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436 MISCELLANEOUS(1) Either to practically abandon the intensive policy, sincesuch a policy is in the nature of the case a working method, not agoal to be reached after a long period of years, or(2) To make such alterations or readjustments in its methodsof work or in the territory to be covered that what territory is to beoccupied can be occupied on an intensive basis within, say, not morethan five years. The committee takes it for granted that conferencewill not consider the h rst alternative.Just what the mission will do to meet the situation itis too early to say. At the last annual meeting when theresults of this survey were reported, the mission felt thatfurther facts should be secured along several lines beforecoming to a final decision. Probably some out-stationterritory long claimed and partially pre-empted will begiven up. Certainly an effort will be made to use Chinesefor some positions which it has been thought necessaryto fill with foreigners. Also it is certain that the lackof trained Chinese workers especially preachers will delaythe carrying out of part of the programme. The efficiencycommittee was instructed to make further investigationsand specially to bring in facts on which to determinejust- what kind and quality of work should be done in outstationsbefore reaching a decision on the application of theintensive policy to our evangelistic work.or Whatever the solution which may be reached,jthe Survey*he survey has already been amply justified.The work of making the detailed out-stationmaps involving the active co-operation of every out-stationevangelist has more than paid for itself in the newinterest aroused, and in the fact that both missionaries andChinese workers have a detailed, concrete knowledge of theout-station fields which could not have been secured so wellin any other way. These maps will be of constant valueboth to the local workers and to the administrative committees. We can heartily recommend the making of sucha survey to any mission which has not already made one.