HENG-CHAU

[s. 309] : A town in the province of Hu-nan, China, situated on the Hsiang River, 50 Station of the PN (1902) miles S. of Hsiang-tan. with 2 mi ionaries and 1 dispensary. The name is sometimes spelled Heng-chow. HENZADA (Henthada) An important and growing town in Low-er Burma, British India, situated on the Irawadi River, 100 miles northwest of Rangoon. It is the center of a large rice: Population, 19,800, of whom 15,000 are Station of the (1853), which Buddhists. has two distinct fields of labor the Karens and It now (1903) has 7 mi ionaries, the Burmese. men and women; 172 native workers, men and women; 89 outstations, 81 preaching places, 63 day schools, 3 boarding schools, 53 Sunday schools, 74 organized churches, and about 10,000 Christian adherents, of whom 3,693 are church trade. ABMU — members. Herbert sdale Ulndnisxn HERBERTSDALE: A village in Cape Colony, situated about 40 miles N. W. of Mo el Bay, with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 1 woman mi ionary, 10 native workers, men and women; 2 outstations and 662 profe ed Christians, of whom 167 are communicants. Africa, S. HERM ANNS BURG A settlement in Natal, situated in the Umvoti division, about 15 miles E. of Grey town. Station of the Herm anns burg Mi ionary Society (1854), with (1902) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 10 native workers, men and women; 2 outstations, 2 preaching places, 2 day schools and 625 profe ing Christians.: HERM ANNS BURG MISSIONARY SOCIETY. See Germany; Mi ionary Societies in. 310