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Il6 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.in the union institution. A second plan for union ofeffort relates to the long-recognized need for educationalwork of academic grade for boys. The possibility ofcooperation with the London Mission, which has aflourishing school of this type in Hankow, is now beingcanvassed, with strong probability that an arrangementsatisfactory to both missions can be effected.American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.Foochow Mission. Six stations 138 out-stations ; 7ordained missionaries ; 3iphysicians teacher ; 15 singlewomen, of whom 3 are physicians 9 native preachers ;70 unordained preachers 130 teachers ; ; 65 Bible-women ;43 other native laborers ; 139 places of regular meeting;average attendance, 2,944 ; 77 organized churches ; 2,721communicants, 196 added by confession the past year;53 Sabbath schools; 1,937 pupils; i theological schooland 5 pupils ;2 colleges, with 57 students ;8 boardingand high schools, with 539 students; 117 other schools,with 2,148 pupils; native contributions, $17,065.The Chinese Home Missionary Society at Shaowu,only two years old, has added another helper to its list,making 5 in all.South China Mission. (Hongkong and Canton).Two stations ; 42 out-stations 2 ordained; missionaries,one a physician 2 single women.From ;Hongkong Dr. Hager reports that the yearhas been marked by many trying circumstances never;theless the work has been continually enlarging. Themost noteworthy of the hindrances under which themission suffered were the great floods in October, 1908.The Sanhing district suffered most, for here no lessthan 1,000 lives were lost and over 10,000 houses fell tothe ground. In Hoiping no lives were lost, but muchproperty was destroyed. By way of relief for thesufferers both money and food were distributed, many