luded in the tables as either evangelistic or
educational or medical missionaries, and we also touch bookselling and
other kindred commercial questions. With the commercial aspect of this
work we cannot deal. The following tables will throw light on the extent
to which Christian literature is being produced and read:--

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Number of Missionaries wholly Engaged | Proportion of Total
in Literary Work. | Missionaries.
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Number of Vernacular | Number of | Proportion of Sales
Christian Books Produced | Christian Books | to Population.
in the Year. | Sold in the Year.|
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| Bibles or | | Bibles or |
| Scripture | Other | Scripture | Other
| Portions. | Books.| Portions. | Books.
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| | | |
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If the business side of literary work is difficult, the whole position
of industrial missions is still more difficult. In some countries
industrial missions seem to be trading ventures with a Christian
intention, in others industrial missions are really almost entirely
educational establishments. The best tables which we have ever seen
dealing with this subject were those drawn by Mr. Sidney Clark in one of
his papers, "From a Layman to a Layman".[1] All that we can do is to
suggest that industrial missions which are in the main clearly and
unmistakably educational should be included in the educational work, and
that the missions with large commercial interests, even if they are
doing a valuable educational work for the community, should be treated
separately, thus:--

[Footnote 1: Printed for private distribution by Mr. S.J.W. Clark, 3
Tudor Street, Blackfriars, London, E.C. 4.]

_Industrial Missions_,

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Province. | Number of | Amoun