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102 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESsix main stations, arid from those carries on work in fortytwoout-stations. During the year four new out-stationswere opened. A most promising aspect of the year s workis the large increase in the number of Chinese workers.As against forty-six men and nineteen women reportedlast year, there are sixty-seA en men and r twenty-five womenreported for 11)16, engaged in evangelistic work. Thetraining of Bible women and Chinese evangelists has beenforemost in the Minis of the Mission for years and this increase in the past year is only the harvest of past sowing.A Bible course for evangelists and Bible-women is heldannually in June in connection with a teachers institute.There are twelve organized congregations with a totalcommunicant membership ol. 1,305. Last year only sevenorganized churches were reported, with a total membershipof 1,097. There were 261 baptized during the year as cornparedwith 193 during 19.15. It should be most encouraging to realize how greatly God has blessed the purely evangelistic work of the Mission. Five new Sunday schoolshave been opened, making the total fifteen with an enrollment of 401. The Chinese contributions during theyear have a moil nidi to Mex. .^702.w The , great value of an enlightened bodvEducational . .. , .,yp fk oi church members as well as or well trainedChinese workers has been recognized fromthe beginning by the Mission and has led to a growingemphasis on school work. Last year five of the foreignstaff were allocated for educational work, this year thenumber has been increased to nine, although two of theseare devoting only part of their time. The Mission hastwenty-eight lower and four higher elementary schools. Tnthe latter, the year has brought a decided change. Therelias been a decrease from sixty-eight female pupils (asreported last year) to thirty-six this year, and an increasefrom thirty male pupils (as reported last year) to fiftythreethis year. Two middle schools for both boys and girlsare conducted at Sinyangchow and Juniug with a totalenrollment of fifty-seven under the superintendent^ ofKev. I. Daehlen. These also offer normal school work.Students of the Mission desiring to take up theological