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80 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESLONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1807)W. Hopkyn ReesStations with dates of occupation ( lii/ili: Peking : (1S<>1),Siaochang (1SSS), Tientsin (1S(>1), Tsangchow (189.")), Tungchow(1897); Fu k u .n.:Ainoy (1844), Changchowfu (1M2), Hweiarihsien(1866), Tingc U892) 1 i<\vfn ; IIu/x Hankow ]/: (lS(il),. Ilwangpei(1898) Siaokan (LS80), Tsaoshih , (1S99), \Vurhnng (1S67) Kiangm:;1Shanghai (1X4:5); Kiwrmjltmy anton : ( (I Sod), Hongkong ( 184,5) ,Poklo (IS(il).Missionaries l _ )( .i, Kmployed Chinese Stall J<>7. Coninumicantsl(),4()o (1914)., rgr,fii spite of the hideous course the Waroi?^the War ^ s Society has continued its operations withlittle, if any, hindrance arising therefrom.The fear which at the beginning of the conflict was veryreal that funds would be seriously depleted, has provedgroundless, for the churches have responded readily andgenerously to the new 1needs, and then has been no curtailingof grants for the work in China. The medical staff hasbeen reduced owing to the call ol! king arid country beingobeyed by a few of the doctors, but this is only a temporaryreduction. Vacancies on the staff in other lines of activityhave been filled to an encouraging extent, and missionarieson furlough have returned. Other new missionaries areunder appointment, and are likely to be sent out thisyear,TheAdvisorSociety has an Advisory CouncilCouncils representing the whole of China, which hasdone splendid service in co-ordinating thework in the whole field and is destined to be of primeimportance in realizing the more efficient and progressivepolicy which all. desire. The Chinese churches have, likewise, an Advisory Council, the members being chosen by thelive provincial councils. Last year these two councils heldjoint sessions, and this increasing co-operation betweenforeign missionaries and Chinese leaders has been a matterfor great thankfulness, as the supreme object of both is thebuilding up of a, strong Chinese Christian Church, inharmony with the genius of the people.