Gifts from their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress: 2,000 yen to the Okayama Koji-in (Okayama Orphanage) on June 30, 1904. (This was granted on account of its meritorious deeds since its establishment in 1887.)

1,000 yen to same on April 19, 1905. (This amount is granted each year for ten years thence ensuing.)

10,000 yen to Nippon Kirisutokyo Seinenkai (Japan Y. M. C. A.) on May 6, 1905. (This was granted in order to facilitate the work of relieving armies at the front at the time of the RussoJapanese War.)

1,000 yen to Tokyo Shutsugoku-nin Hogosho (or Tokyo exConvict Home) on May 13, 1905. (This was granted on account of its favourable result of working since its establishment under the superintendence of Mr. Hara Taneaki.)

1,000 yen to the Katei Gakko (Home School) on October II, 1905. (This was established by Mr. Tomeoka Kosuke, president of the school for the influencing of bad youths and bringing up teachers desiring to engage in works of charity. This was granted on account of the good results in the development of the charitable deeds.)

700 yen to Okasaka Hakuai Fushokukai on December 4, 1902. (This was granted on account of relieving children of poor people.)

From Her Majesty the Empress: 100,000 yen. (This was granted April 20, 1912, as a fund for relief works of the International Red Cross Association in the time of peace.)

From His Majesty the Emperor: 5,000 yen to the Dreadnaught Hospital of Seamen's Relief Association at Greenwich, England, on July 9, 1908. (This was granted praising its philanthropic charitable purport.)

APPENDIX H

A BRIEF MENTION OF MISSION WORK AMONG THE AINU, THE LOO CHOO ISLANDERS, THE FORMOsans, and the Koreans

There are about 15,000 Ainu who live in the Island of Hokkaido, 700 of whom have become Christians. Protestant mission work among the Ainu began with Walter Dening, formerly of the Church Missionary Society. He left a vocabulary of 925 words and a number of idiomatic phrases. In 1877, John Bachelor began his work, which he still continues. The only other missionary at present is Miss E. M. Bryant. Mr. Bachelor has translated the New Testament and the Prayer Book and made a book of hymns for the Ainu; but their language is almost obsolete, having been succeeded by Japanese.

The Loo Choo, or Ryukyu, Islands lie to the southwest of Japan, extending as far as Formosa. The islands were annexed to Japan in 1879. Japanese schools have been established throughout the islands, wherein Japanese is taught; but the islanders, who number about 500,000, continue to use their own language. Mission work at present is conducted by the Baptists and Methodists. The latter have two resident missionaries, H. B. Schwartz and Earl R. Bull, and their wives. There are about 800 Christians, all told. The principal centres are Naha, the chief city, and at Shuri, the old capital close by, and at Yontan Zan.

The mission work in Formosa among the 3,120,000 Chinese is conducted by the English and Canadian Presbyterians, who have united into one ecclesiastical body. Dr. James L. Maxwell, who reached Formosa in 1866, was the first missionary from England, and G. L. MacKay, the pioneer from Canada, arrived in 1872. The Canadian work, which covers the northern third of the island, has 15 missionaries, 52 preachers, and 2,125 adult church members. The southern two-thirds of the island is worked

by the English mission, which has 22 missionaries, 66 preachers, and 3,880 adult church members. There are three mission hospitals and various mission schools in the islands. Counting baptized children, there is a total of 11,200 church members, or a nominal Christian for every one hundred of the population. There are 122,000 aborigines called Head-hunters, only 6,000 of whom have submitted to Japanese authority. No Christian work is being done among these wild mountaineers. There are 110,000 Japanese residents in the islands, and among them some six Japanese pastors are working, who are supported by the Japanese Christian bodies which sent them forth.

The first Protestant missionary who reached Korea was Dr. H. N. Allen, an American Presbyterian, who arrived at Seuol September 20, 1884, journeying by sea from Shanghai to Chemulpo on the steamer “Nanzing.” He was followed shortly by his wife and child. As there was no foreign physician in the capital, he was immediately appointed physician to the American Legation and British Consulate General. The next year a number of pioneers reached Korea. The first missionaries braved many dangers and endured hardships in the way of living which have all but passed away. From the first, the mission work in Korea has been carried on mainly by the Presbyterians and Methodists.

The number of full church members is 72,633, which is one for every 190 of the population. Thus in about one-half the time, four times as many have been won in Korea as have been won proportionately in Japan proper. The probationers number 47,439. The missionaries number 521, which is double the proportion to Japan proper. The six leading missions had 11,700 baptisms during the last year. The average Sunday School attendance is 109,855, and the total offering of the Christians for all purposes was $54,927. When the poverty of most of the Korean Christians is taken into consideration, their sacrifice toward self-support is an unassailable proof of their faith and devotion to Christ. There are 774 parochial schools with 18,287 pupils and 334 students in the theological schools. There are a little less than 300,000 Japanese in the peninsula of Korea. They are more open to Christianity than the Japanese in the mother country. All told, there are 17 Christian workers labouring for the salvation of the Japanese who have entered Korea. Supplementing the work of the various missions in Korea is the work of the Salvation Army and the Y. M. C. A. About 500 Koreans reside in Tokyo, most of whom are students. Christian work is carried on among them under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.