SALUR

[s. 662] : A town in Madras, situated in the Vizagapatam district, about 50 miles N. W. of Population, 10,633. Station of the Mi ionary Society (1884), with 2 mi ionaries, 1 of them with his wife; 2 women mi ionaries, 24 native workers, 5 outstations, 1 place of worship, 1 Sunday school, 4 day schools, 1 dispensary, and 326 profe ed Christians, of whom 313 are communicants. Chica cole. Breklum SALVADOR: A republic of Central America, bordering on the Pacific coast for 160 miles from the mouth of the Rio de la Paz to the mouth of the Goascoran, in the Gulf of Fonseca. Its inland boundaries are Guatemala on the west and Honduras on the north and east. It is the smallest of the Central American republics, having an area le than New Jersey. Except along the coast, where there are low alluvial plains, the country consists of a high plateau, 2,000 feet above the sea, with many volcanic mountains. The volcanic forces are still at work, as shown by the frequent earthquakes. Since 1853, when the union with Honduras di olved, the government that of a republic, with a president elected for four years by suffrage of all citizens, and a congre of 70 deputies. The population is nine times as dense as the average of the other Central American countries. The bulk of the inhabitants are of aboriginal or mixed races; only 12,000 are whites, or descendants of Europe ans. The natives are engaged principally in agriculture, tho there is much mineral wealth as yet undeveloped. The climate is mild and pleasant. Roman Catholicism is the state religion, but Education, there is tolerance of other religions. which is under the care of the government, is carried on in free schools, attendance upon which is obligatory. Railway, telegraph and telephone lines are being built, and the resources The ABS of the country are being developed. is doing effective work in Salvador. 662