PORT ARTHUR

[s. 608] : A town and military port in Manchuria, China, situated on the N. side of the Strait of Chi-li. It was leased to Ru ia in 1898 by the Chinese Government. Connected with the trans-Siberian railway by a branch line through Manchuria, which is to become the main line. Station of the Danish Mi ion Society (1896), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 woman mi ionary, 2 native workers, 1 outstaday school, 1 dispensary, and 33 profe ed Christians. tion, 1 place of worship, 1 PORT ELIZABETH: A maritime town of Cape Colony, Africa, situated in the district of Port Elizabeth, 125 miles S. W. by W. of King William’s Town, with an open but safe harbor on Algoa Bay, in which ve els load from and discharge into lighters and steam tugs plying from two jetties. Population, 23,000. This was the earliest landing place of mi ionaries destined to the Zulu country. Station of the Moravian Mi ions (1898), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 5 native workers, 22 profe ed (5hristians, and 1 place of worship. Station also of the SPG, with 1 native worker and 200 profe ed Christians. Station also of the South African Wesley an Methodists, with 56 native workers, 14 outstations, 5 places of worship, 5 Sunday schools, 2 day schools, and 509 profe ed Christians. PORT LIMON. See Limon. PORT LOKKO A town in Sierra Leone, west coast of Africa, 35 miles E. N. E. of Free town. Climate tropical. Station of the CMS (1875), with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 7 native workers, 2 outstations, 1 place of worship, 1 Sunday school, 1 day school, and 35 profe ed Christians. 608