dious house to be prepared for the Missionary's residence; and a handsome Chapel is by this time roofed in, without A single rupee oF EXPENSE to the Society. In May, a Branch Association was formed in aid of the Auxiliary Society, and an ample monthly subscription raised for Missionary Purposes in that district. Were a similar spirit of piety and prudence in operation among European Christians in general throughout India, how comparatively easy would be the labours of Missionary Societies! how speedily would the reproach of inattention to the religion which we profess to believe be done away!

In reference to the Schools, the Calcutta Committee state

Mr. Wilkinson reports, that he found there, when he arrived, a School consisting of from 18 to 20 boys, who for want of a suitable Schoolmaster had proceeded little further than the Alphabets: it has since been materially increased in the month of April there were about 76 Boys on the list. Being obliged to obtain another Schoolmaster in consequence of the inefficiency of the one found here, on discharging him, 20 boys left with him: several of them afterward applied for readmission, but it was thought expedient to refuse them. Good has already resulted from this step: it has given an additional value to the School in the estimation of the people, and the former number is now fully completed. This number includes a Persian and a Hindee School. the Persian School there are at present 18 Boys; and, in the Hindee, 51: a second School has been established on the Mission Premises for children of a higher class, which promises to be well attended.

Meerut.

In

The Native Christians mentioned in the last Report continue their labours, under the direction of the Rev. H. Fisher, the Chaplain. He says of

them

Behadhur lives in my compound, with his wife and little boy; and acts as Clerk to my Native Congregation. I employ him among the Native Christians of the Barracks, who are willing to be instructed by him; and, occasionally, in visiting the sick, to read the Hindoostanee Testament to them. He is very consistent and well-behaved. Matthew Phiroodeen remains in the old gateway: he has felt a desire to return to his corps, to prove that the "Sahibs" [Europeans] do not think hardly of him, now that he is a Christian; and expressed some unwillingness to accept of any other situation, more especially as the non-commissioned

officers of his regiment have manifested a desire that he should return: he, however, blesses God that he has enjoyed opportunities for religious instruction, which he might not have obtained elsewhere; and is now contented to go or stay: I hope he will not be forgotten, and that something may yet be done for him. Peter Dilsook and his wife Ruth are our domestic servants: Peter is my own man; and Ruth is Mrs. Fisher's "Ayah" [waiting woman]: they are both, I think, sincere converts; and behave with great propriety, bringing up their three boys in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Mr. Fisher gives a gratifying account of the conversion of a Brahmin.

I must not pass over an interesting circumstance, of recent occurrence; because it seems to demonstrate, with sufficient evidence, that good may be done, though it be but in a solitary instance, by the distribution of the Christian Converts among the people, and that the Heathens may yet be leavened. Joseph the Henreepore Man, you will probably remember, lived with David Jysingh, the converted Saadh, while David had his school; and has remained there ever since the poor old man's blindness: the old man is supported out of our charitable fund. Some time ago a Brahmin, named Jinvabur, sought opportunity to get acquainted with Joseph, having beard that he was a Christian: seeing him, one day, reading near the water-side, whither he had himself retired to perform his superstitious ablutions, he entered into conversation with him. The Brahmin had long been very unhappy in the profession of his idolatries; and, in the exercise of his own reason, was satisfied that there was no present peace to be found, and no eternal salvation, in such Satanic Delusion. Joseph's Testament became their immediate subject of inquiry and discussion, and subsequently has been their daily food and meditation: the Brahmin listened with delight, and continued to cherish the liveliest desire to give himself to Jesus Christ. He accompanied Joseph, in his last visit to Meerut; and remained some time with Behadhur, in my compound. His opportunities of making further inquiries into the meaning and nature of the Gospel and its free and finished salvation were, of course, abundant; and appeared to delight him more and more. I also was able to inquire more particularly into his motives and feelings; and to ascertain a point in which I have had abundant cause to be very jealous, that he was not actuated by worldly motives. He seemed a warm-hearted, zealous, simple-minded man-said he wanted nothing as respects this world; that he had enough and to spare-and that he only longed for the kingdom of

heaven. He was baptized in the Church, on Good Friday 1824; together with a woman who has been some time a Catechumen, and who is a resident at Meerut.

On this Convert and another Native, Mr. Fisher adds

David Jinvabur is gone back to Henreepore; exclaiming as he went away from me, and bowing low to express his grateful feelings with all the courtesy and politeness of the Asiatic"May God's mercy be with you! For ever I bless Him that I have seen you! As the sandal tree communicates its fragrance to every thing that touches it, so may I retain the savour of your conversation!"

There was another man who also accompanied him, a Fakeer; and who professed to have similar feelings and desires but he left us after a few days, appearing to be alarmed at the prospect of the possible persecution which he might endure. He may yet return; for he professed a thorough contempt for his idols, and a belief that the Christian Religion is the truth.

Delhi.

The Europeans resident here express much anxiety for the appointment of a Chaplain.

Of Anund Messeeh, the Native Teacher, who continues to be diligently occupied, Mr. Fisher thus speaks :

Anund appears as much as ever in earnest, in his Christian profession. He had many enemies, and endured a good deal of scoffing and reviling at first; but now the very bitterest have asked his forgiveness for their unkind behaviour, and salute him cordially when they meet-a striking proof that his unassuming, meek, and Christian-like deportment has disarmed their animosity, and convinced their judgment that he is what he professes to be-an upright, lowly-minded, and pious man. There is often, indeed, a natural command of temper and suavity, about almost all Asiatics-from whatever principle: in Anund, it is, I trust, a Christian Grace. When a man's ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. His usefulness seems principally to consist in reading and conversing on the Scriptures to numbers who daily visit his dwelling.

Henreepore.

Joseph, the Native Teacher at this place, was spoken of under the head of Meerut as having been made instrumental to the conversion of the Brahmin,

David Jinvabur. Joseph was himself brought to the knowledge of the truth, at Meerut, in 1819; and now resides in the School-house at Henreepore. Anund Messech occasionally visits this place from Delhi. Agra.

The Committee of the Calcutta Auxiliary thus speak of this Station:

The Committee are happy to be able to report favourably of their Mission at this Station. By the kind exertions of the friend who has for some time had the charge of the temporal affairs of the Mission, the Kuttra has been much improved; and a large piece of ground in the rear, which had long lain in a ruinous state, purchased for the Society, and added to the Mission Premises. This has added greatly to the accommodation of the worshippers, and admits of a spacious Church being hereafter erected there.

The Chaplain pays much attention to the affairs of the Native Christians, and registers the Baptisms and Marriages that take place among them. Morning and Evening Prayer is, as usual, celebrated in the Kuttra, and attended by the Native Christians who reside contiguous; and, on Sundays, Divine Service is performed by Abdool Messeeh, in the morning at the Kuttra, and in the evening in the Hindoostanee Chapel at the Lines. The Lord's Supper was lately administered to about ten Communicants, in the Hindoostanee Church and Language, by the Chaplain.

The venerable Native Missionary, Abdool Messeeh, was referred to in the last Report, as circumscribed in his labours, by the debilitated state of his frame. In a Letter to the Archdeacon of Calcutta, after referring to the loss of the use of his limbs, and to the extreme weakness under which he had suffered for many months, he adds

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The palsy has not wholly left me: but I can move about in a carriage, and God grants me the faculty of speech. Through His blessing, I trust I shall be permitted until death to declare the truths of the Gospel. When, at length, this sinful body of mine is dead, and shall have put on immortality, may I be found among the least of the Blessed!

* This Lter, and another of a later date, are printed at pp. 194 -196 of the Missionary Register for April.

Mr. and Mrs. Jetter having left India for the recovery of their health, there are now employed, at the Ten Stations of this Mission, 11 Missionaries; of whom one is Indo-British, another Native, and the rest Europeans. The Returns of the various Assistants are not sufficiently full to enable the Committee to state the exact number: but it appears from the despatches, that the Europeans and those of European descent are 13, of whom 9 are Females; and that there are 10 Native Teachers (including one Indo-British) of various descriptions, together with the Native Assistants in 43 Boys' and 43 Girls' Schools.

In these 86 Schools there are under instruction, as nearly as can be estimated from the last despatches, 2950 Boys, 895 Girls, and 25 Women-making a total of 3870 Scholars.

The Expenditure, from the 1st of September 1823 to the 31st of May 1824, amounted to 58,616 rupees, or a little more than 58601. reckoning the rupee at 2s. This total consisted of the following particulars :- Mirzapore, including building expenses, 7271.- Calcutta and Kidderpore Boys' Schools, 5147.-Calcutta Female Schools, 10137., of which sum 4571. was transferred to the Female Branch on its formation-Burdwan, 11437. -Benares and Chunar, exclusive of local subscriptions, 13157.-Goruckpore, 5627.-Meerut, 1737.-Agra, 1007.-Printing Office, 907.-Books, Stationery, Writers, and Incidentals, 551.-On account of the Ceylon Mission, 1687.

The Receipts, in Calcutta, were, in round numbers, as follow:-Benefactions and Subscriptions, 1971.-Female Branch, 5007.-Sale of House at Chunar, &c. 1437.-Bills drawn on the Society, 23371. Besides which Receipts, a Balance of 4007. in the Treasurer's hands, on account of the Female Branch, has been exhausted, and the Treasurer remains in advance 22831.

The Auxiliary Committee close their Report with the following appeal in behalf of the Society :