CHAPTHR VI L 



A ROMANTIC ExPKRIMENT. 



Amongst the methods being used for the 

 evangelization of this field is that of the 

 importation of Cliinese colonists in groups 

 under the tutelage of the missionaries. No 

 inore romantic experiment has ever been 

 tried than that by which, under the leader- 

 ship of Missionary Luering. the govern- 

 ment of Perak (one of the Kederated Malay 

 States) has imported a band of over six 

 hundred Chinese colonists, gathered mainly 

 from the Foocho\v Province in China. Dr. 

 Luering went to China under contract witb 

 the Perak Government and put before the 

 poor Chinese agriculturists of the Pukbien 

 Province the ofTer of free Iand witliout tax 

 for five years, with a loan to provide pas- 

 sage for whole ramilies. Under his direc- 

 tion between six hundred and eight hun- 

 dred persons, in iamily groups, were 

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