SHAO-HSING-FU

[s. 685] : A city in Che-kiang, China, on the south side of the Bay of Hang-chau, about 60 miles W. by N.. of Ningpo. Its climate is warm and somewhat malarious. Surrounded by Sliedd, Jolin H. a fertile and prosperous country, with a population of 150,000, it is one of the important cities of Che-kiang. Station of the CIM (1866), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 2 women mi ionaries, 12 native workers, 7 outstations, 8 Sunday schools, 2 day schools, 1 boarding school, and 326 profe ed Christians. Also station of the (1869), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 11 native workers, 7 outstations, 5 places of worship, 3 Sunday schools, 1 day school, 1 theological cla , and 48 communicant Christians. Station also of the CiVIS (1870), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 3 women mi ionaries, 6 native worlcers, 1 outstation, 1 place of worship, 3 day schools, 1 dispensary, and 53 profe ed Christians. Some write the ABMU name Shaow-hing. 685