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MISSION SCHOOLS FOR MEN AND BOYS.IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.Pupils,3027501 887724033034About 90 per cent, of these pupils belong to theprimary grade and 10 per cent, to the middle grade.Over 15 per cent, are from non-Christian families.The course of instruction varies slightly accordingto the district, but generally speaking the curriculumincludes the following:Arithmetic, Geography, History, Writing, Hygiene,Singing, National Readers, Classics, Ethics, Drill, Scripture, Algebra, and Elementary Geometry.Boarders pay for all their food and fuel, and insome schools a small fee is paid by all.West China.Since 1907 the missions in West China have madegreat progress in educational work. To describe thesituation adequately, it is best to deal with each provinceseparately, because while all three provinces have unitedunder the West China Missions Advisory Board and inthe Church Union movement they are, up to the presenttime, quite distinct in their educational work.In Gwei Djow the only Mission working duringthese three years has been the China Inland Mission.Inasmuch as their policy is to direct their efforts almostexclusively to the preaching of the Word, no comprehensive scheme of school work has been developed. So far