6. DEATH OF MRS. ELLIOTT, OF CAPE TOWN. Intelligence has been received of the death, on July 16th, of Mrs. ELLIOTT, widow of the Rev. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, in the seventy-sixth year of her age. Upwards of sixty years ago the late Mr. Elliott joined the Society, and for thirty years rendered good service at several of its stations in the Cape Colony. He died in 1858, some years after his retirement to Cape Town, where his widow, who survived him for nearly a quarter of century, also exchanged earth for heaven.

7. LETTERS FROM MISSIONARIES FROM AUG. 15TH TO SEP. 14TH. CHINA. Dr. Dudgeon, Peking, June 22; A. Foster, Hankow, July 4, 23; A. Bonsey, Hankow, July 2; W. Muirhead, Shanghai, July 20; T. W. Pearce, Canton, July 25; Dr. Chalmers, Hong-Kong, July 25.

INDIA.-W. Johnson, Calcutta, August 11; W. J. Wilkins, Calcutta, July 28, August 4, 18; J. Hewlett, Benares, July 29, August 4; J. A. Lambert Mirzapore, July 28; J. H. Budden, Almora, July 24; H. Coley, Almora, August 4; E. A. Phillips, Ranee Khet, August 2; F. Wilkinson, Madras July 28, August 4; W. E. Richards, Madras, July 6; W. Robinson, Tripatoor, July 31; B. Rice, Bangalore, August 17; J. H. Walton, Bangalore, August 17; A. R. Gaze, Cuddapah, August 6; J. R. Bacon, Cuddapah, August 18; W. W. Stephenson, Bellary, July 28, 29, Gooty, August 3, Bellary, August 5, 18; J. W. Gordon, Vizagapatam, July 23.

MADAGASCAR.-W. E. Cousins, Antananarivo, June 8, 29, July 13, 19; J. Wills, Antananarivo, July 20; C. Jukes, Antanarivo, July 20; J. R. Bennett, Antananarivo, June 11, Ambodisiny, July 1; J. Pearse, Fianarantsoa, June 23, 25, July 18; A. S. Huckett, Fianarantsoa, May 29, June 5, July 18; Miss Cockin, Fianarantsoa, June 25; J. Sibree, Mauritius, August 11; J. C. Thorne, Mauritius, August 11, 14; G. A. Shaw, Bourbon, August 12; R. W. Thompson, Mauritius, August 10, 14 (two letters), 24, Durban, September 1.

AFRICA-W. Thompson, Cape Town, July 31, August 21; Jno. Harper, King William's Town, July 25; Jno. Brown, Kuruman, July 31; T. F. Shaw, Urambo, July 7; Capt. Hore, Ujiji, May 25; D. P. Jones, Uguha, May 18; J. H. Dineen, Uguha, May 18; W. C. Willoughby, Malta, August 10.

WEST INDIES.-J. J. Bowrey, Kingston, August 9; J. Foreman, Demerara, August 23, 25.

SOUTH SEAS.-E. V. Cooper, Tahiti, July 14, 16; A. Pearse, Raiatea June 30, Tahiti, July 13; J. Marriott, Samoa, May 2, 3; C. Phillips, Sydney, June 22; W. E. Clarke, Samoa, May 13; Jno Jones, Mare, July 10; J. Sleigh, Lifu, June 20; W. G. Lawes, Port Moresby, June 21; T. Beswick, Sydney, July 25; J. P. Sunderland, Sydney, June 22 (two letters), July 24.

8. NOTICE.

We wish to correct an error in the Report for 1882-3. The name of the Rev. Henry Andrews, of Woodbridge, should appear as Secretary for the County of Suffolk, and also as representative for that County on the Board Committee, instead of that of the Rev. W. Scott, who has gone from Ipswich to Hull.

It is requested that all remittances of Contributions be made to the BEV. ROBERT ROBINSON, Home Secretary, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London, E.C.; and that, if any portion of these gifts is designed for a special object, full particulars of the place and purpose may be given. Cheques should be crossed Bank of England, and Post-office Orders made payable at the General Post Office.

London: ALEXANDER & SHEPHEARD, Printers, Lonsdale Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C,

THE CHRONICLE

OF THE

London Missionary Society.

-Madagascar.

MEETING AT EXETER HALL.

N fulfilment of the expectation expressed in our last number, the missionary party from Madagascar, comprising the Rev. B BRIGGS, Mrs. BRIGGS, and daughter, Rev. GEORGE COUSINS, and Mr. and Mrs. SHAW, reached the English shores on the morning of Monday, September 24th. They were met at Plymouth by two of the Society's London Directors, as well as by some friends residing in the neighbourhood. Messrs. Cousins and Shaw at once proceeded to London; Mr. and Mrs. Briggs, who, we regret to say, are suffering from the effects of Malagasy fever, preferring to accompany the Channel to the docks.

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Anticipating the arrival of our friends, the Directors had made arrangements for holding a public meeting at Exeter Hall, with the view, on the one hand, of affording to the Society's constituents in London the opportunity of giving to them a hearty welcome, and, on the other, of hearing from them statements of their recent experiences. That meeting took place on the evening of Thursday, September 27th, and was one of unusual interest, the hall being crowded in every part, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailing. ALEXANDER HUBBARD, Esq., J.P., Chairman of the Board for the present year, presided, and was supported by a large number of ministerial and lay representatives of the Society.

The Rev. EDWARD H. JONES, Deputation Secretary, announced the hymn commencing

"How are Thy servants blest, O Lord," which, having been sung, prayer was offered by the Rev. ROBERT ROBINSON, Home Secretary.

The Chairman then, in the name of the meeting, gave a hearty and cordial welcome to Mr. SHAW and Mr. COUSINS respectively.