Mr. Allen has performed a number of preaching tours, in which he distributed many hundred copies of parts of the scriptures and of religious tracts. In the months of July, August and September, 1834, he went as far as Jalna, a town containing about 75,000 inhabitants, 120 miles northeast of Ahmednuggur, and in the dominions of the Nizam of Hydrabad. He returned by way of Aurungabad, 45 miles northwest of Jalna. The Nizam is a Mussulman, and the proportion of Mussulmans in the part of his dominions which fell under Mr. Allen's notice, is unusually large. At Jalna Mr. Allen found a native christian society, of 45 or 50 members, without any pastor. A part of these had come from Madras, and they, becoming known to each other, and associating together, and being actuated by the spirit of Christ, had drawn others into their little fraternity. The fact is one of extraordinary interest, as no missionary had resided at Jalna. It shows that the good seed we are sowing in India is not and will not be lost. Mr. Allen preached to them, performed several baptisms, and administered the Lord's supper. In December he took Tannah, Kallian and Joonur into his route on returning from Bombay to Ahmednuggur. Next month he began a tour, which he designed to extend far southward, but was obliged by sickness, after going some distance, to return. In the spring and summer of last year, he made excursions to a number of the large villages and towns within 40 or 50 miles of Ahmednuggur. In August and September he made a more extended tour southeasterly into the dominions of the Nizam. For more particular information under this head, the Board is referred to the Missionary Herald.

EDUCATION-The attention of the mission is turned more than formerly to the importance of training native helpers. So far as the Committee are yet informed, the most suitable place for a seminary to be connected with the missions of the Board, is in the Deccan; for the principal sphere of our labors among the Mahrattas must ultimately be there. For a year or two past, circumstances have combined to concentrate our operations in Bombay, rather than in the Deccan. To counteract these and enable the Committee to carry out their plans, a considerable reinforcement is needed. Our printing establishment must be in Bombay, but our seminary, as soon as the Head of the church shall give us one, must be in the interior. The great hindrance to the success of an enterprise of this kind is caste, which makes it almost impossible, until the bands have become loosened, to obtain boarding scholars of sufficient promise. The mission, however, seems likely to be successful in collecting scholars for a female boarding-school at Bombay, under the superintendence of Miss Farrar. The pupils of this school will be separated as far as possible from the influence of surrounding heathenism. It is supposed that a girl may be boarded for a year for about twenty dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Graves collected a school of 40 girls at Satarah, which

was taught by Mrs. and Miss Graves. They expected a considerable number of these girls to follow them on their return to the Hills, and with others to constitute a boarding-school, the chief expense of which would be defrayed by private donations.

The following table will give a view of the schools as they were at the close of the year 1835.

Nearly all the schools at Ahmednuggur were established by Mr. Abbott in the space of a month. There were urgent requests for more from neighboring villages, but he had established as many as he could superintend. One of the schools at Bombay was for teaching the English language, and contained 50 pupils. Another of the same kind existed for a time at Mahim. The teachers of all the schools who reside within a reasonable distance of any place of worship in the mission, are required to attend on the Sabbath. It should be added that Mrs. Munger, Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Hubbard have each a small school of girls under their care. That of Mrs. Stone contained eight Parsees, or Persians, still retaining the fire-worship of pagan Persia.

THE PRESS. The last Report brought down the history of the press to November 15, 1834. The printing in Mahratta during the remainder of that year was as follows:

Making the amount of Mahratta printing in the year 1834 to be

2,327,800 pages.

Making the whole Mahratta printing from the beginning, 18,508,450 pages, generally 8vo. Five tracts were also printed during the year for the Bombay Tract Society, in the Portuguese language, averaging 33 pages each, and amounting to 182,000 pages in all; and 28,750 copies in English, averaging 73 pages each.

The following publications in the Mahratta, by the mission of the Board, have been sanctioned by the American Tract Society.

Good Tidings.

Summary of Scriptures.
Three Worlds.

Little Henry and his Bearer.
Compendium of the Bible.
On the worship of God.
On Justification.

On Prayer.

The Great Inquiry.

In whom shall we trust?

Exposition of the Ten Commandments.
Relief for the sin-burdened.

View of the Doctrines of Scripture.

It is found that with the present limited number and numerous vocations of the mission, the judicious distribution of the scriptures and religious tracts must unavoidably go on much slower than the patrons of bible and tract societies, and every friend of man will desire. What then? The friends of Zion must unite in fervent prayer that the Lord of the harvest will send forth more laborers into this harvest. The only way to increase the power of human agency beyond a certain point, is to multiply the agents.

The type and stereotype founderies were in readiness at the latest date, which was in March of the present year.

CHURCHES.-The mission church at Bombay contains thirteen native members, and that at Ahmednuggur eight, making twenty-one

in all. It would seem that one member had been admitted at the latter station. At Bombay there have been four admissions. Three were converts from, Hindooism, one of whom named Sewajee, belonged to the Mhar caste, is thirty years old, intelligent, quick in receiving and imparting instruction, familiar with the Hindostanee and Gujuratee languages, as well as with his native tongue, and able to read and write the Balbud and Modh character, the two alphabets of the Mahratta language. The fourth was Francis, a native Roman Catholic, a young man of much promise, who has long received instruction from the mission, and suffered much persecution. He will probably become a valuable assistant.

The Committee would recommend to the attention of the Board two works which have been published the last year concerning this mission; one in two volumes, entitled The Christian Brahmin, or Memoirs of Babajee, etc., by Mr. Read; the other in one volume, by Mr. Ramsey, entitled, Journal of a Missionary Tour in India.

MISSION TO SOUTHERN INDIA.

MADURA.-William Todd, James Read Eckard, Alanson C. Hall, and J. J. Lawrence, Missionaries; Mrs. Eckard and Mrs. Lawrence.

Francis Ashbury, Edward Warren, 1st, and Edward Warren, 2d, Native Helpers. (1 station, 4 missionaries, 2 female assistant missionaries, and 3 native helpers.)

Early in the last year, Messrs. Eckard and Hoisington, with the approbation of their respective missions, made an exchange of labors, and Mr. Eckard removed to Madura. The students in the seminary had become much attached to Mr. Eckard, and deeply regretted his leaving them. The first infant school established in the mission owed its existence to Mrs. Eckard. They entered Madura February 16th. Mr. Hall reached Jaffna on the 30th of April. Mr. Lawrence arrived at Jaffna on the 24th of September. The brethren at Madura having earnestly requested two more helpers, Messrs. Hall and Lawrence were invited to proceed to Madura. They left Jaffna early in October, with their wives and effects, accompanied by Mr. Poor and Mr. Todd, and in twelve days completed their journey. Mr. Poor expected to spend three months in missionary labors at Madura. The arrival of this reinforcement excited great attention among the inhabitants, which was increased by the books brought from Ceylon, and by the preaching of Mr. Poor. Their houses were visited by crowds. This excitement of curiosity on the part of the people, gave rise to another of fear and of hate among the brahmins and others, and at length to decided opposition, which led to some modifications, that were perhaps salutary, in the plans of the mission.

Previous to this, on the 11th of September, Mr. Todd had been. called to experience the severest of earthly afflictions in the death of

his wife. On the 2d of January Mr. Hall was afflicted in the same painful manner. Both of these devoted females departed in great peace of mind, rejoicing that they had gone to India on such an errand of mercy. Mrs. Lawrence had been sick, but had been graciously restored to health.

In February of the present year, there were four schools within the city, containing 133 scholars, and ten schools in the adjacent villages, containing 270. Besides these, there was an English school, under the superintendence of Mr. Todd, in which were 60 scholars. The whole number in the schools is 463.

The missionaries of the Church and London Missionary Societies, in the neighborhood of Madura, are already exerting considerable influence on whole villages; and, with the same blessing of heaven, there is nothing to prevent our missionaries in due time from exerting a similar influence within the sphere of their labors. In the district of Madura there are said to be thousands of Roman Catholic natives who are bound to their church by very slender ties; and the same may be remarked concerning many of the heathen.

The Committee have been so much impressed with the importance of strengthening this mission at an early period of its existence, that they have given appointments to six missionaries and a physician, with the expectation that they will embark, with their wives, during the present autumn.

MISSION TO CEYLON.

TILLIPALLY.-Benjamin C. Meigs, Missionary, and wife.

John Adams, Daniel Comfort, Charles Hodge, Joseph Champlain, and Moses Stuart, Native Helpers.

Vasavelan, (out-station.)-N. W. Taylor, Native Helper.

Valverty, (out-station,)-Jordan Lodge, Native Catechist; Samuel Farrar, Native Helper.

Achoovaly, (out-station.)-Chinnatamby, Native Helper.

BATTICOTTA. Daniel Poor, D. D. and Henry R. Hoisington, Missionaries; Nathan Ward, M. D., Physician; and their wives.

Nathaniel Niles, Native Freacher and Principal Assistant. The names of Native Teachers in the Seminary are given elsewhere.

Caradive, (out-station.)-A. Lovell and C. Mann, Native Catechists.
Moolai, (out-station.)-A. Backus and Caleb, Native Catechists.

Valany, (out-station.)-E. Porter, Native Catechist.

Shangany, (out-station.)-Sangarapully, Native Helper.

OODOOVILLE.-Levi Spaulding and Samuel Hutchings, Missionaries, and their

wives.

Seven Native Helpers; R. W. Bailey, Teacher of Female School. (Names of the others not reported.)

PANDITERIPO. Under the care of Mr. Poor, assisted by his associates at Batti

cotta.

Three Native Helpers.

MANEPY-Under the pastoral care of Mr. Hutchings.
E. S. Minor, Printer, and wife. Five Native Helpers.