Minutes of the July 4, 1870 Foreign Mission Board Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of the Board was held on Monday, July 4th at 5 oClock P.M. Present. Brn: Jeter, Taylor, Burrows, Keesee, E. Wortham, Wilson, A. G. Wortham, Evans, Williams, Winston, Clarke, Watkins, Garlick & Gwathmey. Prayer by Bro. Williams. Minutes were read and approved. The Treasurer presented a report as follows. Balance on hand 15th Apl. 1870 $1505.21 Receipts to July 1. 6,910.50 --------- $8415.71 Disbursements from Apl. 15th, to July 1, 4740.73 --------- July 1. 1870. Bal. in Tr's hands $3,674.98 The Cor. Sec. read letters from Dr Cote, and brn. Crawford & Yates. The Com'tee on China Missions presented a report which was amended, and adopted as follows. The China Missions Com'tee recommend to following appropriations to the Missions. Tung Chau (Hartwell) Taels 1035 Shan Tung (Crawford) " 1700 Shanghai (Yates) " 1372 ------ Taels 4107. Canton (Graves) " 1600. These sums are equal to $10,000 in Currency, liable to be varied by the rates of Exchange. We also recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Providence having sent a large number of Chinese speaking the Canton dialect to California, and the Ministers' meeting of San Francisco having requested that Bro. R. H. Graves, who speaks that dialect shall devote some time to laboring among them before his return to China, therefore, Resd. that Bro. Graves be requested to devote as much time as to him may seem proper in laboring among the Chinese in that State; and that he be authorised to labor in harmony with Brethren in San Francisco as far as practicable. The Comtee on Agencies presented an elaborate report (which is filed) on the subject referred to them at the last meeting, which was read, and then On motion