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KOLI-KALYAN.

Koli-Kalya'n, an alienated village in Salsette, two miles west of Kurla, has a Christian population of about 1750 souls and a church built by the Portuguese and dedicated to Our Lady of Egypt It measures ninety-one feet long by forty wide and twenty-nine high, is in good repair, and has a sanctuary and three altars different from those of other churches. The priest has a house and is paid by the British Government £1 10s. (Rs. 15) a month. There are two schools founded and endowed by Mr. Wadia, the owner of the village, one Anglo-Portuguese with forty and the other Portuguese with twelve pupils. The Koli-Kalyan church has, in the village of Shahar, an affiliated chapel of Our Lady of Health, which was built in 1846 by the Rev. Mathews Salvador Rodrigues, and measures forty-five feet long by twenty broad and seventeen high.