Their missionaries go far afield in their work, and they are, what their mission intends them to be, pioneer Protestant missionaries in Inland China.

At the present time, the beginning of 1894, the Inland Mission numbers 611 male and female missionaries.

They are assisted by 261 paid native helpers, and the combined body of 872 Evangelists baptised during the year just passed (1893) 821 Chinese.

These figures, taken from _China's Millions_, 1894, p.

122, attest a rather lower rate of progress than the other missions can boast of; but a considerable part of the inland work, it must be remembered, is the most difficult work of all--the preaching of the Gospel for the first time in newly-opened districts.
[Illustration: THE VICEROY OF THE TWO PROVINCES OF YUNNAN AND KWEICHOW.] The Viceroy of the two provinces of Yunnan and Kweichow, Wong-wen-shao, is one of the most enlightened rulers in China.