cott, and others, the report was accepted, and the recommendation adopted as follows: That the paper read be approved, and that the Prudential Committe continue the enquiries already set on foot, with the understood purpose of establishing the mission proposed at the earliest practicable day. Dr. Seelye, of the Committee on the paper read by Secretary Clark, made a report. Dr. J. O. Fiske, of the Committee on the Zulu Mission; Dr. Wm. M. Taylor, of the Committee on the Micronesia Mission; Dr. C. Hamlin, of the Committee on the Western Turkey Mission; Rev. W. S. Palmer, of the European Turkey Mission,- severally made reports (see page 462) recommending the printing of the Prudential Committee's reports on these missions. After remarks by Rev. W. E. Locke, of the European Turkey Mission, and others, the reports were accepted and the recommendations adopted. The Board took a recess till four o'clock. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered in Plymouth Church, Dr. Leonard Bacon and Rev. J. L. Jenkins officiating; and in Park Presbyterian Church, Drs. E. B. Webb and J. W. Hough officiating. The Business meeting of the Board was called to order at four o'clock by the Vice-President, Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, in the absence of the President. Hon. Z. S. Ely, in behalf of the Committee on new business, reported that a letter had been received from Dr. Enoch Pond, resigning, by reason of age, his corporate membership. The Committee recommended that this resignation be accepted, and the Board voted to accept it. The Committee also nominated for corporate membership the following gentlemen, and they were chosen by ballot: Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., LL. D., of Maine; Hon. S. Wells Williams, LL. D., of Conn.; Hon. E. H. Sawyer and Rev. E. E. Strong, of Mass. OFFICERS. Dr. A. E. P. Perkins, in behalf of the Committee on Officers, reported, and their report was accepted, and the Board chose by ballot the following gentlemen : Notice was given by Dr. S. Wolcott of a motion for next year, to rescind the rule adopted at the annual meeting October 4, 1876, requiring the President to appoint the members of Committees on the various missions a year in advance. Dr. S. R. Dennen, of the Committee on the Eastern Turkey Mission; Dr. I. P. Warren, of the Committee on the Mahratta Mission; Rev. Burdett Hart, of the Committee on the Madura and Ceylon Missions; Rev. Arthur Little, of the Committee on the Foochow and North China Missions; Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, of the Committee on the Mission to Spain and New Mexico; General Whittlesey, of the Committee on the Dakota Mission; Rev. W. A. Nichols, of the Committee on the Japan Mission, presented reports (see page 462), severally approving the Prudential Committee's reports on these missions, and recommending the publication of the same. J. W. Scovill, Esq., of the Committee on the Treasurer's report, presented a report commending the financial management of the Board. These several reports were accepted, and the recommendations adopted. Dr. Wolcott, of the Committee on Place and Preacher, reported, recommending as the place, Lowell, Mass., with the following as Committee of Arrangements:Rev. Charles D. Barrows, Chairman. Hon. S. G. Mack, Hon. C. A. Stott, Rev. J. B. Seabury, Dr. F. W. Chadbourne, Rev. Owen Street, Jacob Rogers, Esq., J. H. Sawyer, Esq., Rev. Smith Baker, Hon. George Stevens, Dr. W. G. Ward, Rev. J. M. Greene, Major E. T. Rowell, Dr. J. J. Colton, A. G. Cummock, Esq., with power to add to their number. PREACHER. Rev. J. M. Manning, D. D., of Boston. Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D. D., of Providence. The report was accepted and the recommendations adopted. Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, of the Committee on the mission to Austria, presented a report, which was accepted, and resolutions, which were adopted, as follows:Resolved, That so much of the annual report of the Prudential Committee as relates to the mission in the Austrian Empire be accepted and approved. Resolved, That, in view of the Treaty of Berlin, in which his Majesty the Emperor of Austria concurred with the other Great Powers of European Christendom in imposing upon Turkey that great principle, so essential to justice and to the progress of civilization, -the principle which emancipates religious faith and worship from civil and political regulations, we are authorized to believe that the same principle will be maintained throughout the Austrian Empire, and that the acts of local and subordinate officers, by which the liberty of Evangelical Christians at Prague to meet for worship has been violated, will not be sanctioned by the Imperial government. Resolved, That it be referred to the discretion of the Prudential Committee to take any measures which to them shall seem expedient for the purpose of calling the attention of the superior power in the Austrian government to the aforesaid violation of religious liberty, and, therefore, of a right above the sphere of human legislation. The Recording Secretary communicated letters, excusing their non-attendance at this annual meeting, from the following corporate members: Dr. J. J. Carruthers, Maine; Drs. S. C. Bartlett and J. G. Davis, New Hampshire; Dr. M. H. Buckham and Hon. Frederick Billings, Vermont; Dr. Rufus Anderson, Ebenezer Alden, M. D., Abner Kingman, Dr. E. Cutler, Hon. C. T. Russell, Rev. E. S. Atwood, Dr. E. C. Smyth, S. D. Smith, A. L. Williston, Hon. T. G. Borden, and David Whitcomb, of Massachusetts; Hon. A. C. Barstow, of Rhode Island; Drs. A. Bond, Noah Porter, and L. T. Chamberlain, of Conn.; Drs. John Forsyth, James B. Shaw, and Henry M. Scudder, and Oliver E. Wood, Esq, of New York; Samuel Holmes, Esq., of New Jersey; Dr. W. W. Patton and Hon. Peter Parker, of the District of Columbia; Rev. H. S. De Forest of Alabama: Drs. J. H. Fairchild, H. C. Haydn, and Theron H. Hawks, and Wm. J. Breed, Esq., of Ohio; Drs. G. N. Boardman and F. W. Fisk, of Illinois; Rev. E. J. Montague, of Wisconsin; Drs. J. W. Strong and M. McG. Dana, and Rev. L. H. Cobb, of Minnesota; Drs. T. M. Post and C. L. Goodell, of Missouri; Rev. Joseph Ward, of Dakota; and Dr. I. E. Dwinell, of California. The Board took a recess till half past seven. THURSDAY EVENING. The Board met at the hour named and united in singing and in prayer, in which Rev. Smith Baker, of Lowell, Mass., led. Addresses were made by President Mark Hopkins, Rev. D. Z. Sheffield, of the North China Mission, Rev. Edward G. Porter, of Lexington, Mass., and Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs. "Soon may the last glad song arise," was sung. Rev. Dr. Schauffler pronounced the benediction, and the Board adjourned till nine o'clock, Friday morning. FRIDAY MORNING. The Board assembled at nine o'clock. Rev. Moses Smith, of Michigan, led in prayer. The minutes were read, and it was voted that the minutes as now read, and as read from day to day, be approved. Addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Robbins, of Iowa, Mr. S. M. Minasian, of Constantinople, Rev. Mark Williams, of North China, Rev. D. W. Marsh, of Massachusetts, Mr. Charles S. Hartwell, of Hartford Theological Seminary, Dr. J. O. Fiske, Hon. William E. Dodge, and Rev. Moses Smith. After singing, Secretary Clark mentioned the names of missionaries on their way to foreign fields; also of those present at this meeting about to depart for foreign fields. In behalf of the missionaries about to depart, farewell addresses were made by Mr. George W. Leitch, Rev. James Smith, and Rev. D. Z. Sheffield. Rev. I. R. Worcester led in a prayer of special commendation of the missionaries who have gone and are now going. Rev. Dr. Goodwin made an appeal for continuous intercessions. "Stand up, stand up for Jesus," was sung. Secretary Alden made an address. E. W. Blatchford, Esq., of the Business Committee, presented the following resolutions, and they were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to Rev. Geo. F. Magoun, D. D., for his opening sermon, on Christ's power, our warrant, and the world's hope, and that a copy be requested for publication, under the direction of the Prudential Committee. Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the Board be presented to the First, the Park, and the Fourth Presbyterian churches of this city, for the use of their church edifices, and to the Plymouth Church, for the constant use of its church edifice and adjoining chapel, with its various rooms, where every convenience has been provided for the conduct of the public meetings of the Board and of its various committees; to the choirs in the several churches for their kind aid at the evening meetings; and to Mr. Chase, who leads the service of song, to whom the Board is indebted for the complete post office arrangements which have proved so prompt and valued a convenience; to the citizens of Syracuse for their large hospitality, bounded by no denominational lines; to the several railroad corporations, for their considerate reduction of fares; to the press of Syracuse, which has given to the public full and accurate reports of the proceedings of the Board, with the important papers and addresses presented; and especially to the efficient Committee of Arrangements, through whose thoughtful prescience every want of the Board has been met, and the comfort of every guest secured. President Hopkins emphasized the thanks of the Board in a brief address on Christian Hospitality. Rev. Dr. A. F. Beard, in behalf of the Committee of Arrangements and people of Syracuse, responded to the expression of thanks. Dr. J. G. Johnson, of Vermont, led in a closing prayer. Rev. Dr. Ellinwood, of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, presented the sympathies and salutations of that Board. "Blest be the tie that binds," was sung. Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon pronounced the benediction, and the seventieth annual meeting was dissolved. JOHN O. MEANS, Recording Secretary. SYRACUSE, N. Y., October 10, 1879. Salaries of District Secretaries, their traveling expenses, and those of $7,695.65 $20,288.28 4,728.04 Cost of Administration. Department of Correspondence Treasurer's Department New York City LEGACY OF ASA OTIS, NEW LONDON, CONN. Received from the Executors securities amounting (at not above par) to $739,423.50 Cash (besides the specific bequest of $10,000, acknowledged in the 22,693.18 Income from investments 13,374.20 Gain on sales 1,539.00 $777,029.88 Applied toward expenditures of the year including restored estimates and enlargement of the work ($74,817.81), and payment of the debt of September 1, 1878 ($4,568.25). 166,459.15 Balance as per Ledger $610,570.73 The value of the investments of this sum ($610,570.73) is as appraised $708,734.00 97,000.00 $805,734 00 LANGDON S. WARD, Treasurer. NOTE. - From the above statement it will appear that the amount now in hand, together with the portion already expended, will, with the interest anticipated in the course of a few months, make the avails of the Otis Legacy reach a full million of dollars. The Committee on the Treasurer's Report say: The Committee to whom was referred the annual report of the Treasurer begs leave to report that it has carefully examined the same, and compared it with the Treasurer's books and accounts; that in addition to the full certificate of the Auditors appointed by this Board, it has examined the monthly statements of the Treasurer made in detail to the Prudential Committee, and seen the monthly certificates of the sub-committee of said Prudential Committee certifying to the correctness of the same; that it has compared the report with these certificates and finds the same correct in every particular. Your Committee further reports that it has seen a detailed statement of the investment of the general permanent fund, and of the permanent fund for officers, and congratulates the Board that notwithstanding the almost unexampled depression and fluctuation in values during the past few years, the permanent funds of this society have been so invested that the securities are to-day, in the aggregate, worth a premium over the amount which they represent on the Treasurer's books. Your Committee desires further to report that the cost of agencies, publications, and administration, including salaries of officers, the free distribution of the Missionary Herald, and all other expenses in our own land, is but a trifle over six and one half per cent. of the amount actually expended for the support of missions in foreign lands. ANNUAL SURVEY, 1879. BY REV. N. G. CLARK, D. D., FOREIGN SECRETARY. THE general survey of the work of the Board here presented is for the year 1878. Increased facilities for communication have enabled some of the missions to bring their reports down to the 1st of April of the current year, and one of them to July; but the period under review, as a whole, is properly to be regarded as the year ending last December, a year of retrenchment and of painful discouragement to the missionaries as they saw opportunities for enlarged work passing unimproved, and felt that the fruit |