If some little improvement has become noticeable in educational matters under the enlightening influence of the missionaries, great fault must be found with the condition of the law. It is, of course, not always possible to graft upon the legal procedure of one country a system of administration which works well in another. Specific outbursts of violence, arising from identical causes, assume different complexions when considered from the point of view of those who are proceeding to institute reforms. It may be submitted, further, that a certain element of barbarism in punishment is rendered necessary by the conditions of some countries, imposing a restraint upon a population which would scoff at punishment of a more civilised description. If exception may be taken to the penal code of Korea, it must be remembered that in the Far East the quality of justice is not tempered with mercy. Many punishments are still openly and frankly barbarous, while others are distinguished by their exceptional severity. Death by decapitation, mutilation, strangulation, or poison is now less frequent than formerly. Until within quite recent years it was the custom of Korean law to make the family of the arch-criminal suffer all his penalties with him. They are now exempted, and with the reforms introduced during the movement in 1895, some attempt was made to abolish practices opposed to the spirit of progress. The table, which I append, shows the punishments dispensed for certain crimes. Treason, Man Decapitated, together with male relatives to the fifth degree. Mother, wife, and daughter poisoned or reduced to slavery. Treason, Woman Poisoned. Murder, Man Decapitated. Wife poisoned. Murder, Woman Strangled or poisoned. Arson, Man Strangled or poisoned. Wife poisoned. Arson, Woman Poisoned. Theft, Man Strangled, decapitated, or banished. Wife reduced to slavery, confiscation of all property. Desecration of graves Decapitated, together with male relatives to the fifth degree. Mother, wife, and daughter poisoned. Counterfeiting Strangulation or decapitation. Wife poisoned.