different Missionary Societies. The Societies are placed in such order, as the length or sphere of their exertions within the respective Divisions, or other circumstances, seemed to point out. The Stations are ranged in their usual geographical order. Under each, the following particulars are noticed, so far as information could be obtained-A brief description of the Station, with the date when first occupied-The names of the Missionaries; and, occasionally, those of Assistants, whether Catechists, Schoolmasters, or Artisans; with the number of the Native Assistants-Returns of numbers relative to the Ministry and to Education, with brief notices on the state and prospects of these two main departments of labour-Miscellaneous notices on Publications, the Press, and other matters connected with the Station; with references to the pages of the preceding Volume where particulars relative to such Station will be found. The abstract of the proceedings of each Missionary Society, given in the several Divisions of the Survey, is closed by extracts printed across the page, from the communications of the Missionaries or the Reports of the different Societies, whenever such extracts can be obtained as convey brief but comprehensive views of their proceedings or prospects. Such extracts as have reference, more comprehensively, to the state of that Division of the Survey are printed at the end of the Division. * The references to pages are always to those of our last Volume, when not otherwise specified. Western Africa. WE quoted in our last Volume (pp. 264-266) Official Testimonies to the In dustry and Improvement of the Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone; and stated (p. 286) the Duty and Benefit of cherishing this Colony. The Rev. David Morgan, who is heartily desirous of promoting its welfare, is now Chaplain-P. 156. STATIONS-LABOURERS-NOTITIA, CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. For various Notices of the Mission, see pp. 128, 309-312, 471, of our last Volume. The last season was unusually healthy. following Stations, lying E and SE of Freetown: Kissey, 4 miles; inhab. 1199: Wellington, 7 miles; inhab. 1419: Allen Town; inhab. 94: Hastings, 13 miles; inhab. 1110: Waterloo, 22 miles; inhab. 1500: Calmont; inhab. 281-G. W. E. Metzger, John Gerber; John Warburton, As. and 5 Nat. As. Mr. Edmond Boston died on the 8th of June. Rev. John Murrell landed Dec. 7, 1829; and left, on account of health, June 24, 1830 -Returns of congregations are imperfect-Scholars: boys 174, girls 66; Sunday scholars 293; evening scholars 33Pp. 6, 58, 59, 130, 313, 314, 383, 428. MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: comprehending the following Stations, lying S and SSE of Freetown: Leicester, 4 miles; inhab. 230: Gloucester, 4 miles; inhab. 760: Regent, 6 miles; inhab. 1500: Bathurst, 6 miles ; inhab. 950; Charlotte, 7 miles ; inhab. 900 Grassfield; inhab. 175 — John Raban, W. K. Betts, T. Davey; ries, and other books in those Dialects: a Vocabulary of the Eyo or Aku Dialect, compiled by Mr. Raban, has been printed-Pp. 6, 59–62, 131, 132, 314317, 382, 471. SEA DISTRICT: comprehending York, 16 miles S of Freetown and 12 S W of Waterloo; inhab. 970: Kent, 9 miles S of York; inhab. 822-York no resident Teacher since January 1828, nor Kent any since November following. John Weeks, H. Graham, Mrs. Heighway, As. and 4 Nat. As.-Congregations; morn. 1350, aft. 740, week-days 415; communicants 196; candidates 77: but the returns are not complete-Scholars: boys 412, girls 427, adults 70— Mr. Raban and Mr. Graham have been especially directed to apply themselves to forming Vocabularies of the Dialects of the different Tribes of Natives congregated within the Colony, with a view to the preparation of Grammars, DictionaThe Colonial Government, in July 1829, committed the care of the Liberated African Children to the Missionaries, in those Villages where Schools had been established by the Society: this arrangement has enlarged the direct influence of the Mission in the work of Education. The state of the Colony is such as to call forth anxious expectation and enlarged hope. In it there are gathered together, through the providence of God overruling the cupidity and wickedness of man, materials by which, in various ways, if the Spirit of the Lord be poured out, the Gospel of Christ may sound throughout a great portion of Africa. This is an object of the noblest Christian Benevolence. Let the Church of Sierra Leone shine with primitive brightness, and its light shall attract the regard of surrounding Tribes far and near. Let the Languages which the Representatives of those Tribes now speak in the Colony be fixed and reduced to writing, and the Gospel be translated into them, and we have a lever by which, with the Divine Blessing, Africa may be raised from her degradation. Let those Representatives be chosen vessels of the Lord to bear His Name among their countrymen, and Native Missionaries may hence go forth to their own people, habituated to the climate, fully possessed of their language, acquainted with their customs, and able to address them; not in the repulsive form and garb of a Foreigner, but with the attractive force of a Fellow-countryman, appealing to all the mind and all the feelings of a Native. (Committee.) We see ourselves placed, as Ministers and Teachers of Christ's Holy Religion, and Agents in the extension of general knowledge, among a people who have, not many years back, arrived in this Colony in a state of blind Paganism; among whom we constantly meet with proofs of their adherence to Heathenish Superstitions, and who, notwithstanding, are so influenced by their dependence on a Christian Government, by the manifest superiority of the European Mind, and their consequent readiness to conform to our manners, that they are generally willing to have the Form of Christianity thrown over them, if they can obtain that without compliance with its Spiritual Requirements. The explicit countenance formerly given by the Colonial Government to Missionary Exertions, and the long-continued connexion between the Magisterial and the Ministerial Characters, introduced, in early times, an outward observance of the Lord's Day, which even now, when the causes have in a measure ceased to exist, gives to it the appearance of a sacred season. (Missionaries.) GAMBIA. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Bathurst: on St. Mary's, at the mouth of the Gambia: inhabitants, in 1826, were 1026 males and 846 females, chiefly Jaloofs and Mandingoes-1821-John Cupidon, Nat. As.-Congregations very good: the Governor is a regular attendant-Members 45; very steady and consistent: on trial, including 15 at Goree, 21-Scholars improve since the introduction of catechisms in the native tongue: between 30 and 40 Sunday Scholars: the Schoolmaster pious and exemplary Contributions to the Mission, 247. in 1828; 537. in 1829-An opening among the Mandingoes- Pp. 6, 308, 309; and p. 511 for an affecting account of the death of both the late Missionary, Mr. Marshall, and his Wife. SIERRA LEONE. Freetown, with 5 Out-stations in the vicinity; having 3 Stone and 3 Grass Chapels-John Keightley, who arrived in January; 9 Nat. As.-Members, 304: the station is highly interesting: Missionary Efforts are a great blessing to the Colony-Pp. 6, 119, 317. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. LIBERIA. Annual Exports at 60,000 or 70,000 The Committee state that they had applications before them in behalf of about 1000 free persons and 600 slaves, for a passage to the Colony; and that 2000 slaves would be liberated in North Carolina alone, if a passage could be provided for them. The number of Free Coloured People in the United States is 233,592; and that of Slaves 1,543,688. The African Education Society in the United States is in co-operation with the Colonization Society, by preparing Liberated Slaves for emigration: see pp. 380, 381. Monrovia, the town of this American Colony of Africo-Americans and Liberated Africans, at Cape Mesurado: in habitants 700; those of the whole Colony being nearly 2000-1822-Dr. Anderson, who succeeded Dr. Mechlin, as Physician, died soon after his arrivalPp. 7, 89-91, 173, 174, 317,318, 336, 345-347, 472: where will be found much information on the state and good prospects of the Colony. The African Produce in the Stores at Monrovia was estimated by Dr. Randall at 70,000 Dollars; the convertible property in the Colony at an equal sum; and the The condition and prospects of the Colony afford the best reasons for encouragement and confidence in the work which now commands the efforts of this Society, and implores the assistance of the American Public. A well-ordered community, advancing in improvement, and already exerting a salutary influence on the Native Tribes, sharing in the offices of government, and emulous to excel in the acquisition of intelligence, and wealth, and respectability; extending their commercial intercourse, and exciting the wonder and esteem of foreigners-stands like a Christian Temple on the confines of Heathenism, founded by the hands of the free, and consecrated by the prayers of the pious; and gives evidence to the world, that the territories of the Destroyer are invaded, and that Africa shall see the light and submit to the dominion of the Son of God. (Committee.) BIBLE, TRACT and EDUCATION SOCIETIES. CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. THE Bishop of Calcutta entered very particularly, on his way to India, into the state of the Colony; and forcibly urged on the Christian-Knowledge So ciety the importance of immediate efforts, for the appointment and maintenance of Clergymen, the erection of Churches, the establishment of Schools, and the formation of Missionary Institutions for the conversion of the Heathen. The Board have, in consequence, taken up the subject with vigour; and have placed the sum of 20007, at the disposal of the Standing Committee, to be applied, in concurrence with the Governor, to such objects for the benefit of the Colony as may come within the province of the Society. RELIGIOUS-TRACT SOCIETY. The Committee have sent 9800 Tracts and Books, in return for 267. remaining in their hands on account of the Tract Society at the Cape; and 2200 for Schools at Uitenhagen, with various sets of their Tract Publications for the use of Missionaries. They regret that no efficient step has yet been taken for the exten sive circulation of Religious Tracts in South Africa: they have suggested the revival of the Society at the Cape, the formation of an efficient Depository for the sale of Publications, and the esta blishment of Corresponding Committees at the different Missionary Stations. STATIONS-LABOURERS-NOTITIA. UNITED BRETHREN. For a Summary View of these Stations for 1828, see pp. 88, 89 of our last Volume. HOTTENTOTS. Groenekloof: 40 miles N of Cape Town : 563 inhab.: 1808—Brn. Clemens, Lehman, Meyer-The year was spent in peace, and with encouraging proofs of the work of the Holy Spirit among the people-Many Natives apply for admission to reside in the Settlement, but it is difficult to find subsistence-Pp. 7, 8. Gnadenthal: 130 miles E by N of Cape Town: inhab. 1322, among whom are above 200 married couples: houses 237; of which 106 are walled-1736; renewed 1792 Brn. Hallbeck, Lutt ring, Schultz, Stein, Voigt, Sonderman, Thomsen-of the inhabitants, 1207 are baptized, and 578 are communicants: in the year 1829, there were 24 adults received into the congregation, 28 baptized, 42 admitted to the communion: in February last, 11 were candidates for baptism, 9 were baptized, 11 received into the congregation, 21 candidates for the communion, and 12 admitted to partake thereof. The Brethren state that they "have frequent opportunities of observing that the Spirit of God is not in the strong wind, but in the small still voice; and that those seasons which are comparatively devoid of interest, are no less seasons of divine visitation to many"-Scholars, average number 200, of whom 110 are able to read: of the girls, more than half can read; and of the boys, nearly half; which is a greater proportion than the Brethren have ever known before-Pp. 8, 444-446. Hemel-en-Aarde: a Hospital for the relief of Lepers, about 12 miles from Caledon, and near the sea: 120 inhab.: 1828-Br. Tietze removed hither, with his Wife,in September 1829, fromGroenekloof, to succeed the late Br. Leitner; the poor Lepers continually assailing the Jan. 1831. Brethren with the petition: "Pray give us another Father! We own that we have been disobedient children, and have deserved to be abandoned; but do not forsake us!"-In December following, 12 adults had been baptized, and 20 become candidates; in February last, 4 baptized, 13 candidates, 5 candidates for the communion, and one admitted; and, in July, 8 adults were baptized-Br. Hallbeck writes in December 1829: "Two Hottentots, who learnt to read at Gnadenthal, have opened a School for their fellow-sufferers; 29 of whom attend, and some have made good progress in this way their attention is, in a measure, diverted from their misery, and their time glides on more smoothly and pleasantly. In the course of the present year a quarter of the number of patients has departed this life: the Missionary is, therefore, as it were, stationed at the confines of time and eternity; and has the responsible charge of preparing a number of his fellow-mortals for the important change."-Pp. 8; and 241-244, for a Memoir of the late Br. Leitner; with 404-406 for his last Journal. Elim; near Cape Aiguilla: 165 inhab. 34 walled houses: 1824- Brn. Teutsch, Nauhauss-In February, 2 adults had been baptized, and 4 admitted to the communion, and there were a number of candidates for both ordinances - Scholars 37-A spirit of improvement has been excited among the people-Pp. 8, 483, 484. Enon; on the Witte River, near Algoa Bay: 493 inhabitants: 1818 Brn. Fritsch, Halter, Hornig-In 1829, there were 9 adults baptized, and 9 admitted to the communion: in February last, 4 were admitted candidates for baptism, C Cape Town-John Philip, D.D. Superintendant; W. Elliott-No Report of the Congregation or Schools-Pp. 8,157,335, 446, 447,473–475. HOTTENTOTS. Bosjesveld: 40 miles N of Cape Town -Cornelius Kramer-P.8. No Report. Paarl 35 miles NE of Cape Town —1819—James Kitchingman—P.8. No Report. Tulbagh: 75 miles NE of Cape Town -Arie Vos-P. 8. No Report. › Caledon : 120 miles E of Cape Town: 520 inhabitants-1811; renewed 1827Henry Helm-Sunday attendance 100 to 200; week-evenings 30 to 70: many Hottentots appear to have received religious impressions: 3 adults baptized: 15 communicants-Scholars, upward of 100; attendance 50 to 86: Sunday Scholars instructed since 1827, males 23, females 29 58 Bibles and Testaments and 42 Tracts distributed-The projected New Village is begun: houses in the Old Village 54-P. 8. Pacaltsdorp: 245 miles E of Cape Town: inhabitants, 176 males and 190 females: 1813-W. Anderson; T. Edwards, As.Sunday Congregation from 200 to 400; week-evenings 30 to 60: communicants 44: total baptized since 1813 is 225Scholars 109: Sunday Scholars, 30 adults and 40 children: the British System has greatly benefited both parents and children; and is found to be in every way adapted to meet the wants of the natives -48 Bibles and Testaments and 90 Tracts distributed- Houses 60: gardenground 63 acres-P. 8. Hankey near the Chamtoos River: 300 inhabitants: 1825-A CatechistIncreased attention to the Word of God -Scholars, 36 boys and 38 girls; who go on well: adult Sunday Scholars, upward of 40-Such improvements proceeding and projected, that Hankey bids fair to become one of the finest of the Society's Settlements in South Africa. Bethelsdorp: 450 miles E of Cape Town: inhabitants, 150 men, 133 women, 301 children; of these about 300 are coloured people: 1802-Adam Rob. son; Cornelius Vanderkemp, As.-Sunday Congregations, from 400 to 450; week-evenings, 150 to 250: members 230, of whom 13 were added in the year; candidates 11. The native converts manifest greater stedfastness and consistency, and increase in religious knowledge. Baptized in the year, 5 adults and 16 children; 10 candidates — Day Scholars 122: attendance 90: of these 63 can read both English and Dutch: Adult Sunday-Scholars, during the year, 260; since the commencement of the Schools 500: Young Sunday-Scholars 160: Infant Scholars 30: in School of Industry 15 girls-Distributed, 23 Bibles, 67 Testaments, 700 Tracts, and 100 Elementary Books-Births 42; Deaths 24; joined the Institution 56; left it 352. The loss of cattle, to the value of 4501. through the long-continued droughts, has led to a diminution of the population: more than 100 families have removed to the Neutral Territory, between the Fish and Keiskamma Rivers. The calamities of the Station have, also, led to the failure of the Alms-Houses which had been maintained by voluntary subscriptionsPp. 8, 471. Port Elizabeth: out-station to Bethelsdorp: inhab. between 700 and 800, half of whom are Europeans, and the remainder Hottentots and other persons of colour-Theophilus Atkinson-Services in |