ALBINA

[s. 31] : A town on the Maroni river in Surinam station of the Moravian Mi ions, opened; It has 2 chapels in 1894 for East Indian coolies. and 2 village schools with about 40 profe ing Christians. ALCHUKA-FU (A-she-ho) Town of some im: Tran iberian Railway, in Manchuria station of the UFS. One of the resident mi ionaries is a physician. There are about (Also written 60 profe ing Christians there. Ashiho.) ALEPPO A city of Asiatic Turkey, on the borders of the Syro-Arabian Desert, and capital of The city is the province of the same name. encompa ed by low, barren hills and irregular mounds, intersected by fertile valleys. It is a city of thoroughly Oriental type, with extensive bazaars, numerous mosques, and a people remark The streets are able for their elegant bearing. portance on;: the; Alert Bay Algiers unusually good for the East and the stone houses The city, being on the only are very well built. safe route between Syria and Eastern Asia, is a Damascus and Bagdad caravans. for the center The inhabitants are noted for their shrewdne in There has been a considerable European trade. colony in Aleppo since the middle of the 16th It was the principal factory of the century. English Levant Company until Napoleon’s MedThe i terrane an enterprises broke up their trade. 120,000 inhabitants, chiefly city has about Mohammedans. There is also a strong Roman Catholic element in the population besides The ABCFM has Greeks, Armenians and Jews. occupied Aleppo as a station at various times but has abandoned it on finding no extensive response; to effort. The PCE opened a station there in 1895 for work among the Jews. It has 2 mi ionaries and 4 native workers, with a primary school and a dispensary. ALERT A BAY: settlement of the KwagutI tribe on the northern coast of Vancouver Island station of the CMS, with 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 2 unmarried women and 2 native workers. There is a high school, an industrial school and a primary school. The communicants number 22. 32