which, under the charge of its present editor, the Rev. E. Thresher, its interest and usefulness, it is believed, will be greatly enhanced. The comparative fewness of its readers continues to be a matter of regret and mortification. Whether any further means should be used to extend its patronage, or whether the number of gratuitous copies should be multiplied, is reserved for further consideration. Agencies. Beside the effective agency of Rev. Alfred Bennett, who has labored principally in the state of New York the past year, the Rev. Joseph B. Brown has been employed in Rhode Island, and the south eastern part of Massachusetts, to good advantage; and his services are to continue the year to come. The Rev. J. B. Cook has also been employed a part of the year, till compelled by ill health to retire from the service. The Rev. Arthur Drinkwater has been engaged for Maine, and more recently, the Rev. Daniel Bartlett. The eastern part of New York bordering on Massachusetts has been visited, as opportunity favored, by the Rev. Mr. Westcott. Exertions have been made to obtain suitable agents for the Middle, Southern, and Western States, but without success, if we except the late appointment of the Rev. Mr. Allen, for Virginia and North Carolina. This deficiency has been supplied in part by the freewill labors of societies and brethren, particularly in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia. Deputations. The state of the religious community, and the necessities of the missions, have led the Acting Board to commission several of their own members to various occasional services. 10. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. The receipts of the treasury for the financial year ending April 1, 1842, consisting of donations and legacies from auxiliaries and individuals, and interest on temporary loans, amounted to $52,137 10; and the expenditures for the same period to $57,793 94. Excess of expenditures above receipts, $5,656 84; which have been advanced by the Treasurer. 11. COOPERATION OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. The receipts from the U. S. Government for Indian schools, &c., have been $4,400 the past year, which have been duly applied. The Acting Board have also had the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of $11,500 from the American and Foreign Bible Society, for scriptures in Asia and Europe, beside $500 for Putawatomie scriptures, to be expended by the Rev. I. McCoy ;-and $2500 from the American Tract Society, exclusive of publications. The Board have also received $154 45 from the American Baptist Anti-Slavery Convention, a box of school slates from the Pennsylvaniz Slate Company, and a set of publications with miscellaneous books • $2,200 additional have been received since this report was written. and tracts from the New England Sunday School Union; all of which have been duly appropriated. Some uncertainty having arisen touching the views of the American and Foreign Bible Society, as to the specific objects to which their appropriations were to be applied, the Foreign Secretary was instructed to inquire of the Board of that Society relative thereto; and subsequently to prepare a paper exhibiting the principles on which appropriations from the Society ought to be expended. The principles which were suggested, were approved and adopted Dec. 6. The reply of the Board was received February 28, and the same having been considered by the Acting Board, and an adjustment of balances made in conformity thereto, it appeared that all appropriations from the American and Foreign Bible Society, received prior to April 1, 1842, had been duly applied and expended. The preceding summary embraces the principal matters that have come before the Acting Board the past year, for the details of which, and for various miscellaneous items not here enumerated, we beg leave to refer the Board to the books of record and correspondence herewith presented. We proceed to a review of the PROGRESS OF THE MISSIONS. IN NORTH AMERICA. Mission to the Ojibwas. SAULT DE STE. MARIE.-A. BINGHAM, preacher; CHARLES D. FOSTER, Schoolteacher; Mrs. BINGHAM. Shegud, native assistant. MICHIPICOTON.-J. D. CAMERON, preacher. 2 stations; 2 preachers, 1 school-teacher, 1 female assistant,-1 native assistant. Mr. Foster joined the mission in October, previously to which the St. Mary's school had been taught by A. J. Bingham. Shegud has resided at the station the past winter, but has been unfitted for labor by sickness. The operations of the mission have been as in past years. The Sabbath school and bible class have increased in number and interest, but the attendance on English preaching has declined. Excursions to neighboring Indian lodges and encampments have been made as in former years, by Mr. Bingham; four down the river, and seven along the southern shore of Lake Superior; during which he occupied eighty-six days, and preached sixty-nine sernions to Indians, beside attending several conferences and prayer meetings, and visiting from lodge to lodge. Most of these excursions were made in the severity of the winter, with peril and much suffering. No change is reported in the state of the St. Mary's church, except in the addition of one by baptism in March. Present number, seventeen. The average number of scholars has been about fifty, including twelve boarding scholars. The average number of Indian children, and those of mixed blood, whose instruction was gratuitous, was thirty-five. Mr. Cameron, who went to Michipicoton in August, returned in December to St. Mary's, where he has continued through the winter. While at *[See Appendix to this Report.] his station, on the north-east shore of Lake Superior, eight were added to the church by baptism, (five males and three females.) One member has died. Whole number last reported, 30. Mr. Cameron was married to a daughter of the assistant, Lydia M. Shegud, in January. Ottawas in Michigan. RICHLAND.-L. SLATER, preacher and teacher; Mrs. SLATER. 1 station; I preacher and teacher, 1 female assistant. The report of this mission last received (August,) states that the number of scholars then registered was twenty-three, of whom eighteen were children of natives. But their attendance had been more irregular, and their proficiency less than in some former years. The number of the church when last reported, was eighteen. Oneidas and Tuscaroras in New York. TONAWANDA.-A. WARREN, preacher and superintendent; Mrs. Warren. 2 stations; 1 preacher, 1 female assistant, 1 native preacher. There has been an interesting increase of religious feeling the past year among the Tonawanda Indians. The school numbers forty-five. A revival occurred during the winter at Tuscarora. More than thirty Indians were added to the church on profession of faith in Christ. They are now erecting a school-house at their own expense. Two churches are connected with this mission, numbering about sixty members. Whole number of scholars, sixty. Otoes, on Platte River. BELLEVUE.-A. EDSON, preacher and school-teacher; Mrs. EDSON. 1 station; 1 preacher and school-teacher, 1 female assistant. Mr. Edson arrived at Bellevue May 7, 1841. The condition of the Otoes had greatly deteriorated since the death of Mr. Merrill, and their number diminished by intemperance and civil feuds. The Missouri part of the tribe had crossed La Platte river, and refused to return; and others were roaming at large, having no fixed abode. Mr. Edson collected a school during the summer, of twenty pupils, who made good proficiency till sickness compelled the missionaries to dismiss them, and eventually (in March) to journey to St. Louis. At our last dates, they were about to return to their station, with health improved. Shawanoe Mission. SHAWANOE.-J. LYKINS, preacher; F. BARKER, preacher and school-teacher; J. D. PRATT, preacher and printer; and their wives; and Miss A. WEBSTER, school-teacher. OTTAWA.-J. MEEKER, preacher and school-teacher; Mrs. MEEKER. David Green, native assistant. PUTAWATOMIE.-R. SIMERWELL, preacher, Mrs. SIMERWELL. Andrew Fuller, native assistant. DELAWARE.-I. D. BLANCHARD, preacher and school-teacher; Mrs. BLANCHARD; Miss SYLVIA CASE, school-teacher. Charles Johnnycake, native assistant. 4 stations; 2 teachers; 4 preachers and school teachers; 1 preacher and printer; 2 female school-teachers, and 6 other female assistants; 3 native assistants. The mission has enjoyed great prosperity the past year. The Shawanoe church has had an accession of eleven by baptism, of whom eight are Indians; and there remain five applicants. One person has been excluded, and one dismissed; present number twenty-three. To the Delaware church ten have been added by baptism, one has been excluded, and one has died. Whole number thirty-four, of whom thirtyone are natives. Meetings are regularly held at five preaching places in this station. At the Ottawa station religious worship is conducted as heretofore. The bible class is well attended, each member bringing with him his " Matthew's gospel," proposing questions, &c. Five Ottawas and one Putawatomie have been baptized, one dismissed, and three excluded: number of native members twenty-two. Mr. Simerwell conducts religious meetings statedly at Putawatomie, and the number of attendants increases. Two candidates for baptism are reported. The whole number of baptisms in the Shawanoe mission the past year was twenty-seven. Whole number of members seventy-nine. The boarding schools both at Shawanoe and Delaware are in good condition; average number of hoarders in each from ten to fourteen. A printing office and other buildings have been erected at this station; in consequence of which, and the ill health of Mr. Pratt, the operations of the press have been irregular, yet not so as to occasion injurious delay. The following works have been printed during the season : A small hymn book, in Shawanoe, is in press, and nearly completed. Mission to the Cherokees. DELAWARE Town (Valley Towns Church).-EVAN JONES, preacher; Mrs. JONES. Out-station or branch church, Honey Creek (distant 25 miles). BATIE'S PRAIRIE (Dse-yo-hee church). Out-station or branch church, Ta-quo-hee. 3 stations, 2 out-stations; 1 preacher, 1 female assistant; 5 native preachers. Mr. Jones and family reached the Cherokee Nation (Ind. Ter.) June 25, 1841, and found the native brethren zealously engaged in their work. Many converts had been added to the churches. Eleven Cherokees were baptized the second day after his arrival, forty in July and August, twentyfive in September, and twenty-eight in October. Total reported in five months, ninety-four. About 150 have been baptized during the year, and others are waiting for the ordinance. Messrs. Jones and Bushyhead were constantly visiting churches and neighborhoods, who implored their aid; and frequent meetings for prayer Two branch and exhortation were held during the week by others. churches have been constituted. The number of members of all the churches is estimated at 1000. The interest in education is strong, and on the increase. A school fund has been established by the National Council, sufficient for the maintenance of a system of common school education, in which the bible will have precedence. Mission to the Creeks. The church among the Creeks has been visited by Cherokee missionaries, and found to be in a prosperous condition, under the care of colored preachers. Several have been added to the church. No white missionary labors with the Creeks at present, but Mr. Jones of the Cherokee Mission has been requested to ascertain the practicability of stationing a mission family among them. Mission to the Choctaws. PROVIDENCE.-R. D. POTTS, preacher and school-teacher; Mrs. POTTS. Mrs. Potts is disabled for missionary service by paralysis. Mr. Potts, besides teaching a school of fifteen scholars, eight of whom are boarders, preaches at the station, and at Doaksville, ten miles distant; and has the care of the Pine Creek church in Texas, which was constituted the last year. A branch church was organized at Doaksville in September, and a fourth was constituted in March at Boggy, thirty-five miles from Providence, to which seven have been added by baptism. The whole number of Choctaws connected with this church is ten, and there are several candidates for admission. The revival of religion mentioned in our last report, has continued the present year. Forty-three have been added to the churches at Providence and Doaksville by baptism, and five by letter. Two have been excluded. Present number fifty-six, of whom twenty-eight are Indians. The Pine Creek church has had an addition of seven by baptism. Present number 14. Total baptized the past year, fifty-seven. Earnest solicitations have been received from the Choctaws for more missionaries. (See Conclusion of this Report.) ATHIES.-J. B. CRE'TIN, native preacher. CHAUNY. (Genlis, Manicamp, &c.) V. LEPOIX, A. MOUTEL, native preachers. MEUX.—(Rivecourt, Longueil, Verberie, &c.)—J. FOULBOEUF, native preacher. ST. WAAST and VIESLY.-J. PRUVOTS, native preacher. J. N. Froment, native assistant. 7 stations; 1 preacher, and 1 female assistant; 12 native preachers and assistants. The churches of this mission are prospering, except those of Nomain and Bertry. The additions by baptism have been 2 to the church at Rume, 6 at Viesly, to the church of St. Waast and Viesly, 20 to the churches at Genlis and Manicamp, the former of which now contains 20 members, and the latter 14, 6 church at Meux, which consists of 20 members, 5 1 66 66 at Douay, and 1 baptized at Parfondevalle. Total 36; nearly all of whom are recent converts, and mostly from Ro |