 The Society established mission outposts in Canada in 1759, Australia in 1793, and India in 1820.It later expanded outside the British Empire to China in 1863, Japan in 1873, and Korea in 1890.By the middle of the 19th century, the Society's work was focused more on the promotion and support of indigenous Anglican churches and the training of local church leadership, than on the supervision and care of colonial and expatriate church congregations.