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140 Items qf Missionary IntelUgence.tvuth seems to have made a favovaljle iinpvessionon the minds of many who are not yet ready toconfess the Saviouv.This mission vepovts a pvospevous school offorty pupils among the Fellaheen of Tavsus; and,now tha't oppositiou is to some extent removed,steps will be immediately taken to vesume thewovk in Adana and extend it in othev directions.The boavding school at Mersine with its thivtypupils has done efBcient wovk duving the year,and we ave glad to know that Miss Stevvett, whohas laboved so faithfully for several years alooe,will soon have needed assistance. On the 5th ofOctober, 1886, Miss LUlie B. Joseph,'who cameto us recommended in the highest tevms as a successfulteachev and a devoted Chvistian, was appointedmissionavy-teacher. Hev depavtuve wasnecessavUy delayed untU the 2'Ith of Apvil; but,as she left Liverpool on the 8tli of May, we e.xpectthat she has veached hev destination. MissJoseph is from Hopkinton, Iowa; andthe chuvchwest of the Mississippi is thus identified moveclosely and tenderly than evev with ouv foveignmissiou.Ouv wovk has havdly been suppovted with thebeen established upon a legal basis. This meansa large incvease in disbursements ; and, while wethank those who have made special offevings andthose who have given personal sevvice in vaisingsome of our funds, we appeal to the churches togive us in theiv congvegational collections ihe fullai)pvopriation of $10,000.In this ciinnectiou we wish to say that Mr.SpvouU in visiting the various chuvches made noappeal fov money at his meetings ; but collectionsweve taken up, except in a few instances, vavying,he says, fiom $3.50 to .$26.50. He vepovtshaving lectured seyenty-five times, besides talkingto Sahbath schools, whenever an oppovtnnityoflevcd, and say>j that lie was well veceived everywhere ; and the general imjivessiou left on hismind is that the people are heavtily interested inthe mission and will support it in a libeval manner,so long as they feel that good is being done.The call for $5,000 to establish a mission inChina has been ineffectual. Our devoted missionavyin Oakland pledged himself and family to onetenthof the whole amonnt, and Dr. Metheny alsomade a very geuevous offer of help ; but withthese excejitions nothing has been contributedusual libevality of the church. The total veceipts fov that purpose. "We find from conversationat the close of the fiscalyeav Aveve $16,691.15— with vetuvuecl inissionavies and covvespondencean incvease oi ^2,560.91 over the total fov the with missionavies vesident in China tbat theve arepvevious yeav. We call special attention to the many desival.ile fields as yet unoccupied in thatfact that this increase is to be found in the lavger vast Empive. Rev. B, C. ilenvy, of Canton, hasspecial contvibutions of individuals. WhUe the taken the trouble to descvibe two, one inland andsum of the moneys received from congvegations. anothev having an extensive coast-line, that theSabbath schools and missionary societies is only a missions established there have not ret beeu ablefew hundreds less than last yeav, theve has been to occupy, and that ave waiting fov some euthusiasticband of wovkevs to go in and t.-ike pos- -a sevions faUing off in the congvegational coUections,which amount to ouly $4,736.31, less than se.ssioii. But it is not one ov two, but a band ofhalf the ajipvopviation of Synod. We wish to lal)orcvs that is needed to insuve success. In theemphasize this poiut. Unless theve is movegenerous giving at the annual collections, we shallopinion of Key. Dv. Happer—and au experienceof forty yeavs ought to give his opinion weight—we should not enter upon tbe work unless we arenot be able to carry on the "\yovk on its jn-esentbasis, to say nothing of extending it in vesjjonse pvepaved to send out two pioneevs, to be followedin t wo ov thvee yeavs by two additionalto the urgent appeals of those to whom wehave undertaken to preach the gospel. It is tvue laborers. ^ iVe hare thc same authority fov sayingthat it would vequive in round numbers fromthat you will notice in the synopsis of the Tveasuvev'svepovt a balance of $4,932 But we wUl six to seyeu thousand doUars to locate and suphaveon the pay-voU of next yeav a medical missionaryat a salary of $1,000, and two new lady docs^ not include the working expenses of the]iovt two mavvied missionavies ; and this estimateteachers, who will each reseive a salavy of $500, mission.and the school wovk among the Fellaheen shoukl We have also made " dilio-eut inquivies as tonot only be resumed where it was i»-(;\-iously in the mission fieldiu Afviea." The Secvetaries ofefficient opevation, but extended in evevy divection,now that that form of mission wovk has the Congo N'allcy and in othev pavts" of thethe vavious Boards that ave operating missions iDar