We begin with survey of the station and its district
If the station exists to establish the Church in a definite area then
we can survey on a territorial basis
The definition of the area involves a policy
I. When the area is defined we can distinguish work done and work to
be done, in terms of cities, towns, and villages; in terms of
population
The meaning of "Christian constituency"
The reasons for adopting it
Example of table, and of the impression produced by it
Example of value of proportions
Tables of proportions
The difficulty of procuring this information
The value of the labour expended in procuring it
II. The force at work
The permanent and transitory elements
(a) The foreign force
The use of merely quantitative expressions
Such tables essential for deciding questions of reinforcement
(b) The native force
Reasons for putting total Christian constituency in the first place
The Communicants. The paid workers. The unpaid workers
The difficulty in this classification
The interest of these tables lies in the proportions
Summary
But we need to know something of capacity of the native force
(1) Proportion of Communicants
The importance of this proportion in itself
In relation to the work to be done
(2) Proportion of paid workers to Christian constituency and to