Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . varies from ten totwenty—five of tiiem being pupils of Miss Marsh. Of the school-boys, five have been baptized during the year, and still others are in-terested in Christianity. Girls School in Tokio.—During the last three months the long-expected building for the children under the care of Miss Youngmanand Miss Gulick has been going up. The plan adopted has been for-warded to the New York Ladies Board, which has become responsiblefor the $5,400 required for this building. We know that this is a largesum ; but we trust that the results of
Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . varies from ten totwenty—five of tiiem being pupils of Miss Marsh. Of the school-boys, five have been baptized during the year, and still others are in-terested in Christianity. Girls School in Tokio.—During the last three months the long-expected building for the children under the care of Miss Youngmanand Miss Gulick has been going up. The plan adopted has been for-warded to the New York Ladies Board, which has become responsiblefor the $5,400 required for this building. We know that this is a largesum ; but we trust that the results of wise womens work in connec-tion with it will prove the investment to have been a good one. Inconnection with the foreign ladies, two Japanese have been employedin teaching. As is to be expected among tlie Japanese, great changeshave taken place among the scholars. During the year there haveleft to enter government schools, 5 ; on account of the religious in-struction, 4; to be married, 3 ; and changes of residence and other MAP OF THE JAPAN ISLES. ]6 ANNUAL REPORT, causes have withdrawn 19 ; in all, 28. On the other hand, 25 newscholars have entered, so that the register has now enrolled 32 addition to the usual English branches, which are taught in theJapanese mission schools precisely as they are at home, morning andevening worship—one in English and the other in Japanese, meetings(or prayer among the girls, and regular religious instruction, have goneon uninterruptedly. Three of the girls have professed addition to direct school work, systematic labor has been expendedon the children of the neighborhood. The average attendance ofthese at the weekly meeting for them has been 28, and 22 have beeninduced to attend Sunday-school. In addition to this girls school, we have now connected with ourmission, another situated in the city. This is the one formerly taughtby Mrs. Carrothers, and now under the management of Mr. Hara,He furnishes a very good bu
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