CHICHOLI

[s. 161] : Town in the Narbada division. Central Provinces, India; station of the Episcopal Church in Scotland (1894), with (1900) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 1 mi ionary woman, 4 native workers, an elementary school and 21 communicants. CHI-CHOW. See Ki-chau. CHIENG-TOONG. See Keng-tdng. A city and seaport in the province CHI-FU: It is a commercial center of Shan-tung, China. The populafor goods of foreign manufacture. The climate is more agree tion is about 120,000. able to Europe ans than th-at of any other open port in China, and the place is visited as a sanitarium by foreign residents in the south of the empire. It was occupied as a station by the in 1862, which now has a force there of 9 mi ion- PN men and women, 94 native workers, men and women (in the city and in 50 outstations). aries, There are 39 preaching places, 40 elementary and 4 high schools, a dispensary, and 1,445 communicants. It is a station also of the SPG (1874), with 2 mi ionaries and 1 mi ionary’s wife; also station of the CIM (1879), with 39 mi ionaries, Population about 11,500. Bangalore. men and women (one a physician), 4 native workers, 1 chapel, 5 schools, a hospital, a dispensary and 50 profe ing Christians. CHIHUAHUA Capital of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico; situated at the base of the Sierra: CHIKORE: A settlement in the Mel setter Rhodesia, near the frontier of Portuguese, East Africa, and 170 miles W. by 8. from Beira. Station of the ABCFM (1897) with (1901 1 mi ionary physician and his wife, 2 native workers, 1 elementary school, 4 preaching places district of, and dispensary. 1 CHI LAMB A RAM: Town in South Arcot, Madras, India, situated 21 miles S. by W. of Cuddalore. Its temples to Siva are held in great reverence in S. India and Ceylon. Population, Station of 18,600, of whom 17,000 are Hindus. the Leipzig Mi ionary Society (1866), with (1900) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 15 native workers, 10 preaching places, 9 elementary and 1 high school, and 847 baptized Christians. CHILDREN’S SPECIAL SERVICE MISSION (1868) The aim of this organization is to supplement the work of the Church, Sunday school, and home among children by its various publications, evangelistic services, and the Scripture Union, which was organized in 1879. Open air services are held, and by means of caravan and tent workers go from village to village, holding services and distributing Christian literature among the children. A Foreign Fund is used for the i ue of such literature in 51 different languages, which is freely given to mi ionaries of all denominations, and grants are made to anyone visiting foreign countries who will make use of them. The Scripture Union Fund pays for itself through the contribution of one penny per annum from the members of the Union, and from the sale of its Besides the publication of books, literature.: leaflets, etc., an illustrated penny monthly, Our Own Magazine, is i ued, with a circulation of 120,000. Our Boys’ Magazine is published, with The Scripture Union Fund supplies a Scripture Union Almanac and the monthly Letters, which are also translated into French, Dutch, Danish and Swedish, and i ued in the Tamil monthly magazine. The special reference to school boys. greater part of the expenses for administration of the work of the mi ion is covered by the profits transferred to the General Fund, so that Clille China contributions are used directly for tlie work. Income (1902), General Fund, £5,205 16s; For Scripture Union Fund, eign Fund, £799 2s; £3,033 18s. Headquarters, 13a Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. CHILE, Republic of: Lies on the western coast of the southern portion of South America, between the crest of the Andes and the ocean, from the Cam a rones River to Cape Horn. Its population is about 2,700,000, chiefly of Spanish descent, but The language is Span including 50,000 Indians. ish, and the religion of the state is Roman Cat hoOt her religions are tolerated by law. The lic. climate is that of the temperate zone, the temperature being modified, however, by the high mountains and by proximity to the sea. While the Andes wall in Chile on the east, they are being pierced by a railroad which will soon open communication with the Argentine Republic. Mi ion work is carried on by the Presbyterian Church (North), the ME, and tlie SAMS. The last-named Society is gaining a hold upon the Araucanian Indians. 162