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the protection of Treaties which the Chinese regard as having been forced upon them. The privileges which missionaries enjoy may be classified under the heads of:
1.
Religious toleration.
2.
Right to own Mission property in the
interior.
3.
Right of residence and travel in the
interior.
With regard to (3) there should be little difficulty in assimilating the position of the Missionary with that of the trader; while with regard to (2) the solution would appear to lie in the gradual transfer of mission proper ty in the interior such as schools, hospitals, etc., to
Chinese Board of Trustees. Should it be necessary
further instructions under this head will be sent when
the desires of the Missionary Societies are more definitely
known.
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