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xliiCHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.Statement of Halley s Comet Posters sold in China,Japan, and Corea.Shantung ..HonanHupehKiangsuHongkong ..HunanChekiang..ChihliAnhuiKwangtung..FuhkienShansi74,16040,840115,000In addition to these, 45,000 copiestract were sent out, 30,000 of the West China Society stract were given away, 65,000 of the Chinese Tractof the HankowSociety s tract were sold, and 22,000 of Dr. Hallock stract, which was posted all over Shanghai. Most ofthese tracts are of permanent value and will take theirplace in the catalogues for regular sale. The missionariesof Kansu got out a special poster of their own, whichthey report as having done much to quiet the people.In the months from September onwards the peoplegave constant evidence of growing unrest throughoutthe Empire ;none of it, however, being attributed to thecomet, which did not become visible until Ma} ,butthese reports sufficiently accentuated the need of removing at least this one element of additional danger andlent wings to the propaganda of enlightenment. Aspark, so to speak, from the comet, finding the popularair already electrified, might well precipitate widespreaddisaster.The comet has come and gone, and it is possible forus now to sum up the final results of this wide distribution of comet literature. It is safe to say that neverbefore in China was it possible to grapple with superstition in this fashion. When Halley s comet came before,China had no newspapers, no telegraph offices, no post