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country,” it continues, “ cannot without admiration see 
what has been accomplished by the veteran members of 
the mission. So far as one can judge, the Papuan has 
not, as yet, been deeply impressed by the truths of the 
Gospel. To religious fervour they are strangers. They 
cannot be said to be devotees of the Church, or to be 
otherwise than indifferent to her teaching. But if 
striking outward manifestation of the working of religious 
feeling be rare among those under the influence of the 
mission, it can be said without reserve that the labours 
of the missionaries have to such an extent modified the 
ways of thinking and the social relations of the natives, 
that the good they have done is incalculably great.” 
Missionary enterprise is not so manifest in the German 
territory, but the Wesleyans have 3 European and nearly 
50 Eijian workers in New Britain and New Ireland, each 
with a station of his own, and there are said to be 
numerous converts. Missionaries of the Order of the 
Sacred Heart are also working in the Gazelle Peninsula. 
9. Political Divisions. 
Dutch New Gruinea .—The extent of the dominion of 
the Sultan of Tidor in ancient times has already been 
mentioned. The submission of that monarch to the 
Dutch gave the latter the suzerainty of the “ Eaja 
Ampat,” or the “ territory of the Four Bajas.” This 
included a large part of Western New Guinea, the exact 
boundaries of which were undefined. Eventually the 
141st parallel of east longitude came for a time to be 
accepted as the limit. In 1893 the boundary was 
further altered. Starting from the mouth of the 
Beusbach Biver in 141° l f 48", this longitude is followed 
to the Fly Biver. The boundary then follows the Fly 
