GOOD HOPE

[s. 288] : A settlement in the northern part of the Transvaal Colony, S. Africa, situated in the Zoutspansberg district, about 60 miles E. Station of the WMS, with (1903) of Blauberg. 1 mi ionary, 105 native workers, men and women; 22 outstations, 48 preaching places, 20 Sunday schools, 4 day schools and 783 profe ing Station also of the Hannover EvanChristians. gelical Luther an Free Church, with (1900) 2 mi ionaries, 2 native workers, 6 outstations, 2 The form schools and 287 profe ing Christians. given to the name by the German Society is Goede Hoop. GOOTY A town in Madras, India, 50 miles east The place is celebrated in history of Bellary. for its very strong fort, captured by the British The climate of Gooty is in 1799 from Mysore. dry and hot. Population (1891) 6,600, of whom Station of 4,400 are Hindus, who speak Telugu. the LMS, opened at Nandyal in 1855 and transIt now (1902) has 4 ferred to Gooty in 1881. mi ionaries, 69 native workers, men and women 56 outstations, 51 Sunday schools, 51 day schools, 1 theological school, 1 woman’s training school: and 5,000 profe ed Christian adherents. 288