d in order that the
treasurer might keep his books open till the very last offering
pledged to us in aid of the work for that year could be collected, and
thus, as much as possible be paid of the salaries which remained
unpaid at the end of the year. We had no deficit. The mission does not
run in debt. It never uses the resources of a new year to pay the
arrears of the one preceding. Consequently there was only one thing to
do when it became apparent that our resources would not be equal to
our needs, viz., to authorize our workers to cease work and close the
schools, and to say that should they continue in the work, we could
promise them only this, that we would do for them all that was
possible to us. The final result was that our workers--steadfast and
faithful--after having given their usual donations, squared accounts
in January by extra gifts amounting to $374.90.

And while we are on this matter of the finances, we will give an
abstract of the treasurer's final statement respecting current
expenses in our general work:

I. RESOURCES:

On hand last Report $49.95
Appropriation American Missionary Association 7,499.90
Receipts at Treasury California Chinese Mission 4,973.80
Transferred from Permanent Prop. Account 24.55
Sale of Tracts and Books 4.40

II. DISBURSEMENTS:

Salaries of Superintendent, Teachers
and Helpers $8,480.25
Rents of Mission Houses 3,013.85
Incidental Expenses 1,058.50
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$12,552.60 $12,552.60

In addition to this, the work for Chinese mothers and children cost us
$557.70, a little less than one-half of what we could have used with
rigid economy and good results.

The statistics of the work show twenty-one missions in which schools
have been maintained, as follows: Fourteen during the entire year,
except as recesses were taken at Chinese and American holidays; four
with but one month's vacation; two during the four months that the
fruit men have comparative leisure, and one--that at Watsonville--a
new mission which commenced work four months before the fiscal year
closed.

The total number of months of labor was 431.

The aggregate enrollment of Christian Chinese conne