Vladivostock being only some 700 miles N. of Nagasaki--is, of course,
a circumstance highly favourable to the Orthodox Mission.

Coming now to the various bodies arranged by Mr. Loomis under the title of
"Protestant," we will take first the _Nippon Sei Kokwai_, or Church of
Japan, which is the name given to the union formed by the Missions of the
American Episcopal Church, the Church of England, and the English Church
in Canada. It is, however, only fair to say that the total number of
adherents of the Nippon Sei Kokwai are greatly less than half the number
claimed by the Presbyterian Churches, as also by the Churches of the
American Board's Mission. The Missions, then, of the American Church and
of the Church of England are to a great extent worked independently of
each other, each being under its own Episcopal control; but at the same
time, the two Churches enjoy, of course, full intercommunion, and are
practically one,--often taking counsel together, and dividing the various
districts by mutual arrangement in such a way as to make the best use of
their resources. To the American Church belongs the honour of being the
first body to commence Christian work in Japan in the present century; the
Rev. C. M. Williams, afterwards Bishop for Japan and China, establishing
himself at Tokio in 1859, and proceeding at once to translate portions of
the Bible and Prayer-Book, hold services for the benefit of
English-speaking people, and set on foot schemes for the study of our
language. There are now twelve missionary clergy at work, and twenty-one
female missionaries; together with seven native clergy and nineteen
unordained workers and preachers. Of the twenty-seven organized churches
only one is wholly self-supporting. The number of baptisms in 1892 was,
adults 208, children fifty-eight; while the total membership amounts to
over 1,400, with a like number of children receiving instruction in Sunday
Schools. In 1873, Dr. Henry Laming was appointed missionary physician, and
arrived at Osaka, where he has done and is still doing an excellent work.
A good deal of secular educational work is also carried on in connexion
with the mission.

[Illustration.]

Sketch Map of Japan.

We next come to the work of the Church Missionary Society, which commenced
operations in Japan in 1869. The Society has now twenty-two missionary and
seven native clergy engaged; forty-two female missi