MIDDLE DRIFT

[s. 493] : A settlement in theTransvaal, Africa, situated on the S. side of Limpopo River, about 130 miles N. by E. of Pietersburg. Station of the NBC (1897), with (1900) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 5 native workers, 9 outsfcations, 4 places of worship, 9 Sunday schools, 3 day schools, 1 temperance society, and 340 profe ed Christians. S. MIDNAPUR A town in Bengal, India, situated 65 miles W. by S. of Calcutta, with which it is connected by canal. It is the center of a silk and indigo industry and has a population (1891) of 32,500, of whom 24,700 are Hindus and 6,800 Muslims. Station of the Free Baptist Mi ionary Society (1863), with (1903) 2 mi ion anes and their wives, 3 women mi ionaries, 54 native workers, 6 outstations, 1 place of worship, 6 Sunday schools, 2 boarding schools, 16 day: schools, 1 theological cla , 1 dispensary, and 213 profe ed Christians, of whom 125 are communicants. The Society spells the name Midnapore. 493