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MISSION SCHOOLS FOR MEN AND BOYS.IOIenter the Theological College or pursue advanced studies.73 per cent, become Christians.At Wukingfu and Swabue this Mission has similarinstitutions.Boarding- schools for Boys. There are a number ofboarding-schools in this district, viz., Boys Intermediate Boarding-school, Rev. Wm. Ashmore, D.D., principal (A. B. M. U.), at Swatow ;also at Chaochowfu,Hokhooha, Phyangtong.Elementary (Day) Schools. Work in the elementary schools, in some quarters at least, has been veryencouraging. One Mission reports that fees have beenincreased year by year while the curriculum has beenrevised and improved. The native Christians haveshown the keenest interest by donating as much as athousand dollars for buildings in different places. Certainly no better evidence is required to express theeagerness of the parents for the advancement of theirchildren, at any rate in this grade. At the same timethe fear is expressed that the parents will not allow theirchildren to leave home to pursue higher courses ofstudy. In some regions our primary schools have a hardfight against the competition of government schools.Canton.Canton Christian College. C. K. Edmunds, Ph.D.,president.On the faculty there are 14 foreign and 12 Chineseteachers. 178 students. Three :departments Intermediate, 40 ; Academic, 130 ; College, 8. Chartered underthe University of New York, U. S. A., and governedby a Board of Trustees located in New York. Theinstitution plans to give a thorough education alongChristian lines and in accordance with Western methods.It is pressing forward in equipment and efficiency. Italready owns forty acres of land, arid its assets amount