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expected to arise chiefly from the cessation of certain claims on the Society, rather than from any decrease in the payment of its regular and direct Missionary operations, and therefore warrants no conclusion unfavourable to the strict economy and faithfulness of the Directors in former years.

It is not yet possible to say how far the expectations of the Directors, in regard to some of the items now enumerated, will be realized. The War which has desolated the Colony of South Africa has rendered it impossible for the Churches there to do what it was hoped they would have been able to accomplish. And while Chapel-building has ceased to a great extent in the West Indies, there has been an increased expenditure in aid of the payment of Salaries, in consequence of the diminished resources of the Negro Population, arising from drought and the immigration of Coolies from India, &c.

In conclusion, it was Resolved unanimously,—

1. That this Committee cannot separate without recording the deep conviction produced on the minds of its several Members, by the investigation in which they have been engaged, of the great discretion, care, and economy, which have distinguished the administration of the Finances of the Society. To say that they are satisfied would convey but a very inadequate idea of their sentiments. The labour of the Directors and Officers of the Society is immense; and the diligence and wisdom of these honoured brethren have excited in the Committee the highest admiration; and, in their judgment, entitle them to the confidence and gratitude of the entire Constituency.

CHARLES HINDLEY, Chairman.
JOHN BURD, Vice-Chairman.

The above is a correct copy of the Report of the Committee.

It was also resolved :

JOHN KENNEDY, Secretary.

2. That the brethren now assembled cannot separate without expressing their deep and sincere sympathy with the Secretaries of the London Missionary Society in the painful circumstances in which they have been placed; and their conviction that they are honoured by God to render a service to his own cause which no money can remunerate.

3. That the thanks of the Committee be presented to Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., and Mr. Alderman Burd, for their conduct in the Chair, and to the Rev. John Kennedy, A.M., for his services as Secretary.

ARRIVAL AND EMBARKATION OF MISSIONARIES. EARLY in March last, the Rev. Joseph Waddington and Mrs. Waddington arrived at Southampton, from Berbice, after seven years of diligent and successful labour. Mr. W. has relinquished his connection with the Society, intending to devote himself to pastoral labours in his native country; in which he will be followed by the best wishes and earnest prayers of the Directors for his happiness and usefulness.

On the 11th of April, Mr. and Mrs. Young, of the Amoy Mission, arrived from Hong-Kong, per City of Derry.

The Rev. Charles Rattray arrived in London, via Southampton, from Demerara, on Wednesday, April 21.

The Rev. William Elliott embarked, February 10, in the ship Mary Ann, for Cape Town, where he will take charge of the Native Church and Congregation, in place of Mr. Vogelgezang, who removes to Uitenhage.

LETTERS ON MISSIONS.-BY REV. W. SWAN.

THE Directors feel great pleasure in calling attention to the New Edition of "Swan's Letters on Missions;" a work which they can strongly recommend as replete with just and forcible reflections, combined with a large amount of correct and valuable information. Mr. S. has kindly presented to the Directors a large number of copies, to be disposed of for the advantage of the Society, with especial reference to its Mission in China; and the work may now be obtained on application at the Mission House, Blomfield-street, Finsbury.

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS,

From the 1st March to the 13th April, 1847, inclusive.