days; once in English, and twice in Malayalim: once also, in the latter language, on Wednesday Evenings. On Tuesday Evenings the people have catechetical instruction; and, on Saturday Evenings, a number of them meet for Prayers.

There are 7 Schools; 1 English, and the rest Malayalim, including one for Girls. The number of Boys under instruction is 189: they consist of Protestants and Romish Christians, Mussulmans, Soodras, Chegoes, Velloovars, &c. &c.

The Girls' School, under Mrs. Norton's care, contains 13 Girls. Of these, the Madras Committee state

They are taught plain needle-work, knitting and spinning, thread-making, &c.; and a selection is made of the most intelligent amongst the Children, for instruction in English. They all learn the Principles of the Christian Religion, in the vernacular tongue, in which some read very well.

Cochin.

The Rev. Samuel Ridsdale and Mrs. Ridsdale continue their labours at Cochin. A Service, which he had commenced in Portuguese, excited the opposition of the Roman Catholics, which has, in some degree, diminished the attendance. A Missionary Meeting is held on Wednesday Evenings, at which 60 or 70 people attend. An Assistant has been employed to read, in the public parts of the town, portions of the Scriptures in Malayalim.

TELLICHERRY.

No accounts have, for some time past, till recently, been received from this Station. It appears, from the Madras Report, that Mr. J. Baptist is employed as a Catechist; and that, in the English, Portuguese, and Malayalim Schools, there are now 193 persons under instruction; 62 Scholars are under tuition in the English Department; 29 in the Malayalim; and in the two other Native Schools, 102 Scholars: making a total of 193. The ages of these vary from 5 to 25 years.

The number of Schoolmasters stationed here by the Society is 4; viz. 1 English, and 3 Malayalim.

The Committee, after noticing Mr. Baptist's zeal and assiduity in the discharge of his duties, mention

the following instance of the Divine Blessing on his labours :

No less than six of his Pupils have, in the course of the last half-year, publicly renounced the Roman-Catholic Communion, and joined themselves to the Protestant Church.

Baptism was administered to a Heathen, at his repeated and urgent request, a few days before he died: he had been servant in a pious family, and often visited the Schoolmaster. A large assembly of Heathens, of both sexes, witnessed his baptism with deep attention. J. Baptist presses earnestly for a devout and zealous Missionary to occupy the Church at this Station.

BOMBAY, AND WESTERN-INDIA MISSION.

THE Committee have long felt an anxious desire to enlarge the Mission to Western India; and they have sent forth, with pleasure, the Rev. John Dixon, and the Rev. Charles Farrar and Mrs. Farrar, whose departure has been already noticed, to a field in which so little has hitherto been attempted in the Cause of Missions *.

The Bombay Committee have selected the populous Village of Bandora, about 7 miles distant from Bombay, as a Missionary Station.

Mr. Mitchell has continued to superintend the Schools in Basseen and Tannah, which were last year stated to be under his care: at one time, these Schools amounted in number to 12; but Mr. Mitchell, from want of bodily strength and other circumstances, being unable to give to them such attention as he wished, reduced the number to 6. Of these, 3 Boys' Schools are at Basseen, and 1 Girls' School; and 1 for Boys, and I Girls', at Tannah. In the Boys' Schools there are, altogether, 120 Scholars; and in the Girls', 30.

* See Appendix III.

CEYLON MISSION.

THE Tenth Annual Meeting of the Missionaries was held at Cotta, on the 5th of September and following days.

COTTA.

The Rev. George S. Faught and Mrs. Faught having, on the departure of Messrs. Ward and Mayor, removed to Baddagame, the Labourers at Cotta are, the Rev. Samuel Lambrick and Mrs. Lambrick, the Rev. Joseph Bailey, and the Rev. James Selkirk and Mrs. Selkirk. Mr. Selkirk's health having suffered, he passed a short time at Baddagame; and his residence there appears to have been the means of improving it.

In reference to the MINISTRY, the Missionaries state, that the attendance on the Services at the Home Station is such as has been described in former Reports: there are Four Services at the Out-Schools every Sunday; and a Fifth, every other Sunday, has been commenced at a neighbouring Village: a building is erecting; and, when completed, it is intended to have Public Worship in it every Lord's Day. The state of the attendance on the Means of Grace is thus noticed by the Missionaries:

The Sunday Services at all the Schools, except two, are attended pretty well; and the people give us reason to hope, from the attention which they always manifest, that there is, in the hearts of some them at least, a desire to know and to receive the truths of the Gospel. Their orderly behaviour; their seeming desire to understand, expressed by the earnestness of their manner; their repeating the responses in the Service aloud, which they have learned to do from the School Children; and their very suitable and considerate answers to questions, put to them on the subject of the discourses, are indications of good.

Mr. Selkirk has, for the last six or eight months, had Service at the Pagoda School on Thursday Mornings; which, though not so well attended as at first, is still such as to give him encouragement. He has also, for two months back, had Service every Friday Evening, at a Schoolmaster's house in the Village of Cotta; which has been frequently so crowded, that many people stood on the outside. A little bungalow has lately been built by the people who attend; which is at present found to be too small, and is intended to be enlarged.

A Jew, who came to Cotta, after remaining for nine

months under instruction, was admitted to Baptism; but there is reason to apprehend that he has since apostatized.

There are 10 Native SCHOOLS connected with the Station, containing 243 Boys and 24 Girls; making a Total of 267, with an average attendance of 191; being a considerable increase on the numbers of last year. Of their proficiency, the Missionaries report

Seven are at present daily reading and learning by heart, in order to repeat, at the close of each month, Lessons from the Book of Genesis; 18 from the Acts of the Apostles; 94 from the Gospel of St. Matthew; 11 from the Abridgment of the Old Testament; 20 from the Abridgment of the New Testament; and the rest, the Ten Commandments, the Principles of Religion, &c.: besides which, they are daily taught to read the Native Books written on the Olla.

The English School contains 34 Boys; of whom 7 read the Old Testament, 13 the New, 10 are in the Spelling-Book, and the remainder beginners. Of the Scholars, the Missionaries write

One Boy has been admitted on trial, who will be taken into the Institution: and three or four others, who have applied for admission, will most probably be received in a few months. The head-boys, besides being able to read pretty well, and write tolerably, have learned some of the three first, and others the four first, Rules of Arithmetic; the Church Catechism, as broken into questions, and published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; and are now learning Dr. Watts's Second Catechism.

The Foundation-stone of the CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION was laid by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Edward Barnes, on the 8th of November 1827, in the presence of a large assembly of the principal British Inhabitants, Civil and Military, of Colombo: on which occasion the Rev. Samuel Lambrick delivered an Address, declarative of the nature and objects of the Institution; and the Archdeacon called down upon it, by solemn Prayer, the blessing of Almighty God. Ten Youths have been admitted on probation, of whom the Missionaries write

They are all well-behaved, and attentive to the instruction which they receive. Of the piety of one or two we encourage hopes; and the greater part of them are of sufficient capacity to receive the learning with which it is desirable they should be furnished, in order to their future usefulness.

A Building, designed for a Girls' School, has been completed, of which Mrs. Lambrick is to have the charge: in reference to it the Missionaries write

The Parents of a few Children have already consented to send their Daughters; and we have no doubt but that, in the course of time, this School will be well attended, and prove a great blessing to the Village.

The efficiency of the PRESS, under Mr. Lambrick's care, was noticed in the last Report. Mr. Lambrick has been encouraged, by his Brethren, to persevere in his Translation of the Scriptures into the Vernacular Cingalese and of that Translation, the Book of Genesis, the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistle to the Romans, have been printed.

KANDY.

The Committee having been unable to set apart a Missionary for this Station, and the supply of Labourers having been reduced by the return of Messrs. Ward and Mayor, the Rev. Thomas Browning has remained at Kandy without that assistance which he has so long and so greatly needed.

The means used for carrying on his work at Kandy are thus stated by Mr. Browning :

Preaching on Sundays at the School-room in Portuguese and Cingalese, and at the Prison in Cingalese; catechizing the Cingalese Children on Wednesdays, and the Malabar Children on Thursdays; visiting the Schools occasionally; distributing Tracts and Portions of the Scripture; conversing with persons of different descriptions, as opportunities may offer, on religious subjects; and by having the Cingalese Scriptures read from house to house who are willing to hear them.

In his MINISTRY, Mr. Browning has been relieved by the appointment of a Chaplain to the Garrison; and, since he has been disengaged from the English duty, has resumed Preaching in the Prison, with some degree of encouragement. In reference to his performance of the Chaplain's duties, he writes

I trust that my labours for the last two years in the English Service have not been altogether in vain: the Word of God has generally been heard with attention, and, I would hope, not without profit by some at least.

Of his other Ministerial Labours, he writes in February