George Brown, D.D. : pioneer-missionary and explorer, an autobiography : a narrative of forty-eight years' residence and travel in Samoa, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

  • George Brown
Date:
1908
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Credit: George Brown, D.D. : pioneer-missionary and explorer, an autobiography : a narrative of forty-eight years' residence and travel in Samoa, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Progress to end of 1907 of our latest Missions^ all of ivhich were absolutely heatJten at the time when they were begun by the Australasian Board of Missions. New Britain, New Guinea, Sol. Islands, begun 1875 begun 1891 begun 1902 Churches • 15s 57 22 Missionaries..... 7 7 4 Missionary Sisters 4 4 I Native ministers and catechists 15 11 4 Teachers 153 56 13 Local preachers .... 174 37 — Church members • 3.119 908 43 Sunday-school scholars . 5,506 3,597 820 Attendants on public worship • 19,594 19,776 5,050 Progress during two Decades The following figures will be interesting to many as showing the progress made in our mission work in twenty years. There were— 1886. Full members . . 29,546 1906. . 40,562 1886. Adherents . 110,242 1906. . 131,809 1886. Income • .£11,632 1906. ,, 25,066 1886. Expenditure . • ^^12,403 1906. • 27,434 The contributions from native churches in 1906 were as follows : Chinese, £2^ ys. ; Samoa, ;^858 oj. 3c/.; Fiji, ^^4,842 ij'. 8^.; New Britain, ;^i,389 3A ; New Guinea, £216 2s. gd.] Solomon Islands, £dt 2s. Total, ^^7,332 16s. Sd. Printed by Haaell, IValson (S' Viney, Ld,, London and Aylesbury.