SEONI

[s. 680] : A town in Central Provinces, India, situated in the Hos hang a bad district, 24 miles Seoni contains large S. W. of Hos hang a bad. public gardens, a fine market-place, and a handsome tank. Climate healthful; temperature moderate. Population, 10,000. Station of the United Original Sece ion Church (1872), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 5 native workers, 1 outstation, 16 places of worship, 2 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 orphanage. Also station of the FFMA (1890), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries, one of them with his wife; 1 woman mi ionary, 9 native workers, 2 outstations, 3 places of worship, 5 Sunday schools, 4 day schools, 1 industrial school, 1 dispensary, and 1 orphanage. Some write the name Sioni Malwa. 680