Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin 100.00 Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. T. M. Howard 10.00 Ayer, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 25.00 Holliston, Mass. “N. G.” 5.00 Norton, Mass. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton 25.00 South Abington. Mass. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch. 25.00 South Abington, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 25.00 Clifton Springs, N. Y. A. Peirce 25.00 Ansonia, Conn. J. H. Bartholomew 100.00 New Haven, Conn. Atwater Treat 400.00 New London, Conn. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. Perkins 50.00 Painesville, Ohio. Reuben Hitchcock 50.00 Salem, Ohio. D. A. Allen 25.00 Lewistown, Ill. Mrs. Myron Phelps 25.00 ———————— Total $890.00 Previously acknowledged in December Receipts 3,186.50 ———————— Total $4,076.50 * * * * * FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional Pledge, £3,000. Received from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st 1,608.96 ========== H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, 56 Reade St. The American Missionary Association. * * * * * AIM AND WORK. To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA. STATISTICS. CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 76. INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 31. Total 51.