the appointment of a State Committee of ladies in
Vermont, to secure funds for the support of a missionary. Early in
September Miss Anna M. Cahill, for nine years connected with Fisk
University, Nashville, Tenn., was detailed for special service, and
has recently attended a series of meetings in Michigan and Illinois.

It is our purpose thus to bring the work before the ladies whenever
and wherever opportunity is given, through different teachers and
missionaries whom we may be able to spare temporarily from the field.

Within the year just closed, Sept. 30, the Association has had
special aid from ladies North in the support of seven missionaries,
as follows:

Ladies of Maine, support of Miss Lunt at Selma, Ala.,
and Miss Farrington at Wilmington, N. C. $675.00
Ladies of First and Second Cong. Churches, Oberlin, O.,
support of Miss Stevenson at Atlanta, Ga. 387.00
Ladies of Illinois, support of Miss Clark at Mobile, Ala. 214.46
Ladies of Wisconsin, support of Miss Jillson at Montgomery,
Ala. 254.33
Ladies of Congregational Churches, Chelsea, Mass., support
of Mrs. Steele at Chattanooga, Tenn. 488.81
Ladies of Iowa, support of Miss Gerrish at New Orleans, La. 406.45
---------
Total $2,426.05

In this connection we would mention also that a lady missionary, Miss
Clary, at Beaufort, S. C., was sustained to the amount of $300 by the
Sunday-school of the Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn.

Supplies in the furnishing of Mission Homes and dormitories have been
recently furnished, and there is very marked increase of aid in the
furnishing of clothing, both new and second-hand, for the benefit of
students who are struggling in the greatest poverty to obtain an
education.

While, therefore, but a few months have elapsed since the
organization of the Bureau of Woman's Work, its advantage is already
manifest.

Since the field of missionary operations in our own country is large
and diversified, and three leading societies exist, each having its
distinct and important work,--viz.: The New West Education
Commission, the American Home Missionary Society, and the American
Missionary Association--no effort has been made by the American
Missionary Association to