RIO DE JANEIRO

[s. 644] : The capital among the of Brazil and the most important commercial city of South America. It is situated on one of the finest Cape harbors of the world, 75 miles west The bay is land-locked and Frio. of is entered from the south. It extends inland 17 miles, with a greatest breadth of 12 miles, and is said to be the most spacious and secure bay in The city itself, like Rome, is built on the world. seven hills, and the houses, with their white walls and red roofs, clustering in the valley or extending along the sides of the green slopes, present a most picturesque appearance as one approaches from the sea. The old part of the town lies nearest the bay, while the elegantly built new town is situated on the west of it. Here are fine streets, handsome public buildings, hospitals, asylums, over fifty chapels and churches, and many convents and nunneries. A national college, academy of medicine, theological seminary, and a national library meet the literary and educational wants of the people. A splendid aqueduct conveys pure spring-water from a mountain three miles southwest of the city. The climate is tropical, ranging from 54° in August to 97° in December. The annual rainfall is about 60 inches, one-fifth of the whole amount falling in February. The commerce of Rio de Janeiro is great and steadily increasing. As Brazil is the greatest coffee-producing country in the world, Rio is the largest coffee exporting city. The population consists largely of Portuguese, with a mixture of negro blood, and is estimated (1900) at 750,000. Station of the MES (1878), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries, 1 of them with his wife 2 women mi ionaries, 2 native workers, 2 outstations, 1 place of worship, 4 Sunday schools, 1 printing house, and 345 profe ed Christians. Station also of the SBC (1884), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 4 native workers, 3 outstations, 1 place of worship, 1 printing house, and 233 profe ed Christians. Station also of the SDA (1891), with (1900) 5 mi ionaries, 4 of them with their wives; 1 woman mi ionary, 6 native workers, 25 outstations, and 697 profe ed Christians, 18 Sunday schools, 5 day schools. The (1892) and the ABS (1876) each has an agent here and the BFBS has an agent and 13 native Bible; YMCA workers. RIO DE ORO A po e ion of Spain on the coast of northwest Africa, extending from Morocco to Cape Blanco in Sene gambia, and irdand to the Sahara. It is governed by a sub-governor under the governor of the Canary Islands. The area is about 243,000 square miles; population about 100,000. In case of the future sale of the territory the right of preemption has been given to Frf,nce. The inhabitants are Moors, Berbers, and negroes, chiefly Mohammedan. No mi ionary enterprises have been undertaken in this territory.: Atlantic RIO MUNI: A territory of Spain, on the Gulf Guinea, having of Kamerun on the north and the French Congo on the east and south. Area 9,000 square miles. Population about 300. There is one mi ionary station of the in this territory, situated on the Benito River near PN its Rlcharils, William 627 mouth. ch120.xhtml v 645