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124 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.In the Boys Boarding-school at Nodoa there hasbeen an enrollment of eighty-eight boys, representingfive of the languages of this polyglot region. Most ofthe teaching in the Middle School has been done inMandarin.Hunan Mission. Siangtan, Hengchow, Chenchow,Changteh.The Hunan Mission was founded in 1899, and istherefore but ten years old. During this period thework has expanded to such an extent that there arenow upwards of thirty missionaries in its four stations.The work extends from Chenchow on the extreme southof the province to Siangtan and Changteh on the north.During the past year the Mission has been severely testedand the shadows have fallen darkly upon it.In March Dr. Arthur H. Smith visited Siangtan,giving two delightful addresses in the church.Three country itinerating circuits (situated southward, northward, and westward from the city of Hengchow) consist of seven or eight principal preachingplaces to each circuit. An evangelist who resides in hisfield is in charge of each circuit, of which he makes athe same towns on thecomplete tour monthly, visitingsame days of each month. The missionary also visitseach of these circuits regularly.Chenchow Station is essentially an itinerating field,and presents a large opportunity for pioneering. In sixcounties our missionaries are the only representatives ofthe Gospel. In two more comities adjacent no Christianwork is done at all.Kiangan Mission.Nanking and Hwaiyueu.In Nanking there have been four street chapels ;some crowded in fair weather and others working withless interest.At the out-station Lihshui one inquirer was sopersecuted by his father and elder brother that they put