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BUITENZORG , a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill station in the residency of See also:Batavia, See also:island of See also:Java, Dutch See also:East Indies. It is beautifully situated among the hills at the See also:foot of the Salak See also:volcano, about 86o ft. above See also:sea-level, and has a cool and healthy See also:climate. Buitenzorg is the usual See also:residence of the See also:governor-See also:general of the Dutch East Indies, and is further remarkable on See also:account of its splendid botanical See also:garden and for its popularity as a See also:health resort. The botanic gardens are among the finest in the See also:world; they origin-ally formed a See also:part of the See also:park attached to the See also:palace of the governor-general, and were established in 1817. Under J. S. Teysmann, who became hortulanus in 1830, the collection was extended, and in 1868 was recognized as a See also:government institution with a director. Between this and 188o a museum, a school of See also:agriculture, and a culture garden were added, and since then library, botanical, chemical, and pharmacological laboratories, and a See also:herbarium have been established. The palace of the governor-general was founded by Governor-General See also:van Imhoff in 1744, and rebuilt after being destroyed by an See also:earthquake in 1834. Buitenzorg is also the seat of the general secretary of the See also:state railway and of the See also:department of mines. Buitenzorg, which is called Bogor by the natives, was once the See also:capital of the princess of Pajajaram. See also:Close by, at Bata Tulis (" inscribed See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone "), are some See also:Hindu remains. The See also:district of Buitenzorg (till 1866 an assistant residency) forms the See also:southern part of the residency of Batavia, with an See also:area of 1447 sq. m. It occupies the See also:northern slopes of a range of hills separating it from See also:Preanger, and has a fertile See also:soil. See also:Tea, See also:coffee, See also:cinchona, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:rice, nutmegs, See also:cloves and See also:pepper are cultivated.
BUJNURp, a See also:town of See also:Persia, in the See also:province of See also:Khorasan, in a fertile See also:plain encompassed by hills, in 370 29' N., 570 21' E., at an See also:elevation of 3600 ft. Pop. about 8000. Its old name was Buzinjird, and thus it still appears in See also:official registers. It is the See also:chief See also:place of the district of same name, which extends in the See also:west to the See also:borders of See also:Shahrud and See also:Astarabad; in the See also:north it is bounded by See also:Russian Transcaspia, in the east by See also:Kuchan, and in the See also:south by Jovain. The greater part of the See also:population consists of Shadillu Kurds, the See also:remainder being Zafranlu Kurds, Garaili See also:Turks, Goklan Turkomans and Persians.
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