GENERAL NOTES.
AFRICA.
—On Nov. 12th, Bishop Crowther, while at Sierra Leone, on his way back to the Niger, admitted three Africans to deacon’s orders. Gov. Havelock and other Europeans were present, and more than eighteen hundred native Christians.
—The C.M.S. Committee has presented a memorial to Lord Granville on the question of slavery and the slave-trade in Egypt. Pressure is brought to bear upon the Government not to miss the present opportunity of using the influence and power of England to abolish slavery itself, and so put a stop to the slave-trade.
—The River Gambia Trading Company has been incorporated in London with a capital of $750,000.
—A new station has been founded among the Angoni by Dr. Laws and Mr. Koyi, of the Livingstonia Mission.
—The gross weight of diamonds passed through the post-office of Kimberley, South Africa, in 1880, was 1,440 pounds, estimated at $16,839,485.
—Captain Burton and Commander Cameron, on their return from the West African Gold Fields, reported that the wealth of the land was prodigious. “Gold dust is found by native women from the sands of the seashore. Gold spangles glitter after showers in the streets of Azim. Gold is yielded by the lumps of yellow swish that rivet the wattle walls of hut and hovel. Our washings range from half an ounce to four ounces per ton.”
—In 1880, the number of Protestant communicants in Africa, according to Dr. Behm, was 122,470. The number composing the communities in the midst of which these were found was 506,966. Thirty-four religious societies were prosecuting the work represented in these communities.
—Dr. Blyden, President of Liberia College, reports increasing prosperity among the immigrants who have gone from this country. The commercial interests of Liberia are indicated by the fact that one vessel, the bark Monrovia, brought 150,000 pounds of coffee to New York on a recent trip.
—The last report from the missionaries of Tabora marks great progress in the transportation of letters. The mails have become more regular, nothing is lost on the route, and the roads are safer. The Wanyamouesis mounted guides are very capable, and there is this advantage in employing them that on the return trip, going back to their homes, they delay less than the other natives. The station of Ouyoug has met with great misfortune in the loss of Dr. Southon, who, while filling the place of missionary, has rendered great service as a physician to the population.