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THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 395fin gathering a Chinese library,grants of books having beenmade free of charge by the literature and tract societies.A small beginning toward an English reference library hasbeen made by the members of the staff loaning books fromtheir own libraries for the purpose. Further contributionsoi this kind, either as outright gifts or in the nature ofloans, will be greatly appreciated.Rev. C. L. Boyuton arrived in China onSeptember 20th, 1915 and immediately beganhis work for the Committee. His comingrelieves the Foreign Secretary of the entire burden ofgathering the statistics of the missions, and also of themanagement of the office, which during the year has grownconsiderably. Mr. Boynton has done a great deal to get theoffice work of the Committee on a better basis, and hasalready made a good start on the statistical work. Carefulplans have been made for classifying and filing the reportsand minutes furnished by the different missionary societies.The significance of the statistical secretary s work is likelyto be increasingly appreciated as the prosecution of missionary work is guided more and more by accurate knowledgeof the work already done and by the experience alreadygained.Some progress has been made during theSimilar( j. r - n kee pj n jg u c,}*ose touch with theCommittees in.. ^,T ^ . . ., T... ,India and Japan National Missionary Council of India andthe Continuation Committee in Japan. Thesecretaries of these Committees as well as the secretaries ofthe China Continuation Committee feel that such connectionis valuable to .them, and Dr. Bearing, the retiring secretaryof the Japan Continuation Committee, has on two occasionsexpressed the hope that there might be some closer cooperation between the Japan and China Committees byhaving the secretary or secretaries of these bodies present atthe Annual Meeting of the sister organization.The influence of the work of the Forward EvangelisticMovement in China has been distinctly seen in the evangelistic meetings held in India during the past year, and weare in turn profiting by the work they have done and the