BARISAL

[s. 88] : Capital of the district of Bakarganj, Bengal, India. Climate danip, but very healthful, and the coolest in all Bengal. Population, Race, Bengali and Mugh. Language, 16,000. Bengali, Arrakanese, and mixed Hindu stan i. Station of the BMS (1828), with 4 mi ionaries and 3 married mi ionary women, 15 native workers, 28 outstations, 52 Sunday schools, 60 village schools, Young People’s Societies, 1,000 RBMU church members. Also of the Baptist Zenana Mi ion (1871), with 3 unmarried mi ionary women, 12 native women workers, 3 Sunday schools, 8 village schools and 1 high school. Also station of the Oxford Mi ion to Calcutta (1901), with 4 mi ionaries and a theological school. Also station of the SPG (1869), with 19 native workers, 10 village schools and 234 communicants. 70 Written also Burrisal. 88