RECEIPTS FOR FIFTY YEARS.

The following tabular views, based on the reported receipts of the General
Minutes, show the progress of the missionary cause from its organization in 1819
to December 31, 1869, including fifty years:

SUMMARY OF MISSIONARIES AND MEMBERS FOR 1869.

Foreign Missions.

THE force of our missions abroad may be stated as follows:

• American, 11 male and female, and 33 native Preachers.

4 Missionaries in regular work; 1 Local Preacher every Sabbath.

15 Missionaries and 12 Local Preachers, giving all the time they can redeem. § 29 American, male and female, 32 native Preachers. In addition to these there are 32 Exhorters and 199 Teachers, making a total of 291 agents or laborers. 3 Americans, and 1 native.

No returns from either Black River, Central New York, or Detroit Conferences.