Gratifying Sales During the Past Year in Spite of Troubles The China agency of the British and Foreign Bible Society has now completed the statistics of sales during 1927. These total 16,012 Bibles, 279,490 copies of the New Testament, and 3,344,780 Gospels or other separate books of the Bible.
In view of the withdrawal of the foreign missionaries from thei stations and the great difficulties encountered in transport, these figures are considered highly satisfactory, the circulation being well above the average for the past ten years, ang showing only a decrease of 12 per cent. og compared with 1926, The heaviest decreases have been central and west China, The sales in Manchuria show a substantial rise and there are also increases reported from Canton and Hongkong. midnight, January 16, a number of members of the Pootung Merchant Volunteer Corps raided a cottage near Gee Chang Godown, Pootung, where about 30 Chinese, alleged to be communists, were holding a meeting. Seven persons were arrested and a number of com-/munistic pamphlets were seized, The Prisoners are now detained at the military headquarters at Tsong Yiang Road, Pootung.
'Tue strike of the sauce shop employees which involved about 6,500 persons was settled on Monday when the workers accepted their employers' agreement to certain of their demands. Shops in the West Hongkew district opened yesterday afternoon, while hands. in Chinese territory have promised t6 resume their places this morning. 'The Chinese payers stated on Monday that the owners agreed to pay minimum wage of $10 per month, fan allowance' of $1 per month per employee, to contribute $20 monthly toward the upkeep of their Union, and to subscribe $100 in the nature of strike pay, Over the week-end the Municipal police arrested 67 persons, of whom 19 have been in custody before, In this number were eight alleged armed robbers, two of whom were handed over to the French author ties, the others appearing at the Provisional Court on Monday morning where they were remanded. Since January 1, officers attached to Sinza fand Louza stations have arrested 54 snatchers and pickpockets, 35 having previous records. The police, however, are greatly handicapped because many of the victims fail to sist them, either by not appearing Court as complainants or by going their way should they have the good fortune to recover their property without police assistance. It is therefore urged that pedestrians, who may be molested, render every possible assistance to the police.
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