III.—THE SOCIETY'S PRESENT OPERATIONS.
The revision now described has furnished materials for exhibiting, in a more complete form than usual, the present agencies of the Society, and some of the results with which its labours have been blessed. In a few of the older Missions of the Society, the duty of instructing the heathen has been almost complete; the population are nominally Christian, and in most of these communities there is a strong nucleus of spiritual life in a valuable body of Church members. This is the case in Polynesia, in the West Indies, and in many stations in South Africa. Around many strong churches in Madagascar, in India, and in China, the sphere of heathenism is still very large. Several stations in those Missions—well planted for the influence required of them—may now be occupied by the Native minister instead of the English missionary. The number of chief stations in all the Missions is 130.
The NATIVE CHURCHES of the Society are 150 in number. They contain 35,400 members: in a community of nominal Christians, young and old, amounting to 191,700 persons. Of these, nearly 13,000 are in Polynesia; nearly 5,000 in the West Indies; over 5,000 in South Africa; and 3,400 in India. The converts under the Society's care speak altogether twenty-six languages.
The general scope of the Society's efforts, so far as figures can show it, is set forth in the following Table:—
GENERAL SUMMARY
| MISSIONS. | English Missionaries. | Native Ordained Pastors. | Native Preachers. | Church Members. | Native Adherents. |
1. CHINA 2. NORTH INDIA 3. SOUTH INDIA 4. TRAVANCORE 5. MADAGASCAR AND MAURITIUS 6. SOUTH AFRICA 7. WEST INDIES 8. POLYNESIA | 21 18 22 8 12 1 33 13 28 | 4 6 11 11 20 . . . 1 2 26 | 40 20 65 190 532 . . . 30 14 249 | 1265 284 882 2228 7066 . . . 5866 4972 12,924 | 2367 1374 3408 32,362 37,112 . . . 31,197 14,240 69,738 |
| TOTALS | 156 | 81 | 1140 | 35,487 | 191,798 |
GENERAL SUMMARY (Cont.)
| MISSIONS. | SCHOOLS. | LOCAL CONTRI- BUTIONS, &C. | |||||
| BOYS. | GIRLS. | ||||||
| Schools. | Scholars. | Fees. | Schools. | Scholars. | Fees. | ||
1. CHINA 2. NORTH INDIA 3. SOUTH INDIA 4. TRAVANCORE 5. MADAGASCAR AND MAURITIUS 6. SOUTH AFRICA 7. WEST INDIES 8. POLYNESIA | 16 15 47 180 28 . . . 39 35 229 | 354 2076 2858 6646 1735 . . . 1332 2040 6715 | £ s. d. 0 13 6 1036 3 1 706 2 10 . . . . . . Boys and Girls. 9 7 6 . . . . . . 32 10 11 317 0 10 . . . . . . | 7 16 31 30 . . . . . . 25 35 212 | 103 375 1494 1595 . . . . . . 1473 1691 6695 | £ s. d. 26 0 0 12 10 0 9 2 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 0 269 11 1 . . . . . . | £ s. d. 374 1 4 1435 14 9 1793 13 6 1220 0 0 479 17 7 . . . . . . 2125 3 10 4730 16 8 3687 14 7 |
| TOTALS. | 589 | 23,756 | 2101 18 8 | 356 | 13,426 | 336 5 9 | 15,847 2 3 |
GENERAL SUMMARY (Cont.)
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