Survey should provide facts in relation to an aim, so as to guide action 6.

Twofold aspect of survey--survey of state, survey of position Survey is therefore a continual process 7.

Possible objections to method proposed-- (i) The information asked for statistical All business and organised effort is based on statistics Every Society publishes statistics (ii) The admission of estimates The value of estimates (iii) The difficulty of many small tables Why burden the missionary with the working out of proportions?
The tables should assist the missionary in charge (iv) The objection that we cannot obtain all the information Partial knowledge the guide of all human action (v) The tables contain items at present unknown.