iv. "Poorest of the Poor" Aid.

(i) For the Sick, we have--
i. Visitation.
ii. Hospitals.
iii. Dispensaries.
iv. Village Dispensing,
v. Leper Hospitals,
vi. Maternity Nursing.

(j) For the Lost, we have--
i. Inquiry and Correspondence Bureaux.
ii. Legal Assistance.

(k) Prevention and Protective Work for Young Girls. We
have--
i. Servants' Homes.
ii. City Institutes.
iii. Theatrical Girls' Home.
iv. Registries.
v. Students' Homes.

(l) Anti-Suicide Bureaux. We have--
i. Advice Department.
ii. Loan Department.

(m) The Home League.

(n) Land Schemes. We have--

i. Emigration.
ii. Home Colonisation.
iii. Colonisation over the Sea.
iv. Lands and Farm Colonies.
v. Small Holdings.

(o) Deep Sea Brigades. We have--

i. Mission Boats.
ii. Life-boat.

(p) Training Colleges.

(q) Students' Homes.

(r) Working-Men's Association.

(s) Village Banks.

The total number of our Social Institutions is now 954.

The value of properties, etc., held for the use of our Social
Operations is:--

At Home (U.K.) L228,000
In other Countries 747,000

Total L975,000

2. In the history of the Social Work, nevertheless, there have
been, as you will know, any number of shortcomings. We have not
realised all our expectations, nor fulfilled all our dreams. It was
not to be expected that we should. This is an imperfect world; the
Movement has been imperfect, and the people who have carried it on
have been imperfect also. Consequently, it is only natural that we
have had imperfect results.

(a) Many things have been calculated to cause these shortcomings.
For example:--

i. There has been a great lack of direct aim at the true goal of
our Social Work on the part of some Officers who have been engaged
in its direction.

Some of our comrades have been content with a "soup-and-blanket"
regime. That is to say, they have too often been satisfied with the
alleviation of the miseries of the hour, and have stopped short of
the removal of the evils that have caused th