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128 CHINA MISSION YKAR ROOK.Chinese Xe\v Year there were special days for womenand children, on whichever 5,000 visitors attendedSpecial union evangelistic services were held in Chefooduring the Chinese New Year season, at which thereare special opportunities for reaching the people. Dr.Corbett, Mr. Corn well and Pastor Wang, of our church,together with bands of preachers and local native Christians, carried on an evangelistic campaign in the countrydistricts within a radius of 100 miles from Chefoo. Twothousand six hundred villages were reached in this wayand many thousands heard the Gospel message. Everywhere the people were friendly and listened with interest. An effort was also made to reach the cooliesreturning from South Africa.West Shantung i\fission. Weihsien, Tsinanfu, I-chowfu, Tsingchow, and Yihsien.At Weihsien Station a total of 751 days has beenspent in itinerating. Campaigns have been carried onin a number of places. Mr. Mateer, with a band ofhelpers, spent fifty days last fall in meetings of thiskindIn the field of primary education the schools havebeen increasing in number and in attendance. There arenow 760 pupils in fifty-five schools. The relative helpthese schools receive from the Board has diminishedfrom two-thirds to less than two-fifths. This is a fineshowing. The Union Normal School at Tsingchowfuis furnishing an increasing number of well-qualifiedteachers, and they are improving the quality of workdone in the schools.In Tsinanfu Station, while some have gone astrayin the postal service, there are more than a dozen ofour members in honorable government employ, eitherin the post office or in educational or in medical work,who reflect credit upon the church. Two of them actas superintendent and assistant superintendent of ourSunday School The year in the street chapel