,750,000.

Baptists in the Dominion of Canada had their rise about the close of the
18th century in migrations from the United States. They have been
reinforced by considerable numbers of English, Welsh and Scottish Baptists.
They are divided into four sections:--those of the Maritime Provinces, with
their Convention, their Home and Foreign Mission Boards, an Education Board
and a Publication Board, and with McMaster University (Arts, Theological
and [v.03 p.0378] Academic departments) as its educational institution;
those of Manitoba and the North-west, with Brandon College as its
educational institution; and those of British Columbia. Canadian Baptists
numbered 120,000 in 1909, and are considered in the above general
estimates.

(A. H. N.)

[1] The figures for Russia include only the German-speaking Baptists. It
is impossible to ascertain the numbers of properly Russian Baptists.
Estimates have been made which vary from 60,000 to 100,000.

BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606), French scholar, was born at Seizencourt, near
St Quentin, and having studied at the university of Paris entered the order
of St Benedict. He soon became prior of the abbey of Anchin, near
Pecquencourt, and passed much of his time in the valuable library of the
abbey, studying ecclesiastical history, especially that of Flanders. He
also made a catalogue of the manuscripts at Anchin and annotated many of
them. During the French Revolution his manuscripts passed to the library at
Douai. Bar died at Anchin on the 25th of March 1606.

See J. Lelong, _Bibliotheque historique de la France_ (Paris, 1768-1778);
C. C. A. Dehaisnes, "Catalogue des manuscrits de Douai," in the _Catalogue
general des manuscrits des bibliotheques des departements_, t. vi. (Paris,
1849-1885).

BAR, a town of Russia, in the government of Podolia, 50 m. N.E. of
Kamenets, on an affluent of the Bug. Pop. (1897) 10,614. It was formerly
called Rov. Its present designation was bestowed upon it in memory of Bari
in Italy (where she was born) by Bona Sforza, the consort of Sigismund I.
of Poland, who rebuilt the town after its destruction in 1452 by the
Tatars. From 1672 to 1699 it remained in possession of the Turks. In 1768 a
confederation of the Polish nobles (see next article) against the Russians
was formed in the town, which was shortly after taken by storm, but did not
become finally united to Russia till the partition of 1793.

BAR, CONFEDERATION OF, a famous confederation of th