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Schools Officers & Teachers Scholars Vols.

Salem Circuit 3 7 45 50

Yamhill 6 18 100 300 Mary's River 1 10 50

11 35 195 350

These when added to those now in operation make a total of 13 schools, 255 scholars and 756 volumes in the Libraries.

In each of these schools there have been placed some of the S. S. Books sent to this country by the Whiton in 1846. One of the 10 sets was left in California, and the other nine distributed as best we could in our various schools in Oregon.

The S. S. Books shipped in the Undine were bought in by some person and sent to us in a damaged condition late in the season. But who it was and at whose cost I cannot yet ascertain.

From a letter received from Bro Jos McCoy Superintendant of the S. School in Jersey City I [understand] we are indebted to our friends in that school for a valuable present of S. S. books. If the Lord of the harvest would only send forth a sufficiency of labourers here, to allow those of us, already in the field to say in private letters, to the kind agents in these works of faith and labours of love, what we desire to say We should rejoice.

Until then we can only hope that these more public expressions of grateful emotion will give assurance that the contributions of children and their friends for the benefits of sabbath schools in this land are greatly needed and thankfully received.

The books sent out by the Whiton in her last voyage were just landed when I left Oregon and I had not time to learn the contents. Our population is yet scattered over the country, many of our friends are digging gold, and there are among the Campbelites and others the most decided expressions of hostility to this great enterprize: but amid the coldness of some friends the inexperience of others and the hostilities of enemies the S. S. cause is decidedly advancing among us. We are thankful to the S. S. U. 9 of the U. S. for the valuable donation of books already sent us and respectfully solicit a continuance of its favors. W. R.

9 Sunday School Union of the M. E. church.