We should ask the missionaries, or the societies, to estimate the amount required to supply that minimum upon which they insist.

If we did that, remembering always that the estimate made must be doubtful and arbitrary, and that the native contribution, whilst comparatively large funds are regularly supplied from a foreign source, will never represent the power of the Christian community to supply its own needs, we should at least have some standard by which we might estimate the position of the Christian Church in the country, and its progress.

We suggest then that three items should be included in the table: (1) the total expense of carrying on all the work in the station district, whether the funds were provided from foreign or native sources; (2) the amount estimated to cover the necessary expenses of the native Christian Church; and (3) the amount subscribed by the native Christian community.

We think these three items taken together would help us to understand the situation.
-- -------------------------------------------------------|-----| Total Expense of Church and Mission in the Area | | per Head of Christian Constituency.

| | -- -------------------------------------------------------|-----| Amount Estimated to Cover all Necessary Expenses of the | | Native Christian Constituency per Head.