During the year, 9 Adults from among the Natives, and 11 Children, have been baptized; 8 Marriages have been solemnized; and 4 persons have been buried.

There are in connection with this Station, under Mr. Sawyer's care, 20 Boys' SCHOOLS, including the Seminary at Perambore; of which, 3 are English, and the others Tamul. They contain 806 Scholars; of whom 51 are Brahmins, 491 Soodras, 23 Mussulmans, and 241 Pariars. These Schools, as might be expected, are more or less effective, according to circumstances: of one of them, the English School in the Mission Compound, Mr. Sawyer writes

It contains 70 Boys; 60 of whom are regular in their attendance. A considerable number of Indo-Britons have received their education in this School, and some of them are now filling respectable situations in Offices at the Presidency. Several respectable Native Children have likewise been prepared for their different callings, in this School.

Of another, he remarks

The third Tamul School is confined to the High-Caste Heathens, and is decidedly the best School in the Mission, whether the regularity, the diligence, or the talent of the Children, is considered. Not less than 10 or 12 Boys of this School regularly attend Divine Service in the Mission Church on Sunday Morning and on Wednesday Evening: they are, likewise, able to answer almost every question, of a simple nature, on Christian subjects.

Of the Schools, the Madras Committee observe, in their Report

The Schools in Madras have admitted of a greater supervision than those more remote: the Schools most distant from Madras have, however, been visited by Mr. Sawyer every three months; and, during the intervening period, he has sent the eldest and most efficient Youths in the Seminary for the same purpose. This system has the double advantage, of keeping the Schoolmasters perpetually on the alert, and also of training up these Youths for their future labours.

On the whole, Mr. Sawyer gives the following general account of them :

It may be remarked generally, concerning the Schools, that the Children are desirous of instruction, and have no objection to have the truths of the Christian Religion explained to them. Our Christian books are introduced into many Schools; and the Master is expected to devote the best part of the day to the reading and study of them with the

Boys. The New Testament is read by the first class of every School; and it is the duty of the School Inspector to explain every verse that is read, as well as the Catechisms, which the Children commit to memory.

The SEMINARY contains 40 Youths, of whom 25 are Natives, and the others country-born: three have left the Institution during the year; one of whom is employed as a Catechist, with great promise of usefulness; a second has been appointed to the charge of a School in Madras; and a third is engaged in a School at Arcot. Of the means which are used towards qualifying the Students for the office of Instructors of their own countrymen, if God should be pleased to call them to it, Mr. Sawyer writes

With regard to the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Boys, it may be remarked, that two hours of every day are devoted to a regular Exposition of the Holy Scriptures, and to Prayer: and it is hoped that these means may be effectual, under the teaching of the Spirit, to their spiritual improvement and future usefulness.

The Madras Committee speak in gratifying terms of the attention which Mrs. Ridsdale has paid to the FEMALE SCHOOLS; and state, that, at the last Annual Examination, the proficiency of her Scholars called forth the decided approbation of all who were present. These Schools, 5 in number, are attended, on an average, by about 220 Girls; among whom the more advanced read the Gospel of St. Mark; the first and second classes commit to memory portions of Scripture, Catechisms, and Hymns; and all are instructed in needle-work, reading, writing, and arithmetic. In reference to the means of supporting these Schools, the Madras Committee observe, in their Report

As the prospects of extending the work of Female Education opened, it was considered desirable to promote a distinct interest in its favour: a separate fund was accordingly determined upon; and a subscription raised for its support. By this means, any additional demand upon the Society's funds was obviated; and from this source, these Schools have been hitherto supported.

Two other Schools had been opened; but were relinquished, from want of funds. An attempt was also made to bring the eldest and most proficient Girls from all the Schools under more particular

observation and instruction, so as to qualify them for Schoolmistresses, and thus to lessen the difficulties arising from the want of efficient Teachers; but, owing to objections on the parts both of parents and children, this plan has not yet been realized. Of the facilities for further exertions in this interesting department of labour, the Committee write

With regard to the work of Female Education in general, the greatest encouragement is experienced: and were more adequate funds at command, and suitable Teachers procurable, Schools might be multiplied to any extent.

Mr. Ridsdale continues to conduct the PRESS, of the labours of which the following account is given in the Madras Report:

Besides a large quantity of general work done for the support of the Institution, the following Works have been executed since the commencement of 1825; viz.

80,700 Copies.

For the Church Missionary Society.

Sundry Elementary and other Books and
Tracts, of different sizes, in English and
Tamul

Elementary and other Books

Mr. Ridsdale has, in some degree, been relieved from the burden of the secular concerns of the Mission, by the appointment of a Young Man, named Smith, to assist him; and the Committee are anxious to afford him still further aid, by sending out a Printer, as soon as a suitable person can be obtained.

The establishment of a LENDING-LIBRARY of Religious Books is noticed, in the Madras Report, as a valuable adjunct to the Mission. On this subject Mr. Ridsdale remarks

This forms an important and interesting branch of the

Mission. The Library was begun with 44 small Works, sent from England for the purpose. It now consists of 230 Works, of the choicest kind, and several of them consisting of 5 or 6 volumes 8vo. From 25 to 30 volumes are in circulation weekly; and there is pleasing proof, that, by this means, the minds of the surrounding Youth are greatly expanding and improving. An additional advantage connected with the Library is, that it promotes personal intercourse between the Minister and the people, and thus increases their mutual confidence.

Pulicat.

The Rev. John Kindlinger and Mrs. Kindlinger continue to occupy this Station.

The Tamul, Portuguese, and English Congregations appear to be much in the same state as they were last year; and Mr. Kindlinger has not hitherto met with much encouragement in his MINISTRY. He has lately opened a Bungalow Chapel, for a Tamul Service, every Tuesday and Friday Evening; of which the Committee state, in their Report

The attendance is extremely good: inside the Chapel, the average number of hearers is from 30 to 40; but on the outside great numbers assemble: sometimes they hear very quietly what is said, but at others they start objections.

The Boys' Schools, which are 11 in number, one of them English and the others Tamul, contain 315 Scholars: they are all either in Pulicat or its vicinity, and admit of efficient superintendence. Each School is visited twice, and sometimes three times, in every month; when the Children are examined in what they have learned since they were last visited their progress is satisfactory, and the attendance pretty regular. Mr. Kindlinger gives the following account of the Schools :

I observe no difference between those with, and those without caste, but arrange them in their classes according to their progress in learning: in all the Schools the Scriptures are read daily; and Christian Catechisms are committed to memory, whilst scarcely any objection is made to them on the part of the Heathen. The Mussulmans and the Roman Catholics, however, object to reading Christian Books. As this was considered indispensable to their remaining in the Schools, some of them have taken away their children. In the month of June, a Roman-Catholic Priest settled at Pulicat, and drew away many of the children of his

persuasion from the Mission School; but some have since returned. These circumstances will account for the Scholars being fewer in number than they were last year.

Mr. Kindlinger has been solicited to establish five additional Schools in the surrounding Villages.

There are 4 FEMALE SCHOOLS under Mrs. Kindlinger's care, 1 English and 3 Tamul, which are maintained by local subscriptions. The English School contains 21 Girls, and the Tamul Schools 46. Mrs. Kindlinger was for a considerable time much troubled by the inefficiency of a former English Schoolmistress, and for nearly two months was obliged to attend the School herself: in July last, however, she procured the services of Mrs. Hamilton, who is said to be well qualified for that duty, and who was therefore immediately placed in charge of the School. As the Mission, at that time, was also in want of a Master for the Boys' School, Mr. Hamilton (her husband) took charge of it; and since that period they have gone on prosperously, and Mrs. Kindlinger has been able to devote more of her time to the superintendence of the Tamul Schools.

The proficiency of the Children is thus noticed by Mrs. Kindlinger:

The progress of the Children in learning is satisfactory: six of them have gone through the Gospel of Saint Matthew; and have commenced another book composed of useful Tales, and the First Book of Moses; most of them pretty fluently: and besides having committed to memory a great portion of the Catechism, they have commenced studying Arithmetic. Their ages vary from 17 to 7 years: the youngest, in general, are the most apt to learn, but the others excel in writing. The forenoon is devoted to reading, writing, &c., and the afternoon to knitting: eight are now qualified to knit stockings. She afterwards adds

The English School is opposite the Mission House, and the 1st Tamul School is in the Mission Compound; they are therefore visited every day. The two other Tamul Schools, being more distant, are visited once a week; when all the Children are examined, to ascertain the progress they have made. A General Examination takes place once every quarter; when rewards are distributed, according to merit, particularly in the 1st school, where the Girls are rewarded with the produce of their knitting. Attention is also paid to the improvement of their minds, and their habits of clean