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366 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.of TOO each large type Gospels for distribution amongstour poor women who are very neglected, and at presentwe have practically a famine in the land of the breadthat perisheth as well as the bread which cometh downfrom heaven."A strongly bound Mandarin Testament was put ineach of the 450 cells and in the hospital wards of theShanghai Municipal Gaol, whilst 600 Gospels were placedat a missionary s disposal so that a copy could be givento any prisoner who desired to take a book with himwhen he left the prison. To the Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, 500 Wen-li Bibles and 500 Canton Colloquial NewTestaments were presented. Amongst the prisoners inYunnanfu 185 Gospels were distributed.To mission-schools in Canton, Wuchang and otherplaces grants of Bibles or Testaments were also made, orwere supplied at specially reduced rates. To patients inhospitals, to visitors to the Shanghai Industrial Exhibition, and to missionaries to meet various special needsabout 5,000 Bibles, Testaments and Portions were given.Methods and Results. The following descriptionsand testimonies which come straight from superintendents give an insight into the methods by which the booksare sold, and the results of the colporteurs labours.Colporteurs at Work.Some time ago I watched one of the colporteurs at a bigmarket as he was selling books, and it was a very interestingsight. He had chosen a roomy place, where he spread out a lotof Gospels and other Portions and displayed a beautiful pictureof the Prodigal Son at Home and Abroad. Crowds of peoplegathered here from early morning to late at night, and thecolporteur was kept so busy preaching and answering questions,explaining passages from the Bible and selling books that he had,as he afterwards remarked, not so much time as to take a drinkof water. We have found this kind of work to be a capitalevangelistic agency. Rev. J. A. RlNEUv ,Kiachow.Some of the subsidized colporteurs have been doing house tohouse visitation this year and have found itvery interesting.Others have gone from village to village preaching on the streets,