SIKKIM

[s. 698] : One of the Indian feudatory states, lying in the Him a lay as, on the north of the BritIt is bounded on the E. ish district of Darjiling. by Bhutan, on the W. by Nepal, and on the N. by the Chumbi district of Tibet. The estimated area is 2,818 square miles, and the population The Bhutias are the masters (1901) is 59,401. They are of Mongol race, and have of the land. come into the country from Tibet. The Lepchas are of quite another type, and have a language of They seem to be the aborigines of their own. the country, and call themselves “Rong,” the name Lepcha being given to them by their neighbors. They are treated almost as serfs by the The Church of Scotland Foreign MisBhutias. sions Committee established a mi ion in Sikkim in 1886, of which the working force consisted in 1901 of 2 mi ionaries, with 22 native workers, 14 day schools, and 94 profe ed Christians. SIKONGE A settlement in German East Africa, situated in the district of Ngulu, about 100 miles Station of the Moravian MisS. E. of Urambo. sions (1902), with 1 mi ionary and his wife and 1 place of worship.: SI LAITLAIT: A village in Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, situated a little S. of Toba Lake. Station of the Rhenish Mi ion Society, with (190.3) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 52 native workers, 10 outstations, 1 Sunday school, 11 day schools, and 1,490 profe ed Christians, of whom 639 are communicants. The station headquarters have been transferred to Butar. 698