The Secretary, a Moravian minister, read the twenty-first annual report.

It spoke emphatically of 'the joyful event of emancipation', and in allusion to an individual in England, of whom it spoke in terms of high commendation, it designated him, as one "who was distinguished for his efforts in the abolition of slavery." The adoption of the report was moved by one of the Wesleyan missionaries, who spoke at some length.

He commenced by speaking of "the peculiar emotions with which he always arose to address an assembly of the free people of Antigua." It had been his lot for a year past to labor in a colony[A] where slavery still reigned, and he could not but thank God for the happiness of setting his foot once more on the free soil of an emancipated island.
[Footnote A: St.Martin's] Perhaps the most interesting meeting in the series, was the anniversary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society of Antigua.

Both parts of the day were devoted to this anniversary.

The meetings were held in the Wesleyan chapel, which was filled above and below, with the usual commixture of white, colored, and black.