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THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 385by the Special Committee on Literature of the Edinburgh Continuation Committee, and of similar Committees in India and Japan.3. That this Special Committee be askeda. To bring the above report with its appendices to the attentionof the literature and tract societies, missions and mission boards,and to co-operate with them, wherever possible, in giving Christianliterature a larger place in the Christian movement in China.b. To get into touch with the different Christian agencies, nowmaking regular use of the Chinese daily press, with a view to rindingout whether closer co-operation between them is possible and desirable,and to bring in a report on this subject at the next Annual Meeting.c. To promote a closer understanding between the varioustract and literature societies now at work in China enquiringespecially into the reasons which have hindered amalgamationhitherto.d. To consider the scheme outlined in the letter* from the Re"ligious Tract Society of North and Central China, with a view to discovering whether the existing societies can be aided to secure thenecessary assistance, and report either to the Executive Committee,or at the next Annual Meeting.4. That in the 1opinion of the China Continuation Committeethe time has come when the survey of existing literature, called for inthe report, should be made, and to this end it instructs the ExecutiveCommittee to nominate two persons with the necessary qualifications,one Chinese and one foreign, and ask their boards or churches to setthem free for a year or longer if necessary, to act as directors of thesurvey, in consultation with the special committee.o. That the review of four hundred books suitable for use inevangelistic campaigns, prepared by Pastor Cheng, be published, theExecutive Committee to make the necessary arrangements.The Committee s sense of obligation for a large part ofthe preliminary work which enabled it to reach the important conclusions was recorded in a vote of thanks to Dr.Rees for so carefully and thoroughly making the enquiriesembodied in his report, and to the Christian LiteratureSociety for setting Dr. Rees free, as it did at the request ofthe Continuation Committee, for this task.*This refers to a plan for securing the workers and the fundsneeded by the existing societies, until on the one hand the war isover and on the other hand, the closer co-operation which is beingworked for both at the home base and in China, becomes asubstantial reality.A 48