[60] The good intentions of the Korean Sovereign, as well as the weakness which renders them ineffective, are typically illustrated in these two pathetic documents.
[61] See [Appendix E].
[62] As “it is the unexpected which happens,” it would not be surprising if certain moves, ostensibly with the object of placing the independence of Korea on a firm basis, were made even before these volumes are published.
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A.
MISSION STATISTICS FOR KOREA, 1896.
KEY:
- Year of beginning work in Korea.
- Number of married male Missionaries.
- Number of unmarried male Missionaries.
- Number of unmarried female Missionaries.
- Number of stations where Missionaries reside.
- Number of out stations where no Missionaries reside.
- Number of organized churches.
- Number of churches wholly self-supporting.
- Number of churches partially self-supporting.
- Number of communicants received during past year.
- Number of catechumens or probationers received during past year.
- Number dismissed during past year.
- Number of deaths during past year.
- Present membership.
- Number of Sabbath schools.
- Number of pupils in Sabbath schools.
- Number of day schools.
- Number of pupils in day schools.
- Number of boarding-schools for boys.
- Number of boarding-schools for girls.
- Number of pupils in boarding-schools for boys.
- Number of pupils in boarding-schools for girls.
- Number of theological schools.
- Number of theological students.
- Number of native ministers.
- Number of unordained preachers and helpers.
- Number of Bible-women.
- Number of hospitals.
- Number of in-patients treated during past year.
- Number of dispensaries.
- Number of patients treated during past year.
- Native contributions for all purposes during past year.
| Name of Mission. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| American Presbyterian Mission (North) | 1884 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 25} | ||||||||||
| } | ||||||||||||||||
| American Presbyterian Mission (South) | 1892 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | } | ||||||||||
| } | 13 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 635 | 3 | 2 | 510 | 10 | 783 | ||||||
| Australian Presbyterian Mission | 1891 | 1 | 3 | 1 | } | |||||||||||
| } | ||||||||||||||||
| Y.M.C.A. Mission of Canada | 1889 | 1 | 1 | } | ||||||||||||
| American Meth. Epis. Mission (North) | 1885 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 588 | 2 | 266 | 7 | 512 | ||
| American Meth. Epis. Mission (South) | 1896 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ella Thing Memorial Mission (Baptist) | 1895 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Society for the Propagation of the Gospel | 1890 | 9 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Société des Missions- Étrangères | 1784 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 466 | 18 | 1,250 | 515 | 28,802 |
| Name of Mission. | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| American Presbyterian Mission (North) | { 7 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 339 | 7 | 20,295 | $796.44[63] | |||
| { | ||||||||||||||||
| American Presbyterian Mission (South) | { | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2,000 | |||||||||||
| { | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Presbyterian Mission | { | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| { | ||||||||||||||||
| Y.M.C.A. Mission of Canada | { | |||||||||||||||
| American Meth. Epis. Mission (North) | 4 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 116 | 4 | 7,778 | $647.37 | |||
| American Meth. Epis. Mission (South) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ella Thing Memorial Mission (Baptist) | $.60 | |||||||||||||||
| Society for the Propagation of the Gospel | 3 | 795 | 3 | 29,786 | ||||||||||||
| Société des Missions- Étrangères | 21 | 204 | 2 | 271 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||
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