CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904

Inclosure 2 in No. 1.

TABLE showing Results of French Missionary Work in the Far East. (Missions Etrangères de Paris only, vide note below).

Number of French Missionaries. Number of Native Missionaries. Number of Catechists. Number of Semin- arists. Number of Catholic Converts in 1901. Number of Baptisms in 1902. Number of Schools. Number of Pupils. Number of Orphanages. Number of Orphans in Orphanages. Number of Pupils in Workshops. Number of Hospitals. Number of Dispensaries. Kuanghsi 21 32 18 2,282 Adults, 442 Children, 582 24 279 43 3 Koangtung 60 ? ? ? 16,665 Adults, 2,685 Children, 6,525 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Kueichou 42 12 190 36 21,812 Adults, 7,718 Children, 128 144 2,380 1,397 ? 64 12 2 Szechuen 34 128 251 98 34,128 Adults, 6,034 Children, 62,021 475 350 ? 10,051 1,160 70 202 1+ Total 1,174 164,834 9,479 Children, 74,720 =84,199 168 12,710 2,600 70 266 17 Manchuria 43 9 32 25,926 Adults, 6,667 Children, 2,900 Coren 42 11 5 ? 52,539 Childroo. 2,111 Adults, 5,807 Thibet 20 1 ? 1,884 791 # # 11 3,566 ? 1,473 580 50 1 2 7,918 ? 623 ? 9 1 258 10 217 75 7 ? Tonkin 189 222 817 $86 355,080 3,393 Children, 82,860 96,450 ? 21,800 4,600 157 34 Cochin China. 162 140 153 459 198,540 16,528 ? 0,073 3,100 008 26 16 Cambodia 12 25 83 105 31,516 Siam 40 12 40 41 22,000 Total 488 417 1,130 1,491 687,447 Adults, 920 Children, 8,976, Adults, 472 Children 908 Adults, 27,427 Children, 127,778 4.905 ? 5,961 1,000 ? 9 1,380 ? 8,010 432 32 4 7 Grand total. 789 515 1,605 1,841 851,781 178 54,346 12,886 609 345 71 4,700

NOTE.

SUMMARY of foregoing figures for Kuanghsi, Kuangtung, Kueichou, and Szechuen,

Total for mentioned. Catholic converts 84,199 Number of French missionaries (men only).. 1,174 native missionaries, Catechists, &c. 164,834 baptisms in 1902. Adults, 9,479 Children, 74,720 orphans in orphanages.. 2,600 pupils in schools and workshops 12,710 hospitals 17 dispensaries 266

SUMMARY of foregoing figures for Manchuria, Corea, Thibet, Tonkin, Cochin China, Cambodia, and Siam.

Number of French missionaries.. 488 Catholic couverts 687,447 native missionaries, Catechists, &c. f Adults pupils in schools and workshops baptisms in 1902 .. Children Orphans in orphanages dispensaries hospitals ..

N.B. The figures relate to the work of the Missions Étrangères de Paris only, but most of the missionaries in all the countries mentioned, except Indo-China, belong to this Society.