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.