per cent, more than last year. 
 
 I have felt the need of a Dispensary very much; but the 
 state of the Board’s finances has hitherto prevented my asking 
 funds for the purpose. Alone, I can do much, but with a Dis¬ 
 pensary and a suitable assistant, I might do much more, and 
 make myself more widely known among the people. 
 
 I have co-operated with the Zenana workers in Hindustani 
 houses and could open doors in Gujarati houses, if there were 
 any workers to follow. May the Lord send laborers into this 
 much-neglected field. 
 
 S. F. Norris. 
 
 AHMEDNAGAR COLLECTORATE. 
 
 Chuech in the Cut of Ahmednagar. 
 
 Receptions to the Church. During the year 1876 there were 
 sixty four persons received to the communion of this church, 
 on profession of their faith. Forty two of these had been 
 baptized in childhood on the faith of their Christian parents. 
 While studying in the schools at Nagar and attending the 
 services of this church, they turned to the Lord. “ Train up a 
 child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not 
 depart from it.” The fulfilment of this scripture promise ap¬ 
 pears in their case. Their conversion is the fruit of the good 
 instruction they received in childhood. It should teach us to 
 
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 be very careful and give our children the best instruction, even 
 while they are small. 
 
 Of those who had not received baptism in childhood, six, the 
 children of heathen parents, had come here to attend school. 
 So that forty eight of those received were students in the schools 
 here, and the Scripture is fulfilled which says “ Out of the 
 mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise.” 
 We see also the utility of schools for the extension of Christ’s 
 kingdom. The turning of these forty eight souls to God was 
 the result not merely of my instructions, but also of those of 
 their parents and of their teachers. They were co-workers 
 with me. The Lord said “ One sows and another reaps” and so 
 we have found it in this case. 
 
 Of the others received one was of the caste called Mali 
 (Gardener). The rest were of those called Mahars and Mangs. 
 For, “ Nor many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not 
 many noble, are called.” This was said 1800 years ago, but it 
 is now applicable to this church. 
 
 Reductions. This year very few have required discipline 
 from the church. Only one has been excommunicated. On the 
 whole its appears that the church has remained in a spiritually 
 prosperous condition. We are thankful to God that we have 
 to record the death of only one church member, a blind and 
 aged woman, and of two baptized children. 
 
 Giving. The instruction given this year on the duty of 
 giving tithes, produced very good results, and some of the 
 church members are becoming fully awake to this duty and 
 have improved in the art of becoming rich by giving. This is 
 matter of rejoicing. 
 
 Many of the members of this church contributed liberally for 
 the E-est House which was built this year under the direction 
 of a committee of the Aikya. 
 
 Several Kirttans were held m our church during the October 
 meetings, and also before them. In all there were about a 
 dozen, and the expenses for lights &c. were about a rupee and 
 a half each time. This expense was met by the contributions 
 of the church members and the missionaries, and was not 
 allowed to fall, as before, on the funds of the Mission. This is 
 as it should be. 
 
 It has been decided that the contributions collected at the 
 Maternal Meetings should also be given to promote Kirttans. 
 
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 AMERICAN MISSION KEROR’T. 
 
 We see from all this, that preaching the gospel by the nieatlA 
 of Kirttans is regarded by the members of this church with 
 great favor. This is a reason for great joy, 
 
 Kirttans. A brother belonging to this church, with his three 
 boys for helpers, has conducted Kirttans for three or four years. 
 This year some other brethren formed another troupe, and 
 they have begun preaching the gospel by the means of the 
 Kirttan. 
 
 Lay Preaching. Some of the younger brethren of this 
 church and even some of the girls, have made great exertions 
 to tell the news of salvation to the heathen, and I rejoice on 
 this account. 
 
 Our Home Missionary Society has used the collections made 
 at the monthly concert for helping a brother to give his time 
 to preaching the gospel, and gave him two rupees a month for 
 about six months. 
 
 Other Christian Worh. A brother of the church, taking 
 the lead and the responsibility, has obtained aid from other 
 brethren and still more from some gentlemen and thus has 
 supported two Christian schools. His teachers preach to adults 
 as well as teach the children. This brother besides doing his 
 own regular work has carefully superintended these schools and 
 has taken on himself the labor of soliciting and collecting the 
 amount necessary to pay the teachers. All will rejoice over 
 this. 
 
 My Vacation. For the improvement of my health, I 
 was absent this year during a vacation of three and a half 
 - months. Rev. Sonaji Makasare, who was a brother in this 
 church, became acting pastor and with the help of the mis¬ 
 sionaries conducted the usual services. For this I thank him 
 and them. 
 
 Regular help. Formerly Rev. Dr. Bissell living at Nagar 
 gave me such help as was necessary for the church, in preaching 
 and in other ways. When he found it necessary to go with his 
 family to his own land, it seemed as if we had met a great loss. 
 But Rev. Mr. Hume was appointed in his place and by his ex¬ 
 cellent and faithful instructions has become so useful to the 
 church that we have well nigh forgotten our sorrow at the re¬ 
 moval of Dr. Bissell. The church thanks them both for their 
 help. 
 
 The Burial Ground of this church had for some years been 
 in a dilapidated state. Its improvement was begun in 
 
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 1875 and tliis year it has been mostly completed. We wish to 
 thank the missionaries and others who have aided us by their 
 contributions—especially Mrs. Bosanquet for her large dona¬ 
 tion. 
 
 The- above, in brief are some principal matters that have af¬ 
 fected this large spiritual family during another year. My 
 prayer to God is that the new year on which we have entered 
 may prove one of happiness and growth. 
 
 R. V. Modak, Pastor ' 
 
 The Northern District. 
 
 The Churches. The Ahmednagar church and six village 
 churches were under my care during the year 1876. As two* 
 thirds of the salary of the pastor at Ahmednagar and. half of the 
 salaries of most of our village pastors are paid from Mission 
 funds, and missionaries are the treasurers of the Pastors’ Sus- 
 tentation Fund through which the churches pay the balance, 
 the missionaries necessarily do something in. the way of super¬ 
 intendence. But I carefully avoid all interference with the 
 polity and discipline of the churches and they are growing more 
 and more self-reliant. 
 
 In some of them the year 1876- was one of ingathering. 
 Eighty-five persons were received to these seven churches on 
 profession of their faith and their communicants at the end of 
 the year numbered 260. men and 263 women. 
 
 Their Contributions for the support of their pastors in 1876 
 amounted to Rs. 675 or about a rupee-and five annas for each 
 communicant. Excepting a few rupees however, this sum was 
 contributed by the sixty-one heads of families who have appre¬ 
 ciable incomes. Of these, forty men: and eleven women are 
 either agents of the mission or servants of the missionaries. 
 Ten are not in the receipt of anything from these sources. The 
 rest are members of the families of the above, or students whose 
 expenses are paid, but who have nothing else unless they can 
 now and then, earn a pice, or the very poor. All of these have 
 only occasional opportunities for earning a mite to cast into the 
 treasury of the Lord. So it will be seen that the average con- 
 
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 AMERIOAX MiaSIOX REPORT. 
 
 tributions of those who gave regularly for the support of the 
 pastorate were more thau ten rupees each for the year 1876. I 
 must add that in November and December, the stagnation of 
 trade and the very high prices of food brought many into 
 straits and the sum total of the contributions was much 
 below the average of the preceding months. 
 
 Other statistical matters will be found on page 9 in the sta¬ 
 tistical tables, and the special report of the pastor on page 16 
 and an account of the building a rest house on page 17 so that 
 it is unnecessary for me to refer further to these matters. 
 
 The Panchegatu Ckm'ch was in an unusually earnest state 
 during the last year and seven were added to its membership. 
 Some of these reside at Pimpalgaw, three miles N. of Panchegaw. 
 Deacon Harkoba, who was formerly a gosavi and who since his 
 conversion has been a zealous preacher of the Gospel, has taken 
 special interest in Pimpalgaw and wishes to reside there. But 
 there is no house available for him to rent, and persistent efforts 
 continued for more than a year, have as yet failed to secure 
 him a building spot. When we have procured a building spot 
 inside the walls of a village for a Christian reader or teacher 
 who was formerly a Mahar, it has proved a source of endless ill- 
 will and vexatious acts on the part of the villagers. They re¬ 
 gard all land that was once enclosed by the village walls,— 
 though the walls may have fallen and the earth of which they 
 were built may have been removed years ago,—as consecrated 
 to the use of the higher castes. On the other hand if the house 
 of a mission agent is in the Mahar-wada or the Mang-wada it 
 restricts his efforts very much to the Mahars or the Mangs, so 
 far as that village is concerned. So. we try to secure a spot of 
 neutral ground and have secured such spots in some places with 
 the best results. 
 
 There is a spot of ground at Pimpalgaw that was occupied by 
 some Mahars for their stacks and threshing floor, although it is 
 part of the untaxed land known as Gayran. A road from the 
 village passes between it and the Mahar quarter. So it is just 
 what we need. The occupants being inquirers, and desirous of 
 a school as well as of securing Dea. H. for a fellow citizen, gave 
 a quit claim in our favor. But as yet we have failed to secure 
 the Government permission to erect buildings on the land. I 
 have a school there that is helped by a grant-in-aid from the 
 C. V. E. S., but it is taught under a tree. 
 
 Hindu, Piscipleskip. The story of Bapuje, a disciple of 
 Deacon Harkoba, who died in the beginning of 1876, shows a 
 
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 peculiar character resulting from Hinduism. While H. was a 
 guru, B. was his favorite disciple, a member of his family and 
 under a vow of obedience. W’’hen H. found Christ and" pro¬ 
 fessed Christianity, it was a trial to B., but he clung to his 
 beloved superior and in the course of years found Christ himself. 
 He remained obedient through his life, taking the entire care 
 of H’s farm and of all his possessions. His death was a gi-eat 
 blow to H. who before had no concern as to worldly matters, 
 but now in his old age found himself obliged to learn how to 
 manage them. 
 
 Kwttan Singing in the Chande Church. Special interest 
 and efforts were developed in the Chande Church in connection 
 with singing the gospel. Pastor Laksmanraw has no special 
 fitness for becoming the leader of a kirttan troupe. But he 
 was led to engage in it and acheived marked success. At a 
 meeting he held in Miri, a village in his large parish six miles 
 away from his home in Chande, there were several good singers 
 present and instead of the dozen or fifteen that usually attend¬ 
 ed his meetings, he soon had an audience of two hundred hear¬ 
 ers who were drawn together and held by the singing. He was 
 so interested that he kept on having a hymn sung and then ex¬ 
 plaining it and exhorting in its line of thought, and then an¬ 
 other hymn and so on, till all were surprized to find that it was 
 4 A.M. He went home and selected for a kirttan troup four 
 young men who were good singers. They all depended on what 
 work they could daily pick up, for their daily bread. But they 
 were enthusiastic singers and would rehearse with him far into 
 the nights. He begged the money for buying the more neces¬ 
 sary instruments—a mridang and vina.and tal—and they began 
 to give the kirttan of the Prodigal Son. They soon had plenty of 
 invitations and delivered it with great acceptance to all classes 
 in many villages. They walked to these villages and economis¬ 
 ed in every way. Those who invited them would give them a 
 good supper and in some cases a few annas in money, so that on 
 the whole their expenses for some months were frugally paid. At 
 one village the mother of a church member, who had not been 
 interested before, was convinced of her need of the Savior and 
 found peace by faith in Him, while hstening to this kirttan. 
 She begged that they would not leave her in the cold as she 
 might go back to her old indifference and the Shingawe church 
 was called together the next day and she was examined, bap¬ 
 tized and received to the communion of the church. 
 
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 The Bible Wumen under the care of Mrs. Fairhank liave env- 
 joyed good health and have carried on their work with their 
 wonted zeal. The dearth gives them trouble at home, but un¬ 
 usually good opportunities for instructing others who listen, 
 better than ever before, though the time for ingathering does, 
 not seem to have come. 
 
 Itineracy, With my family,. I have continued to devote as; 
 much time as possible to. preaching tours among the villages.. 
 We were out 106 days in the year under review.. We had good 
 opportunities for preaching the word, but I am. not able to re¬ 
 cord any tangible results. We, sow in hope, assured that in 
 “ His time” the Lord will cause the good seed to spring and the 
 harvest to wave. 
 
 Schools. As before, the two station schools were under the 
 care of Mrs. Fairbank. There were from 70 to 75 scholars in 
 attendance. The results of a thorough examination by J. S. 
 Haig, Esq., made with reference to the award of a series of 
 prizes that he had offered, showed that the progress made by 
 the scholars was eminently satisfactory. In November sixteen, 
 of the most advanced scholars entered the Normal School.. 
 Their attainments in study were such, that the raising the 
 standard for admission to the Normal School which had been 
 talked of as a desirable future arrangement, was found practi¬ 
 cable and the standard was raised. 
 
 In the village schools toOj the progress in study was satisfac¬ 
 tory but the number of scholars was less than in 1875.. After 
 the effects of the drought began to be felt this was to- be ex¬ 
 pected ; but I can give no satisfactory reason why the attend¬ 
 ance was less in the first part of the year. 
 
 I am thankful to the C. Y. E. S. for grants-in-aid to schools 
 that are under my care but that are not helped from our Mission, 
 Funds. During the last half of the year three such schools re¬ 
 ceived aid from the C. V. K S. at a total of seven and a half 
 rupees a month. 
 
 S. R Fairbank. 
 
 The Westerk and Southern Districts. 
 
 The Miscellaneous Work which falls upon a missionary in' 
 Ahmednagar is varied. -My work during the past year has con¬ 
 sisted mainly of talking with enquirers and others who come to. 
 
AMERICAN MISSION RERORT. 
 
 
 visit a, missioHafy from friendship or from curiosity or to beg 
 some favor ; of over seeing and directing native helpers includ¬ 
 ing a great deal of vernacular correspondence ; of occasional 
 preaching and conducting religious meetings in our chapel; of 
 assisting Mrs. Hume in the care and direction of the Girls' 
 School; of caring for the poor and sick, who have been numer¬ 
 ous this year ; of writing one Marathi and one English article 
 monthly for our Mission paper and of more or less preaching 
 in the bazar together with many entirely secular and otherduties. 
 I have also been permitted to prosecute the study of Marathi 
 with a pandit almost everyday and to make frequent short tours 
 into the villages. Most of the results of such work cannot be 
 easily presented in a report and yet they are such as to make 
 me glad and hopeful. 
 
 Visits from the educated classes. Personal visits from natives 
 at my bungalow have been encouraged because our talks thus 
 have a personal element and pertinence which addresses to large 
 numbers cannot secure. Moreover the educated classes will rare¬ 
 ly stop to hear roadside preaching, but will visit a missionary’s 
 home, and excepting lectures there is no other way of securing 
 personal intercourse with this class, which, though not generally 
 kindly disposed to Christianity, ought in some way to be influ¬ 
 enced. During coming years I shall try to do more work for 
 this class by delivering or securing the delivery of lectures. 
 
 Bazar Preaching. Most of my bazar preaching in the city 
 has been done in a room belonging to the Mission directly on 
 the street in a central part of the city. Here, as the missionary 
 is on his own ground, people are always quiet and attentive, 
 while a company of from 10 to 70, usually not far from 25 or 
 30, quickly assembles. 
 
 The Girls’ School. This school has been attended by nearly 
 one hundred girls during most of the year. Miss Anderson, 
 who had hoped to assume charge of the school, has to our sin- 
 oere regret been unable to do much work in it on account of 
 poor health. Still she resolutely held on in her efforts to stay 
 and secure a knowledge of the vernacular until she became con¬ 
 vinced that her health would never be good here. She has 
 therefore started for America. It is only right in this connec¬ 
 tion to allude to the expected return to America in a few weeks 
 on account of her health of Miss Ashley who for some time had 
 charge of this school and endeared herself to many by her 
 
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 labors. Though latterly engaged in visiting heathen women in 
 their homes in Bombay she will be long remmembered by the 
 Christians of this district. The school has during the year 
 been in the charge of Mrs. Hume who has spent most of her 
 strength in preparation for the duties of the school by the study 
 of Marathi and in teaching the Bible and sewing. The depart¬ 
 ment of the girls has been good and it is a cause for ^eat thank¬ 
 fulness that twenty eight girls have been admitted to the 
 church on profession of faith. The school is attended mainly 
 by the daughters of Christians. Hitherto almost all the girls 
 have received clothing twice a year, and have paid no fees for 
 tuition. But with a view to developing a greater spirit of self 
 reliance in our people, the Mission has decided that hereafter 
 clothing will not be given to the daughters of Mission helpers 
 or of others with similar incomes, and to the poorest girls only 
 once a year, and, moreover, that a small monthly fee of one 
 anna for tuition will be required. The present high price of 
 food requires us to pay one third more than ever before for the 
 board of girls supported by us and we have therefore been ob¬ 
 liged to decline to receive many girls who were anxious to avail 
 themselves of the privileges of this school. At least one third 
 of the girls who receive assistance have been supported by the 
 donations of the English Normal School and Vernacular Edu¬ 
 cation Society and of several ladies of Ahmednagar. This assist¬ 
 ance and also the personal interest manifested in the school by 
 two ladies who have now left the country are gratefully ac¬ 
 knowledged. 
 
 Bible Women. Three Bible women have worked among 
 heathen women in the city and vicinity most of the year and 
 also aided in sustaining a daily noon meeting for Christian 
 women. During the latter part of the year the large numbers 
 of labourers gathered together on relief works necessitated by 
 the present dearth have furnished large and attention audiences 
 to these women during the hour of rest at noon. Audiences of 
 from one to two hundred have not been unusual. These women 
 have also made some short tours into the villages and have 
 always been well received.. Two other Bible women 
 work in the villages only. Last year they were stationed at Man- 
 davgan, but now are living at Jambgaw an intez’esting place to 
 which reference will be made later. 
 
 Theological School. Our Mission proposes to erect in Ahmed¬ 
 nagar, during the year 1877, some dwelling houses for the ac- 
 
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 coinmodation of the .students of a Theological Training School, 
 and perhaps to begin the instruction of a class of such students. 
 Some graduates of the proposed Institution will doubtless be¬ 
 come the Pastors of Churches ; and some will meet the demand 
 for well-trained Catechists and thoroughly educated Teachers. 
 A glance at our most promising young men who would be can¬ 
 didates for the proposed course of instruction, suggests the 
 necessity there will be for a partial division of the class, between 
 those who know nothing of English, and those who know enough 
 of it to profit by instruction conveyed through the medium of 
 the English language. It is intended to teach these partly in 
 English, and to help them in the study of the best of such Eng¬ 
 lish books as they may need to use. The other division will be 
 taught entirely in the Marathi language. A large portion of 
 the studies of both divisions will be pursued in concert, the 
 Marathi being the medium of instruction. Probably most of 
 the Pastors needed by village churches will be best supplied 
 from those who know only their vernacular language. 
 
 If the necessary funds can be secured, a much needed Lecture 
 Room for the Theological School will also be built. 
 
 Sirur Church. The church at Sirur was in January depriv¬ 
 ed of its esteemed pastor, Rev. Kasam Mahammadji who has 
 gone to Sattara. The names of three members, who have long 
 been absent, have been struck from the church roll. One very 
 cheering event at the close of the year was the baptism and 
 admission to the church of the Brahman teacher of the English 
 school supported by the Municipality of Sirur. He is a native 
 of Ratnagiri and received Christian instruction first from mis¬ 
 sionaries in that place afterwards from a missionary and our 
 native helpers in Satara, and after coming to Sirur from pastor 
 Modak of our Ahmednagar church and myself Reading an 
 examination of the claims of Deism of other Christian books was 
 also a help to him. At the time appointed for his baptism he 
 sent a notice of what was to occur to all his friends and courage¬ 
 ously received baptism at the hands of pastor Modak before a 
 large company of people. May God give him grace to be the 
 means of leading many to himself 
 
 The Chapel at Sirur was built by Dr. Bissell about twenty 
 years ago. At the close of November the Western wall tipped 
 outward about six inches at the top, probably on account of the 
 sinking of the foundation, and other parts of the building are 
 not firm, I hope that a missionary will be located at Sirur 
 
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 before long, for whose work a good chapel will be needed. But 
 before the next rains at least part of the chapel must be pulled 
 down and another of the same or smaller dimensions be erected. 
 But for this unexpected necessity no funds are now available. 
 We look to the Lord to supply them in some way. The gen¬ 
 tlemen at Sirur have kindly renewed their monthly subscrip¬ 
 tions for a Poor Fund which had previously been supported, but 
 had temporarily fallen into disuse, because fortunately it was 
 not needed. 
 
 Loni church and Parner district. The growth of the 
 Loni church is one of the most satisfactory experiences of the 
 past year. The church has always been small and has never 
 had a pastor. During the year, by a number of additions, the 
 church was much encouraged and in July called and settled an 
 excellent pastor. Rev. Sonaji Chandrabhan Makasare. The 
 church with the help of those Christians of a neighboring pastor¬ 
 less church has undertaken the entire responsibility of his sup¬ 
 port, all members who have any income giving at least one 
 tenth of their incomes and some even one eight and one seventh 
 And best of all even during these hard times without any 
 complaint so far as I know, they are cheerfully fulfilling their 
 promises. They have agreed to give the pastor at least 
 Rs. 12 per month with a promise of Rs. 15, if possible. In 
 December they actually collected Rs. 14-6-0. This is the 
 second self supporting church in our Mission, and it is to be 
 hoped that others will imitate these examples. Though three 
 missionaries were members of the ordaining council, a native 
 pastor acted as moderator and another as clerk of the council. 
 The address of the pastor who gave the right hand of fellowship 
 of the neighboring churches is worth briefly describing. After 
 some preliminary remarks he said grasping the right hand of 
 the pastor elect, “ And now, my brother, I extend to you the 
 right hand of fellowship not only in my own name and the 
 name of this council, but in the name of all the Christians of 
 America.” (That is certainly hearty, I thought, and is no doubt 
 due to the presence of American Missionaries.) “ Not only so 
 it is the right hand of all the Christians in Europe.” (That must 
 be because we are under the English Government and many 
 English Christians are interested in our work, I thought.)' 
 “ And not only so, it is the right hand of all the Christians of 
 Africa.” (Such a right hand I never saw before.) “ And not 
 only so, it is the right hand of all the Christians of Asia.” 
 
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 (Here certainly is a universal bishop. He could add no more.) 
 
 And not only so, it is the right hand of all the Christians of all 
 the islands of the sea.” (Well, well, that would have been an 
 omission. This must cap the climax.) Not so, for as the 
 climax he added with an extra shake of the hand, “ Finally I 
 have great pleasure in extending to you the right hand of 
 fellowship in the name of “ the Union,” (the association of 
 churches connected wdth our mission in this district. After 
 such a cordial greeting it is not strange that the church continues 
 to prosper. The following is a part of the report of the pastor. 
 “ At the beginning of the year there were 13 communicants in 
 this church, but during the year 10 persons were admitted by 
 profession of their faith and 9 by letters from other churches, 
 so that now there are 34 members in good standing. The num¬ 
 ber of baptized children has increased from 5 to 16. During 
 the year the church has decided to observe the communion 
 service once in two months and to conduct a weekly meeting 
 every Thursday to pray that by God’s blessing the gospel may 
 be successfully preached in this district. The members who 
 live at a distance from Loni have very regularly come to attend 
 the Sabbath service. At the time of the installment of the 
 pastor the church, in addition to assistance received, spent 84 
 rupees in entertaining Christian friends who came for the occa¬ 
 sion. There are many enquirers who we hope will be led to 
 the Lord. The religious condition of the church is good. The 
 church is feeling very much cramped for want of a suitable 
 chapel for holding religious services. At present the house in 
 which the pastor lives is used for aU services and both people 
 and pastor are much inconvenienced. Therefore the church is 
 anxious to build a chapel and make suitable arrangements for 
 its pastor’s house, and desires to take the responsibility of the 
 work on itself. But as the church is now exerting itself almost 
 to its limit and is at best poor, it must look to friends for help. 
 We are anxious to raise several hundred rupees and therefore 
 with clasped hands beg Christian friends to help us. We have 
 asked Rev. R. A. Hume of Ahmednagar to receive any donations 
 for this purpose. During the year no member has died or 
 fallen into flagrant sin, but God has added largely to our num¬ 
 ber for which we heartily praise him, and we pray that he will 
 continue to bless us that erelong another church may be formed 
 from a part of this. “ Brethren pray for this church and its 
 pastor.’^ 
 
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 The condition of our work in many towns in this district is 
 hopeful. All the Mahars in the large town of Jambgav, to 
 which I have made short visits ten or twelve times during the 
 year, seem to have entirely abandoned the Hindu religion, glad¬ 
 ly listen to Christian instruction and more or less conform to it, 
 forming what might, I suppose, be called in S. India a Christian 
 congregation of several hundreds, the drought has, I am sorry 
 to say, caused most of them to leave their homes, but I hope 
 that they will in time return. Nearly as much might be said 
 of the Mahars of the large town of Hange. The Kunabis of 
 another town are the most intelligent of the cultivator class 
 whom I have met. Many of them are so thoroughly convinced 
 of the falsehood of Hindiiism and the truth of Christianity that 
 they say before the whole village, “ If you should now abandon 
 Christianity and teach Hinduism, we would not believe you. 
 Count us as Christians, though on account of what our relatives 
 feel about caste we cannot now take baptism. The Brahman 
 religious guide of that village was in November baptized with 
 the approval and encouragement of some of the Kunabis. 
 They only said to him when he expressed his faith and asked 
 me for baptism in their presence. “We are glad to have you do 
 this. Only you are by nature a hot-tempered man. So think 
 well before you take the step, because some people will perse¬ 
 cute you, and then, if you wish to be restored to caste, they will 
 not accept you.” Since his baptism he has had to bear a good 
 deal of trial, but has, I believe, borne it patiently. 
 
 In Parner our Christian converts from the Kunabi caste have 
 bad a good deal of trouble about their privilege of drawing 
 water. The government has upheld the rights of the Christians 
 and the people are reluctantly beginning to admit that they 
 must respect those rights. 
 
 Kolgav Church and District. Part of the report of the pas¬ 
 tor of the Kolgav church is as follows. “ At the beginning of 
 the year there were 26 members in this church. By God’s grace 
 3 men and 3 women have been added by profession of faith, 
 and as two have removed to another church there are now 30 
 communicants in the church. The baptized children have 
 increased from 33 to 40. On account of living at a distance 
 many cannot often meet with uS on the Sabbath and at other 
 times, but all try to come at least once in three months to par¬ 
 take of the communion, and the pastor visits the church mem¬ 
 bers in their villages, as often as possible. The members of the 
 
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 church are giving much attention to the observance .of the Sab¬ 
 bath, the instruction of their children and according to their 
 ability the assistance of the poor, and those who have regular 
 incomes pay tithes for the support of the pastor. They have 
 given Rs. 70-12-9 for this purpose during the year. In addition 
 part of the year the church helped to support a teacher in one 
 village. For this Rs. 5-2-0 were contributed. Among those 
 who attend the school in this place there are several inquirers. 
 The Sabbath school has been conducted more regularly and 
 satisfactorily during the year than ever before. This was partly 
 due to the gift of some S. S. books. Moreover the church has 
 decided to give something to the Bible and Tract Societies, and 
 is now conducting a weekly prayer meeting.” 
 
 Our helpers in this district have found the dearth a great 
 help to them. They have had excellant opportunities in the 
 early morning, at noon and at night of preaching to the thou¬ 
 sands who have been massed on relief works on the road near 
 Kolgav. One Sabbath I saw nearly a thousand people there 
 waiting for their pay and had opportunity of preaching to over 
 300 till I could speak no longer. Moreover they now seem to 
 have lost faith in their gods. “ Our idols are liars, but the 
 government is merciful” is the universal remark. The pastor 
 of the K. church though a man of formerly low caste, has a 
 most excellent influence. “ He is the best of men, I never saw 
 a better. No one listens to me now, but to him,” was the re¬ 
 mark of a simple Brahman hhat or religious guide. When a 
 murderous attack had been made on the inmates of a tanga 
 near that place and the perpetrators were suspected to be of 
 the low castes'of some of the neignbouring villages all of these 
 castes in Kolgav to the number of 510 men, women and chil¬ 
 dren were kept under guard before the village rest house for 
 several days while their houses were searched for ^tolen articles 
 and in the hope that some information would be (^ommunicated. 
 It was our pastor who went day by day and begged grain and 
 bread for these poor people who had no other means of support, 
 and finally secured an order for their release from the Assistant 
 Collector. 
 
 Shrigonde. In Dr. Bissell’s report for 1874 allusion was 
 made to his strong desire to secure a house in a good locality 
 in Shrigonde, a large taluka town in this district which he would 
 have bought but for a law-suit in progress concerning its owner¬ 
 ship. A month ago our helpers told me that the law-suit had 
 
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 now been decided and the owner was ready to sell it to us for 
 Rs. 325. But unfortunately the money then available is no- 
 longer so, and unless we receive some special assistance for this 
 purpose the opportunity may be lost. In such matters a mis¬ 
 sionary longs for at least enough money to follow up openings 
 which Providence makes for him. 
 
 Schools. During the year six schools were supported by the 
 Mission, but as they were insufficient for the demands of the 
 district five schools were supported by private funds. One at 
 Sirur was aided by a small grant from the C. V. E. Society. 
 At Astegav (Sarole) an interesting school was supported by a 
 gi'ant of Rs. 2 monthly to a Christian who has some other slight 
 means of support. In addition to the work of instruction the 
 teacher built a small school house without other help than that 
 of the village people. About the middle of the year most of 
 the schools in this district were in fair condition and upon some 
 pressure the pupils began to give a fee of one anna monthly. 
 Everywhere people a.sked for schools. I do not recollect having 
 visited a single village where, without any suggestion on my 
 part, a strong desire for a school was not manifested. The 
 dearth has caused multitudes to leave their homes for other 
 districts and central places where relief works are being con¬ 
 ducted. This has entirely broken up the schools in one or two 
 places and in the other places the pupils can be collected gene¬ 
 rally only at night. Still these night schools are useful. There 
 are about 30 pupils in the Kalgav school. After the rains I 
 hope that the schools will fill up. 
 
 Moral Improvements of Christians-. Many of our Chris¬ 
 tians are no doubt quite imperfect and their remissness is 
 saddening. Yet such instances as the following are gratifying 
 proofs of the great improvement which has been wrought in 
 even common Christians. A Christian who had come from 
 some distance over one of the roads on which relief works are 
 being conducted was asked by an overseer whether this muster¬ 
 ing clerk had actually called the muster roll of laborers some 
 distance back. He replied that he had not seen the clerk on 
 the road and that the laborers had told him that the roll had 
 not been called up to the time when he passed. But the clerk 
 had previously sent in his report of the attendance of laborers 
 for that day, and so it was evident that he had filled up his 
 report from that of previous days without having actually called 
 the roll. The fact was reported to the superintending engineer 
 
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 and examined into. When the Brahman clerk fomid that hii4 
 reraisshess had been discovered he came to the Christian and 
 offered him Rs. 50 if he would say that he found that he had 
 been mistaken and that the laborers had misinformed him 
 about the roll call. This was declined though just then the 
 poor man feared that on account of the high price of fodder he 
 would have to sell at a sacrifice a fine buffalo which cost him 
 Rs. 30 and which in a few days he did sell for Rs. 3|. Then the 
 Rrahman went to another Christian and asked him to mediate 
 in the matter and offered Rs. 150, if it could be explained 
 away. This too'was declined by our Christians, though they 
 personally has no enmity against the clerk. It is safe to say 
 that few Hindus who had no judge to satisfy would have declin¬ 
 ed such offers, especially as there would have been no punish¬ 
 ment to suffer had they taken the bribes and told a lie. Other 
 pleasent accounts could be given of the good character and influ¬ 
 ence of some Christians. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Bissell left this field early in the year, and of 
 course much of the results of the year’s work are due to their 
 long continued labors. People in the city and villages often 
 enquire after them with real interest. “ Other men have labored 
 and ye are entered into their labors.” 
 
 R. A. Hume. 
 
 The Hoethern and Rorthwestekn District, 
 
 The beginning of the year 1876 found us stationed in Rahuri^ 
 where we entered upon our full duties at that time. The Mis¬ 
 sion bungalow and grounds connected are situated in a position 
 quite accessible to the town and yet in a measure. sheltered 
 from it. The new chapel is in the centre of the town and is a 
 substantial brick building. 
 
 The, Church has a fair number of names enrolled on its re¬ 
 cords, and yet they are not all of them as active as they should 
 be. It is painful to see Christian men who are heads of fami¬ 
 lies with wives who are totally indifferent to the truth, and 
 who do all they can to prevent their children from attending 
 school. These as well as other things in connection with their 
 church have grieved us exceedingly and yet the prospects in 
 many respects have opened out well before us. The increase in 
 
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 Tiiuiiber has been very encouraging, in the last two years the 
 inembersbip lias more than doubled. I am sure that could my 
 lather have foreseen all the changes for good which have taken 
 place not only in Rahuri, but in the whole Godavery village, 
 his heart would have been full of joy. I remember coming 
 Avith him through this very town of Rahuri, and not having 
 a single convert to come forth to greet him, and now most 
 of the Mahars are to say the least intellectually convinced 
 of the truth of Christianity, but the hearts are not warm 
 with love for Christ and hence they do not come forward to 
 confess Him. 
 
 Tours. Soon after the commencement of the year we had 
 our first experience of touring. We visited all the out stations 
 north aud Avest of Rahuri. The Khokar Church we found in 
 the most flourishing condition. It then had the largest mem¬ 
 bership of the churches under our care. The pastor is alive to 
 the work, and it was pleasing to see that he was instrumental 
 in stirring up others to good works The church at Belapur we 
 found had dwindled considerably. The membership was so 
 small that since then at the meeting of the Aikyah in October 
 it was recommended that the remaining members consider them¬ 
 selves or belonging to the Khokar Church. In February 
 Rev. Dhondiba Wagchawari was dismissed from the Bilapur 
 church and installed over the Satral church. The aggregate 
 membership of the 7 churches, of which 4 have pastors, at the 
 end of the year was 190 a gain of 22, 29 were received on pro¬ 
 fession of faith, 8 were received from other churches, by letter, 
 9 went to other churches, 3 were excommunicated and 5 died. 
 The total of baptized children in connection with these churches 
 in 236. 
 
 Schools. The schools were in a flourishing condition the first 
 part of the year, but owing to the scarcity, people have been in 
 distress for want of food and liave availed themselves of the 
 opportunity offered by government of work on the roads. This 
 has taken away many of the children from our schools. In one 
 village near which large numbers were working, the teacher 
 opened a night school and I found three boys from three differ¬ 
 ent castes studying together. We do not receive this year, the 
 usual number of petitions begging for schools in villages where 
 there are more. We do not assign the cause for this to any 
 real decrease in interest, but simply to the present distress, 
 caused by the hard times, and we hope and pray that their 
 
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 serious obstacle to the work may be only temporary. We have 
 been able to have a good school in Rahuri during the year. 
 The average attendance for the whole year has been about 20, 
 varying considerably at different seasons. We have been re¬ 
 joiced to see (6) six of the older scholars come out and make a 
 public profession of their faith in Christ. One of the boys we 
 consider especially promising. He is the son of a gosavi who 
 is still very much averse to Christianity. Both he and the boy’s 
 mother have used every means in their power to dissuade the 
 boy from joining the church. At one time they took him out 
 of school and married him against his wishes, but he came back 
 and has remained with us ever since. He is very useful in the 
 kirtan of which pastor Waniram is leader. He has a fine 
 voice and can play on one or two instruments. We have had 
 the kirtan singers accompany us in our touring during the 
 latter part of the year and have found it a means of usefulness. 
 The people are never tired of listening, and would listen all 
 night, if they had the opportunity. 
 
 Tlie Medical work. During the first part of the year while 
 touring the people came in goodly numbers for medicine and were 
 generally ready to pay the regular fees, which were small. But 
 during the last part of the year, few have come and those were 
 unable to pay, owing to the general distress of the people. The 
 fees are always remitted when people are known to be poor. 
 During the rainy season we were in Nagar and there the 
 people seemed to welcome the opportunity for medical treat¬ 
 ment, though they did not come in as large numbers as the pre¬ 
 vious year, owing to the fact that my dispensary was not as 
 centrally situated as before, and that I insisted upon a small 
 charge for medicine from those able to pay. This plan of 
 asking payment for medicine has worked better from the begin¬ 
 ning than I expected, considering that previously it had always 
 been given away, and that now there are places where it can be 
 obtained free of cost, but it is one of the means of teaching 
 these people independence, especially the native Christians who 
 seem to have the idea that this medicine should be free, then, 
 too, what they pay for, they value more. These considerations 
 as well as the low state of the treasury make it seem best that 
 the plan should be continued. 
 
 Wm. 0. Ballantine. 
 
AMERICAN MISSION IIEPORT. 
 
 n4 
 
 THE SATARA COLLECTORATE. 
 
 THE WEST DISTKICT. 
 
 On our return to India in October 1875 we were stationed 
 at Satara, and immediately came to this place. Our work has 
 been principally evangelistic, and we have endeavored in vari¬ 
 ous ways to reach the great heathen population around us. It 
 has therefore been emphatically a time of seed-sowing with us, 
 and although the results do not appear in full, yet we have seen 
 enough to encourage us in our work. Of the means employed to 
 reach the people I may mention the following. 
 
 The Kirtan. At my request Rev. Kassimbhai of Seroor was 
 removed to this place to act as my assistant. He had previous¬ 
 ly prepared several Kirtans which had been delivered with 
 good effect, and it was hoped that by this means a spirit of 
 inquiry might be awakened among the people here. A series 
 of evening meetings was therefore organized at once, to be held 
 twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday evenings. The exercises 
 were varied occasionally by an exhibition of the magic lantern, 
 when in connection with the astronomical diagrams and scrip¬ 
 ture scenes a good deal of religious instruction was imparted. 
 As soon as these meetings became known a large number of peo¬ 
 ple came together each evening. For several weeks our large 
 chapel was filled to overflowing, and many who were unable to 
 find a place inside remained without, near the doors and win¬ 
 dows, to listen to the singing. After a time, however, there 
 was a considerable fallino: off in nnmbers, but it was then that 
 the special interest began to be manifest. Night after night 
 Ave recognized the same individuals in the audience, and by 
 private conversation it was found that several persons were 
 deeply affected by the truths they had heard. Thus our meet¬ 
 ings continued for two months and a half, the interest apparent¬ 
 ly increasing all the time. It was hoped that some would 
 openly confess Christ, but we have been disappointed in regard 
 to several who seemed to be very near to the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 One person asked for baptism, and was examined by the church 
 and approved, but at the time appointed for his baptism the 
 struggle became too great for him, and he failed to appear. 
 Another was for a time under deep conviction, but could not 
 be persuaded to take the decisive step. Others were convinced of 
 the truth of Christianity and of their need of a Saviour, but 
 
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 could not quite give up the world. One, however, a Brahman 
 by caste, who was awakened by means of the Kirtan, came to 
 Kassimbhai frequently for instruction, and afterwards finding 
 employment at Seroor has recently united with the church at 
 that place. We still hope that others will yield to their convic¬ 
 tions and receive the salvation that is in Christ; and to this end 
 we would ask the prayers of the people of God. Although the 
 results of that series of meetings was not all that we could wish, 
 yet of one thing we are certain, that large numbers of people 
 were made acquainted with the gospel offers of salvation, and 
 we can rest upon the sure word of promise. “ My word shall 
 not return unto me void.” 
 
 Street Preaching. In addition to the special efforts mention¬ 
 ed above we felt that it was essential that we employ every 
 means in our power to carry the gospel to the people. Bazar 
 preaching seemed to be the most available means of doing this, 
 and it has consequently formed an important part of our labors 
 during the entire year. As a rule we go every morning, and 
 sometimes also in the evening. Taking our stand directly on 
 the street a little to one side of the passage way, we commence 
 by singing a hymn. If an audience is not collected by the first 
 hymn we sing another, after which we speak in turn, endeavour¬ 
 ing to present the main truths of the gospel and to urge its 
 claims upon men. Our audiences vary of course according to 
 the circumstances and place. Our usual number has varied 
 from forty to sixty, although we have frequently had from 
 seventy-five to a hundred quiet and attentive listeners. They 
 are for the most part from the middle classes of men. People 
 coming into the city from the neighboring villages often stop 
 and listen to us, and in our recent tour we met with several who 
 bad heard our preaching in the bazar. 
 
 When I first came to Satara I had had very little experience 
 in city street-preaching, but what I had seen of it had led me 
 to feel that discussions carried on in the street were so very 
 likely to degenerate into mere wrangling that they were, on 
 the whole, productive of more evil than good. How to avoid 
 them I did not at first know; but after a little time I adopted 
 the rule with my native assistants, “ never to allow discussion 
 in the street, under any circumstances whatever.” The people 
 were told why we could not allow it, and were freely invited to 
 come to the bungalow, or to the houses of the native helpers, 
 where we would gladly listen to all their questions. Such an 
 
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 innovation as this could not of course be quietly submitted tO' at 
 once, and for some time strenuous efforts were made to draw ua 
 into discussion, or at least to prevent us from preaching the 
 truth. But when other resources failed we were ready to strike 
 up a tune and sing the gospel to them. This would usually 
 quiet the audience so that we could go on, for a time, with our 
 preaching. After a few weeks the people began to understand 
 that discussions would not be allowed, and consequently they 
 began to listen quietly. We are now experiencing every day 
 the beneficial results of this course. Our street audiences are 
 usually as quiet as the Sabbath audiences in the church, and it 
 is very seldom now that we are interrupted by questions or 
 scoffing remarks. The invitation to private conversation is 
 repeated constantly, and it has not been an uncommon thing 
 for some who have been really interested in what they have 
 heard, to follow us on our return, talking by the way, or to 
 come to the houses of the helpers, or even to invite the helpers 
 to their own houses, for further conversation. Thus we endea¬ 
 vor to make known the truth with all boldness and plainness 
 of speech, looking to the Lord Jesus to apply it, by his Spirit, 
 to the hearts of men. 
 
 Among several cases of interest arising from our'street preach¬ 
 ing I may mention one, that of a Mussulman lad who was 
 studying to become a Fakir. His attention was arrested and 
 he became convinced of the truth of the gospel. He therefore 
 renounced his former religion and declared his purpose to 
 become a Christian. He has suffered somewhat from the oppo¬ 
 sition of friends, but has continued steadfast, and is now study¬ 
 ing in one of our Christian schools. 
 
 Touring. One month near the close of the year has been 
 spent in touring in the villages. We went up the valley of the 
 Vena river, to the foot of the Mahableshwar Ghat, making three 
 encampments of about ten days each. We found the people 
 generally very ready to listen, and it was a pleasure to' tell 
 them the story of Redemption. To many it was an unheard 
 of story. In some places the people listened with such eager¬ 
 ness that vre felt that we could not leave them without giving 
 them a form of prayer, by which they might come to the throne 
 of grace and seek further light. Both the Kirtan and the 
 magic lantern were made use of with good effect, in several 
 places. 
 
 Seldom have I witnessed a more interesting scene than we 
 were permitted to witness one day at Kelgurh. It was a quiet 
 
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 Sabbath morning. Our camp was situated midway between two 
 villages, about half a mile from each. Our position was such 
 that we could overlook the whole valley, which at that place 
 was scarcely more than a mile wide. A prea<^hing service had 
 been appointed at eleven o’clock, at the camp, and at ten 
 o’clock I sent my helpers to the nearer villages to gather the 
 people. On their return numbers of people came with them, 
 and a little later still larger numbers were seen approaching the 
 camp. The unusual sight was seen by the people working in 
 their fields, and leaving their work they came running across 
 the valley to see what it meant. About a hundred and thirty 
 or forty people were thus assembled, and they all sat quietly 
 under the shade of a tree and listened to the preaching of the 
 gospel. I addressed them on the necessity of the new birth, 
 and illustrated my subject by giving an account of the conver¬ 
 sion of Paul. It was a soul inspiring scene, and we felt that 
 the Spirit of God was present. When the preaching service 
 was concluded the audience was divided into three classes, the 
 boys on the right, the men in the center, and the women on 
 the left. With a Sabbath school thus improvized, Mrs. B. took 
 the women’s class and the helpers the other two, and another 
 full hour was employed in giving instruction. We shall not 
 soon forget that Sabbath service, and I trust that the words 
 spoken then may prove to have been words of eternal life to 
 some weary souls. 
 
 Work among women. Mrs. Bruce has been engaged in work 
 among the women, as health and strength would permit, during 
 the entire year. She has visited the women in the jail regularly, 
 during the first part of the year. Of the year twice weekly, and 
 latterly once a week. This has enabled her to give a systematic 
 course of Scripture insiruction. and she has felt, at times, greatly 
 encouraged by seeing the interest manifested by the women. She 
 has also visited the women in various parts of the city as she 
 has had opportunity. The invitations and calls in this direction 
 have sometimes been more numerous than she could respond 
 to. In addition to the above she has had the superintendence 
 of the boys’ school in the city, and has met the Christian women 
 once a week for instruction and prayer. 
 
 The Church. The church under the pastorate of Rev. Vithal- 
 raw Makasare, has been, for the most part, in good working 
 condition during the year. No additions however, have been 
 made to it, but on the other hand one member has died, one 
 
AMERLCAX jriSSlON HEPOHT, 
 
 
 has been excoinniunicated, and two have removed to other 
 places. The Sabbath morning service has been divided, Bro- 
 Windsor holding a Sabbath school in his schoolhouse, and 
 another being held in the church. It was thought that this 
 arrangement would enable us to reach a greater number of 
 people. In the afternoon a union preaching service is held in 
 the chapel, which is generally very well attended. 
 
 Henry J. Bruce. 
 
 Satara, Jan. 1st, 1877. 
 
 Eastern District. 
 
 If the time ever come when we shall be able to speak of 
 rich harvests gathered, then truly will our joy abound in the 
 Lord. 
 
 The part affected by the drought stretches far and wide 
 through this region. The joy of harvest is not. The laborer is 
 faint and weary, and his toil is unrewarded. He well knows 
 that the seed he sowed the past season will never spring up. 
 But this does not show that good work was not done or that 
 good seed was not sown. No, not at all. Nay rather it shows 
 the contrary. For “ the expectation of the poor perisheth and 
 hope of reward for his labor is cut off.” But not so the Lord’s 
 workmen. He “ watches for the latter rain” and knows it will 
 come. So he goes forth untiring, to scatter seed that will 
 never die. The promise is that his work shall prove fruitful. 
 This is the ground of our hope. In the providence of God our 
 work in this section is to sow the good seed, and it is a blessed 
 work too. 
 
 Tours. We made an extended tour in the beginning of 
 1876. It began in December of 1875 and extended into the 
 following church. The view may be too complacent, but we 
 feel that had we taken no other tour and accomplished nothing 
 else, we were repaid in that one tour alone for all we had en¬ 
 dured for this cause in this land. Taking in our circuit Waduth 
 to begin with, then Phaltan, the native state in the Northeast 
 part of this district, then Nateporta, Shingnapur, Anna and 
 Rahimatpur, we traversed a section of country that may be 
 traced on a map. In many places we found relics of Hindu 
 barbarism and cruelty, and Hindu idolatry, still in its worst 
 phases. We would like to write of what we saw at the mag- 
 
AMERTf'AX MISSION RKPORT. 
 
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 niflceiit temple of Sliiiignapur, where, in March, 50,000 pilgrims 
 assemble from all parts of the country. But we have not time 
 for it, nor indeed to extend further the account of this tour. 
 We would sincerely pray that the many thousands among 
 whom the truth was proclaimed may soon come to a better 
 understanding of it, for their salvation and eternal good. 
 
 A New Preaching Place. On my return to Satara from the 
 May meeting my first work was to look up a building. Of 
 course I must have it in a suitable place, and upon such I fixed 
 my mind. But what Hindoo would rent me a room for preach¬ 
 ing the Christian religion ! Opposite the palaces, right in the 
 heart of the city, is a large square. At the Northwest corner of 
 this there is a great thoroughfare,—the great inlet and outlet 
 to the heart of the city,—and at this point there is a small 
 building. I thought, ‘ Of all places in the city here is the best.’ 
 
 “To whom does it belong ? was now the first question. It 
 belongs to the native prince. Well, thought I, I will make an 
 attempt. So I went to the palace, and without entering into 
 detail, the prince gave me the place ! It was old and dilapi¬ 
 dated, but I knew it could be made into a preaching-shed. I 
 told him what I wanted it for, and he gave it me, and his chief 
 officer said ‘ You shall have twenty-five rupees to help you put 
 it in repair.’ I came away astonished, thanked God, called the 
 carpenter and masons, set them at work, put the place in order, 
 and now preach in it! 
 
 “ As the work of repairing was going forward, the wonder 
 excited by it among the Brahmans was beyond description, 
 and they thronged the workmen, asking them all sorts of ques¬ 
 tions,—‘ How did the Sahib get that place ? What is it for ?’ 
 etc., etc. But the fact that I have it is to them the greatest 
 wonder of all. Let them wonder, while we will rejoice. The 
 place proves to be just the spot, and now, as God goes with us 
 day by day to this place, may he pour out a great measure of 
 his Spirit to convict these haughty men. We do go in God’s 
 name, and it is ours to trust in him for courage to go. We 
 need courage certainly, and I go with the belief that as God is 
 unchangeable, so our help in him is certain. 
 
 Industrial School. It is with goeat gratitude that I ac¬ 
 knowledge the continued favor of the citizens of our camp at 
 Satara in behalf of the Boy’s Industrial Home, We make no 
 pretensions to a great institution, for it is a little one. But we 
 hope to bring great good out of it. It is already a good and 
 
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 AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 was never more prosperous than at present An acknowledge¬ 
 ment of the continued kindness of our friends and of the 
 amount we have received from them this year will be found in 
 the appendix to this report. From the beginning to the 
 present this department has been sustained entirely by private 
 donations and subscriptions. 
 
 R. WiNSOR. 
 
 Bhdinj and Vicinity. 
 
 We have during the year 1876, visited the villages around 
 Bhuinj, Shirul, Wai, Kudal and Panchgani. We have found 
 good audiences, and they have listened to us with apparent 
 interest. But we are sorry that we cannot speak of numbers 
 earnestly inquiring for the truth, and of many having accepted 
 of Christ as their Savior, 
 
 An old man living near Panchgani, has for sometime been 
 much interested. We have often talked with him of late, and 
 we think that he has accepted of Christ in his heart. He seems 
 ready to be baptized and to join the church ; but his friends do 
 all they can to prevent his coming to see us or even to meet us 
 when we go to his village. One who had resisted all efforts for 
 her salvation, has lately yielded her heart to Christ and joined 
 in church fellowship with us. 
 
 Taking Panchgani as the centre, there are in a circle of four 
 miles radius some twenty-five villages. About half of these are 
 in the valleys below. During the year we have visited nearly 
 all of these and have preached in most of them. In order to 
 become better acquainted with the people and to have longer 
 talks with them, we have been trying the plan of going to a 
 village in the early morning and remaining there all day. In 
 the morning we generally find a large audience. During the 
 day a few of the people come to us under the tree where we 
 take our meals and we go and find little companies of them in 
 the village or in some near hamlet. In this way we have done 
 some profitable days’ work for the Master. 
 
 We hope the time may soon come when, even in this new 
 field, we may see many turning to God. 
 
 S. R. Wells. 
 
A^tERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 41 
 
 SlIOLAPUR. 
 
 The Sabbath services at Sholapur have been the most inter¬ 
 esting portion of our work. The morning service—generally 
 conducted by the pastor, is especially for the Christian commu¬ 
 nity, while in the afternoon, by devoting a portion of the time 
 to a Sabbath School, and closing by a general exercise, both 
 Christians and ^Hindus are reached, and the audiences have 
 been unusually large and attentive. The native pastor has 
 labored with great fidelity in season and out of season, and the 
 two Bible Readers and three teachers have been united and 
 regular in their work both in the city and in some of the near 
 villages, and cases of interest are known to us, from almost 
 every grade of society, ’and yet the church has not been nume¬ 
 rically strengthened during the year. 
 
 The work has been considerably interrupted by the famine. 
 Men’s minds amid such anxieties, are not in the best state to 
 receive the truth, and besides, some designing and evil minded 
 men have endeavoured to prejudice the people against us by 
 representing that the English are responsible for this calamity ; 
 that their great sin of killing cows and eating their flesh, and 
 taking the fat to lubricate the wheels of the Railway carriages, 
 has called down this judgment on the nation.—On the other 
 hand, as so many have been obliged to leave their villages we 
 have had frequent opportunities of preaching to those who would 
 not otherwise have heard the Gospel, and to some, in their dis¬ 
 tress, the message of salvation has come with peculiar force, as 
 an offer of rest to the weary and heavy laden. 
 
 But the most interesting work of the year has been in the 
 region of Watwad where after two months in tents, we are still 
 laboring as we write this, report. There is no doubt but that 
 the Holy Spirit is working here in many hearts and the pro¬ 
 gress since last year has been very marked. Near the close of 
 1875 one young man confessed Christ from Paduli, though 
 much opposed by all his relatives. This year seven more adults 
 were baptized at his village, and among this number are his 
 own father and mother. Others there are convinced of the truth 
 and will soon follow. Already ten villages are represented by 
 these Christians and they are so associated by marriage and 
 other ties with neighboring villages, that the report of this new 
 religion has gone forth to scores of other places. When we 
 came to this_ region in November, before meeting any of the. 
 
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 AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 Christians, we were told by the heathen of a good number who 
 in various places had become Christians, although not yet bap¬ 
 tized. There is as usual no lack of opposition and although 
 these converts are all from the Mangs, the Brahmins are fore¬ 
 most in opposing and oppressing them. 
 
 The voluntary efforts of the Christians to make known the 
 Gospel to others, is one of the most interesting features of this 
 work and this is done in a very quiet unobtrusive way as oppor¬ 
 tunity occurs, when meeting others at home, or in other vil¬ 
 lages. Several recent converts heard the truth first when visit- 
 ing a village on a wedding occasion, at which time some Chris- 
 tians chanced to come. Some times men and women too have 
 been to other villages on purpose to speak of the great salva¬ 
 tion through Christ, and as these labors are unpaid and volun¬ 
 tary, the influence is all the greater. The spirit in which this 
 work is undertaken is admirable. Two Christian women 
 desired to visit a neighbouring village where gieat opposition 
 to the truth had arisen. They were advised not to go, but they 
 went, and were courteously treated and their message was kind¬ 
 ly received. In speaking of it afterwards they said, “We went 
 with fear and trembling, but depending only on God, we prayed 
 all the way that he would help us and he did.” Nineteen 
 adults were baptized during the months of November and De¬ 
 cember. Nearly all are in middle life, though one is about 70, 
 and the youngest about 16 years old. Most of those baptized 
 have learned or are learning to read. Their desire to know 
 what God has revealed prompts them to this. Fortunately 
 there were a few who could read before their conversion and 
 they have taught others, and these in turn are aiding still others. 
 I hope that those who thus show most skill in teaching, may by 
 extra training become fitted to teach more efficiently, and thus 
 in a few years some good primary indigenous schools may be 
 developed. A regular service has been held on Sundays con¬ 
 ducted by Deacon Mesoba and his son. This meeting is at¬ 
 tended regularly by those who live near, while some come with 
 more or less regularity from a distance of 12 or 14 miles. , We 
 have had some in our audiences every Sabbath who had walked 
 from 8 to 14 miles to hear us, and they seem hungry for the 
 word. It is a great pleasure to preach to such hearers. 
 
 We are constantly meeting with incidents that illustrate the 
 power of divine truth, as well as the similarity of human ex¬ 
 perience all over the world. One man awakened, but still un- 
 
AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
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 willing to submit to Christ said, “ I will sweep up and clear 
 away the rubbish from my heart and then come to Christ 
 which is the old story of trying to make one’s self better. A 
 woman had had an ungovernable temper and a very sharp 
 tongue. It was remarked of her that the people all knew she 
 had become a Christian for she was now able to govern her 
 tongue. One man became a Christian in 1875 but his wife 
 stoutly opposed him. This year she too turned to Christ and 
 at the time of her baptism her husband remarked, “ For a long 
 time I had Satan for a neighbor, but the Lord has driven him 
 away.” It is impossible to foretell how rapidly this work will 
 develop. The opposition is very determined and bitter in some 
 quarters. Yet the divine hand has been so manifest hitherto 
 and there is such a wide spread impression that this religion is 
 true, and such a favorable disposition towards it, that I am hope¬ 
 ful of a more extensive movement in the near future. We 
 have endeavored hitherto to work where He works and as he 
 works, and it has been altogether the most delightful portion 
 of my missionary experience—the three past years of labor in 
 this region. Just now we desire especially to ask the prayers 
 of those who read this report, that the many who have been 
 awakened here, may have grace and courage to give up all for 
 Christ without delay. I desire to make special mention of our 
 indebtedness to Dr. MacDonald of the Bombay Medical Mission, 
 who with one of his pupils, Prabhakar B. Kheskar, has accom¬ 
 panied us upon this tour. Besides relieving much suffering 
 his work has tended to conciliate the people and allay prejudice, 
 and we are quite sure that many will remember him as the 
 kind Physician who was the first to visit this region on such a 
 beneficient errand. There can be no doubt that such labors 
 are very valuable, especially in a new field like this, and the 
 genial, kindly, and truly Christian spirit of Dr. MacDonald, 
 fits him admirably for his work. 
 
 C. Harding. 
 
44 
 
 AMERICAN MISSION REPORT, 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 
 
 The following Donations and Subscriptions, received during 
 the year 1876 by different members of the Mission, are thank¬ 
 fully acknowledged. 
 
 
 Rs. 
 
 As. 
 
 p. 
 
 H. B. Boswell, Esq 
 
 300 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Mrs. Boswell. Avails of Bazars 
 
 590 
 
 8 
 
 0 
 
 Major G. A. Jacob 
 
 240 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 E. T. Candy, Esq., 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Abdulkayam Nuruddin, Esq. ... 
 
 60 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Mrs. G. F. Sheppard. For the Boys’ 
 
 
 
 
 Station School 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 A. H. Durant Esq. For a Bible-Woman, 
 
 60 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Mrs. Bosanquet... 
 
 200 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Major W. Manson 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 A. Johnstone, Esq. ... 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Major T. Candy... 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 S. Yorke Smith, Esq. ... 
 
 100 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Capt. Hay 
 
 30 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 H. Webb, Esq. ... 
 
 20 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Sir George Malcolm 
 
 15 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 J. G. Waitt, Esq. 
 
 15 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 N. Spencer, Esq, 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 A. Taylor, Esq. ... 
 
 20 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Miss Fallon 
 
 10 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 General R. Phayre 
 
 50 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Rev. G. W. Seiler . 
 
 5 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Dr. J. Vitters ... 
 
 20 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Thomas Graham, Esq. ... 
 
 50 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 For the Girls School at Ahmednagai 
 
 1 
 
 
 The Ladies of Ahmednagar 
 
 153 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Major T. Candy 
 
 30 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Rev. W. Lawrence 
 
 43 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 For Divelling-Houses for Theological Students. 
 
 Robert Brown, Esq, Jr.... 
 
 283 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 Prof. G. E. Day... 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 Mrs. Bowditch ... 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 0 
 
 Center Church, Hartford 
 
 140 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 Students of Hartford Theological 
 
 
 
 
 Seminary 
 
 313 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
AMERICAN MISSION REPORT. 
 
 45 
 
 
 Rs. 
 
 As. 
 
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 194 
 
 14 
 
 0 
 
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 52 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 Miss Pike 
 
 2 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 For the Boys Industrial Home, 
 
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 5 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 N. Shewan, Esq. 
 
 25 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 H. C. Davidson, Esq. ... 
 
 50 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
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 300 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 J. H. Hatch, Esq. 
 
 25 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 A. Wingate, Esq. . 
 
 80 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 G. Davidson, Esq. 
 
 50 
 
 0 
 
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 5 
 
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 50 
 
 0 
 
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 25 
 
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 60 
 
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 mentioned MisaioSarieff. Eemitfances and orders for the 
 Dnyanodaya may b^ent to Ber. 0. W. Park, Bombay. 
 
 * Prom January to Jan^,\Mr. Park’s address is Kodai Kanal, 
 Palney Hills, Madras Presidepoy. 
 
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