all the Boys. The Boys are then arranged into a class, who read it sentence by sentence, and the Moonshee explains it to them as Anund had explained it to him. Afterward, in order to remember it, they write it out. This operation obviously profits them in several ways. The ages of his scholars are from five to eighteen and twenty years.

In giving them some idea of Geography, Anund illustrates his lessons by using a small Globe which I made for him, and a Book of Maps with which I have furnished him. This is a most interesting subject to the Boys: they look at and examine with open mouths and eyes the division of the surface of the world into land and water, so irregularly depicted, so strange, compared with the Seven Countries and the Seven Seas of milk, honey, ghee, &c. &c. which they had heard of from their philosophical

Pundits!

In noticing Anund's endeavours to instruct his scholars rightly on this head, I cannot help observing, that he has often told me with real pleasure of Mrs. Sherwood's kindness-which has proved a lasting one to him-at the time his mind was becoming gradually illumined on heavenly and earthly things, in making for him a Globe of Silk stuffed with Cotton, to correct his own fabulous notions of Geography. This simple thing, he acknowledges, had a wonderful effect in biassing his mind to receive the Religious Instructions of that Lady-now some 16 years ago-whose object it was to lead him to become, not only almost, but altogether a Christian. His present life now evinces how much her honest endeavours

have been blessed.

My friend also explains the phænomena of Thunder and Lightning by an Electrical Machine, which I also made for him. It is indeed a rude affair, but it answers admirably well. This is a novelty here, in the true sense of the term; and is amusing and instructive, not only to the Boys, but to scores of Natives, young and old, and of all sorts. In gratifying their curiosity, I am fully persuaded that Anund mixes up with it as much religious instruction as his visitors can bear now.

It is now the Hooly Festival; and most of the Boys have left the School for their homes, having taken with them their books and writing. They were quite delighted to have their request to do so complied with by their true friend, Anund. He charged them to read all and tell all

that they had heard, and seen, and handled, to their friends; and withal, when they returned, to bring back their books with them.

It is also stated, that Anund goes regularly into the city, twice a week, to exhort the inhabitants; and on the Lord's Day he has a small Congregation, composed of the Christian Drummers, his Scholars and Family attending. He also distributes, in pice, the Sacramental Alms; and having some knowledge of Native Medicines, he is very kind in administering them, improving these occasions for the spiritual good of the people.

Patna and Allahabad,

Patna and Allahabad, as follows:— It is briefly added, concerning

The Corresponding Committee supports also a School and Reader at Patna; but no recent account of proceedings at that Station have been received. At Allahabad, the funds left by the Rev. G. W. Crawfurd, for the support of Schools, have been exhausted; but the Catechist has one School of about 40 Boys in his compound, and he reads Prayers and the Scriptures in Hindoostanee in the Invalid Lines on Sunday Mornings, when about 20 or 25 Native Christians attend.

General Remarks.

The Report then concludes with touching on a few topics of great local interest, which manifest the increasing Christian zeal of our Fellow-labourers in the East.

The Yielding of Infidelity.

We may add, moreover, that the spirit of an opposing infidelity, which has so long been entering its protest against the glorious work of converting the Heathen to the faith of Christ, has become more subdued, although it has not yet lost its enmity; and it is now ready to admit the possibility of success in promoting the object of Missions, but at the same time affects to pity the weakness and misguided efforts of those who would thus interfere with the settled principles of a nation's faith. This, however, is a great point gained; and there is much reason for thankfulness that Missionaries are permitted to proceed in quietness to cultivate the Vineyard which the Lord has planted.

Losses, a Motive to dedicate our Substance to God. It is true that the times appear unfavourable for the present call, and the Committee most sincerely sympathize with those who have suffered by the late commercial reverses; yet there are circumstances connected with these painful events, which perhaps render an appeal more propitious than under any other. Has there not been too idolatrous an attachment to money in this country? Is not God, by the means of these failures, bringing the fact home to the minds of men with an irresistible demonstration ? Has not too little been spent in benefitting the Natives, in comparison with the sums which have been drawn from

them? And, above all, has not God been too much forgotten in the gifts of His hands? and is He not now making His voice heard, to teach men this lesson, that it "is He which gave the power to get wealth," and that therefore grateful acknowledgments should have been made to Him who has conferred the benefit?

Were property thus sanctified to the glory of Him whose is the silver and the gold, we should not often hear of such sad and calamitous events as those which are daily occurring among us; or, at least, the edge of suffering would be taken off, by men feeling that their real treasure was still secure, and beyond the reach of temporal adversity.

The Corresponding Committee cannot but hope, therefore, that Christians will learn the real use of money, and be convinced that the safest way of securing the whole is to devote a considerable part to the glory of God, and in purposes of

mercy, in endeavouring to remove the darkness and misery which rest upon idolatrous lands, and in causing the light and consolation of the Gospel of Christ to shed their glorious beams upon the numerous people who now sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

Liberality of Christians abroad.

In conclusion, the Committee would offer their thanks to the Christian Friends at the different Stations, who have given their countenance and support to the Missionaries in their difficult and arduous labours, and especially in assisting them to establish Schools, and in visiting such Schools from time to time, and encouraging the Masters and Scholars.

Summary of the Mission.

The following Summary shows the general state of the Calcutta and North-India Mission; upon which the Corresponding Committee remark—

No diminution in any department can take place, without a diminution in the means of communicating the saving knowledge of the Truth, to the numerous individuals now benefitting by the labours of the Society, and of detracting from their present comfort as well as future hopes :Ordained Missionaries (married) 4 Single Missionaries Schoolmasters and Catechists,

English and East-Indian..
Native Assistants.

Scholars in the Society's seve-
ral Schools, about.
Baptized: Adults

Children

7

11

18

3000

53

53

106

New Zealand. From the letter alluded to, bearing date, Sydney, March 13, 1833, we make the following copious extracts; premising, that it was about two months previous to that date that Captain Jacob took his passage from Sydney for New Zealand.

General Remarks.

I landed at Paihía in the Bay of Islands on the 9th of February, after a voyage of fourteen days from this place; and met with a kind and cordial reception from the Rev. Messrs. W. Williams and A. N. Brown, and Mr. Fairburn. The Rev. H. Williams had, two days previous to our arrival, proceeded to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, in company with Mr. Chapman, in the hope of being able to arbitrate between the contending Chiefs; who, for some time past, had been assembling there, to renew the contest of last year, and with the same object in view, viz. to wipe off the stain contracted by the battle which was fought at Kororarika in Feb. 1830, all of which grew out of the dispute between two of the wretched objects who had been welcomed on board the

by her Commander. If the evil consequence of the immorality of too many of the visitors to the Bay of Islands were required to be exhibited, nothing could better display it than these transactions to which I have briefly referred; for they owe their origin entirely to that improper intercourse which it is lamentable to find is too generally allowed between the most degraded portion of the native population and the shipping, to the scandal of our country in that part of the world.

-Paihia

The day on which I arrived at Paihia was Saturday; and on ascending the beach immediately in front of the Mission Settlement, I observed a venerable Native Chief and his attendants seated, wrapped up in their mats, on the bank.

These men had, I was told, come all the way from Wangaroa by sea, in their open canoe, for the express purpose of attending the Religious Services of the following day at the Mission Station, the distance being about 50 miles;—a pleasing indication of their anxiety for instruction.

The next morning I awoke to the enjoyment of one of the most interesting and delightful Sabbaths I ever spent.

The Church bell summoned us to the

Sanctuary at 8 o'clock; and on entering it, I found it completely filled with Natives, who were seated on forms, the males on one side and the females on the other, leaving a passage down the centre to the organ, which is opposite to the pulpit and altar. The Mission and other families sat round the pulpit at the east end, which part was somewhat raised above the great body of the Church. The Rev. W. Williams officiated; and never did I witness a more attentive, orderly, and devout Congregation, even in a Christian country. The whole Congregation appeared to join in the singing, and in the responses and repetitions of our excellent Liturgy, with the greatest possible propriety and devotion: indeed, so intensely

interested was I in the Service, that it was with considerable difficulty I could suppress my feelings, when the notes of the organ were almost drowned by the full burst of the voices of these Native Worshippers, who, from having once been savage cannibals, were now uniting in the praises of God. The whole of the Service, with the exception of the Psalms, was in the New-Zealand Language*.

The sermon was from Luke, v. 21, 26. and was delivered in the Native Language by Mr. Williams, with much solemnity, and with a fluency and propriety which ensured attention from the Congregation. After the Native Sermon, the

Rev. A. N. Brown delivered an admirable one, in English, to the European portion of the Congregation, from 1 Tim. i. 15; when the Morning Service closed.

I accompanied the Rev. Messrs. W. Williams and A. N. Brown, between the Services, to the village of Kororarika, on the opposite side of the Bay, about two miles from Paihía; where, ringing their bell, we assembled a Congregation of about 70 Natives in the division of the village belonging to the Chief Rewa. Here also I was much astonished and gratified by seeing the apparently savage Natives take out their books from under their mats, and turn over to the Hymn and to the other parts, as the Clergyman proceeded; both singing, and joining in the responses, as with one voice, with much solemnity and propriety. I was not

* Captain Jacob notices, that, in addition to the Prayer which the Missionaries of course use for their own British Sovereign, there is introduced also into their Service a petition for the Chiefs of New Zealand. The reader may be reminded by this circumstance of the precept in Jeremiah xxix. 7.

prepared to find, among a people who had previously no written language, so many who had benefitted by the instruction given in our Mission Schools; and I was not a little delighted to witness the attention and evident interest, which every face exhibited, as the preacher addressed them, every eye being directed toward him.

The

There is much to discourage Missionary efforts in this village, from the scenes of immorality and vice which are constantly exhibited, through the intercourse which subsists between it and the shipping, and the dissolute habits of too many of the inhabitants which that intercourse has engendered. Their efforts have, however, so far been blessed, that some few of the wretched victims of that intercourse have been rescued from their evil courses, and are now residing in the Mission Settlement, where they have given satisfactory evidence of their sincerity, in their altered life, and their readiness to gather further instruction in the Schools. Missionaries are, moreover, pressed by some of the Natives not to discontinue their Lord's-Day visits to Kororarika; and such a Congregation as I beheld there was a satisfactory evidence of their visits not being thrown away. While we were solemnizing Divine Service at that place, we were much concerned to find that, within hearing and within sight of our little Congregation, two boats full of Europeans, from the whalers in the Bay, were rioting, in a state of brutal intoxication, to the disgrace of their country. These are among the numerous hindrances which at present exist to any extensive reception of Christianity by the people, and they present the most serious obstacle to their civilization and improvement.

The following day I attended the Male School, at 6 o'clock A.M. The little Church was nearly full of Natives, male and female; and the Morning Prayers were read and a Hymn sung with their usual propriety, when the males fell into their classes, and commenced school. The circulating System of Mutual Instruction is followed; and I was much gratified to observe the facility, order, and regularity with which the whole was conducted by the Natives themselves. Here, too, I observed all ranks and ages, Chiefs and subjects, old and young, bond and free, receiving and communicating instruction, with a degree of decorum and regularity which would have reflected credit on a school of the same kind even in England. Catechisms, reading, spelling, writing on slates from dictation, and ciphering, RECORD, Jan. 1834.]

formed the employment of the upper classes, while the lowest were engaged in learning the alphabet and forming letters. The former disinclination of the Natives to attend School has now happily entirely subsided, and given place to an anxiety for instruction, which appears to be rapidly extending. There are 71 Native Males in the School I have mentioned; and in fine weather they generally adjourn to the churchyard, for the more convenient formation of the classes.

After the Male School closes, at 8 o'clock, the Females assemble, of whom there are 44 now under instruction at Paibía. I was struck with the appearance of so many grown-up women at school; and particularly at observing mothers, not deterred by the claims of their families, bringing their infants at their backs, and falling into their classes. The senior classes read remarkably well, and write equally so from dictation on slates: they all learn Catechisms, and are much more advanced than I expected to find them. They now actually feel it a deprivation to be kept at home, so great is their anxiety to attend the Mission Schools. Men of hostile tribes, even, now lay aside their antipathies, and unite for instruction, disregarding the person of a teacher, even if a slave, and valuing instruction even from a child. This I myself saw, and a more gratifying spectacle I never beheld in my life.

The Infant School contains 26 little children. I found 18 of them assembled, some of whom were Europeans; who, from the present smallness of their numbers, are associated with the native infants in this interesting School. The assiduous superintendence of the female members of the Mission appears evident, in the manner in which these little creatures go through their exercises; and there cannot be a doubt, but the moral culture which this system engenders, no less than the mental improvement of the scholars, will make it a blessing to the Mission.

The Station of Paihia has several advantages, from the facility which watercarriage gives to the Missionaries, in visiting the numerous villages in its vicinity. Thus some one or other of the Paihia Mission regularly attend, every Lord's Day, at Moto Roa, Kororarika, and the villages up the Waitangi and Kauakaua Rivers; besides conducting three entire Services in the Mission Settlement; of which, that in the afternoon is the only one purely English.

At Paihia, as well as subsequently at the other Stations, I was much pleased

with observing the neatness of the artificers' work, undertaken entirely by Natives who have been instructed by the Catechist Missionaries. The windowsashes, doors, and other household work, were even better made than those sent from this colony, made by Europeans. One Native, a Chief baptized by the name of David, had built himself a stone house in the English style, without an upper story, but with doors and windows and fire-places, floor and ceiling, in a very creditable style ;-at once, a proof of their attachment to the comforts of life, and of the progress of civilization among them.

The Female School at Paihía is one of peculiar interest. I saw the needle-work of some who had been instructed here; which, in point of neatness of execution, equalled any thing I had ever witnessed in any other part of the world; and their reading and writing were most creditably executed; giving a satisfactory proof of the unremitting zeal and diligence with which they have been instructed by the Wives of the Missionaries.

- Waimate.

From Paihia I accompanied Mr. Clarke, the Catechist, to Waimate, fourteen miles direct distance. Here I was much gratified with witnessing the advanced state of the Settlement. It was only formed early in 1831; and already they have a row of excellent houses nearly finished, and several acres enclosed with a neat paling fence, and under cultivation with wheat, barley, Indian-corn, and potatoes, enough for the supply of the whole Mission for half-a-year to come. As the farming establishment advances, they will be able to accomplish more; and next year they hope to raise sufficient to make the whole New-Zealand Mission independent of these colonies for their hitherto periodical supplies of flour, &c., besides providing against the usual wants of the Natives in the Settlement, for whom they have hitherto had to purchase potatoes from the villagers; which will, I apprehend, be found a material saving to the Mission.

The little Church at Waimate was run up in six weeks, for the present emergency; and, being too small to contain their present Congregation, will, I conclude, be shortly replaced by a more permanent and suitable edifice.

The Schools, like those of Paihía, exhibit abundant proofs of the zealous attention of the persons composing this Mission. The writing of the senior

classes was really better than that of most school-boys in England; and, what struck me much, it was remarkably free from orthographical mistakes; which can only be accounted for from the simplicity of their language, each letter of which admits but of one simple sound. Here, also, I observed Chiefs and subjects, old and young, freemen and slaves, all incorporated into classes; one only distinction, viz, that of proficiency in learning-a remarkable feature in all the Schools of the New-Zealand Mission. I attended their Daily Morning and Evening Prayers, in the Church, where order, devotion, and a becoming solemnity, characterized the worship of these poor savages, elevating them at once from the degradation of their generation, into the scale of civilized society ;-not, it is true, in the outward garb of their dress, or in the refinements of society, but-in what is of infinitely greater moment, because affecting their present and future happiness-in the high moral culture which their lives exhibit.

I have already observed, that Education is extending, and that its advantages are beginning to be felt by the Natives. I need not go further for a proof of this, than the Station and neighbourhood of Waimate. During my stay there, I visited almost all the villages around; and was not a little delighted to find, in many of them, regular houses of Public Prayer, in which the villagers are daily assembled by the sound of "their bell;" which, however, was but the humble substitute of an iron hatchet or hoe, suspended by a string, and struck by a mallet. In one of these villages, Pukenui, they have, among themselves, actually established a Village School, without any direct interference or superintendence of the Missionaries; where the system of Mutual Instruction, by circulating classes, is successfully conducted. This School assembles after daily Morning Prayer, which consists of the Morning Service of our Church, read by a Native who has been instructed in the Mission School: and in the Village School I have mentioned, old and young, bond and free, write indiscriminately. This is a prominent feature in the present state of the Mission, and forms a striking contrast to the times not long passed, when the utmost difficulty was experienced in collecting even two or three Natives together in the Mission Settlement for the purpose of instruction.

Visiting these villages, I proceeded