AMERICAN BOARD DONATIONS.
THE ninety-fifth annual meeting of the American Board of Foreign Missions convened at Grinnell, Iowa, October 11. The report of the home department was read by the treasurer, Frank H. Wiggin, of Boston, who also read a report concerning the treasury. The report of the prudential committee for the home department showed that thirty-nine missionaries had been appointed during the year. The total receipts of the middle district from all sources during the last twenty-four years were $4,691,211. There had been a financial increase in the district on the Pacific Coast over the previous year of 14 per cent., and two new churches had been added to the list of those supporting their own missionaries. The report of the treasurer showed receipts, including balance of $725,570, and disbursements of $748,308, an increase of $7,725 over the previous year.