Men of wealth in Japan are following the example set by the best Christian life in the West. In recent years several large gifts have been made for education. At the close of 1913 one of the most wealthy and always generous families of Japan, Sumitomo of Osaka, announced their decision to establish an industrial school for the poor, at an expense of $200,000. And in the same year Mr. O'Hara, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic men of Okayama, announced his plan of opening a high-grade agricultural school for poor boys of that prefecture. The amount of the gift is not stated, but in addition to the large sum needed for buildings and equipment, he donates as permanent endowment some 250 acres of rice land whose value, roughly estimated, may be about $50,000. There are in Japan of all denominations and religions the following institutions for the uplift and regeneration of the downtrodden and for the help of the poor: Orphan asylums.......................... 100 Rescue work............................. 92 Dispensaries............................ 45 Reformatories........................... 47 Homes for ex-prisoners.................. 37 Homes for old people.................... 22 Poor farms.............................. 11 ____ 354 Of these institutions, the compiler of the statistics states that for one Shinto and three Buddhist, there are five Christian institutions. The leaders and inspirers in all the forms of philanthropic work are Christians, as from the nature of the case might be expected. "In the matter of Christian Social Service," writes A. D. Hail, in the _Japan Evangelist_,[8] "the Federated Missions have been represented by two Committees whose fields of endeavor are quite distinct. The one is the excellent Eleemosynary Committee. It deals with the delinquents, defectives, and dependents of society.... [8] January, 1915.