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 THE BISHOP OF UGANDA 165

encouraging,&quot; the Bishop observed, in reply to another interrogation. &quot; It is, I think, one of the most remarkable fields of missionary work in the whole world. When I went out there eleven years ago there were about 200 baptised Christians ; I left them the other day in number over 30,000. Ten years ago we had but one church in Uganda ; now we have about 700. At that same period we had about twenty natives engaged in work as native teachers and evangelists ; we have now got 2000. In addition to that we have a native ministry of some 2000 evangelists and teachers. Twenty-seven natives have been ordained. Perhaps the most remark able feature connected with the operations is that the whole of this work the payment of these native evangelists and these native clergy is maintained entirely by the Native Church ; by the contributions of the people, that is. They build their churches, repair them and maintain their schools, so that the whole work of the Church pastoral, educational and missionary is financed entirely from native sources. We have altogether about sixty British missionaries, three of whom are medical missionaries. There are two or three nurses. There is also at Uganda a French Roman Catholic Mission, which followed us.&quot;

&quot; Do the British Protestant missionaries work harmoniously with the French Roman Catholics ? &quot;

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