OKOMBAHE

[s. 576] : A mi ion station of the Rhenish Mi ion Society, in German Southwest Africa, about 120 miles N. N. E. of Swakopmund, with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 8 native workers, 2 outstations, 3 day schools, and 568 profe ed Christians, of whom 166 are com muni community increased to 3,269 in 1877. Then the famine came. Idols were prayed to, but in vain. The mi ionaries came to the rescue, and with the aid of English relief money a canal was built, which will prevent the recurrence of any similar famine. The grateful On go lites then came in large numbers to listen to the preaching of their benefactors. Station of the ABMU (1866), with (1903) 4 mi ionaries and their wives, 3 women mi ionaries, 144 native workers, 40 Sunday schools, 6 boarding schools, 1 orphan cants. A OLD CAIRO: mi ion station of the CMS (1899), and a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, with (1903) mi ionary and his wife, 2 women mi ionaries, 5 native workers, 2 day schools, 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 60 profe ed Christians, of whom 34 are communicants. 1 OLUKONDA: A settlement in the N. part of German Southwest Africa, in the territory of the Ambo tribes. Station of the Finnish Mi ionary Society (1871), with (1900) 3 mi ionaries, 2 of them with their wives; 1 woman mi ionary, 9 native workers, 4 outstations, 1 place of worship, 1 kindergarten, and 142 profe ed Christians. 576