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THE CHINESE EMPIRE
E.P.M. C.P.M. Total.
Missionaries (not including wives)—
Ordained 5 2 7
Medical 3 1 4
Educated 1 0 1
Lady workers 4 2 6
Totals 13 5 18
Native ministers 5 3 8
Communicants 2,942 2,143 5,085
Baptized children 2,211 839 3,050

There are 2 Theological Colleges, 2 High Schools, 2 Girls' Schools, 1 School for Women, 4 Hospitals, about 150 out-stations, and 100 preachers. There are four centres at which missionaries live. There is a monthly paper published at Tainan in the Romanised vernacular. It is now in its 255th number. It has a paying circulation of over 1000 copies monthly. The amount of money raised in the South Church for all purposes last year amounted to nearly $11,000, say about £1000 sterling.

The following additional figures are from a census taken in the South Church this year; I am sorry I have not corresponding figures for the North Church:—

Total Forenoon attendance at 87 places of worship 6,496
{{{1}}} Afternoon {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 6,435
Readers of the Romanised vernacular 4,079
Professing Christians and their families (including communicants and children) 15,925
Towns and villages in which at least one worshipper resides 740

The following books should be consulted by any one wishing fuller information on Formosa:—

The Island of Formosa, Past and Present. By J. W. Davidson. London: Macmillan & Co., 1903.
An Account of Missionary Success in Formosa. By Rev. W. Campbell, F.R.G.S. London: Trübner & Co., 1889.
Formosa under the Dutch. By the Rev. W. Campbell, F.R.G.S. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., 1903. A full bibliography is given at the end of this work.