CHITTAGONG

[s. 176] : A town and seaport in Bengal, India, 212 miles east of Calcutta. It has considerable commercial importance. Climate, wet and unhealthy, diseases arising from impure water and imperfect drainage are very prevalent. Population (1891) 24,100, of whom nearly 75 per cent, are Mohammedans. Mi ion station of the BMS (1881), with 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 5 native workers, a school and 87 profe ing Christians. 159 CHITTUR: Capital of the district of North Arcot, Madras, India, 80 miles west of Madras Population, 5,809, Hindus, Muslims, City. Christians. Station of the (1854), with 1 mi ionary and his wife, 43 native worlvers, 19 outstations, 18 elementary schools, 2 high schools, 21 Sunday schools, 6 young people’s societies RCA and 266 church members. 177