THE COMMISSION.
Ш.
a. AUGUST, 1857.
Но.
Z,
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT,
Board of Domestic Missions.
The Board Of Managers for Domestic
and Indian Missions submit their re¬
port for the year ending April 1st, 1857 :
Deaths. — Two missionaries of the
" Board have finished their course on earth
during the past j'car — Rev. J. W. Tur¬
ner, of St. Mary’s, Georgia, and Rev.
Samuel Worcester, a Choctaw Indian.
Official Changes. — Last October Rev.
Joseph Walker, who had with marked
ability and success discharged the du¬
ties of Corresponding Secretary for more
than three years, resigned his office, to
take effect Dec. 31st, 1850. The urgen¬
cy of the Board, and tlio solicitation of
friends availing nothing to induce him
to change his purpose, his resignation
was accepted, and the present incum¬
bent elected to fill the vacancy, who en¬
tered upon the duties, January 1st,
1857.
The President of the Board, Rev. J.
II. De Yotie, having removed from the
State, tendered his resignation in Jan¬
uary. Rev. Wm. II. McIntosh was ap¬
pointed to the presidency.
Financial Statement. - During the
year the receipts for the department of
Domestic Missions have been, from all
sources, $20,362 03. To this sum add
the balance, $103 GO in the treasury
April 1st,] 85G, and wo have $20, 4GG 50,
- the total resources for the year. This
sum is $5,160 50 less than the resour¬
ces for the preceding year. There is
not, however, all this difference in ac-
3
tual receipts during the year. At the
commencement of the preceding year
the treasury contained a balance of
$2,513 71, against $103 GG at the com¬
mencement of the year just closed ;
making a difference of $2,884 82 in col¬
lections in favor of the former year.
This falling off may be accounted for,
in part, at least, by the fact that the
Board has had but two agents in the
field since the 1st of January last, and
one of these is in a field
того
adapted
to missionary labor than to that of rais¬
ing funds.
To the above amount add the sum of •
$19,967 95, the resources for Indian
Missions, and we have $40,420 54 as
the entire sum of resources of the Board
for the year.
Disbursements. — The expenditures for
all purposes pertaining to the Domestic
department have been $10,194 02 — lea¬
ving a balance in the treasury of $4,-
272 57. This is a much larger balance
than for the preceding year. The rea¬
sons for this are two: An unusually
large number of commissions expired
with the quarter ending Sept. 30th, and
the number of appointments for the
succeeding quarter much smaller than
for the quarter closing 'with June, or
for that commencing with January;
consequently the expenditures for that
quarter were much less than for any.
other quarter during the year. Again :,
a large number of reports for services
already rendered have not yet reached •
the mission rooms. There are claims
