MATARA

[s. 458] : A town on the S. coast of Ceylon, situated 24 miles E. S. E. of Galle. Population, Station of the SPG (1841), with (1903) 8,600. 1 mi ionary, 38 native workers, 6 outstations, 3 places of worship, 7 day schools, 1 boarding school and 280 profe ed Christians, of whom 110 are communicants. Station of the WMS, with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, 2 women mi ionaries, 53 native workers, 7 outstations, 2 places of worship, 13 Sunday schools, 15 day schools, 2 boarding schools and 109 profe ed Christians. MATATIELA, or MATATIELE: A settlement in Cape Colony, South Africa, situated in Griqualand East, 110 miles W. S. W. of Pie term a ritz burg. Station of the ECS (1878), with (1900) 3 mi ionaries, 18 native workers, 7 outstations, 9 places of worship, 7 day schools and 372 profe ed Christians. 458