BASUTOLAND

[s. 91] : A territory belonging to British South Africa, annexed to Cape Colony in 1871, but placed directly under the authority of the crown in 1894; lying between Natal and the Orange River Colony, with Cape Colony on the south. Its area is estimated at 10,293 square miles, with a population estimated in 1901 at The 263,500, of whom 647 were Europe ans. country is an elevated plateau, well watered and with a fine climate. The Paris EvangeHcal Mi ion Society and the SPG carry on mi ions in this territory, occupying altogether 17 stations. The influence of these mi ions upon the whole Basuto people has been beneficent and profound. Norris-Newiuan, The Basutos and Their Country, London, 1882; Widdicombe, Fourteen Years in Basuto Land, London, 1892; Barkley (Mrs.), Among Boers and Basutos, London, 1900; Casalis (E.), Life in Baautoland, 1889. My BATALA: A town in the Punjab, India, 24 miles from Amritsar. Population, 26,000, Hin-: A BATHURST: village south of Free town, Sierra Leone, W. Africa; station of the CMS (1822), with 6 native workers, men and women, 1 chapel, 1 Sunday school, 2 common schools and 318 communicants. 91