BANGOR, a small city of Caernarvonshire, in North Wales, consisting of an irregular street, situated on the banks of the Deva, in a narrow valley, be tween two low ridges of slate rock. In the neigh bourhood of Bangor, on the shore of the bay of Beau marls, is the harbour of Penrhyli, where the slates of Lord Penrhyn's quarries are shipped for London and other towns in England. A new harbour has lately been erected at the expense of Dr Warren, bishop of Bangor. The revenues of the diocese are extremely small. Number of houses 304. Population 1770. (j) or BENDER-MASSIN, the ca pital of a kingdom of the same name, in the southern part of the island of Borneo. The king of Banjar Massin is the most powerful monarch in the island, and assumes the title of Emperor of Borneo. The houses of the capital, which are numerous, are chiefly built of bamboos, though some of them are of timber. They are in general so large, that one of them would be sufficient to lodge 100 families in separate apartments.
The Dutch have a factory and a small fort here, partly for the purpose of purchasing the rough dia monds that are found in the kingdom. Their princi pal object, however, is the purchase of pepper, of which the king obliges himself to deliver 600,000 pounds annually, at the rate of three stivers per pound. The trade, which is carried on in diamonds, gold, wax, canes, and sago, is comparatively trifling. The kingdom of Banjar-Massin extends about three degrees to the north, and its width from east to west to the river of Cataringa is 211 English miles. Ca. taringa, the last place in this kingdom, is by far the richest on all the coast. It raises for the royal service about 7200 armed men. East Long. 114° 50', South Lat. 3° 10'. See BORNEO. (Q)