NIMBE

[s. 557] : A village in West Africa, situated about 25 miles from the mouth of Bra River in Station of the CMS the Delta of the Niger. (1868), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 4 native workers, 1 place of worship, 2 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 industrial school, 1 dispensary, and 595 profe ed Christians, of whom 59 are communicants. These statistics include also Bra Tuwon, at the mouth of the river. Society writes the name Bra Nembe. NIMPANI A town in the Central Provinces of India, situated in the Narbada division, 18 miles Station of the Swedish S. of Hos hang a bad. Evangelical National Society (1886), with (1902) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 4 native workers, 2 outstations, 1 place of worship, 1 day school, and 115 profe ed Christians, of whom 61 are: communicants NING-HAI-CHAU A town in the province of Shantung, China, situated on the coast 18 miles Station of the CIM (1896), with E. of Chi-fu. (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 woman mis: sionary, 3 native workers, 1 place of worship, 2 day schools, 1 dispensary, and 32 profe ed Christians. town in the province of NING-HAI-HSIEN: Che-kiang, China, situated 35 miles S. S. W. of Station of the CIM (1868), with Ning-po-fu. (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 woman mi ionary, 6 native workers, 1 outstation, 2 places of worship, 1 day school, and 57 profe ed Christians. A A pref ectural city in the provNING-Kwb-FU ince of Nganhwei, China, 92 miles northwest of Hang-chau. Station of the CIM (1874), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 1 woman mi ionary, 7 native workers, 1 Sunday school, 1 day school, and 131 profe ed Christians, of whom 88 are communicants.: NING-PO-FU: One of the five treaty ports of China opened to foreigners by the treaty of 1842. Situated in the province of Che-kiang, east of the mountains, in a plain on the left bank of the Ningpo River, 16 miles from its mouth. The old wall surrounding it, 25 feet high and 16 feet broad, is in a good state of preservation. There are the usual gates of all Chinese walled cities, north, east, south and west, and two others, besides two pa ages for boats, in the 5 miles The principal striking buildings are the circuit. large ice-houses, the pagoda, 160 feet high, and the Drum-tower, built earlier than the 15th cen- Ning-te-lisien American Indians N. 540 tury. Temples and monasteries are numerous and very handsome. The houses are mostly built of brick, and are usually of but one story. The city suffered from the ravages of the insurgents during the Taiping rebellion, when it was occupied for six months (1864). It has a library Out of a population here in 1849 by the LMS. of 4,850 about 4,000 are Christians, 1,650 of them members of the church. The natives of this place have lately maintained a certain number of evangelists in New Guinea, who come home at intervals to tell of the ble ing of God on their of 50,000 volumes. work. The foreign trade of Ningpo is quite considerable. Silks, cottons, and white-wood carvings It was occupied by are the principal products. 558