The dimensions of the task remaining in China are sufficiently summarized by stating that there are 2,033 walled cities in the Empire and that only 476 of them have missionaries, leaving 1,557 of the principal cities unoccupied.
Summary of Conditions in the Non-Christian
World
1. Fields Unoccupied but Open
(1) Large portions of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Central Asia
(2) Many parts of Africa
2. Fields Unoccupied by either Protestant or Catholic Missions because Closed to All Christian Work
(1) Tibet
(2) Nepal
(3) Bhutan
(4) Afghanistan