The Association closed the year without debt and has a balance in the treasury of $1,601.90 for current work, not including the balance in Reserve Legacy Account for the periods when the receipts from legacies fall below the average on which the Committee makes its estimate of available receipts from this source for current work of the year. We go to our Annual Meeting in Springfield, October 23d, with faith in the ability and devotion of those who sustain the work and with full courage and hopefulness for still greater results in the new year. * * * * * ANNUAL MEETING. [Sidenote: Place.] Springfield, Mass., is not only one of the most beautiful cities in New England, but is especially adapted for a great convention like the Fifty-fourth Annual gathering of the American Missionary Association. With cordial hospitality the members of the churches and citizens of Springfield have opened their homes and hearts to welcome the delegates, life members, officers and missionaries who gather for this meeting October 23-25th. State associations, local conferences and contributing churches are all entitled to delegate representation at this meeting. Each church should early select its delegates and send their names to the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. The committee cannot promise to furnish entertainment for those whose applications are received after October 20th. It seemed probable to the friends in Springfield that no church was large enough to hold the audiences which would gather for this meeting. The Court Square Theatre, which has the largest auditorium of any public building in the city, was therefore secured. Springfield is the centre of a large population gathered in other towns and villages as well as within its own municipal borders and easy connection is made through trolley lines or railroads. [Sidenote: Committees.] Rev. Philip S. Moxom, D.D., is Chairman of the General Committee. Mr. Charles D. Reid, 255 Main Street, is Chairman of the Committee on Transportation. Mr. Clarence E. Blake, 11 Dartmouth Street, is Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. Rev. Newton M. Hall is Chairman of the Press and Printing Committee. Mr. Charles A. Royce is Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. Those desiring information will receive it by writing to a chairman of the proper committee given above. [Sidenote: Transportation.] Reduced fares amounting to one and one-third of the full fare have been arranged on the certificate plan. When purchasing a ticket a certificate must be received from the selling ticket agent and when presented at the Annual Meeting will secure the reduced rate in the return fare. [Sidenote: Program.]