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444 MISCELLANEOUS^ 8 indicatedArea andabove, the territory of ourMission embraces thePopulationterritory of threemagistracies south of the River and oftwenty-three magistracies north of the River, together withcertain out-lying sections which have also been left to us.This territory for which we alone are responsible contains aminimum population of 13,000,000 souls.* j The plan of the Mission calls for eight cenira l stations ;the two stations of Hwaian andEquJpmentTsingkiangpu because of their geographicalcontiguity are regarded as occupying one district, but areseparate centres of work. The principal agency for theevangelization of this territory should be Chinese. Webelieve the strong emphasis should be placed upon thenecessity of a greater number of Chinese agents bothbecause of their greater economy and also their ultimateefficiency. We should have a native force of one evangelist toevery ten thousand of the population in our field.In addition to the male evangelistic force we shouldhave a minimum of one Bible woman to every 50,000 ofthe population. Our estimate of the number of paid Biblewomen required for the working of the field ispurposelymade small, because the wives of the Chinese evangelistsmay also be counted upon for doing a considerable amountof efficient evangelistic work among the women.Evangelistic ForceMen WomenTotal Force Required. ...... 1300 260Present Force 80 20Increase Necessary 1200 240TJ, .,Each central station with the frLducatronal exception ofTT, , n , ,? i j-Work Hwaian should have a boys boardingschool; and, with the exception of Chinkiang,where co-operation may be had with the MethodistEpiscopal Mission in educational work for girls, eachstation should also have a boarding school for girls.Provision should also be made for a girls boardingschool at Hwaian, to be established when the way is clear,