Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1888, Part I

No. 172.
Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, February 9, 1888. (Received April 7.)

No. 567.]

Sir: As matter of convenient reference, I inclose herewith a table of statistics of Protestant missions in China, December, 1887.

The number of foreign missionaries is now 1,040, which is 121 more than in December, 1886, 43 of these being men and 74 unmarried women. This increase is chiefly due to the China inland mission.

Native ordained ministers number 175, an increase of 35; unordained native helpers number 1,316, an increase of 30; communicants number 32,260, an increase of 4,260, or about 14 per cent.

The total of contributions is $38,236.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.

[Inclosure in No. 567.]

Statistics of Protestant missions in China, December, 1887.

Name of society.	Date of mission.	Foreign missionaries.				Native ordained ministers.	Unordained native hepers.	Communicants.	Pupils in schools.	Contributions by native churches.
		Men.	Wives.	single women.	Total.
London Missionary Society	1807	28	21	11	70	8	69	3,595	2,186	$17,200.00
A.B.C.F.M	1830	29	25	12	66	21	86	1,545	559	180.00
American Baotist, North	1834	5	5	2	12	4	16	371	145	279.26
American Protestant Episcopal.	1835	10	6	1	17	22	21	362	900	410.76
American Presbyterian, North.	1838	45	34	19	98	19	176	3,786	1,932	2,488.88
American Reformed (Dutch)	1842	5	5	3	13	5	19	820	124	2,076.29
British and Foreign Bible Society	1843	13	7	1	20		114
Church Missionary Society	1844	26	19	8	53	12	177	2,507	2,152	3,106.80
English Baptists	1845	19	15		34	1	8	1,062	160	450.00
Methodist Episcopal, North	1847	30	27	14	71	43	87	3,349	1,084	3,473.57
Seventh-day Baptist	1847	1	1	1	3		7	24	36
American Baptist, South	1847	13	10	9	32	7	24	1,641	232	1,175.61
Basel Mission	1847	20	15		35	3	66	1,808	598	654.00
English Presbyterian	1847	21	15	7	43	5	84	3,553	370	3,920.00
Rhenish Mission	1847	3	3		6		6	60	200
Methodiest Episcopal, South	1848	8	7	14	29	3	7	222	725	210.34
Berlin Foundling Hospital	1850	1	1	4	6			80
Wesleyan Missionary Society	1852	19	8	5	32	5	31	935	520	600.00
Women’s Union Mission	1859			5	5		6	17	105	8.00
Methodist, New Connection	1860	7	4		11		34	1,218	162	100.25
Society Promotion Female Education	1864			5	5				273
United Presbyterian, Scotch	1865	6	5	1	12		13	634	50	250.00
China Inland Mission	1865	123	52	90	265	12	73	1,932	173	401.34
National Bible Society of Scotland	1868	4	2		6		42
United Methodist Free Church.	1868	3	3		6		11	306	77	240.00
American Presbyterian, South.	1868	10	6	4	20		4	83	260	72.00
Irish Presbyterian	1869	3	3		6			25	5
Candian Presbyterian	1871	2	2		4	2	46	1,765	527	975.60
Society Propagation of the Gospel	1874	4	2	2	8
American Bible Society	1876	8	4		12		60
Established Church of Scotland.	1878	3	3		6		3	30	80
Berlin Missions	1882	4	4	1	9	3	21	500	70
General Protestant Evangelical Society	1884	1			1
Bible Christians	1885	4	1		5
Foreign Christian Missionary Society	1886	5	2		7		1		32
Book and Tract Society	1886	1	1		2
Society of Friends	1886	1	1		2
Independent Workers		4	1	3	8			30	42	4.00
Total December, 1887		489	320	231	1,040	175	1,316	32,260	13,777	38.236.70
Increase over 1886		4	4	74	121	35	20	4,260	198	19,862.14

With compliments of the compiler.

S. H. Gulick,
Editor Chinese Recorder.