By balance brought forward,

May 2 By cash of D. Fanshaw, for six months' interest on his

of P. Spader, for. the principal of Thomas
Thompson's bond to General Synod, paid off,
of Rev. J. Schoonmaker, for the subscription of
the Benevolent Association at Jamaica, L. I.,
to the Theological College,

of Rev. J. Schoonmaker, for a collection made in
the Church at Jamaica, for the Theological
College,

of Rev. J. E. Miller, for Minutes of General Sy-
nod for 1828 and 1829, furnished to the Church
at Tompkinsville,

of Rev. S. H. Cox, for six months' interest on
his bond, due 1st instant,
of W. Schuneman, Agent, &c., (per Rev. C. L.
Van Dyck,) collected from various persons at
Marbletown, Ulster county, on their subscrip
tion to the Third Professorship,

of Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, questor, &c., for Minutes
of General Synod, furnished to the Classis of
New Brunswick,

Dolls C.

22263 00

180 00

1000 00

15 63

630

125

90,00

43 00

1375

of Rev. E. Holmes, for the subscription of the
Benevolent Association at Linlithgow, to the
Theological College,

1200

of Rev. Gustavus Abeel, questor, &c., for Mi-
nutes of General Synod, furnished to the Clas-
sis of Bergen,

of Rev. W. S. Heyer, for the twenty-five cent
contribution of the Church at Fishkill Landing,
of H. Banta, for a collection made in the Church
at Paschack, New Jersey, for the Theological
College,

of Rev. J. T. Field, for the subscription of the
Benevolent Association in the Second Reformed
Dutch Church at Totowa, New Jersey, for the
Theological College,

of Rev. Gabriel Ludlow, for Minutes of General
Synod, furnished to the Classis of Philadelphia,
of Rev. S. A. Van Vranken, for the subscription
of the Benevolent Association at Freehold.
N. J., to the Theological College,

of Rev. S. A. Van Vranken, in full of the subscrip-
tions of the following persons residing at Free-
hold, New Jersey, to the permanent fund, viz.:|

By balance brought forward,

May 22 By cash of the Manhattan Company, for three quarterly dividends on stock of the State of New York, due 1st April last,

of Rev. J. C. Sears, for the twenty-five cent con-
tribution, and the collection for the Theological
College, made in the Church at Spring Garden,
Philadelphia,

of Isaac L. Kipp, Treasurer, &c., for six months'
interest on the bond of the Collegiate Dutch
Churches, New York, due 1st instant,

ANNUAL DIGEST, 1831.

The Board of Direction submit to General Synod their Annual Digest, as follows, viz:

I. The Van Benschoten Fund.

The amount of this fund was, on the first day of April, 1831, as reported by Peter Spader, Treasurer of Rutgers College, and which is loaned on bonds secured by mortgages in the state of New Jersey,

Balance in his hands of the same fund,

Interest on the same fund due 1st May, 1831,
There has been paid to indigent students during the past
year, out of this fund,

II. Legacy of the late Miss Rebecca Knox.

$18100 00

564 10

1222 00

630 00

The amount of this fund is $2,000, which was formerly loaned to the trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church on their bond, but which has been repaid by them, and is now loaned on bond secured by mortgage on property in the state of New Jersey. One year's interest has been received on this fund due 1st

January, 1831,

$120 00

Balance remaining in the Treasurer's hands last year,

37 86

157 86

There has been paid to indigent students during the past

year out of this fund,

120 00

Balance in hand,

37 86

III. Indigent Students' Permanent Fund.

To this fund nothing has been added to the $200 paid by James Bogert, Jun. for its commencement.

IV. Indigent Students' Fund.

'Nothing has been received on account of this fund during the past

year.

V. Heyer Scholarship.

The sum of $2500, devised by the late Mr. Isaac Heyer, is invested on bond secured by mortgage on property in the city of New York. There has been paid to John C. Van Liew, the benefi

ciary on this fund, during the past year,

VI. Permanent Professoral Fund of General Synod.

$120 00

Under this head are included all the moneys which have been collected and invested on the subscriptions for the second and third Professorships, as well as the moneys formerly belonging to this fund, exclusive of the donation of Isaac Heyer, which was included in this fund in the last year's account.

Loaned on bonds secured by mortgages, including the

bond of the Collegiate Churches in New York, Personal Fund, formerly in the hands of the Trustees of Rutgers College, and transferred by them to General Synod,

$46000 00

8150 00

Six per cent. stock of the State of New York,

800 00

Twenty-three shares of the Bergen Turnpike stock, ten

During the past year there has been received from this source,

For the increase of the Library,

$7 87

VIII. Cent Societies.

Nothing has been received from this source during the past year.

IX. Minutes of General Synod.

There has been received for Minutes of General Synod,

during the past year,

And there has been paid for printing, paper, &c.

All which is respectfully submitted,

ISAAC L. KIP, President,

$89 25

120 59

Resolved, That the Rev. John Beattie and Alexander M. Mann, and the Elder, John Ingold, be a Committee to report to Synod a nomination of twice the number of persons who constitute the Board of Directors under the charter.

The Committee reported accordingly, and the Synod proceeded to ballot for a President, three Directors, and a Treasurer of the Corporation-when Mr. Isaac L. Kip was chosen President; Messrs. Cornelius Heyer, Rev. Wm. M'Murray, D. D. and Abraham Van Nest, were chosen Directors, and Mr. Isaac Young was chosen Treasurer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE V.

Correspondence.

A number of copies of the minutes of the sessions of the Synod of the German Reformed Church for 1829 and 1830, were laid on the table of Synod.

A copy of the letter addressed to the Protestant Reformed Church of France, by the committee appointed for that purpose in June, 1829, was laid before Synod, accompanied with certain answers to the same, which had been received during the past year.

A letter was received from the Stated Clerk of the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Church, on the subject of the proposed