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CHAPTER XXII,THE BIBLE SOCIETIES.Britishand Foreign Bible Society.HE statistics for the past year may be dealt withunder the heads of Publication and Circulation.THE PUBLICATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.The versions printedwere much the same as in1908, and the only notable development was in thenumber of the Union Version Mandarin Gospels, ofwhich 259,000 were printed, or four times the numberfor the preceding year.There were received from the press editions ineight of the Chinese vernaculars, also Gospels inTibetan and Hwa Miao. Of the vernacular editions3,000 Testaments and 2,500 Portions were printedin Roman letters. Altogether there were printed andreceived into stock 1,862,926 volumes, classified as follows :Portions,145-00050,00050,0001,274,000250,0005061,00052012,000I,OOO6004,80010,000Totals.154,00050,00050,000,307,000259,0005062,0002,0002,00052019.5001,0006004,80010,00017,500 46,000 1,799,426 1,862,926