MANEPY. Four and a half miles west of Jaffna. AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS. 1821. Levi Spaulding, missionary. The five preceding stations, it will be observed, are under the patronage of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The missionaries have procured, to be boarded and educated in their families, and under their entire control, 118 heathen youths, who are supported, and to whom names have been given, by individuals and societies in this country. They have also established 32 free-schools, containing more than 1500 scholars; have admitted into their church 17 converted natives; and, by means of their schools, and tracts, and conversations, and preaching, are constantly exerting a powerful influence on a considerable population, most of which is composed of the higher castes. Nine young men, members of the church, are very useful assistauts, three of whom have been licensed to preach the Gospel. One of these licentiates possesses very superior talents. Others of the scholars, not belonging to the church, are hopefully pious; others are seriously disposed; and very many, not particularly serious, are of good promise. It is quite indispensable to the ultimate success of the mission, that a Native College be soon established. Eastern India. The country which lies between the Ganges on the west, and China on the east ; embracing also the peninsula of Malacca, and some of the adjacent islands. DACCA, A large city in Bengal, the capital of the eastern division of that province; population 150,000, about one-half Mahomedans; northeast of Calcutta, 170 miles N. Lat. 23° 42'. BAPTIST MIS. SOCIETY. Owen Leonard, missionary. Ramprusad, native. CHITTAGONG. A district 120 miles by an average of 25; the capital is Islamabad, but is frequently called by the name of the district; 8 miles from the sea, 317 miles E. from Calcutta, by the travelling route. BAPTIST MISSIONS. 1812. Both the English and American Baptists have had missionaries here In Arracan, between Chittagong and Ran. goon, there are Christians under the care of Mr. Fink, and several native preachers. The American Board have resolved to supply the vacancy occa sioned by the death of Mr. Colman.* RANGOON. The only sea-port of the Birman empire with which Europeans are allowed to trade; on the Irrawaddy river, 30 miles from its mouth, Lat. 16° 47' N.; population 50,000. AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONS. 1815. Moung Shwa Gnong, native preacher. Mr. Judson and Dr. Price left the little church of native converts, formed at this place, to go to Ava The Board have sent out other missionaries to supply their places. AVA, Or Umrapoora, the capital of the Birman Empire, Lat. 21° 51' N., Long. 95° 58′ E., on the Irrawaddy, about 400 miles from its mouth. The population of the Birman Empire is estimated at 17,000,000-the government despotic; the religion, the worship of Boodh. AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONS. 1821. Adoniram Judson, Dr. Price, missionaries. The ample details concerning this mission, which we have, from time to time, laid before our readers, allow us to be brief here. Dr. Price was summoned to attend the Emperor as physician at Ava, and he and Mr. Judson arrived there on the 1st of Oct. 1822. The native schools have 1300 scho- Mrs. Judson made a visit to England lars. - NOACOLLY. In the district of Tiperah, bordering on the Burman dominions. CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOC. 1821. and America for the improvement of her enfeebled health, and has since sailed on her return. MALACCA. The chief town in the Peninsula of Malacca, in the possession of the Dutch. LONDON MIS. SOCIETY. 1815. Claudius H. Thompsen, Robert Fleming, James Humphreys, David Collie, missionaries. G. H. Huttman, printer. Dr. William Milne laboured here (in conjunction with Dr. Morrison, who resided at Canton) with great success. He died in June, 1823, a little before he was 37 years of age. In the Chinese schools there were 90 boys at the last date. The press has been usefully employed in printing periodical works in the Malay and Chinese languages, as well as the Bible, translated by Doctors Morrison and Milne The Anglo-Chinese College is in successful operation. CHINESE SAMARITAN SOCIETY. 1819. Me-Leen, President. PRINCE OF WALES' ISLAND, Or Pulo Penang, or Betel-Nut Island, west coast of Malacca, Lat. 5o, 25', N.; population 35,000, composed of British, American, Dutch, Portuguese, Arabs, Parsees, Chinese, &c. &c. &c. The island belongs to the East India Company. LONDON MIS. SOCIETY. 1819. George Town, T. Beighton, J. Ince, James Town, W. H. Medhurst, missionaries. There are six schools. The Bible and Tracts are used more or less in all of them, even by the Chinese and Mahomedan teachers. SINCAPORE. A small island, possession of the English, at the southern extremity of the Peninsula of Ma. lacca, Lat. 1° 2′ N.; population 60,000. LONDON MIS. SOCIETY. 1819. Samuel Milton, missionary. Indian Archipelago. THE ISLANDS OF SUMATRA, JAVA, AMBOYNA, CELEBES, TIMON, NETHERLANDS MIS. SOCIETY. This Society have missions at Butte nar, in Java; Hellendoorn, in Celebes; Le Brunn, in Timon; 4 stations in Amboyna, and one in Ternate-but we have no recent intelligence from them. SUMATRA, A large island in the East India seas, and the most western of those called the Sunda Isles. It is under the equinoctial line. Population about 3,000,000. BENCOLOON, Or Fort Marlborough, on the S. W. coast, the chief establishment of the E. I. Company, Lat. 3° 49′ 16" S. BAPTIST MIS. SOCIETY. 1819. R. Burton, N. M. Ward, W. Robinson, missionaries. PEDANG. A Dutch settlement, 300 miles N. W. of Bencoloon. BAPTIST MIS. SOCIETY. Charles Evans, missionary. At these stations the missionaries have schools, and at the former a printing press is established. JAVA. A large island in the Eastern seas, between Lat. 6° and 9° S belonging to the Dutch; population in 1815, 4,396,611-of whom 81,518 were Chinese. BATAVIA. The capital of the island, on the N. coast, Lat. 6° 10 S.; population about 50,000. BAPTIST MIS. SOCIETY. 1813. Diering, missionary. LONDON MIS. SOCIETY. 1819. John Slater, missionary. SAMARANG. 230 miles east of Batavia. BAPTIST MIS. SOCIETY. 1816. Gottlob Bruckner, missionary. This name has been given by Des Brosses to that division of the globe which lies between 30 N. and 500 S. latitude, and between 95° and 185° E. longitude. It embraces New Holland, Van Dieman's Land, New Guinea, New Britain, New Zealand, and many other islands. The missionaries in this quarter have had great difficulties to encounter, and the people are in great need of the humanizing influences of the Gospel. Numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean, east of Australasia, between Long. 170° and 230° E. and Lat. 35° N. and 50° S.; embracing the Georgian, Society, Sandwich, Marquesas, and other islands. Sandwich Islands. In the North Pacific Ocean, between Lat. 18° 50′ and 22° 20' N. and between 154° 55′ and 160° 15′ W. Long. Population about 400,000. The following are |