--------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Vernacular | Number of | Proportion of Sales Christian Books Produced | Christian Books | to Population. in the Year. | Sold in the Year.| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bibles or | | Bibles or | | Scripture | Other | Scripture | Other | Portions. | Books.| Portions. | Books. -------------------------+-----------+--------+------------+--------- | | | | -------------------------+-----------+--------+------------+--------- 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_, (a) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Province. | Number of | Amount of Mission | Proportion of | Industrial | Funds Allotted to | Total Mission | Missions. | such Work. | Funds. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | __________|______________|_____________________|_____________________ (b) --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Number of | Number of Missionaries | Proportion of Province. | Industrial | Engaged in such | Total | Institutions. | Institutions. | Missionaries --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | __________|________________|________________________|________________ (c) ------------------------------------------------------------- | Number of | Number of | Proportion of Province. | Industrial | Native Agents | Native Christian | Missions. | Employed. | Workers Employed. ------------------------------------------------------------- | | | __________|_____________|________________|___________________