Excerpt from The Christian Movement: In Its Relation to the New Life in Japan

It was the intention of the Editor to issue this record of the work of 1903 early in April; but circumstances beyond his control made this impracticable, although the various contributors, with but one or two exceptions sent in their manuscripts with kind punctuality.

The pamphlet as will be seen includes about one hundred pages more than the issue of last year, but most, if not all, the additional matter will, it is believed, justify its insertion.

In spite of this expansion, several important matters have been overlooked. Among then is the work for the foreign seamen of Yokohama, under the superintendence of the Rev. W. T. Austin, and a somewhat similar work for Japanese sailors at Yokosuka and other naval stations, under the care of Miss E. Finch and her Japanese Associates. The report of the latter reached the Editor's hands too late for a suitable notice. A report of Mr. Austin's work failed of insertion through an oversight for which the Editor alone is responsible and which he deeply regrets.

The Directory is reprinted from the report of the Statistical Committee, though certain corrections have been made with the view of bringing it as nearly as possible up to date. In the tables of statistics a few errors were detected and corrected.

In the case of the report of the Anglican Missions, a full table of statistics was appended by request.

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