In 1896 we circulated from Shanghai—10,000 copies of illustrated poem sent by Bishop Moule from Hangchow, written by a Chinese lady.
'1,500 copies of a poem not illustrated.
5,000 copies of tract originally written by Pastor Kranz: Ch'an Chia Yen i.
1,000 copies of the same rendered into colloquial and illustrated.
Chuen Mien Yuen Ki.
1 -—of another Hangchow poem, 100 copies of Memorial sent to Emperor.
200 copies of Mr. Chow's Suifu appeal, Chan Chia Lan, 200 copies of pledge cards.
'This literature was sent to the river ports, Chefoo, Ningpo, Foochow, Wenchow, 'Amoy, Macao, and' Hongkong, also to several mission stations in the interior. But it was during this year we learned that freight in China' so far exceeds the cost of production of tracts, that it would be often more economical to print on the spot, and unfortunately the list of tracts printed in the West of China is not to hand. A lady at Chungking anxious to have some pamphlet suitable for women both gave the money towards printing and herself got rendered into easy colloquial Pastor Kranz' Wénli tract. This was printed in Chungking, and very widely circulated all through the West of China, Then came the first great impetus given to our movement. Mr. Chao, one of the literati returning to the neighbourhood of Suifu from Peking where he had been holding office found his little girl erying over her binding and having, already come across some of our tracts felt himself moved to write a better one. After much thought he did, signed it with his name and seal, and got five of his friends, chifjen, to add a preface and their signatures.' They posted this appeal on the walls of Suifu against the examinations there. Mr. Uperaft, of the. American Baptist Mission, carried off one and brought
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.