PEMBA ISLAND

[s. 596] : An island off the E. coast of Africa, 30 miles N. of Zanzibar, and belonging tO’ the British protectorate of Zanzibar. It produces excellent timber and plentiful supplies for shipping. Population, 10,000. Station of the Universities Mi ion to Central Africa (1898), PekinpT 579 Persia with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 woman mi ionary, 3 native workers, 1 outstation, 1 place of worship, 2 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 dispensary, and 41 profe ed Christians, ably defended Protestant ism against misrepresentation and persecution. In 1869 impaired health compelled him to relinquish the work, in whom 24 are communicants. PENAWG, or PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND An He died at Chicopee, Ma ., in the same year. 597