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On the motion of Mr . Dyer , T . Wilson , Esq . was called to preside . The Chairman had the pleasure of stating that the Report , which would be read , would contain more glad—tidings-than ^ an ^ tkalJiadLyet been presented to them . The Rev . William Ellis then proceeded to read an abstract of the Report .
The number of Missionary Stations and Out-stations , belonging to the Society , in different parts of the world , MissionarieslabQiiring at the same , 8 fc , is as follows : — Stations & Mission- . Native Out-Btations . aries . Teachers . &c .
South Seas ....... 33 14 41 Beyond the Ganges 5 7 , 3 East Mies 142 32 113 Rufcsia ... . ....... 4 4 — Mediterranean .... 2 2 — South Africa 25 25 13 Madagascar andl ^ g g ^ , Mauritius .... 3 British Guiana .. » . 6 4 1
220 9 & 264 Making , with upwards of 400 schoolmasters , assistants , catechists , &c . between 500 and 600 persons , foore or less dependent upon the Society , exclusive of families . The number of native churches is 54 , and that
of native communicants 4 , 577 ; of schools the number is 448 , and that of scholars 27 , 257 . The number of printing establishments is 13 , from nine of which have been printed 350 , 050 books , including 37 , 500 portions of Scripture , and from eleven stations , 113 , 237 copies of books have been put in circulation during the past year . The amount of the receipts of the Society , during
the past year , including about 3 , 300 / . contributed at the stations abroad , is nearly 37 , 500 / . ; and the expenditure , for the same period , including that of the amount of the foreign contributions which are applied to specific missions on the spot , nearly 41 , <> 0 Q £ . ; leaving a balance against the Society of upwards of 4 , 00 p / . for the past year . An income of 45 , 000 / .
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or about lO r 0 O 0 l annually more than the amount contributed in the United Kingdom during the past year , will be required to enable the Directors to carry on the missions of the Society , on their present scale ofope ration , in an efficient and
satisfactory manner . In conclusion , says the Report , we must again remind our Christian friends , that the calls for help , from the South Seas , India , Spanish America , &c , are numerous , loud , and urgent . — Christian Advocate .
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At an extraordinary Meeting of the general body of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the three denominations , residing in and about the cities of London and Westminster , holden at Dr . "Williams ' s library , Thursday , April 25 th , 1833 , the Rev . Robert Winter , . D . D . in the chauy it was resolved unanimously ,
I . That this body has heard with much pleasure of the intention of his Majesty's Government to propose to Parliament a * safe and satisfactory ' measure for the settlement of the momentous question of Colonial Slavery , on which question this body has often pronounced its deliberate and unanimous opinion . II . That it is the decided
conviction of this body that such a measure , to be ' safe / must provide for the immediate emancipation of the slaves throughout the British Colonies , as any plan of gradual or protracted liberation will in its operation increase the dissatisfaction of the negro with his servile state , and under the
plea of preparing him for freedom , only enable him to make more determined efforts ,, dangerous to himself , and hazardous to the property and lives of others , to obtain that liberty which may be now securely and peaceably conceded ;—and further , that such a measure , to be satisfactory , ' must ensure the complete extinction of the claim of property in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1833, page 186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2615/page/26/
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