A fow missionaries from the five societies whose names appear below, mot on Monday and Tuesday of this week to discuss the subject of delimitation of field. Experience points to the conclusion that division by counties is the most and this thought veral motions. There was a feeling that the general lines of botweent the Societies working in Chihli should be followed in the fature, and that thes Societies ought to. prove suiicient for the evan. {his "General Union" is, to avoit frie-sol on of the Province. The aim of
tion, promote harmony and efticioney, and to save missionary time, money, and; effort.
The following motions were passod without dissent as the recommendations of the Union "That the counties of Chéngtingtu whose county cities are cast of the Lu-Han railway should be connected with the American Board Mission, all the} others going to' the China Inland Mission.
"That in Chaochou a similar division be made between the London Mission on the east and the China Inland Mission on the west of the railway, "That all territory east of the gro: road from Lienchen to Wueh' hsien and Linghsien be worked by the English Methodist Mission, and all west of the road by the American Board Mission—the latter not to enter the city of Wuch'iao and the former not to enter Linghsien.
"Phot in regard to other bound ai between the Ameri sion, the London Mission Society, China Inland Mission, representatives of these three missions should moot and report the results of their conference to the next meeting of the Union.
"That all the missions be urged to possible, i make each its own mission as compact as}
"That a meeting be held in Tientsin to discuss boundaries in the Paot'ou region.
That the out-stations of the Amarican Board in Hsionbsien and Chiaoho be transferred to the London Missionary Society.
"That the next meeting of the Union bein Peitaiho, some time next August."
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