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and no rapid conversion to Christianity, as has been the 

 case in some of the Pacific islands, is ever likely to take 

 place in New Guinea. 



The missions in British territory have been more 

 successful. Here native teachers have been largelv 

 employed, chiefly Tongans, Samoans, and Fijians, the 

 last being found to be the best workers. The field has 

 been wisely apportioned between the different missions 

 employed, so that they in no way interfere with each 

 other's sphere of action. The Wesley an Mission, estab- 

 lished in 1891, occupies the Louisiade and D'Entre- 

 casteaux groups, and the mainland from East Cape to 

 Cape Ducie ; the Anglican Mission, also established in 

 1891, the whole of the north-east coast from Cape Ducie 

 to the northern boundary ; and the London Missionary 

 Society all the south coast, excluding the parts occupied 

 by the missionaries of the Order of the Sacred Heart. 

 The latter, under the charge of Bishop Verjus, has its 

 headquarters in Yule Island, and stations on the adjoin- 

 ing coast. The London Missionary Society is under the 

 management of Mr. Chalmers and Mr. Lawes, who have 

 both rendered great service to science by their numerous 

 explorations and careful researches in ethnology. It has 

 been established for many years, and has done a vast 

 amount of work. In 1889 it possessed a staff of 10 

 European and about 100 native workers, and the 

 stations occupied were over 50 in number. Church 

 members — that is to say, adults who, having been in the 

 catechism class for at least a year, and having given 

 satisfactory evidence of character, have been baptized — 

 numbered about 500. The children attending school 

 were 3500. The Colonial Office Eeport describes the 

 success of the mission as clear and incontestable. " One 

 acquainted with the native race and condition of the 



