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BENARES IN 1909. 15
For the European quarter to the south of the Barna,
St. Mary's Church forms a good centre. Near to this
are the two Hotels, Clarke's Hotel and the Hotel de
Paris. West and north-west from these are various
bungalows, the Military Hospital, the Assembly Rooms,
the Masonic Lodge, the Military Cemetery, and due west
the Hockey and Polo Grounds.
The Barracks lie between the part now mentioned
and the Railway. They have quite recently been re-
built.
On the main road leading from the stone bridge over
the Barna (the bridge already mentioned) into the City,
are several other buildings quite worthy of mention. To
the left, lying back from the main road are the Judge's
Court, and the London Mission High School. To the
right are the Wesleyan Chapel, the Post Office, and the
Medical Hall, this being both a druggist business and a
printing press, though under different proprietors. Ori-
ginally these were under one, the late Dr. Lazarus.
Through this press Dr. E. J. Lazarus did a large amount
of very useful work, Sanskrit, Hindi, and English, both
for Christian and other literature.
Quite close to the Medical Hall is an old building
called the Mint. This was the refuge for Europeans
during the Mutiny scare. It belongs to the Maharaja of
Benares; for some time His Highness used it as a Guest-
House, but more recently it has been occupied by the
Kuar Sahib, the son of the Maharaja of Benares.
Opposite to this is the residence of the Wesleyan
Missionaries. It may be appropriate to give here a list
of the Mission premises of the various Missionary Socie-
ties in one paragraph, as they are very scattered. The
London Mission has a Church and three Mission Houses
near to the Cantonment Railway Station, (quite close to
the adjacent level crossing). The Church Mission has its
For the European quarter to the south of the Barna,
St. Mary's Church forms a good centre. Near to this
are the two Hotels, Clarke's Hotel and the Hotel de
Paris. West and north-west from these are various
bungalows, the Military Hospital, the Assembly Rooms,
the Masonic Lodge, the Military Cemetery, and due west
the Hockey and Polo Grounds.
The Barracks lie between the part now mentioned
and the Railway. They have quite recently been re-
built.
On the main road leading from the stone bridge over
the Barna (the bridge already mentioned) into the City,
are several other buildings quite worthy of mention. To
the left, lying back from the main road are the Judge's
Court, and the London Mission High School. To the
right are the Wesleyan Chapel, the Post Office, and the
Medical Hall, this being both a druggist business and a
printing press, though under different proprietors. Ori-
ginally these were under one, the late Dr. Lazarus.
Through this press Dr. E. J. Lazarus did a large amount
of very useful work, Sanskrit, Hindi, and English, both
for Christian and other literature.
Quite close to the Medical Hall is an old building
called the Mint. This was the refuge for Europeans
during the Mutiny scare. It belongs to the Maharaja of
Benares; for some time His Highness used it as a Guest-
House, but more recently it has been occupied by the
Kuar Sahib, the son of the Maharaja of Benares.
Opposite to this is the residence of the Wesleyan
Missionaries. It may be appropriate to give here a list
of the Mission premises of the various Missionary Socie-
ties in one paragraph, as they are very scattered. The
London Mission has a Church and three Mission Houses
near to the Cantonment Railway Station, (quite close to
the adjacent level crossing). The Church Mission has its