holder of a Missionary box, and the amount it contained. The number of boxes in use during the year had been 120. Of the holders of these, 2 had left York, 18 had done nothing, but had leave to retain the boxes another year, in hope of amendment, 11 were to be inquired after, and 89 were returned. Of these, one contained a single penny, one a penny farthing, and so on, up to £11.; the contents of the whole being £103. 16s. 5d. Of this sum £25. 9s. was in shillings, £5. 17s. 7d. in pence, £4. 19s. 11d. in halfpence, and 9s. 63d. in farthings. There were even two half-farthings. What has been done in York, might with ease be done elsewhere, in proportion to numbers. Nothing is needed but some individual to steadily superintend this one department. A GIFT TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL LIBRARIES. FINDING the valuable aid which SUNDAY-SCHOOLS are in many cases rendering to the Missions, the Committee, in token of their gratitude to their managers and scholars, as well as to encourage reading on Missionary subjects, have resolved to present to the Library of every Sunday-School in which Five Pounds or upwards have been raised during the year, either by Christmas Offering or regular contributions, a COPY OF MISS FARMER'S VALUABLE WORK, TONGA AND THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS, written for young people, which has just appeared. The beauty of the volume, as well as its most interesting and useful contents, will render it highly pleasing to our young friends; and we hope the step now taken by the Committee will give a stimulus to the establishment and improvement of Sunday-School Libraries To save parties the trouble of needless application, we repeat that the offer is made only to Sunday-Schools which have a Library, and have raised for the Missions Five Pounds or upwards during the year. Applications to be made to the General Secretaries. DAILY OFFERING. WE would again call the attention of our friends to the Daily Offering. Some thousands of boxes have already been issued; but they might be multiplied, and ought to be multiplied a thousand fold. Some who would never have thought of a subscription so large as a guinea a year, have had the delight of finding that, at the year's end, their daily penny, which they never missed, had turned into £1. 10s. 5d. By this means, were it but diligently used, the resources for sending the Gospel to perishing sinners might be doubled without conscious sacrifice on the part of any one. "AND ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICED, AND BROUGHT IN, AND CAST INTO THE CHEST. THUS DID THEY DAY BY DAY, AND GATHERED MONEY IN ABUNDANCE." (2 Chron. xxiv. 10, 11.) THE amount of contributions and remittances announced on the Cover of the Notices this month is £7,037. Os. 9d. LONDON-PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE, Contributions to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, received by the General Treasurers, since our last announcement, up to the 15th of January, 1855. Moneys received at the Mission-House. £. s. d. Mrs. Tunnicliffe, Mayfield-Hall, near Ashbourne, by Mr. J. 50 0 0 Obadiah Wisdom, Esq., Drogheda, Ireland, by the Rev. W. G. Campbell. 25 0 0 Mr. Thomas Benison, Stevenage, Herts., by the Rev. R. Maxwell (Donation) 20 0 0 Rev. W. M. Bunting and Family 12 12 0 Messrs. J. and J. Burrows, Gomersal, Leeds 10 10 The Rev. John Scott and Family.. 5 5 J. Wallis Alexander, Esq.. 5 V. O. W... The Rev. Dr. Bunting and Family Thomas Dewsnap, Esq., Stanley-Grove, Notting-Hill The Rev. John and Mrs. Thomas Ditto, in Memory of the Absent One A Thank-Offering for protection in danger Messrs. Devitt and Moore, by Mr. S. Adams Rev. Isaac Phenix, sen... A Friend to Missions, by the Rev. W. J. Tweddle, Cambridge W. F. Satchell, Esq., B.A. Mr. Head, Ipswich, by the Rev. G. Blanchflower...... FOR THE CHINA MISSION. A Friend, by the Rev. John Cope, Frome A Family of Friends, by the Rev. Robert Newstead, Bath Henry Vizard, Esq., Dursley, by the Rev. Dr. Beecham G. D. Myers, Esq., Islington (Donation) LEGACIES. ..... The late Miss Elizabeth Alsop, of Baslow, Bakewell Circuit, with The late Miss Harvey, (Annual,) less Income Tax *** The cordial Thanks of the Committee are offered for various acceptable Presents to the Society; namely, To Mr. Nuttall, Ripley, for a Package containing a quantity of Pinafores, &c. The Rev. W. C. Holden, of Somerset, South Africa, acknowledges the following List of Articles sent by the Ladies connected with the Missionary Repository of the Fifth Manchester Circuit:—160 Printed Bags, 2 Flannel Petticoats, 12 Pincushions, 1 Scarlet Coat, 2 Frocks, 20 Children's Dresses, 140 Tape Needles, 1 Gross of Thimbles, 1 Jean Coat, 1 Gross of Sewing Cotton, 3 Pieces of Print, 6 Dozen Handkerchiefs, 6 Shirt Fronts, 3 Bonnets, 4 Hats, 4 Pairs of Socks, 1 Piece of unbleached Calico, 6 Chemises, 5 Aprons, 3 Wraps, 1 Wrap, 3 Coats for Men, 1 Netted Shawl, 18 Dozen of Hooks and Eyes, 1 Striped Piece, 1 Gross of Needle Cases, 6 Aprons, 3 Parasols, 3 Pockets, 13 Belts, 12 Ditto. LONDON: PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE. CXXXIX. MARCH, 1855. TRAINING SCHOOL AT NUKUALOFA. THE wood-cut gives a pleasing view of the Training School at Tonga, conducted by Mr. Amos, on the Glasgow and Westminster system. There is ample testimony in Lawry's Journals, in Young's "Southern World," and in Miss Farmer's recently published work for young people on "Tonga and the Friendly Islands," of the great value and usefulness of this institution. We wish all our readers could see Miss Farmer's beautiful and seasonable book. Meantime, we give an extract from her concluding chapter, as affording a summary of what has been accomplished by the blessing of God on the labours of the Missionaries for the last thirty years; and "what is left for us to desire in reference to Tonga." We are under the necessity of abridging the chapter towards the close, but give enough to make our readers desire to read the whole volume. WE have seen what a thorough change has taken place in Tonga within the last thirty years; a change so great, that could one of those who visited the islands before the introduction of Christianity go there again, without hearing any thing of the events of intervening years, he would be tempted to doubt the evidence of his own eyes and ears. The idols have been utterly abolished; the Sabbath is kept with a more strict observance than in our own land; polygamy is entirely given up; all parents are required to send their children to school; the people have a written language and books; eight thousand can read the Scriptures with more or less ability, and five thousand can write; Christian laws are enforced; and the land is divided among the people. In the old days, a kind of feudal system prevailed. The lower orders could not call any thing they had their own. The great Chiefs could seize on whatever took their fancy belonging to their people. If one of them saw and coveted a bunch of bananas, he might take it; and he might even interfere with a man's more cherished things. His children were sometimes claimed, and instances have occurred in which he has been obliged to give up his wife to please his Chief. All Monarch, appointing such Governors as Much is admitted to be yet imperfect in this Christian State; but what has been done already fills our minds with wonder and adoring thankfulness. "Not by might, nor by power; but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." This story would be incomplete, were I not to say a few words regarding the advantages that our own countrymen have received during their residence at Tonga, since the time that Missionary labour commenced there. The Missionaries have been in the habit of holding one service on the Sabbath in English, for the benefit of their own families, any English residents, and such sailors as may happen to be on shore while their vessels are in the adjacent harbours. Many English sailors have been reformed, married native wives, obtained grants of land, and settled in the islands. Some most interesting stories might be told of the change wrought upon those whose conversion seemed to be most unlikely. G. P., a man-of-war's man, |