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THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE )97VII.TravelA considerable amount of travelling has been done inbehalf of the Continuation Committee during the past year,as in previous years. This is necessary in order to keep thesecretaries, or others who do the travelling, informed at firsthand of conditions in various parts of the country. It ishighly useful also, to the places visited, bringing to them inthe most intelligible way experience gained elsewhere, andat the same time emphasizing the wholeness of the task forChina which each in his own local field is endeavouring toset forward. The travel of the Secretaries of the Committeeis especially important in both of these directions, and it issatisfactory to note that in spite of very heavy responsibilities in the Shanghai office, they have both spent aconsiderable amount of time travelling. The ChineseSecretary visited Manchuria, made several trips to Northand Central China, and a trip to South China during theyear. lie has given many addresses on the work of theContinuation Committee, has assisted in Conferences conducted by the Secretary of the China Sunday School Unionin Moukden and Canton, and has conducted a week ofevangelistic meetings in Tientsin, besides taking part instudent and other conferences. The Foreign Secretaryvisited three of the summer resorts last summer, and hasmade visits during the year to Tsinanfu, Tientsin, Peking,Hankow, Hongkong and Canton, as well as to places nearerShanghai.VIII.FinancesThe Committee is supported by grants from the Committee of Reference and Counsel, New York, from variousmissionary societies both in Europe and America, and bycontributions of individuals interested in its work. It hasbeen able from the beginning, without issuing any generalappeal, to meet all of its expenses. An annual budgetprepared by its Treasurer is submitted for approval to theExecutive Committee at the meeting preceding the annualmeeting at which it comes up for review.