School under the care of Mr. James, had, according to the last Annual Report, 52 scholars.  At a later date, the number in both schools was 78.  Mr. James has also a large Sabbath school; but the number of pupils is not given.

The second station is at the new settlement of Kentucky, on the right or north bank of the St. Paul’s, about fifteen miles from Monrovia, and six miles below Millsburgh.  The missionary is a Liberian, Mr. H.W.  Erskine.  On a lot of ten acres, given by the government, buildings on an economical scale have been erected, in which is a school of twenty scholars.  A church was organized in November, 1849, with eight members from the church in Monrovia.  They have since increased to fourteen.  Here, too, is a flourishing Sabbath school.  The citizens, and especially the poor natives in the neighbourhood, are extremely anxious that a boarding school should be established.  To this the Committee having charge of this mission objects, as the expense for buildings and for the support of pupils would be great, and would absorb funds that can be more profitably expended on day schools.

The third station is on the Sinou river, 150 miles down the coast from Monrovia, where, at the mouth of the river, is the town of Greenville, and a few miles higher up, the newer settlements of Readville and Rossville.  It is under the care of the Rev. James M. Priest.  The number of communicants, at the latest date, was thirty, and the field of labor was rapidly enlarging by immigration.  The station is new, and it does not appear that any mission school had yet been organized.

The fourth station is at Settra Kroo, where there are five or six miles of coast, to which the native title has not yet been extinguished.  This station has been maintained for some years, at a lamentable expense of the lives and health of white missionaries.  About 200 boys and a few girls have been taught to read.  The station is now under the care of Mr. Washington McDonogh, formerly a slave of the late John McDonogh, of Louisiana, so well known for the immense estate which he has bequeathed to benevolent purposes.  He was well educated, and with more than eighty others, sent out some years since at his master’s expense.  He has a school of fifteen scholars, with the prospect of a large increase.

The mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church is located in the Maryland Colony at Cape Palmas.  Its last Report specifies seven schools, and alludes to several others, in actual operation; all containing from 200 to 300 scholars, of whom about 100 are in one Sabbath school.  Five other schools had been projected, and have probably gone into operation since that time.  The greater part of the pupils are from native families.  The Report states the number of communicants at sixty-seven, of whom forty are natives.  A High school was opened January 1, 1850.

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