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166 CHINA MISSION YKAR BOOK.sometimes veiled impatience of what is thought to beforeign control. During the first two years of existenceas a self-supporting church, the elders and deacons havemet all the financial obligations, ending each year witha substantial balance.The changing conditions in Canton are making themselves felt. Sunday, for example, is becoming more andmore a day of leisure for many, and societies with moreor less of a philanthropic motive, are being started "allround." Sunday being so much more a leisure day makesit an exceedingly busy day for certain businesses, whichfind itincreasingly difficult to shut their shops on Sunday.Fatshan. "Towards the end of the year Mr. ChanChun-sin, one of the members of the Fatshan church,gained great distinction in Peking. He has been inAmerica for several years, first as interpreter in theChinese Legation at Washington and then in a largeagricultural college in California. He returned to Chinain 1907, and last year, at the examination held in Pekingunder the new regime, he passed the highest of any ofthe students who have been abroad. He now holds anappointment as head of an agricultural college establishedat Moukden. If he keeps true to Christ, and he hasbeen an earnest Christian up till now, we may well hopethat he may be a good servant of China and a witnessfor the truth in high circles."Poklo. At one of the oldest chapels, Naam SheTong, there was a great disturbance in June due to avillage feud arising out of the surrounding villagesendeavoring to force the Christians in Naam She Tongto subscribe to a heathen festival.Fukien Province.Amoy, Hweianhsien, Changchowfu, Tingchowfu.Amoy. The number of churches and out-stationsin the North River and Hweian districts is just one-half