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100 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESthat sad event the district was closed to the missionariesand no one knew for how long it would be so. Meanwhilethe missionaries felt they must look for another field,and in a few years head-stations were opened in Ichang,Shasi and Hwangchow. Visits were made now and then tothe Macheng-Sungpu district, arid in 1898 a house wasbought in Sungpu and some work commenced there. Inthe year 1906 a head-station was built in Macheng, and theMacheng-Sungpu district is now a peaceful, promising field.In addition to the above mentioned places the Society hasbuilt head-stations at, Kingchowfu and Kienli and istakingsteps for building one at Kisuei. Thirty-six out-stationsare worked in connection with the above mentioned sevenhead-stations.Over one thousand children are <nvenSchools .,. .i * , neducation in primary schools. At Hwangchowthe Society has a large seminary for girls and atKingchowfu, together with the Swedish American MissionaryCovenant, a Theological Seminary and Middle School, whereabout sixty young men study annually. A good deal ofdispensary work is done at some of the head-stations, about7,000 patients are treated a year, but as yet the Mission liasnot been able to get any fully qualified doctor.The membership of the churches is 1,463,ami the catechumens are about 260. TheMembers!!!Chinese contribution for last year was cash4,177,000 or 4,177 tiao (approximately Mex. $4,000).The celebration of the anniversary was^ e^ Kingchowfu m connection with theSwedish American Missionary Covenantwhich mission was started in China the same year as theSwedish Missionary Society and in the same province.About forty missionaries and two hundred delegates fromthe churches were present. The Jvev. E. G. lljerpe ofChicago, U.S.A., President of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America, had been sent to inspect the\\ork of the mission and to attend the anniversary. As asign of gratitude the Chinese churches had contributed asum of money, a part of which was used to start a fund forassisting workers who through age or sickness cannot work