Mar, 19.
One of the most interesting annual publications issued is, that containing the report of the Ching Agency of the British Foreign Bible Society. Particularly, is this true of the statement for 1930 which has just come to hand. The statistics are important enough as showing what the Society has succeed- di ed in doing since it, first commenced work in China, while! the reports of the various provineial secretaries indicate that, despite the unfortunate conditions which prevailed last year, much good was done, while the improvement manifested in' China from October, 1930, onwards gives ground for considerable optimism with regard ihe future, "Starting as far ok as 1812 when the Society printing Dr. Morrison's ade a grant of £500 for the
translation of the New Testament, the first copies of which Were' put into efreulation in 1814, the whole Bible being' published in 1823, -the Society "has up to date placed no fewer Allan 85,284,629 copies of Bibles, New "Testaments and Gospels and other portions in this country, The figures for last year were:
Bibles New Testaments Portions
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.